Garth Meldrum, Dr

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0

Oct 23, 2024

Dr. Meldrum is an incredibly skilled and passionate surgeon. One evening while working in my woodshop, I experienced a terrible accident. I made an error on the table saw, which slammed my right hand into the blade. It cut off my thumb, the end of my index finger, the end of my middle finger, cut all of the tendons and ligaments in my ring finger, and chipped the bone in my little finger. My hand was literally mangled. I was rushed by ambulance to Mercy Hospital ER in Roseburg. The attending physician knew the injuries were well beyond her expertise. She called Riverbend and spoke with Dr. Meldrum. He told her to get me on a helicopter and he would have a surgical team waiting. As I recall, we landed on the rooftop helipad at around 8pm, and I was immediately taken into surgery. Dr. Meldrum worked on me for five hours, ending at around 1am! That is compassion and dedication! Post surgery he saw me on several occasions in his office. And after intensive physical therapy for about a year I have nearly full movement in all fingers and my strength is nearly equal to my left hand. After moving out of the Roseburg area, I made one follow-up visit to a hand surgeon at OHSU in Portland. The doctor happened to be a professor of hand surgeries. He said, "Would you mind if I brought a couple of students in here to take a look at Dr. Meldrum's work?" I said, "Sure, no problem." He pointed to my fingers and said to the interns, "Do you see how Dr. Meldrum did this? This is exactly how it should be done." If you are looking for one of the best hand surgeons in the country, look no further than Dr. Garth Meldrum.

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