plastic surgery

Hi all, Creating a forum here for the current independent plastic surgery application cycle (positions to start July 2025). Was hoping people can post interviews as they come out and/or any other questions they may have. Good luck!

Our practice offers a competitive one year fellowship in Aesthetic Surgery with an emphasis on Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. The current opening commences Summer 2022. The Fellowship Program is under the primary direction Dr. Ross Clevens of Clevens Face & Body Specialists, a...

On match day (this year May 10th) do you get a notification being told if you matched or not through SF match prior to the 9am match information being released? Or do you find if you matched or not and where at that time?

This is a thread for current surgery residents who are going through the application/interview/match process for Independent Plastic Surgery 2022-2023. The Match will be in May 2022, with positions starting July 2023. This is not for current medical students who are applying for integrated...

Hey everyone, I'm an MS1 at a very liberal school and did not want to ask any faculty this - I am interested in plastic surgery but for moral reasons would not participate in any sort of gender reassignment, top surgery changing genders, or gender reassignment. I'm wondering how integral those...

Hi all, With all this home-dwelling, I've been returning back the these forums that I used to visit so frequently as a pre-med and throughout the first few years of medical school. I matched into an integrated plastic surgery program which is an accomplishment I had much anxiety about. Heck, I...

Hey, I'm a Canadian university student looking into UAG (the international med school in Guadalajara, Mexico). The thing is, I don't want to return to Canada-- I'd like to (ideally) become a plastic surgeon and work in Mexico. It seems to be pretty tough to find information on how to do this, as...

As in previous years, this thread is for interview updates and information for the 2018-19 PRS Independent Match. Seems like it has helped others. Post interviews as they come in the following format as done in previous years: Program (date offered): interview dates offered (i.e. State...

First time posting in Sdn, I'm trying to spread the net as wide as possible with this question. I'm a PGY-5 neurosurgery resident, and I'm considering completing further training in plastic surgery. After consulting the ABPS training guidelines, I've found that a neurosurgery residency does...

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Does anyone know why the Baylor-Scott & White integrated plastic surgery program only filled 1 of 2 of their 2018 spots? I'm just curious because it was the only unfilled position for the entire specialty.

Hello! I'm a 3rd year medical student and I'm looking for a topic to do research in plastic surgery. I've come up with a few topics but i don't feel confident with them. Please drop the suggestions below if you have any.

Hello everyone, By July I will be a final year Medical Student in Europe. How is a Sub-I in Plastic Surgery (with a focus on Pediatric Plastics - Craniofacial Surgery) and therefore a pretty good LoR going to help me match into General Surgery Residency? I am more interested in following a...

My best learning experiences have been in study groups. It's been a while but I would like to set up a study group for the plastic surgery boards starting now for the written exam and extending through the oral exam. We'd use Skype +/- phone. If anyone has experience with the exam and...

The absolute key to doing well on Plastic Surgery rotations is meeting someone who will tell you the answers to the secret questions that you are guaranteed to be asked. In plastic surgery, for every operation or problem, there are classic questions that have been passed down through the...

Not considering yearly salary, what are the highest paid hourly med/dent specialties? I’ve heard orthopedics, plastics, dermatology, orthodontics, endodontics, and oral surgery all make a killing but some work fairly more hours/week.

Please post your Impressions of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Programs as you move along the interview trail!

Hi all, can anyone recommend which Integrated Plastics residency programs might be good for students interested in Global surgery, mission trips and research overseas? Thanks in advance!

Hi Everyone, I'm not new to SDN, but this is my first time posting. My question is on the differences in surgical capabilities that the various residencies for the following specialities provie : (a) Oral & Maxillofacial, (b) Otolaryngology-Head and Neck, and (c) Plastics. And this is just in...

Hi Everyone, I'm not new to SDN, but this is my first time posting. My question is on the differences in surgical capabilities that the various residencies for the following specialities provie : (a) Oral & Maxillofacial, (b) Otolaryngology-Head and Neck, and (c) Plastics. And this is just in...

Hi to everyone, Some foreign resident in plastic surgery here, I was wondering what brand and model of surgical sutures do you use for ear reconstruction cases in US or in Europe? or other developed countries? I am located in rather poor/developing country and good medical supplies here is a...

Written Boards for Plastic Surgery coming up for us Boards-eligible folks this October. Any study tips / resources worth investing? I have Samuel Lin's PRS Board Review 2nd ed. - I liked using the 1st ed. in studying for the in-service exam. Is it worth going through ACAPS (retired...

I'm an incoming high school senior looking for a path to take. I'm very interested in being able to preform non cosmetic procedures such as Botox, lip injections, cool sculpting, laser hair removal, and so on. Initially I wanted to continue on and become a dermatologist but all other aspects of...

There's a national meeting in San Diego this year for the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons and all med students interested can attend for free. More specifically there is a session where students can talk with a bunch of residency program directors. Below is the agenda: Medical...

Repeating an open invitation, this time for Visiting Residents: The UC Davis Division of Plastic Surgery is seeking Visiting Residents to help cover our service starting APRIL 2017. We currently lack any intern coverage for the months of April, May, and June 2017. I've received some responses...

So I recently matched categorical GS at a residency where independent plastics is a possibility (lots of graduates pursue it). I love GS and have always loved it, but I also have come to appreciate plastic surgery, especially reconstruction. Overall I'm keeping my options open. Today a...

Hi all, I'm currently a 2nd year resident in Otolaryngology, and have been hearing about alumni of my program being very successful after doing a 2nd residency in plastics and then a fellowship in facial plastics. I'm wondering, if I did a 2nd residency in plastics after completing my residency...

Hi All, Could anybody give any insight into the differences between Columbia and Cornell, in terms of prestige, case load etc for specialities like neurosurgery, ent, plastics etc. Not as residency, but as departments in general. Because rankings always seem to rank NYP as a whole and not the...

All, but one, of the lead surgeons in facial transplant cases, Siemionow etc, are plastic surgeons. Residency trained in 5 year general surgeons + 2/3 year plastic surgery residency. (Devauchelle from France is an OMF surgeon, but he's the only non plastic program lead.) Wouldn't an ENT...

Hello to anyone who reads this. I am a Dominican (from Dominican Republic, caribbean, central america) med students who will end her training at the end of 2018 and wants to go to Sweden on 2019. I have my eyes set on Reconstructive Surgery/Plastics as a speciality and I was wondering if any...

I ratted this Medspa to the NJ State Board of Nursing. It is co-owned by a NP and a vascular surgeon. NPs are not permitted to own medical facilities in NJ. The vascular surgeon has no experience in the aesthetic techniques that he is supposed to be "supervising" the NP in. The NP believes...

Open invitation to U.S. medical students: (1) To graduating MS4s looking for a month of plastic surgery to hone suturing skills, scrub into reconstruction cases, or simply to avoid being bored toward the end of medical school; AND (2) To rising MS4s who may be fortunate enough to be starting...

It's about that time! As has been done in previous years, post your dates you want to swap here. EDIT: When your swap is resolved. Example: I have St. Louis University Jan 22, want Dec 18 or Dec 11 Let me know. Thanks!

As has been done in previous years, please post if you get an interview invite. In this format: School (month/day interview invite sent): interview dates offered. ex: Duke (10/10): 12/5, 12/6 ex after someone already listed a school: Duke (10/10, 10/23): 12/5... Copy the last post and put...

Hello, I am medical student in the 5th year. I will finish Med School in 2 years in Romania and would like to go for Residency in Austria. I have studied German for 8 years in school, so can resume this in the remaining 2 years. I joined a student sociecty and have done numerous surgery...

I am applying this year to integrated PRS. I have always wanted to be a plastic surgeon and am just nervous about the whole matching process and was hoping to get some feedback and thoughts on how my application compares to the rest of the pool. My application is as follows: Step 1: 248 Step...

I hope you don't mind us posting this, but it's very relevant to people on this forum. UCL Press have just released an open access textbook, Textbook of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, that can be downloaded for free in both PDF and app format (print is also available for sale). It can be...

Hi all, I hope you don't mind us posting this, but it's very relevant to people on this forum. UCL Press have just released an open access textbook, Textbook of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, that can be downloaded for free in both PDF and app format (print is also available for sale). It...

Have generally heard of the 'stereotype' that: most orthopaedic surgeons are jocks/ all athletic with an ego, most derms are into luxury and love to spend, etc. Just curious if there were any stereotypes or common characteristics seen in PRS among the medical/ resident community? Thanks!

Have generally heard of the 'stereotype' that: most orthopaedic surgeons are jocks/ all athletic with an ego, most derms are into luxury and love to spend, etc. Just curious if there were any stereotypes or common characteristics seen in PRS among the medical/ resident community? Thanks!