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Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

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During a breast reconstructive procedure, plastic surgeon Keith Brandt, M.D., and nurse Debbie Deslauriers build a new breast from the tissue, arteries and veins of the patient's abdominal wall.

About Us

Plastic Surgery has long played an important role at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Dr. Vilray Blair, the first chief of the Division, was one of the founders of the specialty in the United States. His illustrious successors at the medical school and hospital have developed an international center for plastic surgery treatment and education.

Throughout the Division's history — dating back to the early 20th Century — Washington University plastic surgeons have developed many innovations. Most recently, Division Chief Susan E. Mackinnon, M.D., performed the world's first donor nerve transplant — a procedure that can save what were previously considered irreparably damaged limbs.

Repairs of fractures and of nerve, tendon and ligament injuries of the hand are among many procedures performed by hand surgery specialists in the Division. The Division also features a Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Deformities Institute at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Since 1978, the Institute has treated more than 2,950 patients with cleft lip and palate, and another 2,300 with major craniofacial anomalies.

Other areas of excellence are cancer and trauma reconstructive surgery, cosmetic surgery, other pediatric plastic surgery and management of skin care. Washington University plastic and reconstructive surgeons serve patients in the St. Louis region, the Midwest and throughout the world.

As an academic institution, the Division provides not only cutting-edge treatment but also an academically oriented residency-training program in plastic and reconstructive surgery and a fellowship in hand, peripheral nerve and microsurgery. The program is continuously evaluated and updated to provide cutting-edge training that prepares residents and fellows to be leaders in their respective specialties.

Washington University plastic surgeons are also leaders in research with current studies in traumatic nerve injury; outcomes of various types of breast reconstructions; limb transplant immunology; surgical outcomes in hand surgery; functional imaging related to cleft lip and palate and craniofacial deformities; and peripheral nerve regeneration.

Please browse our site to learn more about our patient care, teaching and research programs.

Washington University physicians are the medical staff of Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children's Hospital