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R. Glenn Gaston, MD

Phone: 704.323.2426

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R. Glenn Gaston, MD

  • University of Georgia -- Bachelor of Science
  • University of Tennessee at Memphis -- Doctor of Medicine
  • Atlanta Medical Center -- Intership
  • Atlanta Medical Center -- Residency
  • The Indiana Hand Center -- Fellowship, Hand & Upper Extremity
  • Chief of Hand Surgery -- Carolinas Medical Center Orthopedic Residency
  • Joe Gibbs Racing Team -- Hand Consultant
  • Carolina Panthers -- Hand Consultant
  • ASSH Clinical Trials and Outcomes Committee
  • ASSH Young Leaders Program
  • ASSH Young Members Steering Committee, Vice Chairman 2010-2011
  • MiMedx Physicians Advisory Board



Dupuytren’s contracture
Specialties
Hand

  • Member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Member of the North Carolina Orthopaedic Association
  • Member of the North Carolina Medical Society 
  • Candidate Member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand
  • Member of Phi Beta Kappa
  • Member of the Michael Hoke Society
  • Member of the Indianapolis Hand Society
  • Member of the Mecklenburg County Medical Society

  • Clinical Support:  Dianna Burhans, RN, BSN
  • Test/Surgery Scheduler:  Carolyn Byers
  • Administrative Assistant:  Suzette Sibley

  • Named one of the Top 45 Hand Surgeons in the US, by Becker's Orthopedic 
  • Named a 2010 Top Doctor by Charlotte Magazine
  • Named a 2009 Top Doctor by Charlotte Magazine

  • Medial and lateral pin versus lateral-entry pin fixation for type 3 supracondylar fractures in children: a prospective, surgeon-randomized study. Gaston RG, Cates TB, Devito D, Schmitz M, Schrader T, Busch M, Fabregas J, Rosenberg E, Blanco J. J Pediatr Orthop. 2010 Dec; 30(8):799-806.
  • GM Lourie, RG Gaston, AE Freeland. Metacarpophalangeal Joint Collateral Ligament Injuries Hand Clinics August 2006;22(3):357-64.
  • RG Gaston, AE Peljovich, GM Lourie. Radial Collateral Ligament Injuries to the Index Finger Metacarpophalyngeal Joint Journal of Hand Surgery Oct 2006; 31(8):1355-61. 
  • RG Gaston, CC Scott, GM Lourie. Isolated Metastatic Lesion of the Trapezium, American Journal of Orthopedic Surgery 2008;37(8):E144-E145.
  • RG Gaston, MJ Swick, W Floyd III, GM Lourie. Pisotriquetral Dysfunction Following Wrist and Interacarpal Arthrodesis. Journal of Hand Surgery Nov 2007; 32(9):1348-55. 
  • RG Gaston, J Greenberg, H Hastings A Mih, R Baltera. Clinical Outcomes of Four Corner Versus Isolated Capitolunate Fusions. J Hand Surg 2009;34(8):1407-12.
  • Puckett BP, Gaston RG, Lourie GM. Use of Graft Jacket in Chronic, Recurrent Compressive Neuropathy. J Hand Surg Br 2010. In press.
  • RG Gaston, JA Greenberg. Use of continuous marcaine irrigation in the management of suppurative flexor tenosynovitis. Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg 2009;13(4):182-6.
  • RG Gaston, M Kuremsky. Post-Operative Infections: Prevention and Management. Hand Clinics 2010;26(2):265-80.
  • Loeffler B, Gaston RG. Aromatase inhibitors and their side effects: what hand surgeons should know. J Hand Surg 2010;35(7): 1206-1208
  • Gaston RG, Cates TF, Blanco JB. Crossed Pin Versus Lateral Pin Fixation for Type III Supracondylar Fractures in Children: A Prospective, Randomized Study J Pediatr Orthop 2010. In press.