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Robert Gregory Chandler, M. D.
Birthplace: Kingsport, Tennessee
Family: Married with 2 children
Undergraduate Education:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1980-1984
B. A. Chemistry, Highest Honors, 1984
Commissioned Second Lieutenant, United States Air Force, 1984
Honors:
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Eta Sigma
Air Force ROTC Pre-Health Profession Scholarship
American Legion Award for Excellence
Activities:
Campus Crusade for Christ
Nurse Technician – Indian Path Hospital, Kingsport, TN
Foreign Missions – Kenya, 1983 with Campus Crusade
For Christ
Intramural Football, Basketball and Volleyball
Medical Education:
University of Tennessee, Memphis, 1984-1988
Doctor of Medicine, 1988
Honors: Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
Medical Student Award for Surgery
Air Force Health Profession Scholarship
Post Graduate Training:
University of Tennessee, Memphis, 1988 – 1993
General Surgery Residency
Chief, General Surgery Resident, 1992 – 1993
Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas,
1993 – 1996 - Plastic Surgery Residency
Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery, Louisville, Kentucky
1995 , Hand Fellow
State License:
Tennessee, 1990 – current and unrestricted
Board Certification:
National Board of Medical Examiners – 1989
American Board of Surgery – 1994
American Board of Plastic Surgery – 1999
Professional Memberships:
Diplomat of American Society of Plastic Surgeons
1999 – Present
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
2002 – Present
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
1988 – Present
Air Force Society of Clinical Surgeons
1994 – Present
Christian Medical and Dental Society
1999 – Present
Military Assignments:
Assistant Chief, Plastic Surgery Division
Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington
1996-1998
Army Commendation Medal, 1997
Associate Program Director Plastic Surgery Residency UTHSC
San Antonio, TX
Vice Chairman of Plastic Surgery Flight, Wilford Hall
Medical Center, Lackland, AFB, Texas, 1998-2002
Plastic Surgery Flight Commander
Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland, AFB, Texas
2002 – Present
Presentations:
American Trauma Society, Tennessee Chapter, Blunt Small Bowel
Injuries, 1990, Nashville
Southeastern Surgical, Diagnosis of Blunt Small Bowel Injuries,
1993, Tarpon Springs, Florida
Air Force Clinical Surgeons Meeting, Effect of Human Amniotic
Fluid on Proliferation of Adult and Neonatal Fibroblasts, 1995,
Dayton, Ohio, received Surgeon General’s Award
Air Force Clinical Surgeons Meeting, Effect of Human Amniotic
Fluid on Hyaluronic Acid Production in Adult and Neonatal Fibroblasts,
1996, San Antonio, Texas
Air Force Clinical Surgeons Meeting, Free Tissue Transfer in a
Scleroderma Patient, 1998, San Antonio, Texas
Presentation to UTHSCSA Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds,
Embryology of the Hand, 1999
Presentation to UTHSCSA Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds,
Acute Care of Facial Burns, 2000
Presentation to UTHSCSA Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds,
Cleft Lip Treatment, 2001
Air Force Clinical Surgeons Meeting, A Thirteen Year History of
Military Plastic Surgery Humanitarian Missions to Honduras,
2001, San Antonio, Texas
Other Activities:
Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor:
Instructed at Ft. Sam Houston, 1999, 2000 and 2002
Instructed at Wilford Hall Medical Center, 2001
Director and instructor of Microsurgical Skills Lab for plastic surgery
residents, Lackland AFN, TX 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002
Completed United States Air Force Field Grade Officer Course – Air
Command and Staff College by correspondence through Maxwell AFB,
AL 1998
Completed Combat Casualty Care Course including Advanced Trauma
Life Support, Camp Bullis, TX 1998
Performed six missions to Bassett Community Army Hospital, Fairbanks,
Alaska -1997 – 1998 performing reconstructive plastic surgery with over 35 cases – primarily reduction mammoplasty procedures
Participated in Honduran Civil Assistance Mission for plastic surgery at
Soto Cano Airbase, Honduras -1996. Performed 40 procedures
including burn and congenital reconstructions at Santa Teresa Hospital,
Comayagua, Honduras
Led Honduran Civil Assistance Mission for plastic surgery at Soto Cano
Airbase, Honduras -1999. Performed 39 procedures including
burn and congenital reconstructions at Santa Teresa Hospital,
Comayagua, Honduras
Participated in Peruvian Civil Assistance Mission for plastic surgery in
Lima, Peru - 2000. Performed 52 procedures including burn and
congenital reconstruction with the Ministry of Health and Defense at
National Hospital Hipolito Enamue
Led Honduran Civil Assistance Mission for plastic surgery at Soto Cano
Airbase, Honduras - 2002. Performed 85 procedures including burn
and congenital reconstruction at Santa Teresa Hospital, Comayagua,
Honduras
Performed manning assistance to Yokota Air Base, Japan - 2001.
Performed 12 procedures and gave CME lectures on facial lacerations
and wound care.
Performed manning assistance to RAF Lakenheath, England - 2001 and 2002. Performed over 30 procedures with general surgeons.
Air Force Plastic Surgery representative to Military Graduate Medical
Education Selection Board – 1999, 2000 and 2001-
Washington, D.C.
Developed and directed plastic surgery resident readings at UTHSC
San Antonio, 1999-2000/2000-2001/2001-2002
Continuing Medical Education:
Tumor Board – Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA
1996 – 1998
Plastic Surgery In-service examination – 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001
Consistently scored above the 90th percentile nation-wide
Air Force Clinical Surgeons Meeting, San Antonio, Texas – 1998,
1999, and 2001
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Meeting,
Dallas, TX, 1996
Techniques in chronic wound care, Madigan Army Medical Center,
Tacoma, WA – 1997
Advanced Cardiac Life Support provider course – 1997,
Updated 2000
Laser Certification Course, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA
1998
Pediatric Endoscopy Course – Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma,
WA – 1998
Health Care Management Program – Surgeon General of U.S. Army,
Tacoma, WA – 1998
AIDS/HIV Update – Alliance Health System – 1998
Advanced Trauma Life Support – Defense Medical Readiness,
Ft. Sam Houston, TX 1998
Medical Management of Biologic Casualties – Dept. of Defense,
WHMC, Lackland, AFB, Texas – 1999
Advance Trauma Life Support Instructor Course – Defense Medical
Readiness, Ft. Sam Houston, TX 1999
Grand Rounds – UTHSC San Antonio, TX – 1998 – present
About Face – Advance Interactive Symposium in Cosmetic Surgery
Aspen, Colorado –2000
Perspectives and Advances in Plastic Surgery Vail, Colorado –2001
Bioterrorism Symposium, Wilford Hall Medical Center –2001
Dallas Rhinoplasty Course, Dallas, TX 2002
Air Force Clinical Surgeons Meeting, Las Vegas, NV 2002
Surgical Board Written Exam Review
Southgate Tower Hotel, New York City - 2002
19th Annual Breast Surgery Symposium – Atlanta, GA -2003
Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Smallpox Vaccination Reactions Training CDC on-line - 2003
Society of Air Force Clinical Surgeons -San Antonio, TX 2003
ROBERT G. CHANDLER, LTC CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
OCTOBER 1998 – MAY 2003
Category I Courses
| Advanced
Trauma Life Support |
| Medical
Management of Biologic Casualties |
| Air
Force Society of Clinical Surgeons |
| Plastic
Surgery In-Service Examination |
| ATLS
Instructor Course |
| Plastic
Surgery In-Service Examination |
| Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds |
| About
Face Aesthetic Facial Course, Aspen |
| 2001
Perspectives and Advances in Plastic |
| Plastic
Surgery In-Service Examination |
| Air
Force Clinical Surgeons |
| Evaluation
and Management Coding Seminar |
| Bioterrorism
Symposium |
| Dallas Rhinoplasty Course |
| Plastic
Surgery In-Service Examination |
| Air
Force Clinical Surgeons |
| HIV
Update |
| Grand Rounds UTHSCSA |
| Surgery
Board Written Exam Review |
| Smallpox
Vaccination Reaction Training |
| 19
th Annual Breast Surgery Symposium |
| UT
Grand Rounds – Cleft Nasal Revision |
| Air
Force Clinical Surgeons |
| UT
Grand Rounds – Boxing Facial Injuries |
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Category II Courses
| Advanced
Trauma Life Support Instructor |
| Lecture to Grand Rounds – Congenital
Hand |
| Advanced
Trauma Life Support Instructor |
| Lecture to Grand Rounds – Acute
Facial Burns |
| Advanced
Trauma Life Support Instructor |
| Lecture
to Grand Rounds – Cleft Lip |
| Microsurgery
Skills Lab for Residents |
| Off
site for Program Directors of DoD |
| Advanced
Trauma Life Support Instructor |
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