Dr. Robert M. Hatcher

Background
Dr. Hatcher is from Wilmington, NC and attended North Carolina State University graduating with a Zoology degree. He then attended graduate school in physiology at the University of Georgia, 4 years of medical school at the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine and a surgical residency at Northlake Hospital in Chicago followed. He is Board Certified by The American Board of Podiatric Surgery in Foot and Ankle Surgery and also a Fellow in the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. He has authored 2 articles in National Medical Journals.

"I have attempted to obtain the best education, training, and certification available in my chosen profession so as to be thoroughly prepared to treat those patients I am privileged to see here at the Raleigh Foot and Ankle Center"

Community Involvement
Active Staff:

  • Duke Health Raleigh Hospital
  • Rex Hospital
  • Wake Med
  • Healthsouth Blue Ridge Ambulatory Surgery Center

Podiatric Consultant Positions:

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC, Medicare, Medicaid

Podiatric Professional Involvement:

  • Past President - NC Podiatric Medical Society
  • Past Chairman - NC Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners

Community Health Care:

  • Open Door Clinic
  • Alliance Medical Ministry
  • Established and served 15 years at Dorothea Dix Hospital Foot
    and Ankle Clinic

Medical Missions - Haiti

"I can only hope to return to my community and profession a portion of what I have received. I love this area and plan to live and serve here as long as I can."

Professional Philosophy:
To continue my medical education each year so as to provide absolutely the best care available in this specialty.

Raleigh Foot and Ankle Center Philosophy
You have a choice about where you obtain Foot and Ankle care. We want to act and treat you as if we appreciate that you have chosen to come here - because we do.

Personal Philosophy
I consider this profession, this office, the staff here and my skills a gift from God. I therefore will try to value them and use them to the best of my ability.