Robert R. Derkash, M.D.

Specializes in Hand Surgery, Total Joint Replacement and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Associated with Aspen Orthopaedic Associates since 1981
Sees patients at our Glenwood office. 

Dupuytren's Syndrome (Hand Contraction)

Xiaflex Authroized Physcian 
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Medical School: University of Connecticut Health Science Center 

Orthopaedic Residency: University Hospital of Cleveland 

Hand Fellowship: Sterling Bunnell Hand Surgery 

Diplomat of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons Certificate of Added Qualification of Hand Surgery 

Board Certified: 1985, 1995 & 2005

Affiliations: American Society for Surgery of the Hand, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, Orthopaedics Overseas, Western Orthopaedic Association, International Knee Society, American Association for Surgery of the Hand, Colorado Medical Society

Special Interests: Surgery of the Upper Extremity, Total Joint Replacements

Lending a Hand: Dr. Robert Derkash’s Experience as a Volunteer Surgeon in Haiti

When the earthquake devastated Haiti on January 12, 2010, Dr. Robert Derkash, hand specialist with Aspen Orthopaedic Associates, knew he could help. “I was eager to be part of a disaster relief team and I immediately started to make contacts after the earthquake hit,” the doctor states. Thirty years of volunteer work in Asia, primarily Cambodia, inspired Dr. Derkash to contact the University of Miami Global Institute to volunteer with their disaster relief team, Project Medishare. Within two and a half weeks of the disaster, he was operating out of a tent in Port‐Au‐Prince, Haiti. He worked for ten days. more>

Robert Derkash, MD Volunteers in Cambodia

Cambodia is a small country is Southeast Asia between Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. It is approximately the size of Missouri with a population nearing 15,000,000. The country is extremely poor and has been at war for the better part of 100 years, first with France, followed by the United States, and last with the regime of Pol Pot in the early 1970s. Cambodians live 50 years on average, and their literacy rate is approximately 40%. During the reign of Pol Pot, approximately 15% of the population was tortured and killed—a significant number of the country’s educated population. Due to the extensive amount of land mines after the Vietnam War, there were an extensive amount of amputees requiring amputation revisions and prosthetic application. more>