Alumni Spotlight StoryFacultyFaculty/StaffFaculty/Student SpotlightsMedicineMedicine and ResearchSTEMStony Brook MattersUniversity Stony Brook’s First Hand Surgeon Performs His Last Operation In 1980, Larry Hurst performed the very first hand surgery done on the premises of Stony Brook University Hospital, a case of trigger finger release on a university staff member when he was an acting intern. That was... August 9, 20215 min read