Harvard Program in Plastic Surgery
July 11, 2006
by Michael Johns, Project Manager
Introduction
Dr. Julian Pribaz is the Program Director for the ACGME accredited Harvard Plastic Surgery Training Program. This program is the result of the merger of three formerly separate two-year residency programs at Harvard affiliated teaching hospitals based at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. The three Harvard programs merged to provide a more enriching educational environment in which we are able to enhance the strengths of each of the individual programs.
Residents now rotate among five of Boston's finest teaching hospitals: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Burns Institute at Boston Shriners Hospital. The rotations will include all aspects of the expanding field of plastic surgery. Emphasis has been placed on direct resident contact with nationally and internationally respected experts in addition to hands-on independent operating experience.
The five combined teaching hospitals have over 2,400 beds and approximately 8,000 resident plastic surgery cases per year. The case mix includes such areas as aesthetic surgery, breast, craniofacial reconstruction, cleft lip and palate, hand and other upper and lower extremity, oncological reconstruction of head, neck and extremities, microsurgery and burn reconstruction, with opportunities for both adult and pediatric surgery.
BWH Division of Plastic Surgery
BWH Department of Surgery Research
Program Tracks
There are two tracks for which one may match with the Harvard Program in Plastic Surgery:
Advanced Program (PGY-4 through PGY-6 Years)
The advanced program is an independent three-year program open to applicants who will have completed at least three years of general surgery or other prerequisite surgical specialty in an ACGME accredited program prior to entering this program at the PGY-4 level.
Integrated Plastic Surgery/General Surgery Program (PGY-1 to PGY-6)
This integrated six-year program is open to applicants who have completed medical school. During the first three years of the program residents will have exposure to basic concepts in plastic surgery as well as completing the general surgical prerequisites in the Harvard affiliated teaching hospitals under the supervision of plastic surgery faculty. Upon completion of the first three years, the residency training during the PGY-4 through PGY-6 years will focus on plastic surgical residency training as outlined in the advance program information.
Application
Advanced Program
The plastic surgery residency program will match with two new residents for the three-year advanced program to begin in July 2007.
Residency positions for this track are matched via the advanced plastic surgery match sponsored by the San Francisco Matching Programs. Residency applications for the advanced program are submitted through the Plastic Surgery Central Application Service. Our faculty will review all applications for the advanced program during the months of December and January. Those who are invited to interview will be notified in February, 2006.
Integrated Plastic Surgery/General Surgery Program
The plastic surgery residency program will match with three new residents for the six-year integrated program to begin in July 2006.
PGY-1 positions for this program will be matched through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). Information regarding registration for the NRMP is available from the Dean's Office at your medical school or www.nrmp.org.
The residency application process for the integrated plastic surgery program will go through the AAMC ERAS electronic residency application system this year. The deadline for applications to be complete (except for Deans' letters) is November 1, 2005. Our Faculty will review all completed applications for the integrated program during the month of November. Those who are invited to interview will be notified by late November.
Selection
Each application is reviewed in its entirety with an eye toward a combination of overall academic excellence, leadership ability, career development potential and personal character.
Although we receive applications from many well-qualified candidates, it is not possible to interview all who apply. Every effort is made to notify applicants of their interview status in a timely manner, however our application review process for the integrated program often continues through late November due to the large number of applications received and the late release date for Dean's letters.
Interviews
The two-day interview session for the advanced program will take place on March 17-18, 2006. The two-day interview session for the integrated program will take place on December 2-3, 2005.
Each two-day interview session takes place from early Friday afternoon through late Saturday afternoon. Any applicants who are invited to interview will need to plan to be present for the entire two-day session. We do not schedule any individual interviews outside of these group interview sessions.
Any candidate who is invited to interview must contact the surgery education office to confirm their acceptance of the interview offer. If we do not receive a confirming phone call or e-mail from you by the deadline which will be stated on the invitation, we will not be able to schedule you for the interview.
Interview Format
On Friday afternoon the applicants will participate in a general orientation session during which they will meet the residency program director and the chiefs of plastic surgery from each of the teaching hospitals. Individual interview sessions between applicants and the faculty may begin on Friday afternoon, with additional interviews being scheduled throughout the day on Saturday. On Friday evening the applicants will have dinner with the Harvard plastic surgery residents. Faculty members do not attend the dinner so that applicants may talk freely with the residents in a non-interview environment.
Tours of the teaching hospitals will take place throughout the day on Friday and Saturday. For purposes of scheduling travel arrangements, any invited applicants should plan to be here by noon on Friday. It is anticipated that all interview activities will be completed by 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Go to the Brigham and Womens website to find out more.
Dr. Julian Pribaz is the Program Director for the ACGME accredited Harvard Plastic Surgery Training Program. This program is the result of the merger of three formerly separate two-year residency programs at Harvard affiliated teaching hospitals based at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. The three Harvard programs merged to provide a more enriching educational environment in which we are able to enhance the strengths of each of the individual programs.
Residents now rotate among five of Boston's finest teaching hospitals: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Burns Institute at Boston Shriners Hospital. The rotations will include all aspects of the expanding field of plastic surgery. Emphasis has been placed on direct resident contact with nationally and internationally respected experts in addition to hands-on independent operating experience.
The five combined teaching hospitals have over 2,400 beds and approximately 8,000 resident plastic surgery cases per year. The case mix includes such areas as aesthetic surgery, breast, craniofacial reconstruction, cleft lip and palate, hand and other upper and lower extremity, oncological reconstruction of head, neck and extremities, microsurgery and burn reconstruction, with opportunities for both adult and pediatric surgery.
BWH Division of Plastic Surgery
BWH Department of Surgery Research
Program Tracks
There are two tracks for which one may match with the Harvard Program in Plastic Surgery:
Advanced Program (PGY-4 through PGY-6 Years)
The advanced program is an independent three-year program open to applicants who will have completed at least three years of general surgery or other prerequisite surgical specialty in an ACGME accredited program prior to entering this program at the PGY-4 level.
Integrated Plastic Surgery/General Surgery Program (PGY-1 to PGY-6)
This integrated six-year program is open to applicants who have completed medical school. During the first three years of the program residents will have exposure to basic concepts in plastic surgery as well as completing the general surgical prerequisites in the Harvard affiliated teaching hospitals under the supervision of plastic surgery faculty. Upon completion of the first three years, the residency training during the PGY-4 through PGY-6 years will focus on plastic surgical residency training as outlined in the advance program information.
Application
Advanced Program
The plastic surgery residency program will match with two new residents for the three-year advanced program to begin in July 2007.
Residency positions for this track are matched via the advanced plastic surgery match sponsored by the San Francisco Matching Programs. Residency applications for the advanced program are submitted through the Plastic Surgery Central Application Service. Our faculty will review all applications for the advanced program during the months of December and January. Those who are invited to interview will be notified in February, 2006.
Integrated Plastic Surgery/General Surgery Program
The plastic surgery residency program will match with three new residents for the six-year integrated program to begin in July 2006.
PGY-1 positions for this program will be matched through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). Information regarding registration for the NRMP is available from the Dean's Office at your medical school or www.nrmp.org.
The residency application process for the integrated plastic surgery program will go through the AAMC ERAS electronic residency application system this year. The deadline for applications to be complete (except for Deans' letters) is November 1, 2005. Our Faculty will review all completed applications for the integrated program during the month of November. Those who are invited to interview will be notified by late November.
Selection
Each application is reviewed in its entirety with an eye toward a combination of overall academic excellence, leadership ability, career development potential and personal character.
Although we receive applications from many well-qualified candidates, it is not possible to interview all who apply. Every effort is made to notify applicants of their interview status in a timely manner, however our application review process for the integrated program often continues through late November due to the large number of applications received and the late release date for Dean's letters.
Interviews
The two-day interview session for the advanced program will take place on March 17-18, 2006. The two-day interview session for the integrated program will take place on December 2-3, 2005.
Each two-day interview session takes place from early Friday afternoon through late Saturday afternoon. Any applicants who are invited to interview will need to plan to be present for the entire two-day session. We do not schedule any individual interviews outside of these group interview sessions.
Any candidate who is invited to interview must contact the surgery education office to confirm their acceptance of the interview offer. If we do not receive a confirming phone call or e-mail from you by the deadline which will be stated on the invitation, we will not be able to schedule you for the interview.
Interview Format
On Friday afternoon the applicants will participate in a general orientation session during which they will meet the residency program director and the chiefs of plastic surgery from each of the teaching hospitals. Individual interview sessions between applicants and the faculty may begin on Friday afternoon, with additional interviews being scheduled throughout the day on Saturday. On Friday evening the applicants will have dinner with the Harvard plastic surgery residents. Faculty members do not attend the dinner so that applicants may talk freely with the residents in a non-interview environment.
Tours of the teaching hospitals will take place throughout the day on Friday and Saturday. For purposes of scheduling travel arrangements, any invited applicants should plan to be here by noon on Friday. It is anticipated that all interview activities will be completed by 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Go to the Brigham and Womens website to find out more.