Applicants should communicate with the following individual. The University of Illinois training program in plastic and reconstructive surgery includes the University of Illinois Hospital, Cook County Hospital and Michael Reese Hospital. The program is fully approved for two residents in each of three years. During the three-year course of training, each resident spends equal time on the plastic surgery service of each of the three institutions. Additionally, our service covers the needs for plastic and reconstructive surgery at the West Side Veteran's Administration Hospital on a consultation basis only.
Full responsibility is given to the residents beginning immediately with the junior year.
At Michael Reese Hospital, the attending physician is primarily responsible for initial evaluation and preoperative planning. The residents, however, are actively involved in the care of these patients and perform a significant number of procedures under the supervision of the attending surgeon. An average of 2,500 procedures are performed at the three hospitals each year. Breast surgery Burns Aesthetic surgery Hand and microsurgery 2. We are an integral part of the University of Illinois College of Medicine.