Gaines W. Hammond, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Dr. Hammond received his medical degree in 1974 from the Medical University of South Carolina following a B.S. degree from Washington and Lee University. Upon graduation from medical school, Dr. Hammond proceeded to Methodist Hospital and Indiana University in Indianapolis, Indiana for his surgery and urology residencies. Dr. Hammond is certified by the American Board of Urology and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

In 1984, Dr. Hammond founded Medstone International (Hammond Technologies) to develop the first dry second-generation lithotripter. He led the research and development resulting in FDA approval of the IDE application for the treatment of kidney stones.

Currently, Dr. Hammond practices urologic surgery with an emphasis on large complex urologic surgical cases and serves as Chief of the Department of Surgery at Mary Black Health System in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He has one of the largest series in the world for the Targis microwave treatment of prostate conditions. He has pioneered the urologic applications for the use of the Harmonic Scalpel by Ethicon. His radical prostate surgery techniques are unique and progressive in the establishment of nerve and bladder neck preservation using this harmonic scalpel. He has developed new surgical techniques for pelvic and bladder reconstruction.

He has authored numerous articles and chapters in textbooks, as well as, lectured internationally in Europe and the Middle East. He serves on numerous private and public Boards.  His outside interests focus around his wife and their four children.