Jessica M. Intravia, MD is a board certified specialist in the orthopedic care of the hand, wrist and elbow. She also specializes in the care of nerve injuries and microsurgery. She is a clinical assistant professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra. She is board certified in orthopedic surgery with a certificate of added qualification in Surgery of the Hand.

Dr. Intravia is a Connecticut native. She attended Cornell University with a focus in Biology and Society, where she graduated Cum Laude. During her time as an undergraduate, she received a NIH grant to study traditional medicinals used to treat malaria in the Venezuelan Amazon.

She remained at Cornell after graduation to obtain her Masters of Health Administration from the Sloan Program in Health Management. She was one of three students to be accepted into the five year accelerated B.S/M.H.A program.

For medical school, she attended the University of Connecticut where she graduated in the top of her class. While at UCONN she also organized a free clinic for migrant farm workers.

She was one of two women in her class to complete her residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Los Angeles County Medical Center and the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. She gained extensive experience in the management of complex polytrauma patients at this busy level 1 trauma center. During her chief resident year, she received a Young Surgeon Traveling Fellowship from the American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand and Health Volunteers Overseas. She then spent two weeks in Managua, Nicaragua performing pediatric hand surgery.

She obtained further sub-specialty fellowship training at the Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center and Jefferson University under the tutelage of Dr. A. Lee Osterman. While in Philadelphia, she traveled to Tegucigalpa, Honduras with Dr. Randall Culp to perform complex hand, nerve and microsurgery.

Dr. Intravia is fellowship trained in the latest advances in Nerve, Hand and Upper Extremity care with specific interests in minimally invasive arthroscopic techniques including endoscopic carpal tunnel surgery, fracture management, nerve injuries and pediatric hand surgery. She has authored numerous peer reviewed publications and presented at national Orthopaedic and Hand Surgery conferences.