My name is Gordon Telepun and I have been practicing plastic surgery in Decatur for 24 years. I am the first Board Certified Plastic Surgeon to practice in Decatur full time. After graduating from Boston University Medical School I completed a 5 year general surgery residency at University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland serving as administrative chief resident in my final year. I then did my 2 year plastic surgery residency at Medical College of Virginia, in Richmond, Virginia. Following that residency I did another fellowship year of plastic surgery at The Institute for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. Here I worked under Dr. Patrick Maxwell and Dr. Jack Fisher, two world renowned cosmetic and breast reconstructive surgeons. During my time in Nashville I also did laboratory research on capsular contracture around saline breast implants.
So I had 8 years of surgical training before I opened my practice in Decatur. I am board certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery and recently completed my second round of re-certification of my boards. The American Board of Plastic Surgery, founded in 1937, it is the only American Board of Medical Specialties board that certifies plastic surgeons. I am an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons which is the largest society of plastic surgeons in the United States. I am also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Prior to August 1993, when I moved to Decatur, the services of plastic and reconstructive surgery were not available in this city. I brought the practice of cosmetic surgery and reconstructive surgery to Decatur. I was thrilled to be affiliated with Decatur General Hospital and bring the techniques of plastic surgery to this town. I trained the nursing staff at Decatur General Hospital, both in the operating rooms and on the patient floors. I worked with the hospital to obtain the proper instrumentation to enable the practice of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery at the hospital. In the 24 years that I have been in practice in Decatur I have treated thousands of patients with the techniques of plastic and reconstructive surgery.