Dr. R. Glenn Gaston earned his bachelor’s degree with honors from the University of Georgia where he was also inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He then returned to his home state of Tennessee where he received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Memphis.

 

His internship and orthopedic surgery residency were completed at the Atlanta Medical Center where he served on the hospital ethics committee as well. He was awarded a distinguished hand surgery fellowship at the Indiana Hand Center in Indianapolis, Indiana.  

 

Dr. Gaston is heavily involved in upper extremity research and has received numerous honors, including awards from the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) and American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH).

 

He lectures regularly at both regional and national upper extremity conferences. 

 

Dr. Gaston enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife and their two sons. He is an avid golfer and fisherman.