Background & Specialties

Board Certification

Diplomate, Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery

Professional Background

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, Bachelor of Arts
University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, Doctor of Medicine, including study at The London Hospital, University of London, London, England
Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI, Straight Surgery Internship and Residency in General Surgery
The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY, Resident and Chief Resident in Plastic Surgery
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Master of Business Administration

Teaching Appointments

Formerly:
Instructor in Surgery, The Michigan State University School of Medicine
Instructor in Surgery, Cornell University Medical Center

Publications and Presentations

"Post-traumatic Sympathetic Dystrophy", Kleinert, Cole, Wayne, Harvey, Kutz, Atasoy, in Orthopedic Clinics of North America, October 1973

"Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin in Adolescence", Harvey, Chaglassian, Knapper, Goulian; in Journal of the American Medical Association, August 1977

"Breast Reconstruction Following Mastectomy", Robert A. Harvey, M.D., in Body Image, Self Esteem, and Sexuality in Cancer Patients, Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology, Volume 14,1980

"Breast Reconstruction Following Mastectomy", in The Karger Gazette, Number 40, April 1980

"A Plastic Surgeons Casebook", in Good Housekeeping Magazine, pages 45-48, Volume 206, Number 1, January 1988

"Dermabrasion: Its Uses and Alternatives", Chapter 2, in Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Instructional Courses, Volume 2, Pages 20-43, C.V. Mosby and Company, Publishers

Hobbies and Interests

Art, Sailing, Travel, orchid and rose cultivation.