USA Health Orthopaedic Surgery welcomes hand surgeon
Charles L. Rodriguez-Feo, M.D., a third-generation physician, holds the highest level of hand surgery certification (CAQ) and is board-certified in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
By Carol McPhail
cmcphail@health.southalabama.edu
USA Health has expanded its orthopaedic surgery services with the addition of hand surgeon Charles L. Rodriguez-Feo, M.D., a native of Fairhope and a third-generation physician.
Rodriguez-Feo holds the highest level of hand surgery certification (Certificate of Added Qualification) and is board-certified in plastic and reconstructive surgery. He will treat conditions involving the hand and wrist, including carpal tunnel syndrome; trigger finger; thumb and wrist pain; hand and wrist arthritis; Dupuytren’s disease; autoimmune diseases; injuries involving the skin, tendon, nerve and bone; and most hand-related congenital abnormalities.
“As a third-generation physician, I pride myself on emphasizing each patient’s history, present concerns, and future goals,” said Rodriguez-Feo, who holds the academic title of assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama. “I strive to approach each with understanding and solution-based problem solving.”
His father, John Rodriguez-Feo, M.D., practices orthopaedic surgery in Baldwin County, and his late grandfather, Juan Rodriguez-Feo, was an OB-GYN in Havana, Cuba.
Rodriguez-Feo comes to USA Health from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga, where he was a clinical instructor. He says he chose to practice in an academic medicine setting because he enjoys training resident physicians in the practice of hand, wrist and upper extremity reconstructive surgery.
Rodriguez-Feo earned his medical degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. He completed a residency in plastic surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle and a fellowship in orthopaedic hand surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
Rodriguez-Feo lives in Fairhope with his wife, Katie, and their young daughter. He enjoys woodworking, ceramics, fishing, hunting, and gardening.
He will see patients in the Orthopaedic Surgery clinic on the third floor of the USA Health Strada Patient Care Center, 1601 Center St. in Mobile. To make an appointment, call 251-665-8200.
