Choosing Medicine First

Choosing a path toward surgery first requires the choice to go to Medical School. That decision can be made throughout your undergraduate and post graduate years. The vast majority of us were "PreMeds" in undergraduate, taking the requisite courses to apply to medical school. Most of us were Science majors (biology, biochemistry, etc); I chose the Humanities, as a philosophy major and a biology minor. I studied hard to keep up a high GPA and often wondered if I had made a good choice while my friends were "partying" on the weekends. The road to surgery is gruelling, and requires steadfast commitment to academic achievement. Once you've made your choice, you go all the way--"half of the way" won't get you there.

What is Plastic Surgery?

The ultimate goal of Plastic Surgery is the creation of form and function in the pursuit of aesthetic ideals. Accomplishing this requires the technical skills, the vision, and understanding of the individual needs of the patient combined with compassion and a relentless pursuit of perfection.

Plastic Surgery has gone through many changes since its inception as a specialty; however, its foundations have not changed in its principled and rigorous approach to wound healing, understanding of 3-dimensional anatomy, and problem solving. Plastic Surgery is a fusion of these fundamentals with an eye for the "aesthetic." It is the fusion of Form & Function and the fusion of Science and Art that sets our specialty apart. Plastic Surgery is more than "skin deep." It starts from the skeleton to the skin and keeps in mind movement and sensation. Plastic Surgery is the specialty that allows us to rebuild and rejuvenate the human body from the ground up with safe techniques and lasting results.