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Meet Dr. Grant A. Fairbanks
Dr. Fairbanks went to medical school at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. After graduating from medical school, Dr. Fairbanks completed an internship at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. Following his internship, Dr. Fairbanks served as a General Medical Officer in the United States Military at Raymond W. Bliss Army Hospital at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
His training in both General Surgery and Plastic Surgery was completed at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania, affiliated with Penn State University. He is board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties. To further his training he accepted a fellowship in Craniofacial Surgery at Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Journey to Pediatric Surgery
During medical school, Dr. Fairbanks served a medical/surgical mission for cleft lip and palate as well as other pediatric deformities with the 1992 Operation Smile visit to Hangzhou, China. It was in 2002, during his chief year in plastic surgery residency that served a similar mission with Healing the Children in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Dr. Fairbanks’ broad training in Plastic Surgery allows him to care for patients of all ages. He is highly trained in reconstructive and cosmetic plastic surgery. His special interest in congenital deformities includes surgery of the ear (microtia), prominent ear, cleft lip and palate, and cleft nasal deformities. He has impressive results with fat grafting for both cosmetic and reconstructive procedures.
Dr. Fairbanks returned to Salt Lake City, Utah to practice following his training. Even though Dr. Fairbanks is in private practice, he continues his academic interest as an adjunct assistant professor of surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
Dr. Fairbanks has research experience that has allowed him to present numerous papers locally as well as in Oxford, England; Sydney, Australia; Paris, France; Orlando, FL; San Diego, CA; Montreal, Canada; and Beijing, China.
Art and Plastic Surgery
To Dr. Fairbanks, Plastic Surgery is the finest of the fine arts. He has a lifelong history of interest in the arts through his heritage and formal training. He is an instructor for a Medical Life Drawing and Sculpture Course at the annual Aesthetic Society Meeting. His art background benefits his practice, combining art and medicine in the form of Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Fairbanks follows the aspiration of the Italian father of plastic surgery, Gaspare Tagliacozzi (1545 – 1599), in that “We restore, rebuild, and make whole those parts which nature hath given, but which fortune has taken away. Not so much that it may delight the eye, but that it might buoy up the spirit, and help the mind of the afflicted.”
Schooling and Credentials
• Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical, School, Norfolk, Virginia
• Internship: William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas
• Military Service: U.S Army, General Medical, Officer, Raymond W. Bliss Army Community Hospital, Fort Huachuca, Arizona
• Residency Training: General Surgery at Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury, Connecticut, and Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Plastic Surgery at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania (affiliated with Penn State)
• Fellowship: Craniofacial Surgery at Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Board Certification: American Board of Plastic Surgery
• Appointments: Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine
• Past President, Utah Plastic Surgery Society
• Past President, Salt Lake Surgical Society
• Member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Member of the Aesthetic Society
• Member of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association,
• Member of the Utah Plastic Surgery Society
• Member of the International Society for Auricular Reconstruction
