The Burn Units at both Wishard Hospital and Riley Hospital are under the direct supervision of the Plastic Surgery Section and are the only bona fide burn facilities in the state. Active multi-disciplinary clinical programs in craniofacial and cleft palate surgery are in place. A melanoma and skin cancer center was initiated in 1995. Laboratory space includes the multidivisional large animal research laboratory and the microsurgery laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Sood. The Plastic Surgery residency is RRC accredited for three residents for each of two years.
Further training is available in specialized clinical areas and research.
Services at each hospital are also comprised of rotating general surgery and oral surgery residents as well as medical students on their required or elective rotations. Anne Cramer, A. Michael Sadove , John Searles, Jr, Rajiv Sood, Robert Havlik , Jeffrey Wagner and Barry Eppley . There is an active volunteer faculty from the greater Indianapolis area and off campus rotations are available in some cases.