Christopher E. Attinger, MD, FACS
Professor, Departments of Plastic Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery
Co-Director, Center for Wound Healing
Specialties
- Primary Specialty:
- Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery
- Secondary Specialty:
- Wound Care and Healing
- Tertiary Specialty:
- Hyperbaric and Undersea Medicine
Special Interests
- Wound healing
- Limb preservation surgery
- Treatment of diabetic foot ulcers
- Treatment of osteomyelitis
- Treatment of postoperative wounds
- Treatment of radiation wounds
- Microvascular reconstructive surgery
- Reconstruction of cancer defects in the limb
- Functional amputations
Education
- Medical School:
- Yale University College of Medicine, 1981
- Internship:
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 1982
- Residency:
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital, General Surgery, 1986
New York University, Plastic Surgery, 1989
- Fellowship:
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Vascular Surgery, 1987
New York University, Hand Surgery, 1990
- Certification(s):
- Plastic Surgery, 1992
Awards
- Washingtonian Magazine – Top Plastic Surgeons Award – 2012 Read More >
- Washingtonian Magazine – Top Plastic Surgeons Award – 2010
Profile Information
Languages: Spanish, German, FrenchContact/Office Information
1-202-444-9686
1-202-444-0300
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
3800 Reservoir Rd., NW
Bles Building
First Floor
Washington, DC 20007
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