Upwelling Foundation
Dr. Elizabeth Anne Ouellette, M.D., MBA
Dr. Ouellette is a board-certified orthopaedic hand surgeon, physician leader, and educator with decades of clinical and academic experience in South Florida.
Current roles
- • Founder and President, Upwelling Foundation, Inc.
- • Chief of Hand Surgery, Baptist Health Orthopedic Care.
- • Professor, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.
- • Vice Chair, Division of Research, FIU Department of Orthopedics.
Education and training
- • B.A. in Chemistry, Texas A&M University (cum laude).
- • M.D., University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio.
- • M.B.A., University of Miami School of Business.
- • Orthopaedic residency, University of Washington School of Medicine.
- • Hand Surgery fellowship, University of Miami School of Medicine.
Certification and licensure
- • Active Florida medical license.
- • Board certified in Orthopaedics.
- • Board certified in Hand Surgery.
- • Recertifications current through 2030 in both specialties.
Academic and research impact
Dr. Ouellette has authored peer-reviewed research and book chapters in hand surgery, upper-extremity reconstruction, and orthopaedic outcomes, while mentoring trainees and advancing evidence-based patient care.