Residency Training Program
The Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at the New York University MedicalCenter is directed by Dr. Joseph G. McCarthy with a faculty of nineteen plasticsurgeons and associated specialists in orthodontics, prosthodontics, and psychologyof the NYU Medical Center. The three-year program is fully accredited for nineresidents (three in each year).
Comprehensive training is assured by rotations through five hospitals: TischHospital, Bellevue Hospital, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, the ManhattanVeterans Administration Hospital and the Burn Unit at New York Hospital.
Residents obtain exposure to all aspects of plastic surgery including: craniofacialand maxillofacial surgery, hand surgery, microsurgery, cleft lip and palate surgery,head and neck reconstructive surgery, breast reconstructive surgery, facial trauma,reconstruction of burn deformities, ophthalmic plastic surgery and aesthetic surgery.The resident performs approximately six-to-seven hundred surgical procedures ineach year of training. The program is accredited to begin as a three-year programbeginning in 2000, however, the 3-3-3 rotations will not begin until July 1, 2002.This means that anyone who matches into the program as of 2000, will train forthree years.
Requirements
There are two possible pathways of training:the "Traditional Program" via the Plastic Surgery Match and therecently developed "Coordinated Program" via the NRMP Match. Forthe Traditional Program, candidates must satisfy the basic requirementsof the American Board of Plastic Surgery which includes three yearsof training in an approved general surgery program or board eligibilityin a surgical specialty which is recognized by the American Boardof Plastic Surgery. Currently, preference is given to candidateswho will be board eligible in general surgery (or one of the surgicalspecialties) when they enter the Institute program
The Coordinated Program consists of three years of general surgery and threeyears of plastic surgery at NYU. Applications to the coordinated program are madein the fourth year of medical school and residency positions are offered throughthe NRMP Match.
Applications
Applications to the Traditional Program are madethrough the Central Applications Service in Phoenix, Arizona. Formore information, please call at (602) 256-0705.
For applications to the Coordinated Program visit www.aamc.org/eras and click on the ERAS 2003 Registration Link. You will need your medical school ID and password.
The Program
The Residency Training Program at the Instituteis designed to provide each resident with progressive responsibilityand the fullest possible experience in all areas of plastic surgery.Currently, during the first year, the resident rotates for periodsof three months each on the Plastic Surgery Service at Tisch Hospital,the Plastic Surgery Service at Bellevue Hospital, the Hand Serviceat Bellevue Hospital and for two months on the Hand Service at TischHospital with one month at the New York Hospital/Cornell Burn Unit.The Bellevue Hand Service rotation includes being the resident atthe VA Hospital. During the second year, the resident rotates forperiods of three months each as Chief Residents at Manhattan Eye,Ear and Throat Hospital, Chief Resident on the Plastic Surgery Serviceat Tisch Hospital, Chief Resident of the Plastic Surgery Serviceat Bellevue Hospital and Chief Resident on the Hand Service at BellevueHospital. The combined Plastic Surgery Service at the four hospitalsuses an average of nine-to-ten operating rooms each day, occupyingapproximately 85-100 beds at any one time. At Tisch Hospital andManhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital there is a combination ofprivate and clinic surgery. At Bellevue Hospital Center and theVeterans Administration Hospital all surgery is performed by theresidents.
The Institute is a division of the Department of Surgery at New York UniversityMedical Center and a close relationship is maintained with the general surgeryattendings and residents.
In addition to bedside, operating room and clinic teaching, educational activitiesinclude: formal conferences, weekly resident lectures, visiting professor and guestlectures, and attendance at the special courses and symposia organized by the Instituteof Reconstructive Plastic Surgery.
Senior residents are encouraged to present papers at various residents' and nationalmeetings on approval of the Director. Junior residents are currently sent at theInstitute's expense to the American Association of Plastic Surgeons annual meeting.Fully equipped laboratories are available for research in microsurgery, wound healing,craniofacial growth and development, computer imaging, cutaneous blood flow andimmunology. All trainees are required to participate in these programs.
The Institute's John Marquis Converse Library contains 30,000 reprintsof plastic surgery articles and upwards of 1,500 volumes of plastic surgery literature.A VCR and a library of tapes from the collection of the Plastic Surgery EducationalFoundation are also available. The New York University Medical Center Library withmore than 118,000 volumes and 1,400 current periodicals is available to the residentstaff, as are the smaller libraries at both Bellevue and the Veterans AdministrationHospital. The New York Academy of Medicine Library is another resource within thearea.
Housing
Subsidized housing is available to the plasticsurgery residents by lottery in the new Skirball building and theKip's Bay building across the street from Tisch Hospital on FirstAvenue, but most residents live in apartments in the neighborhood.
Faculty Members
Joseph G. McCarthy, M.D. Director
Christina Y. Ahn, M.D.
Sherrell J. Aston, M.D.
Daniel C. Baker, M.D.
Robert W. Beasley, M.D.
Lawrence E. Brecht, D.D.S.
David T.W. Chiu, M.D.
Mihye Choi, M.D.
Sydney Coleman, M.D.
Stephen R. Colen, M.D.
Court B. Cutting, M.D.
Mark Delacure, M.D.
Barry H. Grayson, D.D.S.
Alexes Hazen, M.D.
Glenn W. Jelks, M.D.
Nolan S. Karp, M.D.
Jamie P. Levine, M.D.
Michael S. Margiotta, M.D.
Gerald Pitman, M.D.
Pierre B. Saadeh, M.D.
Sheel Sharma, M.D.
Charles H. Thorne, M.D.
Stephen Warren, M.D.
Barry M. Zide, M.D.
For Resident/Fellowship information, please contact:
Education Coordinator
Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
New York Medical University
550 First Avenue
New York, NY, 10016
Phone: 212-263-8279
Fax: 212-263-3279
Carla.Navarro@med.nyu.edu
