James Clune, MD

Dr. James Clune is an Associate Professor of Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Yale School of Medicine and member of the Yale Cancer Center. Dr. Clune specializes in the reconstruction and treatment of patients with complex malignancies. He works closely with the surgical oncologists, orthopedic oncologists, neurosurgeons, gynecologic oncologists and dermatologists to provide comprehensive cancer care within the cancer center. He is a member of multiple cancer tumor boards and is a multidisciplinary team leader. In addition, he also specializes in procedures for the treatment of tumors of the upper extremity, brachial plexus tumors, brachial plexus reconstruction and peripheral nerves. Research interests include reconstructive targeted muscle reinnervation after amputation for sarcoma, oncoplastic reconstruction techniques and understanding quality outcomes for patients after cancer reconstruction.

Dr. Clune graduated from Wesleyan University and attained his medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine. He then completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at Children's Hospital Boston in craniofacial reconstruction. His specialty training in Plastic and Reconstructive surgery was completed at Yale with a special research focus in cancer reconstruction. He then completed a fellowship in upper extremity surgery at the University of California and Shriners Hospital for Children Los Angeles with Dr. Neil Ford Jones, where he focused on microsurgical reconstruction of the upper extremity, soft tissue tumors of the extremities, and peripheral nerve and brachial plexus reconstruction.

After completion of his fellowship in California, additional training was completed in adult and pediatric brachial plexus reconstruction at the Hospital Universitario La Paz in Madrid, Spain with Dr. Aleksandar Lovic and reconstructive microsurgery in Santander, Spain with Dr. Francisco Pinal.

Dr. Clune has been named one of the "Top Doctors" for Reconstructive Oncology in Connecticut Magazine for the past 3 years.