Plastic Surgery Residency
Introduction
Under the direction of Program Director Mohin Bhadkamkar, MD, the Plastic Surgery Residency Training Program currently consists of seventy-two months (Integrated) or thirty-six months (Independent) of comprehensive training in all aspects of plastic and reconstructive surgery. The Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Program is supported by Assistant Program Director Danielle Sobol, MD, while the Independent Plastic Surgery Residency Program is supported by Assistant Program Director Erik Marques, MD, FACS. Areas of specialty include maxillofacial, aesthetic, microvascular, hand, pediatric plastic surgery (cleft lip and palate/craniofacial), and general reconstructive plastic surgery. The curriculum also includes rotations in anesthesia (office-based/ambulatory setting), orthopedics (hand/upper extremity), and oculoplastic surgery.
The program currently has twelve (12) full-time core faculty members who participate regularly in the teaching program at Memorial Hermann Hospital (external link) and/or Lyndon Baines Johnson General Hospital (external link) (LBJ). Volunteer plastic surgery faculty also participate in the teaching program at Memorial Hermann Hospital. Attending faculty and the Program Director supervise all activities. The primary teaching hospital is Memorial Hermann Hospital (and Children’s Memorial Hermann), where residents are assigned to the various faculty on a rotating basis, allowing for exposure to a wide variety and number of clinical experiences.
Mission
The mission of the University of Texas Program in Plastic Surgery is to educate and train physicians in the art and science of plastic and reconstructive surgery and to develop a responsible plastic surgeon with a high moral and ethical character capable of functioning as an independent plastic surgeon.
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