Doctor's Bio
Robert C. Fang, MD, did his general surgery residency at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, his plastic surgery research fellowship and residency at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and a fellowship in hand and microsurgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Dr. Fang’s clinical interests include hand surgery, breast reconstruction, microsurgery, Mohs reconstructive surgery, aesthetic and cosmetic surgery, scar revision, limb salvage, and peripheral nerve surgery. His research focuses on chronic wound healing and obstetric brachial plexopathy. As the director of the plastic and reconstructive surgery service at Grady Hospital, he developed an integrated plastic/hand surgery clinic, along with a hand therapy clinic, to enhance the delivery of ambulatory care for patients with hand trauma at Grady.
Board Certifications
American Board of Plastic Surgery
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
- Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Fellowships
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Initial Experience with the PONTiS Tendon Repair System in Traumatic Upper Extremity Injuries.
Maxwell DW, Desai KA, Fang RC, Cheng A, Payne DES
Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 2022;150(2):375e-380e.
PMID: 35671448 - Commentary on: Vibration Exposure Safety Guidelines for Surgeons Using Power-Assisted Liposuction (PAL).
Fang RC
Aesthetic surgery journal. 2021;41(7):792-793.
PMID: 33765122 - Mucinous Adenocarcinoma Arising From Extramammary Perianal Paget's Disease Treated With Wide Local Excision.
Kim TG, Ford AT, Fang RC, Shaffer VO
The American surgeon. 2021;87(12):1992-1993.
PMID: 32729720 - Indocyanine Green Angiography: A Helpful Tool for Intraoperative Assessment of Upper Extremity Perfusion.
Ghareeb PA, Neustein TM, Fang RC, Payne DE
Techniques in hand & upper extremity surgery. 2017;21(3):101-106.
PMID: 28614275 - Adipose Tissue Drives Response to Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in a Murine Pressure Sore Model.
Gust MJ, Hong SJ, Fang RC, Lanier ST, Buck DW, Nuñez JM, Jia S, Park ED, Galiano RD, Mustoe TA
Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 2017;139(5):1128e-1138e.
PMID: 28445367 - The free fillet flap after traumatic amputation: a review of literature and case report.
Machol JA, Fang RC, Matloub HS
Hand (New York, N.Y.). 2013;8(4):487-90.
PMID: 24426973 - Excisional wound healing is delayed in a murine model of chronic kidney disease.
Seth AK, De la Garza M, Fang RC, Hong SJ, Galiano RD
PloS one. 2013;8(3):e59979.
PMID: 23536900 - Double lateral band transfer for treatment of traumatic hyperextension instability of the proximal interphalangeal joint: a report of two cases.
Ko JH, Kalainov DM, Hsu LP, Fang RC, Mastey RD
Hand (New York, N.Y.). 2012;7(1):108-13.
PMID: 23450120 - Discussion. Painless abdominoplasty: the efficacy of combined intercostal and pararectus blocks in reducing postoperative pain and recovery time.
Mustoe TA, Fang RC
Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 2010;126(5):1733-1734.
PMID: 21042131 - Limitations of the db/db mouse in translational wound healing research: Is the NONcNZO10 polygenic mouse model superior?
Fang RC, Kryger ZB, Buck DW, De la Garza M, Galiano RD, Mustoe TA
Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society. 2010;18(6):605-13.
PMID: 20955341
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