Education and Experience for the Doctors of Finger & Associates Plastic Surgery
E. Ronald Finger, M.D.
Michael R. Huntly, M.D.
Thomas W. Horn, M.D.
E. Ronald Finger, M.D.
Dr. E. Ronald Finger was born in Marion, South Carolina. His father was a general surgeon and following the Second World War, built his own hospital, which enabled Dr. Finger to begin assisting surgery at the age of 14. Dr. Finger graduated college from Emory University and then received his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. He completed his internship at Emory University and his general surgery residency at Tampa General Hospital, which is now the University of South Florida. He then entered the U.S. Air Force and completed an additional two years in a plastic surgery residency at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. This was during the height of the Vietnam War, which gave Dr. Finger a great foundation from which to build new techniques in plastic surgery. He received an honorable discharge from the USAF in June of 1973 as a Lt. Colonel.
Dr. Finger began his practice in plastic surgery in Savannah, Georgia in 1973 and shortly there after built the first outpatient plastic surgery operative center in Savannah and in Georgia.
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
Dr. Finger became board certified as a plastic surgeon in 1973. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society of Aesthetic Surgeons.
Innovative Plastic Surgery Procedures
He is well known in plastic surgeon circles and is an innovator of new plastic surgery procedures, including:- Transmalar subperiosteal mid-face lift – a state-of-the-art plastic surgery procedure that is less invasive and requires less recovery time than a traditional face lift.
- Transaxillary approach for breast augmentation – a revolutionary breast augmentation technique that requires no incision on the breast itself. Dr. Finger has personally performed over 3,000 transaxillary breast augmentations.
- Breast Plastic Surgery - Reduction mammoplasties and mastopexies – Dr. Finger has been at the forefront of advances in breast surgery and has presented his findings to various professional groups. He has also authored a chapter about new mammoplasty techniques in a medical school textbook.
Non Surgical Skin Rejuvenation
During his career, Dr. Finger has always been on the leading edge of technology and has a keen interest in health and skin rejuvenation. He formulated products for the New Youth Skin Treatment System, which utilizes topical creams and serums designed to treat the foundation of aging skin. His practice is oriented toward both surgical and non-surgical rejuvenation of skin. Dr. Finger travels to various cities and states as a trainer for the product, Sculptra®.
Cirriculum Vitae
Education
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina 1956-1958
Emory University – A.B.
Atlanta, Georgia 1958 – 1960
Medical College of South Carolina – M.D.
Charleston, South Carolina 1960 – 1964
Training
Grady Memorial Hospital – Internship
Atlanta, Georgia 1964 – 1965
Tampa General Hospital – General Surgery Residency
Tampa Florida 1965 – 1969
Wilford Hall Medical Center
Residency, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
San Antonio, Texas 1970 –1 972
Hospital/Medical School Appointments
Chief, General Surgery Department
Reese AFB, Lubbock, Texas 1969- 1970
Chief, Birth Defect Clinic
Wilford Hall Medical Center
San Antonio, Texas 1970 – 1972
Chief Resident, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Wilford Hall Medical Center
Lackland AFB
San Antonio, Texas 1970 - 1972
Chief, Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Travis AFB, Fairfield, California 1972 – 1973
Medical Staff
St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System
Professional Memberships
Georgia Medical Society
Medical Association of Georgia
American Medical Association
Georgia Society of Plastic Surgeons
Fellowship, American College of Surgeons
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Licensure
Board of Medical Examiners, Georgia 1973
Board of Medical Examiners, South Carolina 1965
Certification
American Board of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 1973
Pubilcations
“Silastic Implants for Pectus Excavatum”
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol. 13:529 June 1972
“Simultaneous Correction of Pectus Excavatum and Breast Hypoplasia”
Annals of Plastic Surgery, Vol. 3, No. 5 November 1979
“Supermedial Pedicle Technique of Reduction Mammoplasty”
E. R. Finger, G. S. Drew, B. Vasquez, K. S. Given 1989
Chapter 24: Superior Medial Pedicle Technique of Breast Reduction Mammoplasty, Textbook: Aesthetic Surgery of the Breast – Georgiade, Georgiade, Reifkhol, W.B. Sanders Co. 1991
“Basic Techniques of Facelifts”
Journal of MAG, Vol. 80:569
“Transmalar Subperiosteal Midface Lift: Early results with a simplified approach” Aesthetic Surgery Journal 16: 261, 1996
“Transmalar Subperiosteal Mid Face Lift”, Aesthetic Surgery Journal
May/June 1998
“Five Year Study Transmalar Subperiosteal Mid Face Lift”, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, April 15, 2001
Michael R. Huntly, M.D.
Cosmetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
Dr. Michael Huntly grew up in Dumfries, Scotland, the home of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet. Dr. Huntly graduated from medical school in Birmingham, England in 1978. He completed his residency in General Surgery in 1984 and his fellowship in Plastic Surgery at UNC, Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1986. He achieved board certification in both specialties and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. After residency he joined the Guthrie Clinic, a 250 multi-specialty physician clinic, in Sayre, Pennsylvania. He was the first plastic surgeon in the group and developed a thriving practice which encompassed all aspects of reconstructive and cosmetic plastic surgery. In addition to being Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, he also taught medical students and residents in his capacity as Clinical Instructor, SUNY Medical School Syracuse, New York and Clinical Assistant Professor- Hahnemann Medical School, Philadelphia, PA.
Facial, Bariatric, Breast, and Hand Plastic Surgery
After 12 years in Pennsylvania he relocated to the south, joining Finger & Associates in 1998 in Savannah, Georgia. He continues with a diverse cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery practice with particular interest in the latest techniques in facial cosmetic surgery, breast and body contouring surgery, including reconstruction following major weight loss and bariatric surgery. He also maintains an interest in hand surgery and cancer reconstruction.
Thomas W. Horn, M.D.
Cosmetic Plastic Surgery, Microsurgery, Hand Plastic Surgery, Craniofacial Plastic Surgery, and Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Dr. Thomas W. Horn, M.D., a native of St. Augustine, Florida, graduated from the University of Florida College of Medicine and completed his residency in general surgery at the Medical College of Georgia. Dr. Horn completed his plastic surgery residency at the prestigious University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital. While in Miami, he trained with national and international experts in the fields of cosmetic surgery, microsurgery, hand surgery, craniofacial surgery, and pediatric plastic surgery. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery.
Dr. Horn has published multiple journal articles, has lectured nationally on many of these topics, and is currently co-authoring a textbook for post-doctoral studies in plastic surgery.
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5356 Reynolds Street
Suite 505
Savannah, GA 31405
Statesboro Office
221 S. Zetterower Ave
Statesboro, GA 30458
Bluffton Office
70 Pennington Drive
Executive Suites
Bluffton, SC 29910
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