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Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship

Programme overview

What the official source supports

Yale combines adult and pediatric craniofacial care with facial trauma, virtual planning, microsurgery and vascular-anomaly exposure.

Programme faculty

Meet the published team

Portrait of Michael Alperovich, MD, MSc, FACS

Michael Alperovich, MD, MSc, FACS

Fellowship Director

Yale School of Medicine / Yale New Haven Hospital

Directs Yale’s craniofacial programme and fellowship. His official biography records plastic surgery residency and craniofacial fellowship training at NYU.

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Profile reviewed 16 Oct 2026

Training structure

Published areas of exposure

  • Craniosynostosis
  • Cleft surgery
  • Orthognathic surgery
  • Craniofacial microsurgery
  • Vascular anomalies

Eligibility

Who should verify their fit

Applicants must have completed a plastic surgery residency; confirm licensing and individual credentialing requirements.

Application

Published application route

Register with SF Match and submit through the ASCFS online application system.

Published application documents

  • SF Match craniofacial surgery fellowship application
  • ASCFS application materials where required by the programme

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Programme leadership: Michael Alperovich, MD, MSc, FACS (Fellowship Director) · Leadership profile →

Contact note: Lisa Varipapa, MPH, residency/fellowship coordinator: lisa.varipapa@yale.edu

Sources and verification

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Yale School of Medicine — official fellowship page ↗

Last reviewed by PlasticFellow: 13 Oct 2026. Information not shown by an official source is labelled as unavailable or requiring confirmation.

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