Plastic Surgery Residency Program
The University of Washington Division of Plastic Surgery matches senior medical students to a six year, coordinated Surgery / Plastic Surgery program. In this coordinated plan, the first three years will be the same as those for residents going into General Surgery. The second three years will be devoted to Plastic Surgery.
Overview
The goal of the Plastic Surgery program is to train Plastic Surgeons in all four parts of academic medicine: patient care, medical education, medical research and administration. Since it is not possible to teach all four topics in two years, the Plastic Surgery program is three years in length.
The Plastic Surgery program, like the Surgery program, utilizes four University affiliated hospitals. In addition, the program for the Division of Plastic Surgery includes a six month rotation in a private office. The hospitals include the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC), Harborview Medical Center (HMC), the Seattle Veterans' Administration Puget Sound Health Care System (VA), and Children's Hospital and Medical Center (CHMC).
The University of Washington Burn Center is located at Harborview Medical Center and is also intimately involved in the residency. The Division also participates in the Orthopedic/Plastic Surgery Unified Hand Service.
The Plastic Surgery services at the University of Washington are well supported with in-house Surgery residents. Since it is a goal of the program to keep Surgery residents intimately involved, it is possible and desirable for the Plastic Surgery residents to work simultaneously at two hospitals. Therefore one Plastic Surgery resident is assigned to the Harborview and the VA rotation and the other resident is assigned to the University of Washington Medical Center and Children's Hospital rotation.
The current practice of Plastic Surgery at each of the hospitals and the private office provides exposure to general Plastic Surgery. But the practice at each provides unique clinical exposure as well. Plastic Surgeons at the University of Washington Medical Center are involved primarily in aesthetic, breast, trunk and microsurgery.
Clinical care at Harborview includes maxillofacial trauma, hand trauma, injuries to lower extremities and the trunk, burns, and microsurgery. The practice at the VA is very general and includes most aspects of Plastic Surgery except pediatric and acute trauma. Activities at Children's include congenital anomalies of the head and neck and other aspects of pediatric Plastic Surgery.
To Apply:
Applicants must complete the match process at the end of medical school. Application materials required by the Division of Plastic Surgery are:
Application Form
Personal Statement
Medical School Transcript
Dean's Letter
Letters of Recommendation (3)
Documentation of USMLE Scores
For further information please contact:
Mark J. Cumpston
Residency Coordinator
Box 359796
Harborview Medical Center
325 9th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 744-2868
Fax: (206) 744-3656
mjc35@u.washington.edu
For More Information:
See full description of the UW Plastic Surgery residency program
Dept. of Surgery, Plastic Surgery Division pages
Reviewed 10/07