Dr. Derek Rapp is an award-winning, double board certified plastic & hand surgeon with a broad range of experience. An alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Dr. Rapp completed a general surgery residency at Beth Israel Deaconess and a plastic and reconstructive surgery residency at Michigan State University with Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners. His residencies involved extensive research into reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, and he invented and secured funding for an antioxidant-based wound treatment during this time. He also underwent a fellowship in orthopedic hand and upper extremity surgery at the University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Rapp is a member of several prestigious boards and societies, including the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and the American Society of Surgery of the Hand. In addition to a variety of advanced aesthetic procedures for the face, body, and breasts, he is proficient in facial trauma reconstruction, as well as the treatment of soft-tissue tumors and skin lesions, arthritis, and nerve compression. He has devoted his career to perfecting his surgical skill in order to improve his patients’ lives.