[2] Born near Sunburst, Montana, Kleinert graduated from Temple University Medical School in 1946 and received its Distinguished Alumni Scientific Achievement Award in Surgery in 1987.
His postgraduate training was completed at Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan.
In 1960, the Christine M. Kleinert Fellowship in Hand Surgery was established for those residents desiring postgraduate training and is the largest training program for hand surgeons in the United States.
Kleinert was appointed a National Consultant in Hand Surgery to the Surgeon General, United States Air Force in 1973.
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