Overview: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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Directed by Grant W. Carlson, MD, the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Emory provides unsurpassed patient-centered care, comprehensive resident and medical student education, and performs innovative basic science and translational research.
The program is energized by a foundation of advancement and progress, particularly in developing and improving breast reconstruction techniques over the past few decades. For example, the development of the musculocutaneous flap procedure by Emory plastic surgeons in 1975 became the foundation for techniques that are now the standard for reconstructive breast surgery. The late Dr. John Bostwick continued to pioneer the use of tissue from the patient's own body for breast reconstruction in the late eighties. In the nineties, Dr. Carlson began refining skin sparing mastectomy.
The Division offers an accredited three-year ACGME-approved residency that gives residents experience in perioperative and intraoperative patient care. Requirements for admission to the training program are set by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and involve completion of a minimum of three years — the final year must be at the senior level — in an accredited, single general surgery residency program or similar program in orthopaedic surgery or otolaryngology.
