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Robert A. Hardesty, M.D. has had an active fulltime surgical practice serving the Inland Empire for nearly 30 years.
Dr. Hardesty is the former Chief of the Department of Plastic Surgery and founder of the Plastic Surgery Residency Training Program at Loma Linda University Medical center and affiliated hospitals. He holds an academic rank of clinic professor at the Loma Linda University School of Medicine.
Dr. Hardesty graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 1978. He subsequently completed both a general surgery residency at Loma Linda Medical Center and a plastic surgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh. As a result, he is board certified in both general surgery and plastic surgery. In addition, he completed a one-year fellowship in craniofacial surgery at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Hardesty has been active in both basic science and clinical research studies.
After finishing his formal post-graduate surgical training, he was invited to join the full time faculty in the Division of Plastic Surgery at Loma Linda University Medical Center. His efforts concentrated in 3 major areas: 1) clinical care, 2) research (both clinical & basic science), and 3) teaching. These efforts culminated in many awards, most notably being voted by his peers to host the prestigious Plastic Surgery Research Council in April 1998. Academically, Dr. Hardesty has lectured extensively and published in many scientific journals. These scholastic efforts were recognized by founding the first "integrated" plastic surgical residency training program in the United States in 1991. In addition, his leadership qualities were recognized by serving on numerous local, regional and international committees and boards. He rose through the ranks of the medical staff at Loma Linda University Medical Center, becoming president of the Medical Staff in 1999. During his tenure at Loma Linda University Medical Center, he was noted for clinical care and surgical results (craniofacial surgery, plastic surgical reconstruction of Siamese twins after surgical separation and establishing a private office for cosmetic surgery).
In 2003, he transitioned from the full time academic setting into private practice of plastic surgery with an emphasis in cosmetic surgery.
The delivery of personal, individualized, and total patient care has been the hallmark of Dr. Hardesty's success. By a vote of his peers, he has been listed in the nationally recognized publications, Castle Connolly's Top Doctors in America: Plastic Surgery & Cosmetic Surgery and Best Doctors in America from 1996 to present. Because of his excellent reputation, he has appeared on several national broadcasts, as well as numerous local television and radio talk shows. His national lay print coverage includes People magazine.
Dr. Hardesty donates his time regularly to international medical projects and has provided care, without charge, to those individuals with congenital or acquired deformities. He has traveled to Africa, Argentina, India, Mexico, Nepal, and the Philippines. While at Loma Linda University, Dr. Hardesty founded "Operation Good Samaritan."
Dr. Hardesty's proudest accomplishments and blessings, however, are his marriage of over 25 years to Marti Baum-Hardesty, M.D. and their four children: Ashlee, Bradford, Chelsea, and Derik.
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