As early as 1975, Dr. Whitaker, as one of the few Plastic Surgeons in the United States specializing in the developing field of craniofacial surgery, instituted a Fellowship in Craniofacial Surgery. This program was followed by a Craniofacial Research Fellowship started in 1997. One hundred Plastic Surgery residents have completed the residency training program, ten of whom presently run, or have run, a residency training program. Twenty-eight fellows completed the craniofacial fellowship, four of whom run, or have run, training programs. Today, the Plastic Surgery residency program accepts two residents each year for three years of training, and the Craniofacial Fellowship is one year in length after plastic surgery training.
Residents rotate through five additional affiliated hospitals.
Plastic Surgeons practicing at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. All are board certified, do research, and are active in national and international Plastic Surgery organizations and programs for Plastic Surgery in developing countries.