Gary S Fanton, MD

Dr. Fanton repaired my shoulder after a biking accident. All three ligaments were torn (class 4 separation). I’m now eight weeks into the recovery and am VERY glad that he did the surgery. My PT confirmed this — patients from his procedures have consistently good results. Highly recommended!

My husband has been a patient of Dr. Fanton for approx. 20 years. Over the course of that time He has sustained six knee injuries from motorcycle racing ranging from minor cartilage damage to total reconstructions. Dr. Fanton has performed all his surgeries with unbelievably positive results, each time getting him back to the sports that He competed in with few limitations. Due to Dr. Fantons cutting edge approach and total professionalism to the athletically minded patient He is still able to enjoy sports activities of all kinds. We have reffered many friends to Dr Fanton. All of which were pleased with the care that they received.

Dr. Fanton is Awesome! I’ve had surgery on my shoulder three times, the last by Dr. Fanton. I tore every ligament in my shoulder — the one holding your arm into the socket, and the ones connecting your shoulder blade to your collar bone. The first doctor didn’t know what he was doing and shaved off the end of my collar bone. The second doctor reconnected the arm to the socket, but that wasn’t the main problem. Dr. Fanton did the big job of reconnecting the blade to the collar bone, and in only 1 month my mobility is really good and I’m ready to start physical therapy.
I saw another doctor before Dr. Fanton, for the same issue, and expressed to the doctor how important having the surgery site look good was — I wanted minimal scarring. The doctor ridiculed me and told me «if you don’t have any more important questions, I have somewhere to be»! After that I asked my GP to recommend a non-​chauvinistic doctor, and he recommended Dr. Fanton. Dr. Fanton was super considerate and really listened to me. When I had my stitches removed he said «oh, by the way, we did internal stitches and made a real effort to make the incision as small as possible.» The scar is small and really really clean, I bet in a year you won’t even be able to see it!
Fantastic job, and I’ll update after physical therapy to let you know how the overall reconstruction went!

I saw Dr. Fanton after my knee got totally messed up by my first doctor who did two knee surgeries on me (ACL reconstruction & scope). He did the third of the five knee surgeries on my right knee (another scope, to clean out scar tissue).
For a standard surgery (like ACL reconstruction), I think Dr. Fanton is great. However, I was a special case with special needs and problems. I found myself very frustrated that it’d take me up to TWO months to get a follow-​up visit, that I would be seen by some resident first (different every time — which is the nature of a teaching hospital, which I understand), and that Dr. Fanton would only come in and see me for like 2 minutes at each visit. Basically, you become one of those barcodes that get stapled to your forehead like in those old Washington Mutual commercials.
So if you’re ok with long wait times for appointments and don’t need special care from your doctor, Dr. Fanton will do a great job fixing you. However, if you are like me who have special circumstances and need special care, then I recommend Palo Alto Medical Foundation, where they focus on patient care (which is where I went after Dr. Fanton, and absolutely loved).