Bio
Charles Goldfarb, MD
Associate Professor
Co-Chief, Hand & Wrist Service
Medical Director, WU Orthopedics/Chesterfield
Physician Profile Video
Congenital Hand Blog
Clinical Specialty
Hand and Wrist Surgery
Clinical Interests
The evaluation and treatment of sports-related injuries (including arthroscopic assessment), work-related injuries, degenerative and rheumatoid arthritis conditions, nerve compression syndromes, traumatic reconstruction, and congenital and upper extremity abnormalities
Research Interests
Dr. Goldfarb's primary research interests focus on the assessment of functional and aesthetic outcomes in congenital anomalies with a secondary focus on outcomes for common upper extremity conditions.
Background
Dr. Goldfarb received his undergraduate degree from Williams College and his medical doctorate degree from the University of Alabama. He completed his surgical internship and residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Goldfarb completed fellowship training in orthopaedic hand and upper extremity surgery at the University of Cincinnati before joining the orthopaedic faculty at Washington University. He has served as an Assistant Team Physician for the St. Louis Rams Professional Football Team and currently serves as the consulting physician for injuries of the hand and wrist.
Awards
Leonard J. Marmor Surgical Arthritis Foundation Award, 2001. Jerome J. Gilden Distinguished Physician Award, 2007. Best Doctors 2007, 2008, 2009 Recipient of the Sterling Bunnell Traveling Fellowship in Hand Surgery - 2009
Board Certifications
Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand.
Medical Degree
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Residency
Orthopaedic Surgery, Barnes-Jewish Hospital /St. Louis Children’s Hospital GME Consortium / Washington University
Fellowship
Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery, University of Cincinnati