Your Hands Deserve The Best Care

Get Back to Your Active Lifestyle with Hand and Wrist Surgery

Dr. French is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada and a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners in the United States (1998).

Introduction

Dr. Rod French is a Harvard-trained plastic surgeon in Vancouver, Canada who specializes in hand and wrist surgery. The challenges of the athlete’s hand, musicians and artists, actors, and the hard-working hand each require a unique treatment and rehabilitation plan when function or appearance is altered. He practices only in a private setting and at WorkSafeBC (WCB) in order to dedicate the amount of time needed to develop healthy, patient-centered relationships.

His goal is to improve and restore hand and wrist function to the level that allows the individual to do the remarkable things with their hands that they are capable of. Dr. French has a subspecialty interest and training in Sports Medicine and sport-related hand and wrist injuries. He has also devoted an increasing amount of time to Independent Medical-Legal Assessments.

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Years of Experience

Meet Dr. Rod French

Dr. French is a graduate of UBC Faculty of Medicine (1996) and completed his residency in Plastic Surgery at Dalhousie University (2002). He completed a Masters degree in Surgical Education at Mount Saint Vincent University and Dalhousie University (2003). He completed a one year fellowship in Hand, Wrist and Microsurgery at Harvard University (2004).

He has a Diploma in Sports Medicine (2017) from the Canadian Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM). In 2021 he completed a Masters Certificate at Harvard in Medicine And The Media.

Success Stories

Dr. Rodney French is one of the best Dr’s that I have ever dealt with. Not only is he an amazing Dr, He is an amazing person as well. Wish more Drs we’re like him! Crushed my finger in 2018…. pretty much full movement Back with absolute minimal scaring……

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Paul Ilic

I had Dr French in an emergency reconstruction surgery. I had surgery twice earlier that day and Dr French took over the 3rd shift in the middle of the night. I was so nervous about going in yet again with someone I didn’t know. It wasn’t surgery on my hands, but all I can say is he put me at ease…More

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KB

Truly the most amazing surgeon I have ever met. He took the time to explain EVERY DETAIL and every option I had. He did an amazing job with my hands and I am eternally greatful.

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Tammy Peltier

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