what are the prestigious fellowships in plastics?
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That's kind of one of those things where, if you're in a position to need to know about that sort of thing (i.e. a plastics resident), you'll know.
But to avoid coming off as a complete douche, I'll say two great hand programs are Louisville and the Buncke Clinic in San Francisco.
But to avoid coming off as a complete douche, I'll say two great hand programs are Louisville and the Buncke Clinic in San Francisco.
Actually, Buncke & Kleinert are has-beens in Hand Surgery. Kleinert has been torn apart by internal bickering. Buncke is a strong place for Micro, but their Hand Surgery isn't really a big deal anymore.
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Guess advice from medical students about great fellowships isn't all that helpful, who knew?
I felt selfish for posting an entirely self-interested thread (re: the UTSW switch) and tried to answer a question.
Obviously, not being a plastics resident, I'm one of the self-described people who's not in a position to know. 🙂
Obviously, not being a plastics resident, I'm one of the self-described people who's not in a position to know. 🙂
Hi...I'm an integrated plastics resident. I think I can answer your question.
Hand: Curtis Hand Center, Indiana Hand Center, Philadelphia Hand Center, UPMC (because of the hand transplants with Dr. Lee), NYU, Hospital for Special Surgery, Wash U (peripheral nerve), etc, etc
Micro: MD Anderson, Sloan-Kettering, UPenn, NYU, Chan Gun, Buncke, UCLA UPMC
Cosmetic: MEETH, UTSW, a bunch of private firms usually offer cosmetic fellowships...not sure of the names.
Craniofacial: CHOP, Boston Childrens, NYU, U Miami, U Washington, UCLA
There are no "breast" fellowships- you will learn breast recon and cosmo techniques in residency and for more advanced micro training for breast recon, most do a microfellowship. Penn's is probably the most breast heavy.
Hand: Curtis Hand Center, Indiana Hand Center, Philadelphia Hand Center, UPMC (because of the hand transplants with Dr. Lee), NYU, Hospital for Special Surgery, Wash U (peripheral nerve), etc, etc
Micro: MD Anderson, Sloan-Kettering, UPenn, NYU, Chan Gun, Buncke, UCLA UPMC
Cosmetic: MEETH, UTSW, a bunch of private firms usually offer cosmetic fellowships...not sure of the names.
Craniofacial: CHOP, Boston Childrens, NYU, U Miami, U Washington, UCLA
There are no "breast" fellowships- you will learn breast recon and cosmo techniques in residency and for more advanced micro training for breast recon, most do a microfellowship. Penn's is probably the most breast heavy.
The well-known breast fellowships would be Dennis Hammond in Grand Rapids, Pat Maxwell in Nashville, and Scott Spear in D.C.
I was unimpressed by Indiana Hand Center. I think they're kind of like Kleinert & Buncke -- living off the name of retired partners. They mostly seemed to beat the crap out of their fellows and I didn't see anything that made me think that they were getting a special experience out of the deal. Phillie is OK. The nice thing is Lee Ostermann. The rest of the faculty were pretty unimpressive. UW-Seattle has become a pretty big spot. Trumble is a publishing machine. I've heard that he can be a bit difficult, but that's nothing new in academics. There are several other great faculty there, also (Vedder and Hanel being most prominent).
I was unimpressed by Indiana Hand Center. I think they're kind of like Kleinert & Buncke -- living off the name of retired partners. They mostly seemed to beat the crap out of their fellows and I didn't see anything that made me think that they were getting a special experience out of the deal. Phillie is OK. The nice thing is Lee Ostermann. The rest of the faculty were pretty unimpressive. UW-Seattle has become a pretty big spot. Trumble is a publishing machine. I've heard that he can be a bit difficult, but that's nothing new in academics. There are several other great faculty there, also (Vedder and Hanel being most prominent).
