Outpatient US Clinical Experience in Plastic Surgery in New York

Information about this clinical experience:

You will be under the supervision of a physician who is board certified in plastic surgery. The physician is on staff at multiple hospitals, including Lenox Hill Hospital, New York Presbyterian Hospital, NYU, Mt. Sinai, and Nassau University Medical Center. The preceptor is actively involved in the education of plastic surgery residents at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook. The attending has also taught PA and medical students from NYU and Hofstra.

Cases seen in the outpatient practice are split evenly between cosmetic and reconstructive cases. Topics learners should read about to maximize their learning in this rotation include:

• Sutures and knot tying

• Wound healing

• Grafts and flaps

• Skin and subcutaneous disease

• Breast surgery

• Pressure sores

• Local anesthetics

• Facial trauma

• Facial aesthetics

• Aesthetic surgery/body contouring

• Chest/abdominal reconstruction

• Lower extremity reconstruction

• Burn reconstruction

• Microsurgery

Please note that this physician is a member of a large group of plastic surgeons. A small part of your total time in this rotation will be spent with colleagues in the group.

During your experience, you will learn the following U.S. medical practices under the preceptor’s supervision:

• Taking patient histories.

• Performing physical exams under the physician's supervision.

• Presenting patients.

• Observing cases in the operating room

• Researching the literature to answer clinical questions at the point of care.

• Spending time with other healthcare professionals in the office to understand their roles and responsibilities.