The Hand & Wrist Center
3918 Long Beach Boulevard, Suite 100
Long Beach, CA 90807
Phone: (562) 424-9000
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday: 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
Dr. George A. Macer
Dr. George A. Macer, Jr. is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and is President and CEO of George A. Macer, Jr. Medical Corporation. Dr. Macer joined The Hand & Wrist Center in January 2007.
Dr. Macer was born and raised in Pasadena, California, where he grew up in a medical family. His father was a physician in Pasadena for 50 years and his siblings also currently practice medicine in Los Angeles County.
After attending primary and secondary school in his hometown, he completed his undergraduate training, medical school, and orthopedic residency at the University of Southern California. Dr. Macer completed the renowned Joseph Boyes hand fellowship at Orthopaedic Hospital in Los Angeles, California. There, he trained under Doctors Joseph Boyes, Herbert Stark, and C. Ray Ashworth, among other well-known hand surgeons.
Dr. Macer is certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery with a Certificate of Added Qualifications in surgery of the hand.
He is a fellow in the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery, an active member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Western Orthopedic Association and California Orthopedic Association. He also completed a four-year term as President of the Southern California Society for Surgery of the Hand.
Dr. Macer had been practicing hand and upper extremity surgery in Long Beach, California since 1983, and he had also been affiliated with the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic. He had also practiced with other physicians at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
He has held teaching positions in the department of orthopedic surgery at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. He has also been on teaching staff at Harbor UCLA Medical Center and currently holds teaching positions at USC and UC Irvine.
Dr. Macer served as Chairman of the Department of Orthopedics at St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach, and the Orthopedic Executive Board at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center.
He has trained and worked internationally, including in Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand, and he has lectured widely to doctors in training, nurses and therapists, as well as in the arena of workers’ compensation. He has presented numerous hand surgery papers at national meetings.
Although he has retired from his clinical practice effective January 1, 2019, Dr. Macer continues to provide his professional services to the medical-legal community.
We invite you to view Dr. Macer’s Curriculum Vitae.
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