St. Bernards Hand & Wrist Center Opens, Led by Hand, Wrist Surgeon Dr. Safder Hasan

JONESBORO, Ark. — Jan. 15, 2026 — St. Bernards Healthcare announced the opening of its new Hand & Wrist Center on Thursday, led by the arrival of hand and microsurgery specialist Dr. Safder Hasan.

The new center is the first of its kind in northeast Arkansas. It will see patients on the second floor of the Medical Arts Professional Building, 800 S. Church St., in Jonesboro, with surgical procedures performed at St. Bernards Medical Center. Dr. Hasan and his team will provide therapies and surgical care for injuries and disorders affecting the hands, wrists and arms.

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Dr. Hasan joins St. Bernards after completing a hand and microsurgery fellowship at the University of Louisville’s Kleinert Kutz Hand Center, the largest and longest-serving hand surgery practice in the United States.

St. Bernards Chief of Medical Staff Dr. Emma Jacobs said the new center addresses a significant regional need.

“Dr. Hasan brings a wealth of surgical training and experience we have not had here before,” Jacobs said. “Patients will no longer have to travel to Little Rock, Memphis or elsewhere because they need specialized surgery for a hand or wrist. This new center reiterates St. Bernards’ commitment to bringing new care options right here at home, led by a talented physician who studied at the birthplace of hand surgery itself.”

At the St. Bernards Hand & Wrist Center, services include:

• Hand elective services, including joint replacements for thumbs and digits, treatment of work-related and repetitive strain injuries, and arthritis and joint reconstruction

• Trauma services for fractures, dislocations and tendon injuries

• Microsurgery, including replantation and vascular and nerve repairs

• Nerve and functional restoration, including carpal tunnel treatment and tendon transfers

• Soft tissue and infection treatment

• Rehabilitation and postoperative hand therapy

Dr. Hasan studied medicine in Pakistan and Qatar, including an ACGME internationally accredited orthopedic surgery residency with Hamad Medical Corporation in Doha. He later moved to Atlanta in 2018 to complete a general surgery residency at Emory University. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, cartoons, animation, basketball, baseball, field hockey, cricket and volleyball. He lives in Jonesboro with his wife, Dr. Maheen Khan, a neurosurgeon who also practices with St. Bernards.

The St. Bernards Hand & Wrist Center is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. More information, including appointment requests, is available at stbernards.info or by calling 870-336-7410.

Notes

• St. Bernards will host a ribbon-cutting event for the clinic at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11.

• For more than 125 years, St. Bernards Healthcare has upheld a mission to provide Christ-like healing through education, treatment and health services.

• Founded in 1900 and sponsored by the Olivetan Benedictine Sisters of Holy Angels Convent in Jonesboro, St. Bernards is an independent, nonprofit Catholic health care system serving 23 counties in northeast Arkansas and southeast Missouri.

• St. Bernards Healthcare includes three hospitals, including St. Bernards Medical Center, the region’s largest hospital.

• St. Bernards Medical Center is a regional referral hub with a 457-bed acute care hospital, a Level III Trauma Center and a comprehensive Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

• The system also includes St. Bernards CrossRidge Community Hospital in Wynne and St. Bernards Five Rivers Medical Center in Pocahontas, the first hospital in Arkansas to receive Rural Emergency Hospital designation.