what fellowships are there?
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If you complete 5 years of general surgery (and some other specialties as well), you can do a plastic surgery fellowship which is two years.
A craniofacial fellowship is done after plastic surgery (i.e., after a combined/integrated plastic surgery residency, a 2 year plastic surgery fellowship) or after an OMFS residency (oral and maxillofacial surgery).
Hand is one year and is after plastics, general surgery or orthopaedic surgery.
Burn is a one year fellowship generally done after general surgery by those that are either interested in burn surgery or, more commonly, by someone trying to get into plastic surgery after a general surgery residency. I don't think I've ever known anyone who did burn after plastics since you get some burn experience (some programs more than others) in plastics training.
Microvascular (flap reconstruction) is another one of those that's a one year fellowship generally done after plastic surgery or after general surgery by those trying to get into plastic surgery.
There are some others scattered about, such as general reconstructive, those that focus on breast, aesthetics, etc., and these are done after plastic surgery. Most are one year, but there are some 6 month programs as well.
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There are a handful of non-craniofacial peds plastics fellowships (good example would be the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto). At Sick Kids they do lots of clefts and facial reanimation surgery. If you do Bauer's fellowship in Chicago you'd become a tissue expansion master.
There are a couple of different types of breast fellowships. There are the aesthetic/breast fellowships of Hammond, Spear, Maxwell. There are also Breast/Micro fellowships a la MD Anderson, MSK, Serletti, and Bernie Chang.
There are straight aesthetic fellowships that run either six months or one year. Some focus on particular areas like rhinoplasty, body contouring, or other areas. (Why anyone would focus on body contouring, I don't know)
There are a few fellowships that focus on Head & Neck Recon, but that is quickly becoming the domain of ENT (and I'm not complaining about that AT ALL).
Craniofacial fellowships do a mix of peds congenital anomalies as well as complex facial fractures. There is usually an exposure to Orthognathic surgery, but from what I've heard this is variable.
Hand surgery fellowships are open to Plastics, Ortho, and General surgeons. There are some super-focused fellowships (e.g. MacKinnon @ WashU doing mostly peripheral nerve).
Burns are open to both Plastics and Gen Surg. Burns are falling more into the domain of General Surgery as most Plastic Surgeons don't have the training/experience in critical care medicine that is often needed. Lots of burn centers seem to have a collaboration of Trauma trained General surgeons running the show and Plastics helping out with Hand/Face and some of the more complex burn reconstructions.
Hope this helps. This just goes to show the rich and diverse spectrum of options available in Plastic Surgery!
There are a couple of different types of breast fellowships. There are the aesthetic/breast fellowships of Hammond, Spear, Maxwell. There are also Breast/Micro fellowships a la MD Anderson, MSK, Serletti, and Bernie Chang.
There are straight aesthetic fellowships that run either six months or one year. Some focus on particular areas like rhinoplasty, body contouring, or other areas. (Why anyone would focus on body contouring, I don't know)
There are a few fellowships that focus on Head & Neck Recon, but that is quickly becoming the domain of ENT (and I'm not complaining about that AT ALL).
Craniofacial fellowships do a mix of peds congenital anomalies as well as complex facial fractures. There is usually an exposure to Orthognathic surgery, but from what I've heard this is variable.
Hand surgery fellowships are open to Plastics, Ortho, and General surgeons. There are some super-focused fellowships (e.g. MacKinnon @ WashU doing mostly peripheral nerve).
Burns are open to both Plastics and Gen Surg. Burns are falling more into the domain of General Surgery as most Plastic Surgeons don't have the training/experience in critical care medicine that is often needed. Lots of burn centers seem to have a collaboration of Trauma trained General surgeons running the show and Plastics helping out with Hand/Face and some of the more complex burn reconstructions.
Hope this helps. This just goes to show the rich and diverse spectrum of options available in Plastic Surgery!
