Training Sites
The majority of the training is provided at the University of Kansas Medical Center. The University of Kansas Medical Center is a tertiary care facility located in Kansas City, Kansas and experience is provided in a wide range of aesthetic and reconstructive areas. Plastic Surgical activities at KU are centered in the Sutherland Institute on the Medical Center campus. Residents also rotate at the Leavenworth VA Hospital in Leavenworth, Kansas during their first three years of training and the Kansas City VA Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri during the last 3 years.
During the last three years, residents also rotate yearly to St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. This rotation is directed by Dr. John Hiebert. Two months during the fifth year of Plastic Surgery training is spent working at Menorah Medical Center under the direction of Dr. Lynn Ketchum, an internationally renowned Hand Surgeon. Though hand surgery experience is obtained throughout the period of training, residents focus on Hand Surgery during this two month rotation. During the sixth year of training, residents spend two months on 2 separate Community Surgery rotations. One is co-ordinated by Dr. Daniel Bortnick of Monarch Plastic Surgery and the other is directed by Dr. Phillip Gutek of Associated Plastic Surgeons. These rotations provide experience in Plastic Surgery in a private practice setting.
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