Plastic Surgery

Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function, and can deal with problems such as burns, surgery on hands and limbs and aesthetic surgery.
==Notable Plastic Surgeons==
*Dr. Mark Sloan (former Head of Plastic Surgery and Attending ENT at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital)
*Dr. Cwynar (Attending Plastic Surgeon at Seattle Grace Hospital)
*Dr. Quaid (Attending Plastic Surgeon at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital)
*Dr. Jackson Avery (former Head of Plastic Surgery and Attending ENT at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital)
*Dr. Jovan (Attending Plastic Surgeon at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital)
*Dr. Lauren Boswell (Attending Craniofacial Surgeon consulting at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital)
*Dr. Michelle Velez (Attending Plastic Surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)
*Dr. Steve Charnofsky (former Attending Plastic Surgeon)
*Dr. Michelle Lin (Head of Plastic Surgery and Attending ENT at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital)
==Sub-Specialties==
*Craniofacial Surgery is the surgical sub-specialty that deals with congenital and acquired deformities of the skull, face, and jaws.
==Surgical Procedures==
*Abdominoplasty (or a "Tummy-Tuck"): Reshaping of the abdomen.
*Reconstructive surgery: Correcting problems which were congenital or acquired through trauma, commonly breast reconstruction (after a breast has been removed due to cancer) and facial reconstruction (after trauma)
*Rhinoplasty (or "nose job"): Reshaping of the nose.
==Notable Cases==
===Grey's Anatomy===
====Season 4====
*Ectopia Cordis Closure (Piece of My Heart): Addison returns to Seattle Grace to deal with a pregnant women who's child is diagnosed with ectopia cordis - his heart has grown outside his body. Addison delivers the child, Hahn works to place the heart inside the chest and Sloan closes using a skin flap grown from the child's own skin.
====Season 5====
*Face Transplant (Stand By Me): David Young receives a full facial transplant by Mark Sloan after being hit by a drunk driver 12 years prior. He had had 9 previous reconstructive surgeries, none of which brought back full form or function.
==Notes and Trivia==
*In season one, Cristina likened plastics to the "jocks" along with surgery, and trauma.
*Catherine opined plastic surgery as an "easy-road" specialty when it concerned her son believing it would lead him to be the "Boob Job King of Seattle" or a "Tummy-Tuck Tycoon".
*Jackson's sudden leave of absence left the department scrambling, indicating the department is rather small.Gut Feeling, 15x03
*The proceeds from the cosmetic procedures performed by Jackson make up a huge percent of Grey Sloan's profits.It's Raining Men, 16x04
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