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447 source-led programme profiles across 130 cities and 38 states plus Washington, DC. Licensing, visa and hands-on eligibility vary by institution and candidate; always confirm with the programme and regulator.
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Use subspecialty pages to narrow this directory, then compare clinical, research and observational roles. Match participation, previous residency, registration and international eligibility differ by host; a listing does not confirm a vacancy.
Reviewed on 7 October 2026 using institutional pages and specialty-society sources, including ASRM, the Aesthetic Society, ASCFS, ABA and PSRC. Coverage includes clinical, research and related facial-plastic pathways, not a guarantee of every US programme or an open vacancy. Historical deadlines are labelled; visa sponsorship, salary and operative privileges are not assumed.
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Upcoming cycleUniversity of Pittsburgh / UPMC Department of Plastic Surgery
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · United States
A funded research year in pediatric plastic, cleft and craniofacial surgery, including imaging, machine learning and health services research.
Intake not confirmedUniversity of Pittsburgh / UPMC Department of Plastic Surgery
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · United States
A research fellowship on outcomes in head and neck microvascular reconstruction, acute craniofacial trauma and secondary reconstruction.
Upcoming cycleStanford Medicine — Robert A. Chase Hand & Upper Limb Center
Palo Alto, California · United States
One-year fellowship training board-eligible orthopaedic or plastic surgeons in upper limb care spanning the hand, shoulder and elbow. Fellows rotate through the Stanford adult medical center, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. Three fellows are accepted per year (two orthopaedic, one plastic), with applications through the ASSH platform and the NRMP Combined Musculoskeletal Matching Program.
Director, Orthopedic Hand FellowshipJeffrey Yao, MD
Intake not confirmedUniversity of Iowa Health Care
Iowa City, Iowa · United States
Adult and pediatric burn training spanning acute resuscitation, critical care, operative management, reconstruction, rehabilitation, outpatient care and research. The service performs about 375 operations per year, and each fellow can expect to perform over 200 major procedures; teaching includes weekly multidisciplinary lectures and Morbidity and Mortality conference and monthly journal club.
Fellowship leadership (as listed)Samuel W. Jones
Intake not confirmedPonte Vedra Plastic Surgery
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida · United States
A northeast Florida private-practice fellowship with operating-centre, clinic and medical-spa experience, work with several surgeons, independent practice opportunities and local academic activities.
Named in official programme listingRobert W. Burk III
Intake not confirmedYale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut · United States
A two-position combined plastic and orthopaedic fellowship covering trauma, replantation, congenital differences, brachial plexus disorders and microsurgical reconstruction.
Program DirectorDavid Colen, MD
Upcoming cycleUniversity of Utah Burn Center / Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah · United States
One-year burn surgery fellowship at the University of Utah Burn Center covering adult and pediatric burn resuscitation, critical care and reconstruction; listed with the ABA with a 1 August 2027 start.
Program DirectorGiavonni Lewis, MD, FACS
Deadline passedUT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology
Dallas, Texas · United States
A two-year ACGME-accredited oculofacial plastic surgery fellowship in the ophthalmology department, with a junior and a senior fellow in post at all times. About 85% of the case mix is functional and 15% cosmetic, with orbit and lacrimal work.
Rolling · availability unconfirmedISAPS / Center for Plastic Surgery
Atlanta, Georgia · United States
A two-week observership at the Center for Plastic Surgery in Atlanta hosted by Prof. Foad Nahai, accepting one visitor at a time and up to five visits a year. Visitors watch facelift, brow lift, eyelid surgery and neck lift in the operating rooms plus injectables and RF technologies; patient care, scrubbing in and assisting are not permitted.
ISAPS Expert Program hostFoad Nahai
Intake not confirmedThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas · United States
A one-year programme founded in 1988 focusing on microvascular and complex reconstructive surgery for oncologic patients. It combines clinical work, a required faculty-sponsored research project, didactics and an optional Clinical Specialist track; the current class is eight plastic surgery fellows and one head and neck surgery fellow, and the fellowship year ends on June 30.
Programme DirectorMargaret S. Roubaud, MDIntake not confirmedThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas · United States
This is a two-year combined fellowship split between Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Plastic Surgery. Year one focuses on head and neck surgical training and year two on reconstruction, including microvascular free tissue transfer. Final selections are made through the AHNS Match process.
Program DirectorRyan P. Goepfert, MD, FACS
Intake not confirmedUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado · United States
A one-year clinical instructorship and fellowship in microsurgery and complex reconstruction at CU Anschutz, covering oncologic and traumatic reconstruction including breast, sarcoma and extremity, head and neck, and chest wall. The fellow acts as responsible attending for residents on service and presents a plastic surgery grand rounds on a microsurgical topic.
Named in official programme listingChristodoulos Kaoutzanis
Intake not confirmedUniversity of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia · United States
Combined Orthopaedic/Plastic Surgery Hand Fellowship in Charlottesville, Virginia, represented by an official plastic-surgery or microsurgery society listing. Current case mix, appointment terms and vacancies require direct confirmation.
Fellowship Co-DirectorBrent R. DeGeorge JrDeadline passedYale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut · United States
Yale's Microsurgery Fellowship is described as a high-volume clinical fellowship with a focus on breast reconstruction. The appointment is as Clinical Instructor, and the page lists Monika Londono as Fellowship Coordinator and M. Lisa Varipapa, MPH as Program Coordinator.
Yale plastic and reconstructive surgery faculty; breast reconstruction and microsurgery. Yale describes the fellowship as taught by 6+ faculty but does not publish an individual assignment.Luccie Wo
Intake not confirmedIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York · United States
A 12-month fellowship open to fully trained plastic surgeons, designed to encompass the full depth and breadth of gender-affirmation surgical procedures. The page lists Jess Ting, MD as programme director and offers a competitive salary, malpractice insurance, health insurance and other benefits.
Named in official programme listingJess Ting
Upcoming cycleUniversity of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, Kentucky · United States
One-year ACGME-accredited fellowship jointly sponsored by plastic and reconstructive surgery and orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine, accepting one fellow per academic year. The fellow splits time equally between the two disciplines across UK HealthCare, Turfland, Shriners, Lexington Surgery Center and the Lexington VA, preparing for hand surgery board certification.
Hand Surgery Fellowship DirectorDavid B. Drake, MD
Intake not confirmedUniversity of Washington
Seattle, Washington · United States
The UW Hand Surgery Fellowship is a fully accredited programme that involves four fellows. The 12-month programme begins on 1 August. Applications are made through a separate Hand and Microvascular Fellowship Application page linked from the programme page.
Program DirectorJerry I. Huang, MD
Intake not confirmedUniversity of Florida / UF Health Shands Burn Center
Gainesville, Florida · United States
A one-year non-ACGME-accredited clinical burn fellowship offered in the UF Health Shands Burn Center, aimed at producing surgeons who will lead specialised burn programmes. Applicants must be eligible for licensure in the state of Florida.
Fellowship leadership (as listed)Amalia L. Cochran
Intake not confirmedShriners Children's Texas / University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas · United States
A burn reconstruction fellowship at Shriners Children's Texas in Galveston, which performs about 1,500 reconstructive operations a year, mostly on burn survivors. The fellow works under two plastic surgeons on scar management, flaps including microsurgery, grafts, laser treatment and total ear reconstruction, gaining autonomy over the year.
Named in official programme listingRamon Zapata Sirvent
Intake not confirmedAllegheny Health Network / West Penn Burn Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · United States
The West Penn Burn Center at Allegheny Health Network, a 14-bed adult burn centre in Pittsburgh that also treats paediatric patients, offers a one-year fellowship covering acute and reconstructive burn care. Fellows gain experience in critical care, operative burn surgery, wound care, laser scar therapy, reconstruction and rehabilitation.
Fellowship Director (as listed by the ABA)Brett Hartman, DODeadline passedStanford Medicine
Palo Alto, California · United States
A 12-month advanced microsurgery training format at Stanford Plastic Surgery, a tertiary care referral center and major microsurgical center in Northern California, with weekly educational conferences and opportunities for research. Applications for the 2027-2028 instructorship are listed as closed.
Named in official programme listingDung Nguyen
Intake not confirmedPhoenix Children's Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona · United States
A 12-month fellowship accepting one trainee per year and endorsed by the American Society of Craniofacial Surgeons. It teaches a family-centred, multidisciplinary approach to cleft lip and palate, craniofacial anomalies, hemangiomas and vascular malformations, microvascular surgery, and congenital and traumatic hand conditions.
Fellowship leadershipDavinder J. Singh, MDDeadline passedStanford Medicine
Stanford, California · United States
Clinical Instructors are central to Stanford's pediatric craniofacial clinics and cover the full range of craniofacial procedures under experienced faculty, regularly interacting with patients and families. One position is offered for 1 July 2027 to 30 June 2028, with applications through ASCFS and SF Match (program ID 3665).
Craniofacial Fellowship Program DirectorH. Peter Lorenz, MD
Intake not confirmedYale School of Medicine / Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut · United States
Multi-disciplinary one-year, non-ACGME accredited craniofacial surgery fellowship at Yale, covering the full acumen for a career in facial plastic and craniofacial surgery. One position is offered to applicants who have completed plastic surgery residency; applicants register for the SF Match and apply through the ASCFS online application system.
Fellowship DirectorMichael Alperovich, MD, MSc, FACSPlasticFellow currently lists 447 source-backed programme profiles in United States at 352 institutions in 130 locations. This is a verified-source list, not a census of every hospital offering training.
Listed formats: clinical fellowship (395), hybrid clinical and research (4), observership (16), research fellowship (29), travelling fellowship (3). The most represented focus areas are aesthetic surgery, microsurgery, facial plastic surgery, rhinoplasty, complex reconstruction. Observerships and short courses do not grant hands-on operating rights.
Eligibility differs by host. Medical registration, language, visa and supervision rules in United States decide whether a visiting surgeon can operate. Each profile states what the official source publishes; confirm current intake and eligibility directly with the programme before applying.
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