Clinical Rotations
The six-year Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Program at Mayo Clinic Rochester adopts a mentorship model of training that assigns each resident to a single faculty member (Consultant Plastic Surgeon) for two-month rotations. During this time, you will be responsible for all operating room cases, outpatient clinics, and inpatient care under the supervision of one Consultant Plastic Surgeon.
This educational continuity allows graduated progression of knowledge and technical skills with 1:1 mentorship at all levels of your training. Your clinical training covers all subspecialty areas of plastic surgery and you will assume increasing responsibility for patient care pre-operatively, operatively, and post-operatively over the course of your residency.
Residents in the Integrated Plastic Surgery Program are anticipated to meet all required index case numbers and ACGME milestones by the time they enter the Chief Resident year.
Rotation schedule
PGY-1
| Rotations | Length |
|---|---|
| Plastic surgery | 3 months |
| General surgery | 1 month |
| Vascular surgery | 1 month |
| Trauma surgery | 1 month |
| Orthopedic trauma surgery | 1 month |
| Emergency medicine | 1 month |
| Surgical ICU | 1 month |
| Pediatric surgery | 1 month |
| Dermatology | 1 month |
| Transplant surgery | 2 weeks |
| Anesthesia | 2 week |
PGY-2
| Rotations | Length |
|---|---|
| Plastic surgery | 4 months |
| General surgery | 2 months |
| Oculoplastic surgery | 1 month |
| Oral and maxillofacial surgery | 1 month |
| Head and neck surgery | 1 month |
| Surgical oncology (breast/melanoma) | 6 weeks |
| Hand surgery | 6 weeks |
PGY-3/4/5/6
During the final four years of residency, you will be the primary resident on a plastic surgery service in a 1:1 mentorship model. You will rotate with all of the consultants over the course of your training and cover all of the subspecialty areas including:
- Reconstructive Microsurgery
- Hand Surgery
- Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery
- Breast Reconstruction and Aesthetic Breast Surgery
- Aesthetic Surgery
- Transgender Surgery
- Lymphedema Surgery
Arizona rotation
As a PGY-4 resident, you will spend two months rotating in Scottsdale, Arizona at a private facial aesthetic surgery practice (Paradise Valley Cosmetic Center) under the mentorship of Daniel Shapiro, M.D. (Director of Aesthetic Surgical Training).
Elective rotation
As a Chief Resident, you will have the opportunity to arrange a one-month elective rotation in any subspecialty area and institution of your choosing. Elective rotations must meet the criteria set by the Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education and be approved by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Recent elective rotations include:
- Reconstructive Microsurgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
- Reconstructive Microsurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
- Reconstructive Microsurgery, (Hung Chi Chen, M.D., Ph.D.), China Medical, Taiwan
- Peripheral Nerve Surgery/ Brachial Plexus, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
- Facial Aesthetic Surgery (Bryan Mendelsson, M.D.), Melbourne, Australia
- Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery (Joseph Losee, M.D.), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
- Craniofacial Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
- Transgender Surgery (Stan Monstrey, M.D., Ph.D.), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium