UNMC Plastic Surgery is a learning facility dedicated to providing comprehensive training for residents with five years of prerequisite surgery experience. In addition to our main campus facility, Nebraska Medicine, the program has partnerships with other Omaha area hospitals such as, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Children's Nebraska, Methodist Hospital and St. Elizabeth's Hospital (Lincoln, NE).
The Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center is a three year program of the independent model. Perspective candidates must meet the program’s prerequisite requirements as set forth by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. General Surgery Pathway - completion of five progressive years of clinical training in general surgery sufficient to qualify for certification by the America Board of Surgery (ABS). Alternate Pathway - Prerequisite training in other ABMS specialties such as neurologcal surgery, orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, thoracic and cardiac surgery or urology. For a complete list of pathways and requirements, please refer to American Board of Plastic Surgery.
University of Nebraska Medical Center is the primary teaching facility for the Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery training program. Each institution affiliated with the residency program contributes a different practice setting, research opportunities, and a specific clinical focus to the overall mission of the education of the residents. Together they will afford the plastic surgery resident training in all aspects of the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery. The program is designed to fulfill the requirements outlined in the Program Requirements for Plastic Surgery.
The training program is an independent model for three consecutive years of which the last 12 months are spent as the chief resident. The curriculum is sequenced so that all topics of the plastic surgery core curriculum, as described in the Comprehensive Plastic Surgery Curriculum, are presented in that three year cycle. One resident is accepted into the program annually for a total of three residents in the program at any one time. The resident position is only available through the San Francisco Plastic Surgery Match Program.
The residents are assigned to rotations at all of the participating hospitals for specific periods of time.
The following is an example the rotations for each level of training
Year 1 (PGY6)
General Plastics - 6 months
Head & Neck - 3 months
Pediatric Craniofacial - 3 months
Year 2 (PGY7)
Oculoplastics/OMFS/Trauma - 3 months
Hand Surgery - 3 months
Burn & Wound - 1 months
General Plastics - 4 months
Year 3 (PGY8)
General/Microvascular - 3 months*
General Plastics - 6 months*
Cosmetic - 3 months*
*PGY 8 resident rotations may be changed based on the resident's area of interest, do not conflict with other learner's on rotation and provided all ACGME minimums are met prior to their final year of training.
