Joseph Rucker Jr., MD
Joseph William Rucker Jr. is a retired plastic and reconstructive surgeon and the author of the memoir One Pocket. He retired in 2022 after thirty years of practice in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He is a retired fellow of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons and is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
Born in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1946, he was delivered by his grandfather, Johnathan N. Rucker, MD. He earned a B.A. from Albion College and served in the Army at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., before attending medical school at the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University. He completed his residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Wayne State University in Detroit.
His clinical publications address post-mastectomy breast reconstruction, lower facelift results utilizing superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS) suspension, cleft lip repair with autologous fat injections, and treatment for Brooke-Spiegler syndrome. He shares more at his consulting website and on LinkedIn.
Conditions and Diseases
An excerpt from One Pocket. I reported to Walter Reed Army Medical Center on August 25, 1969. The complex was in Bethesda, Maryland, about thirty minutes from the White House. Founded in 1909, it had cared for every president of…
An excerpt from One Pocket.
I reported to Walter Reed Army Medical Center on August 25, 1969. The complex was in Bethesda, Maryland, about thirty minutes from the White House. Founded in 1909, it had cared for every president of the United States, along with members of Congress and the Supreme Court. It had 1,122 hospital beds and treated more than 750,000 patients a year.
I was assigned as a medical …
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