AESTHETIC, PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY TRAINING PROGRAM

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

As a trainee during the program you will receive training in general reconstruction, trauma, maxillofacial surgery, hand surgery, microvascular surgery, aesthetic surgery, breast reconstruction, burn care, oncoplastic surgery and cleft lip/cleft palate.

TRAINEES WILL RECEIVE SPECIFIC TRAINING IN:
• Congenital defects of the head and neck, including clefts of the lip and palate, auricular deformities, and craniofacial surgery.
• Neoplasms of the head and neck, including the oropharynx and training in appropriate endoscopy.
• Craniomaxillofacial trauma, including fractures.
• Aesthetic (cosmetic) surgery of the head and neck, trunk, and extremities.
• Plastic surgery of the breast.
• Surgery of the hand and upper extremity.
• Plastic surgery of the lower extremities.
• Plastic surgery of the congenital and acquired defects of the trunk and genitalia.
• Burn management, acute and reconstructive.
• Microsurgical techniques applicable to plastic surgery.
• Reconstruction by tissue transfer, including flaps and grafts.
• Surgery of benign and malignant lesions of the skin and soft tissues.

TRAINEES WILL GAIN EXPERIENCE IN:
• Surgical design
• Surgical diagnosis
• Surgical and artistic anatomy
• Surgical physiology and pharmacology
• Wound healing
• Surgical pathology and microbiology
• Adjunctive oncological therapy
• Biomechanics
• Rehabilitation
• Surgical instrumentation