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Center for Plastic Surgery

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Address:
209 Hospital Dr #202 Highlands, NC 28741
GPS:
35.088757, -83.186253
Telephone:
(828) 526-3783
Web:
http://www.plasticsurgerytoday.com/

Overview


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Dr. Robert Buchanan and the Center for Plastic Surgery are proud to bring you an established tradition of personalized care, and the highest quality expertise and excellence in Plastic Surgery, wellness, skin care, and Medi-Spa Services.

In addition to our commitment to provide high-quality services with a personal touch to residents of Highlands, North Carolina and its surrounding areas, we have recently extended our services to meet the needs of residents from communities in Asheville, North Carolina as well as the Anderson, Greenville, and Spartanburg areas in South Carolina. Furthermore, interested clients can now get in touch with Dr. Buchanan through online consultations in which we offer the same attention to detail and thorough evaluation of your needs and preferences in a personal consultation. Lastly, clients who travel all the way to our clinic have the option to stay and recover at the rustic yet luxurious Old Edwards Inn, a retreat house nestled atop the southwest plateau of North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains. This nearby accommodation option provides the perfect atmosphere for a quick and safe recovery on your end!

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Associations

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Qualifications

TRAINING & PRACTICE:
  • Private Practice Highlands, NC, 1999-present
  • Private Practice and clinical Faculty, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, 1992-1999
  • Full Professor of Plastic Surgery, teaching future surgeons and caring for patients, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, 1978-1992
  • Plastic Surgery Residency – Washington University, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, 1976-1978
  • General Surgery Residency – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1972-1976
  • US Navy, Field Surgical Officer, Vietnam and Jacksonville, FL 1970-72
  • Straight Surgical Internship – Parkland Hospital, Dallas, TX, 1969-70
  • M.D. Degree – Medical College of Georgia, 1969
  • Undergraduate – Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1962-1965 (Entered Medical School at the completion of third year).
  • Native of Atlanta

BOARD CERTIFICATION:
  • American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1980
  • American Board of Surgery, June 9, 1978 (not active)
  • Certified in Surgery of the Hand, 1990 (1st year offered), recertified 1998 & 2010

    • HONORS & AWARDS:
    • AMA Medal of Valor for work during the Oklahoma City Bombing
    • AMA Physician’s Recognition Award given for a superior level of continuing medical education: 1981, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, and 2010 (Available only every 3 years).
    • Permanent entry in Who’s Who in America
    • Other Achievements:
      • World’s first nose reattachment
      • World’s first free joint transfer
      • Developed and helped refine a number of cosmetic and reconstructive procedures
        • Liposuction (In first group trained in this country)
        • Breast reconstruction
        • Short scar carpal tunnel release
        • Free tissue transfer
        • One of first to use Loupes rather than Mocroscope
      • Elected by peers to lead local and national Plastic Surgical and other medical organizations.
        • President, American Association for Hand Surgery, 2001-2002
        • President, Oklahoma Society of Plastic Surgeons, 1982-1986
        • Board of Governors, American College of Surgeons, 1998-2004
        • Board of Directors, Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation, 2000-2003
        • Alternate Delegate Oklahoma State Medical Association, 1997-1999
        • Assistant Chief of Staff, Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, 2006-2007
        • Chief of Staff, Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, 2007-2009
        • Chief of Surgery, Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, 2003-2007 and 2009-2011

Procedures

FACE PROCEDURES
  • Facelift
  • Forehead Lift
  • Eyelid Surgery
  • Liposuction of the Neck
  • Rhinoplasty
  • Lip Enhancement
  • Chin Augmentation
  • Ear Surgery
  • Today's Liquid Lift

BREAST PROCEDURES
  • Breast Augmentation
  • Breast Lift
  • Breast Reduction
  • Breast Reconstruction
  • Male Breast Reduction

    • BODY PROCEDURES
  • Liposuction
  • Tummy-Tuck
  • Arm Lift
  • Thigh Lift
  • ZERONA Laser Body Slimming

    • SKIN REJUVENATION
  • Obagi Nu-Derm
  • Clarisonic
  • Epionce
  • Theraderm
  • Chemical Peels
  • Obagi Blue Peel
  • Microdermabrasion
  • Micro Peels
  • Light & Laser Procedures
  • Photodynamic Therapy
  • Today’s Liquid Lift – Wrinkle and Contour Correction
  • BOTOX Cosmetic
  • JUVÉDERM Injectable Gel
  • Radiesse
  • Fat Injection / Fat Transfer
  • Latisse

    • MEDI-SPA SERVICES
  • Beautiful Skin and Laser Resurfacing
  • Jane Iredale Mineral Cosmetics
  • Microdermabrasion
  • Micro Peels
  • Today’s Liquid Lift – Wrinkle and Contour Correction
  • ZERONA Non-invasive Body Slimming

    • NON-SURGICAL PROCEDURES
  • Today’s Liquid Lift – Wrinkle and Contour Correction
  • BOTOX Cosmetic
  • JUVÉDERM Injectable Gel
  • Belotero Balance
  • Radiesse
  • Fat Injection / Fat Transfer
  • ZERONA Non-invasive Body Slimming
  • Micro Peels