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Meet the Doctors

Meet the Doctors

Hand Surgeons East Bay - San Franciso

doctors at East Bay Hand & Upper Extremity

A nationally recognized expert in occupational hand injuries and cumulative trauma disorders. Dr. Douglas Chin is one of the few Hand & Upper Extremity Surgeons in the country devoted to the reconstruction of the hands.

Consultant surgeons to members of the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Ballet, Golden State Warriors, and Oakland Police & Fire Department.

Douglas Chin, M.D., F.A.C.S, C.A.Q.H.

Board Certified Hand Surgeon

Dr. Douglas Chin is a premier cosmetic and reconstructive surgeon in the San Francisco Bay Area, recognized for his exceptional training and deep commitment to patient care. A graduate of Harvard College, Dr. Chin began his medical career as an immunologist at the National Institutes of Health. He went on to earn both his medical and graduate degrees through a joint program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School.

He completed his general surgery training at New York University and Bellevue Hospital, followed by a plastic surgery residency at the world-renowned NYU Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital. He then pursued subspecialty fellowship training in Microsurgery and Hand & Upper Extremity Reconstruction at UCLA, where he also served as a Clinical Instructor in both the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.

Dr. Chin is board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and holds a Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand, jointly administered by the American Boards of Plastic and Orthopedic Surgery. He is an active member of both the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.
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A respected voice in his field, Dr. Chin has authored numerous scientific publications and delivered lectures across the country. He is known not only for his surgical expertise, but also for his deeply personalized approach to care—treating each patient with integrity, compassion, and a commitment to both medical and aesthetic excellence.

"As a hand surgeon, it's my calling not only to repair injuries and reconstruct hands. More importantly my role is to restore my patients' sense of identity and wholeness by returning them to what they love to do and help them be who they want to become."
-Dr. Douglas Chin

WHY CHOOSE A PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGEON?

The field of hand surgery was created during World War II on the orders of President Franklin Roosevelt and Surgeon General of the Army Normal T Kirk, both men recognizing the need for plastic surgeons, neurosurgeons, general surgeons, and orthopedic surgeons to form a multidisciplinary military unit dedicated to saving and reconstructing the hands of soldiers mangled by explosives and artillery. Plastic surgeons were called into developing methods of reconstructing hands with severe fractures, dislocations, nerve injuries, amputations, and tendon injuries, and the field of hand surgery was born. Hand surgeons developed advanced microsurgical techniques for repairing nerves, connecting blood vessels, and transferring healthy tissues to replace damaged one.

Following in this rich multidisciplinary surgical heritage, Dr. Chin trained in General Surgery, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, and Microsurgery, enabling him to approach difficult upper extremity problems from multiple vantage points and to apply a variety of cutting-edge techniques from each of the surgical fields.

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