About the Department of Plastic Surgery

The Department of Plastic Surgery at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas is a national leader and innovator in patient care, education and research. Together our affiliated hospitals encompass a wealth of clinical material that allows us to provide the highest level of plastic surgical training and education. The medical school provides outstanding human and physical resources supportive of our research activities. Our nationally acclaimed faculty possesses well-rounded teaching skills and is known for the depth and breadth of their expertise spanning the full spectrum of plastic surgery. We foster a spirit of cooperation and camaraderie that provides an enjoyable and enriching educational experience designed to prepare residents for careers in either private practice or academic plastic surgery. Our goal is to produce graduates who are independent problem solvers and future leaders of plastic surgery.

Plastic Surgery and medicine are undergoing revolutionary changes and we will prepare you for those changes. Our challenge is to equip you with all the appropriate building blocks and principles of plastic surgery to face the future of medicine in an enlightened manner. We promise to make you the best plastic surgeon you can become and we will draw upon all of your innate talents as well as those we instill and teach you while you are with us at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

The next era in plastic surgery demands independence, and only a self-standing department like the Department of Plastic Surgery at the University of Texas of Southwestern Medical Center will determine the course for plastic surgery leadership and education in the millennium. The future of plastic surgery is limited only by our imagination, creativity, and determination. Our plans for the next decade are bold and built upon the highest standards where innovation and creativity flourish. Our aspirations and goals remain high because of the undaunted commitment of our superbly talented faculty, staff, and the caliber of residents attracted to our program.

On behalf of the Department of Plastic Surgery at the University of Texas of Southwestern Medical Center, we express our sincerest appreciation for your interest in our training program. Our promise to you as you train with us is to make you the “best you can be” as a physician in Plastic Surgery.