Program helps children with hand, upper extremity issues

Brinkley Sandvall, MD, bonds quickly with her young patients — children who have acquired or congenital hand and upper extremity differences. Six-year-old Toby Williams, described by his mother as joyful, hilarious, quirky and brave, connected quickly with Sandvall before surgery in March to clean out a deep infection that came on rapidly in his left hand and worked its way down to the bone.