Dr. Roy Hobbs
Plastic Surgeon
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About Dr. Hobbs
Dr. Hobbs graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School in 1979 with Honors Standing and membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Medical Society. His general surgery training was at the University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada and Plastic Surgery training at the University of Louisville, Kentucky where he received the Outstanding Surgical Resident of the Year Award. A one year hand surgery fellowship was then completed at the University of Sydney, Australia. At that time he organized the first fresh anatomical research laboratory 1987-88.
He was certified as a specialist in Plastic Surgery by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1986 and the American Board of Plastic Surgery in 1992. The Certificate of Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand was obtained in 1999 and renewed in 2006.
Currently Dr. Hobbs is Director of the Western Carolina Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic and Treasurer of the South Carolina Society of Plastic Surgeons. For the past 10 years he has also been teaching Residents, Nurses, and Certified Surgical Technicians. Three times he has received Teacher of the Year award from the Residents. He has served as faculty at educational programs in the USA and multiple locations overseas.
Over 10 years were spent in Northern Canada working in hand and plastic surgery. Dr. Hobbs has performed volunteer surgery and teaching in: China, India, Nepal, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Dominican Republic, Panama, Ecuador, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, Canada, and Australia.
Dr. Hobbs maintains membership in the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, American Medical Association and the South Carolina Society of Plastic Surgeons.