Background & Specialties

Board Certification

California State Boards, 1973
American Board of Surgery, 1979
American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1982
American Board of Plastic Surgery, Certification of Added Qualifications, Hand Surgery, 1994, 2004

Professional Background

Bachelor of Arts, Bacteriology -- UCLA, 1969
Doctor of Medicine -- UCLA, 1973
General Surgery Residency -- UCLA - VA Affiliated Hospitals, 1973-1977
Burn Surgery Fellowship -- LA County-USC Medical Center Burn Unit, 1975
General Surgery, Chief Residency -- UCLA - VA Affiliated Hospitals, 1978
Plastic Surgery Residency -- University of Michigan, 1979
Plastic Surgery, Chief Residency -- University of Louisville, 1980

Teaching Appointments

Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, Stanford University
Adjunct Professor, Biological Sciences, San Jose State University
Lecturer, American Cancer Society

Publications and Presentations

Research & Presentations:
1969 Mammary-Coronary Arterial Revascularization. D. McConnell, R. Gemberling, W. Longmire, Jr. UCLA
        Department of Surgery
1970 Pathophysiology of Experimental Canine Cholecystitis. R. Gemberling, W. Longmire, Jr. UCLA 
        Department of Surgery
1974 Healing of Human Donor Sites R. Gemberling, T. Miller, H. Caffee, B. Zawacki LA County-USC  
         Burn Unit
1974 Creation of a Reproducible, Uniform 2nd Degree Burn In Pigs. I. Wheeler, T. Miller, R. Gemberling 
         Wadsworth VA Hospital. Los Angeles
1975 Infrared Emissions from Normal Human Subjects. V. Anselmo, R. Gemberling LA County-USC Burn Unit
1976 Thermography in the Diagnosis of Burn Wound Depth. R. Gemberling, V. Anselmo, B. Zawacki 
        LA County-USC Burn Unit
1978 Bowel Preparation for Colon Surgery. Co-Investigator. UCLA-VA Hospitals
1978 Breast Hypertrophy Following Reduction Mammaplasty. R. Gemberling, W.C. Grabb Ann Arbor, Michigan
1978 Creation of a University Microsurgical Research Laboratory. R. Gemberling
         University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1981 Flap Reconstruction for Foreleg Wounds. Co-Investigator. University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

Publications:
1970 Studies Relating to the Pathogenic Mechanisms and Clinical Manifestations of Acute Cholecystitis. 
        R. Gemberling, W. Longmire, Jr. UCLA Surgical Library
1976 Dressing Comparison in The Healing Of Donor Sites. R. Gemberling, et.al. J. Trauma, 16: 812-814, 1976
1977 Preoperative Oral Antibiotics Reduce Septic Complications Of Colon Operations. Co-Investigator
         Ann. Surgery 186: 251-259, 1977
1979 Preoperative Prophylactic Cephalothin Fails To Control Septic Complications of Colorectal Operations: 
        Results of Controlled Clinical Trial. Co-Investigator Am. J. Surgery 137: 68-74, 1979
1981 Hemisoleus Flaps. Co-Investigator Plastic Surgery Forum 4: 126, 1981

Hobbies and Interests

Fitness, Golf, Fly Fishing, Skiing