The Plastic Surgery Residency Program provides a wide range of plastic surgery experience including reconstructive surgery, maxillofacial surgery, head and neck surgery, hand surgery, surgery of congenital anomalies, aesthetic surgery and microsurgery. Saint Louis University is the home base of the Program.
Experience here is primarily in the areas of trauma, reconstruction, hand and microvascular surgery.
There are four general plastic surgery clinics every week two hand clinics every week. At Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital experience is gained in congenital disorders, clefts, burns, pediatric reconstructive surgery and hand surgery. Both hospitals have busy emergency departments with a variety of trauma and hand surgery cases. The St. Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center provides experience in head and neck, hand, and reconstructive surgery. There is a general plastic surgery clinic once a week and a hand clinic every two weeks.