Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Objectives:
- To expose the student to basic principles of plastic and reconstructive surgery as they relate to congenital anomalies, trauma, head and neck cancer and esthetic surgery.
- To integrate the basic principles of plastic and reconstructive surgery with instruction in suturing.
Description:
- The elective will involve the three hospitals that are integrated into the Plastic Surgery Training Program: Summa Health System – Akron Campus, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, and Akron General Medical Center.
- The student will be assigned to an attending so that office patients as well as outpatient surgery may be observed.
- The student will be responsible for the history and physical and pre- and postsurgical orders on all assigned patients.
- The student will attend all conferences and the clinic at the hospital where he/she is assigned.
Night Call/Special Requirements:
Night call with the chief resident on a rotational basis.
Responsible Faculty/Rank:
- Douglas Wagner, M.D., Professor of Plastic Surgery, NEOMED