William B. Geissler, M.D., Professor, Fellowship Director
Sports Medicine
Arthroscopic Surgery
Hand Surgery
Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Dr. Geissler received his M.D. degree from Tulane University Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1985. He completed his internship and residency in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and then completed an AO orthopaedic trauma fellowship in Aarau, Switzerland.  Dr. Geissler then completed a one-year fellowship in Advanced Arthroscopy in Sports Medicine in Richmond, Virginia.   Dr. Geissler returned to UMC and completed a second fellowship in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery under Dr. Alan E. Freeland. Dr. Geissler has served as faculty, moderator, and chairman in multiple arthroscopic and upper extremity courses both throughout the country as well as internationally. He has presented numerous talks both nationally and internationally including Canada and Mexico, Equador, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, Japan, France, the Netherlands, and Finland. He recently published a textbook on wrist arthroscopy with both national and international contributors. Dr. Geissler serves as Chief of the Sports Medicine and Shoulder Programs.   He joined the department in 1992 specializing in shoulder and elbow surgery, hand surgery, and advanced arthroscopic surgery.  Dr. Geissler's particular interests include upper extremity joint replacement, upper extremity trauma reconstruction, and arthroscopic surgery. Dr. Geissler is team physician of numerous community high schools, Belhaven College, Jackson Senators, and the Mississippi Braves. He also serves as team consultant for the Ole Miss Athletic Program. Dr. Geissler is the Program Director for the Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Sheila G. Lindley, M.D., Associate Professor
Hand Surgery / Microsurgery

Dr. Lindley earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry at Hendrix College in 1980 and then her M.D. at the University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences in 1984. She subsequently completed her general surgery residency at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska in 1990. After this, she then finished a plastic surgery residency at the University of Utah in 1992. She served as the Senior Registrar in Paediatric Plastic Surgery in London, U.K. She then finished an A.O. fellowship in Hand and Upper Extremity in Bern, Switzerland. She spent one year as Hand and MicroSurgery Fellow with Kleinert, Kutz and Associates in Louisville, Kentucky, ending in 1994. While in private practice, Lindley served as Clinical Professor to the department. She now holds the academic positions of Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Associate Professor of Surgery at the medical center. She specializes in microvascular and hand surgery.

William P. McCluskey, M.D., Associate Professor

Pediatric Orthopedics

Dr. McCluskey received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1981 and completed his residency training at the University of Pennsylvania.  He completed a fellowship in pediatric orthopedics at the A.I. DuPont Institute of the Nemours Foundation in 1987. He joined the department following seven years as staff physician at the Nemours Children's Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida.  Dr. McCluskey has had several articles published, has co-authored a chapter in "The Clubfoot: The Present and a View of the Future", and authored a chapter in "Complications in Pediatric Orthopedics".  McCluskey's specialty is pediatric orthopedics, with particular interest in cerebral palsy and congenital upper extremity deformities. He is a member of numerous orthopedic societies and organizations including the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America.

Somprasong Songcharoen, M.D., Clinical Instructor

Plastic Surgery

Hand Surgery

Dr. Songcharoen received a Diploma in Sciences from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand and a Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Medical Sciences and Siriraj Hospital in Thailand in 1966. He completed his internship at the Grace Hospital in Detroit, MI. Dr. Songcharoen served his Surgical Residency at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, and his Fellowship in Hand Surgery at the Grace Hospital. He completed his Residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1976. Dr. Songcharoen is certified by the American Board of Surgery, the American Board of Plastic Surgery, and has the Certificate of Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the International College of Surgeons, and the Royal College of Surgeons, Thailand. Dr. Songcharoen has served as Chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Chief of Staff at HealthSouth Surgicare, and Chief of the Plastic Surgery Section at St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital. He is well published in the area of reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgery procedures, including endoscopic augmentation mammaplasty and hand surgery.  He currently serves as Professor in the Division of Plastic Surgery within the Department of Surgery at UMC and works with our Hand Service at G. V. Sonny Montgomery VA Medical Center.

Michelle A. Tucci, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Coordinator

Molecular Biological Laboratoy

Biological Research

Dr. Tucci received her bachelor's degree from Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA in 1984. She completed a Master's Degree at the University of Dayton in Dayton, OH in 1987. Dr. Tucci worked as a research assistant in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center from 1987-1989. She worked for Marion Merrell Dow as a biochemist II from 1989-1991 and as a Senior Research Associate at the University of Michigan in the division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases before coming to Jackson in 1994. Dr. Tucci joined the department as a Senior Research Associate, and was promoted to assistant professor after earning a Ph.D in Pharmacology from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2000. She was awarded both the Douglas M. Walker award from the Mississippi Academy of Sciences and the Dean's Graduate Award in 2000 for her doctoral research. She has received funding from the American Cancer Society as well as the University of Mississippi Biomedical Review Committee. Her research interest and publication include works in macrophage cellular signaling, immunocytochemistry, wear particle debris and carpal tunnel syndrome. She is a member of numerous scientific societies and currently serves as the secretary/treasurer for the Implant Pathology Special Interest Group in the Society for Biomaterials.