Shuyan Wei, MD

Shuyan was excited to match at her #1 ranked plastic surgery program at UTHealth Houston because she believes that this busy training program has repeatedly produced strong graduates due to its wide breadth of cases and high level of resident autonomy. Graduates are well-prepared to go into practice upon graduation, or they can match into competitive fellowships. The faculty and staff foster a supportive learning environment by treating each other and the trainees with kindness and respect.

PRS Interests – breast reconstruction, microsurgery, aesthetics

Dr. Wei is a plastic surgery resident at UTHealth Houston. She was born and raised in China and immigrated to the United States at the age of 7. She is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese. She graduated from The University of Georgia in 2011 with Summa Cum Laude distinction in Biology. In 2015, she graduated from the Medical College of Wisconsin and was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. She completed a 7-year general surgery training program at UTHealth Houston, with 2 years of dedicated research as a T32 research fellow while also completing a Master Degree in Clinical Research. She graduated general surgery residency in 2022 and was awarded the Chief Residency of the Year.

In her free time, Dr. Wei enjoys running to stay in shape, catching up on sleep, and spending time with her husband who is a vascular surgeon. She and her husband are both avid SCUBA divers, and she is in the process of getting advanced SCUBA diving certified.