• Hand & Microsurgery patient education
• Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine patient education

• Physician Profile Video
• Congenital Hand Overview
• Congenital Trigger Thumb
• Extra Digits
• Osteochondral Defects
• Radial Longitudinal Deficiency
• Syndactyly
• Wrist sprains
• Thumb pain (Gamekeeper's /skier's thumb)

• Missouri pitcher loses 3 fingers and is better than ever
• St. Louis Proud: Doctors and nurses from Children's Hospital sharing their expertise around the globe
• Shriners Hospital for Children helps local teen born without arms play the game he loves — inspires the nation

• Dr. Goldfarb's Congenital Hand Blog
•  The Upper Hand Podcast hosted by Christopher Dy, MD, MPH, FACS, and Charles Goldfarb, MD
• Washington University and St. Louis Children's Young Athlete Center
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
• American Society for Surgery of the Hand
• International Dupuytren Society

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Dr. Goldfarb's primary research interests focus on the assessment of functional and aesthetic outcomes in congenital anomalies with a secondary focus on outcomes for common upper extremity conditions.

The evaluation and treatment of sports-related injuries (including arthroscopic assessment), work-related injuries, degenerative and rheumatoid arthritis conditions, nerve compression syndromes, traumatic reconstruction, and congenital and upper extremity abnormalities

Dr. Goldfarb received his undergraduate degree from Williams College and his medical doctorate degree from the University of Alabama. He completed his surgical internship and residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Goldfarb completed fellowship training in orthopaedic hand and upper extremity surgery at the University of Cincinnati before joining the orthopaedic faculty at Washington University.

• Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand.

• Orthopaedic Surgery, Barnes-Jewish Hospital /St. Louis Children’s Hospital GME Consortium / Washington University

• Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery, University of Cincinnati

Dr. Goldfarb received his undergraduate degree from Williams College and his medical doctorate degree from the University of Alabama where he was awarded Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honor Society. He completed his surgical internship and residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Goldfarb completed fellowship training in orthopaedic hand and upper extremity surgery at the University of Cincinnati before joining the orthopaedic faculty at Washington University.

Dr. Goldfarb has been consistently recognized as Best Doctor in America since 2007, and has been recognized as a physician with the Top 10% Patient Satisfaction Scores at Washington University School of Medicine since 2012. He received the Palma Chironis Award for Teaching Excellence in 2016, and the Lee T. Ford Award for Academic Achievement in 2014. He was awarded the Sterling Bunnell Traveling Fellowship in Hand Surgery by the American Society for Surgery of the Hand in 2009.

• Executive Vice Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Chief, Pediatric and Adolescent Orthopedic Surgery, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 2015-present
• Vice Chair, Pediatric and Adolescent Musculoskeletal Diseases, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
• Assistant Team Physician for the St. Louis Rams Professional Football Team, 2003-2007. Also served as Consulting Physician for injuries of the hand and wrist.
• Associate Editor for the Journal of Hand Surgery, 2003- Present; Reviewer for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2005-present, and The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2005- present.
• Various Committees for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 2007- present
• Information Technology Committee, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, 2003-2007