This is a record of a career that has moved in two directions at once — clinical practice in orthopaedic hand surgery, and an increasingly deep involvement in the systems that determine how surgical work gets coded, valued, and paid for. The societies, committees, publications, and teaching below aren't decorations on a résumé. They're the ground where the expertise was built — and where it continues to develop.
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (2014 / recertified 2024)
Certificate of Added Qualification in Hand Surgery (2016 / recertified 2024)
American Board of Independent Medical Examiners (2013)
Certified Professional Coder (2024)
Johns Hopkins University — Bloomberg School of Public Health
Associate, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering
George Washington University — School of Medicine
Associate Clinical Professor
American Medical Association
Editorial Panel — AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (2019–2025)
RUC Alternate Advisor, ASSH (2019–2025)
RUC Alternate Member (2025–Present)
RUC Administrative Subcommittee (2025–Present)
American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH)
Director, Practice Division (2024–Present)
Member, ASSH Council (2024–Present)
Evidence Based Practice Committee (2013–Present) — Vice Chair (2015–2018), Chair (2018–2021)
Physician Reimbursement and Coding Committee (2013–2018) — Vice Chair (2018–2022), Co-Chair (2022–2024)
Government Affairs Committee (2022–Present)
Coding Application Task Force (2021–Present)
Hand-e Editorial Panel (2017–Present) / Section Editor, Handthology (2024–Present)
Hand-P Advisory Panel (2023–Present)
Ethics and Professionalism Committee (2020–Present)
ER Hand Care Committee (2015–2018)
Annual Meeting Program Committee (2014–2018; 2020–2021)
Resident and Fellows Conference Committee (2014–2018)
Young Leaders Program (2014)
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
Member, Evidence-Based Quality and Value Committee (2018–Present)
Section Leader — Clinical Practice Guidelines (2024–Present)
Member, Coding, Coverage and Reimbursement Committee (2022–Present)
ASSH Representative — Board of Specialty Societies (2024–Present)
BOS Nominating Committee (2025–Present)
Appropriate Use Criteria Writing Panel — Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (2016)
Moderator, Appropriate Use Committee — Rotator Cuff Injuries (2019, 2025)
Clinical Practice Guideline Committee — Clavicle Fractures (2021–2022)
Clinical Practice Guideline Committee — Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (2022–2024)
Appropriate Use Criteria Voting Panel — Glenohumeral Joint Arthritis (2022–2023)
Clinical Practice Guideline Committee — Rotator Cuff Tear (2023–2025)
American Society for Peripheral Nerve
Chair — Coding Committee (2019–2025)
American College of Radiology
Appropriateness Criteria Panels — Cervical Neck Pain or Cervical Radiculopathy (2022); Acute Elbow and Forearm Pain (2022); Chronic Shoulder Pain (2020–21); Chronic Elbow Pain (2021–2024); Chronic Hand and Wrist Pain (2022–2024)
Additional Societies
American Association of Hand Surgeons — Active Member (2014)
American Orthopaedic Association — Fellow (2024)
American Academy of Professional Coders — Active Member (2024)
J. Robert Gladden Orthopaedic Society — Active Member (2025)
Mid-Atlantic Shoulder and Elbow Society — Active Member (2019)
Maryland Orthopaedic Association — Active Member (2023); Chair, Annual Meeting 2025
International Academy of Independent Medical Examiners — Active Member (2022)
Osler Society of Washington, DC — Active Member (2014)
DC Hand Society — Active Member (2012)
The Journal of Hand Surgery (2014–Present)
The Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online (2018–Present)
The Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (2016–Present)
Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2022–Present)
HAND (2021–Present)
BMJ Case Reports (2022–Present)
Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery (2025–Present)
Cleveland Clinic / MetroHealth — Cleveland, OH
Combined Hand / Upper Extremity Fellowship (2011–2012)
George Washington University — Washington, DC
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency (2006–2011)
Nurse's Choice Physician Collaboration Award, Washington Hospital Center (2008)
Columbia University — New York, NY
Doctor of Medicine (2006) — College of Physicians and Surgeons
M.F.A. in Writing (2006) — School of the Arts
Brown University — Providence, RI
A.B. English and American Literature, with Honors; Sc.B. Neuroscience (1999)
Magna Cum Laude — Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi
The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics — Washington, DC
Orthopaedic Surgeon — Hand and Upper Extremity (2012–Present)
Chair, CAO Research Foundation
Chair, Coding Compliance Committee
Stearns SA, Raizman NM, et al. "Reimbursement for Neuroma Surgery Over the Past Decade." Annals of Plastic Surgery. 2025.
Raizman NM. "Vehicles for Consolidation and Expansion of Physician Practices: Private Equity, Medical Services Organizations, and Strategic Partnerships." Hand Clinics. 2024;40(4):477–483.
Raizman NM, Saucedo JM. "Learning the Hard Way: The Business of Hand Surgery." Hand Clinics. 2024;40(4):ix–x.
Raizman NM, Saucedo JM (Eds.). "The Business of Hand Surgery." Hand Clinics. 2024;40(4).
Raizman NM, et al. "Procedure Costs of Peripheral Nerve Graft Reconstruction." Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery — Global Open. 2023;11(4):e4908.
Miller A, Raizman N. "The Relative Value of Physician Services and Bundled Payment." Clinics in Hand Surgery. 2020;36(2):189–197.
Raizman N, DaSilva M. "Elbow Tendinopathies." In: ASSH Textbook of Hand Surgery, 2nd Ed. 2019.
Raizman N. "Tendinitis, Tendinosis and Dupuytren's Contracture." In: Synopsis of Hand Surgery. Thieme, 2021.
Raizman N, Kane SW. "Case Studies — Appropriate Use Criteria for Rotator Cuff Injuries." Journal of the AAOS. 2022.
Raizman N, Blazer P. "Case Studies — Appropriate Use Criteria for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome." Journal of the AAOS. 2018.
Wei D, Raizman N, et al. "Unstable Distal Radial Fractures Treated with External Fixation, a Radial Column Plate, or a Volar Plate: A Prospective Randomized Trial." Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 2009;91:1568–1577.
AAOS Clinical Practice Guidelines and Appropriate Use Criteria panels — Clavicle Fractures (2022); Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (2016); Rotator Cuff Pathology (2020); Glenohumeral Joint Arthritis (2023); Rotator Cuff Tear (2025). ACR Appropriateness Criteria — multiple panels (2020–2024).
National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference (2022, 2025)
Medicare Payment Policy Reform (2022). Orthopaedics at the Crossroads: AI, Orthobiologics, and the Role of the Physician in an Age of Political Uncertainty (2025).
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore — Grand Rounds (2025)
Coding, reimbursement, physician value, advocacy, and the future of orthopaedics.
Checkpoint Nerve Summit, Cleveland (2025)
The Reimbursement Landscape for Nerve Surgery.
AAOS Annual Meetings (2020–2023)
Instructional Course Lectures on Value-Based Upper Extremity Care (2022, 2023). Lateral Epicondylitis: What is the Evidence (2020–2023). Prior Authorization (2023 webinar).
ASSH Annual Meetings (2013–2025)
Residents and Fellows Conference — Evidence-Based Medicine, Coding 101, Ethical Coding Practices, Practice Management (recurring, 2013–2024). Symposia on evidence-based hand surgery, physician reimbursement reform, and practice sustainability. Instructional Course Lectures on coding resources, ethical coding, workers' compensation, supergroups, and ultrasound coding & billing. Post-courses on practice management and workers' compensation.
ASSH Webinars (2020–2022)
E&M Changes 2021. The RUC Process. Hand Coding Update 2022.
American Society for Peripheral Nerve — Webinar (2022)
Accurate and Ethical Coding of Nerve Transfers and Related Procedures.
AAHS Webinar (2024)
A Coding Primer for Advanced Practitioners.
Johns Hopkins University — Occupational Medicine Residency (2019, 2020)
Independent Medical Examination. Impairment Rating. The History of Workers' Compensation.
Maryland Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting (2025)
Program Chair. Moderator — Coding and Billing; Practice Management.
George Washington University, VCU, Union Memorial (2015–2016)
Evidence-Based Medicine: A Call to Arms.
ASSH Young Leaders Program (2014)
Nurse's Choice Physician Collaboration Award — Washington Hospital Center (2008)
Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship — Columbia University (2004)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Fellowship — Brown University (1998)
Phi Beta Kappa & Sigma Xi — Brown University (1999)
Magna Cum Laude — Brown University (1999)