we share our experiences in developing separate Plastic Surgery Interest Groups, in order to start the conversation with other students around the country in order to turn our interests into successful residency matches and careers as plastic surgeons
by M. Shuja Shafqat, MD (@shujashafqatmd) Plastic surgeons are a versatile group and deal with a variety of different problems. Many do not realize this and even within the medical community, providers are unsure of […]
by Ibrahim Khansa, MD (@IbrahimKhansaMD) Over the past two decades, the pendulum on hernia repair has swung from open repair with widely undermined skin flaps,1 to less invasive options that focus on maintaining as many […]
by Devon J. Ryan, BA, JT Stranix, MD (@jtstranix) Introduction: Empirical studies using national datasets are increasingly prevalent in the plastic surgery literature. A working knowledge of these databases is therefore essential to performing and analyzing […]
aesthetic and reconstructive surgery… are both plastic surgery after all.
by Chad M. Teven, MD (@ChadTevenMD) Led by PRS Resident Ambassadors Amanda Silva (@AmandaKSilvaMD), Raj Sawh-Martinez (@docrfsm), and Sammy Sinno (@sammysinnoMD), the June 2016 #PRSJournalClub followed suit from the previous editions and provided for another […]
by Gloria R. Sue, MD and Raj Sawh-Martinez, MD Plastic and reconstructive surgery is a highly desired specialty among medical students and surgery trainees. It is a thriving specialty with a broad scope, encompassing operations on […]
a rich discussion of PRS article, entitled “Three-Dimensional Topographic Surface Changes in Response to Compartmental Volumization of the Medial Cheek: Defining a Malar Augmentation Zone”, by Drs. Stern, Schreiber, Surek, Garfein, Jelks, Jelks and Tepper
by M. Shuja Shafqat, MD Social media has exploded in popularity in the last decade, with millions of people regularly using one or more services on a daily basis. Most of us use these websites […]
by Raja Mohan, MD At the end of my second year of residency, I was on call for the downtown plastic surgery service at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and I knew after sign-out, I’d be in […]