Dr. Robert G. Taylor, MD, FACS

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Get to know Plastic Surgeon Dr. Robert G. Taylor, who serves patients in Rogers, Arkansas.

As an award-winning, board-certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Taylor has vast expertise in microsurgery, hand surgery, cosmetic surgery, and craniofacial surgery. He founded Taylor Plastic Surgery on the principles of high-quality, ethical patient care, and excellent surgical results. 

In practice for nearly three decades, some of the services that he offers include: face (brow lift, eyelid surgery, facelift, rhinoplasty, and skin tightening); breast (breast augmentation, breast lift, breast reduction, and male breast reduction); body (liposuction, tummy tuck, mommy makeover, and skin tightening); reconstruction (breast reconstruction, hand surgery, and hand surgery – carpal tunnel); hair restoration; and Exparel®.

Named One of the Best Physicians in the Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery Category by the Arkansas Times, Dr. Taylor serves on the operating staff at multiple surgery centers and hospitals. These include: Washington Regional Medical Center (Chief of the Division of Surgery), Springdale Memorial Hospital, Arkansas Surgery Center, North Hills Medical Center, and Laufer Institute of Plastic Surgery (2020 – current). 

His diverse professional background includes teaching positions as Instructor and Assistant Professor & leadership roles in highly successful partner and solo practices. Focused on promoting informed decision making, Dr. Taylor’s sincere interest in every patient’s needs and their outcome makes him an esteemed professional.

Associated with numerous professional organizations, he is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS).

Back in the early days of his academic career, Dr. Taylor graduated with his medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine in 1986. He completed his postdoctoral general surgery training and residency at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He then performed a fellowship in craniofacial surgery at the International Craniofacial Institute in Dallas, Texas, where he remained on the active staff until 1994.

To perform all cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgical procedures, he is board-certified through the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS). The mission of the ABPS is to promote safe, ethical, efficacious plastic surgery to the public by maintaining high standards for the education, examination, certification, and continuous certification of plastic surgeons as specialists and subspecialists.

Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction, or alteration of the human body. It can be divided into two main categories – reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery. A plastic surgeon’s primary responsibility is performing surgical and non-surgical procedures, and they use a variety of reparative and reconstructive techniques to get the job done. 

Bringing knowledge and precision to the field of plastic surgery, Dr. Taylor has been named: Best of the Best in the Cosmetic Surgery Category by the Arkansas Democrat Gazette (2009-2016), Best Surgical Facial Procedures by Citiscapes Magazine (2009), Best Plastic Surgeon by Citiscapes Magazine ( 2007-2010), and Best Plastic Surgeon by Celebrate Magazine (2007-2013).

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