Dr. Benjamin Amis sees patients at ATX Orthopedics in Austin, Texas. Dr. Amis is a board-eligible fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon specializing in hand and upper extremity surgery. He provides cutting edge skills and technology in the treatment of injuries and arthritis in all age groups and employs arthroscopic and minimally invasive surgical techniques.   He was born and raised in Plano, Texas and is a graduate of Rice University in Houston. While at Rice, Dr. Amis played on the varsity football team and earned Special Teams Player of the Game honors versus the University of Michigan. He was also awarded the Frost Bank Freshman of Year honor – awarded annually to the freshman varsity football player with the highest GPA.   Dr. Amis obtained his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and completed his orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Washington. His residency was an intensive trauma-based training program at Harborview Medical Center, one of the nation’s leading hospitals in orthopedic trauma care and the only level-1 trauma center serving the states of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. He also received a national award as one of the “Best Teaching Residents of the Year” from the Journal of Orthopedic Trauma during his third year of residency.   Dr. Amis rounded out his training with an 18-month hand and upper extremity fellowship with the CV Starr Hand Surgery Service in New York City. It is one