George S. Phalen (2 December 1911 in Peoria, Illinois – 14 April 1998 in Dallas) was an American hand surgeon remembered for his work on carpal tunnel syndrome including his description of Phalen's maneuver.
He was a Lieutenant Colonel and chief of orthopedic surgery at the O'Reilly General Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, an Army hand center, and then chief of hand surgery at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center.
After the Second World War he worked at the Cleveland Clinic, becoming chief of hand surgery.
He helped to form the American Society for Surgery of the Hand in 1946 and was president during the 1960s.
[1] He moved to the Dallas Medical and Surgical Clinic in 1970, remaining there until his retirement in 1980.