Rotation Sites

The Mount Sinai Hospital

The Mount Sinai Hospital, with 1,171-beds and located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, serves as the academic center for the residency program. It is home to our busiest plastic surgery service, led by interim chief and program director Peter J. Taub, MD, with 11 full time and more than 20 voluntary plastic surgery attendings performing numerous procedures on a daily basis. The case load is highly diverse, with a mixture of breast reconstruction, craniofacial surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction, pediatric plastic surgery, aesthetic surgery, and general reconstructive surgery.

The chief residents run their own busy plastic surgery clinic, which meets twice weekly. Here, cases are seen and booked in dedicated resident operative block time.

Elmhurst Hospital Center

Elmhurst Hospital Center is the major Level 1 Trauma Center and tertiary-care provider for the borough of Queens, which boasts the most diverse zip code in the country. Elmhurst is part of the New York Health and Hospitals Corporation (NYHHC) system. This 525-bed hospital has one of the busiest emergency departments in New York City. The plastic surgery service is led by Ernest Kirchman, MD, and manages facial trauma, hand trauma, elective hand surgery, microsurgical reconstruction, pediatric, and general plastic surgery.

James A. Peters Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital

The Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital is the oldest veterans administration (VA) facility in New York, serving veterans for more than 80 years. The institution has over 300 inpatient beds and a busy outpatient specialty clinic. The service is directed by Jay Meisner, MD. The senior resident at the VA runs the plastic surgery clinics and schedules diverse cases including facial cosmetic surgery, Botox and filler injectables, body contouring procedures, general reconstruction, hand surgery, and flap reconstruction. PGY-3 level residents spend four months as chief resident at this location.

Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Phillips Ambulatory Care Center (PACC), Beth Israel Cancer Center - Chelsea

Mount Sinai Beth Israel is located on the lower east side of Manhattan and is directed by Jordan Jacobs, MD. The Mount Sinai Health System has recently expanded the network of facilities in the downtown Mount Sinai family. Residents now also operate at state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery centers in Union Square and on the first floor of the Google building in the vibrant Chelsea neighborhood. Mount Sinai Beth Israel itself also houses an emergency department, inpatient units, and operating rooms. General plastic surgery, cosmetic surgery, transgender outpatient surgery, breast reconstruction, and Mohs reconstructions are performed at these downtown sites.

New York Eye and Ear Infirmary at Mount Sinai and the Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery (CTMS)

Mount Sinai boasts the first transgender surgery fellowship in the United States. Drs. Jess Ting, Bella Avanessian, and Elan Horesh operate one of the busiest transgender surgery programs in the country. Residents currently rotate with the transgender team for four months during the PGY-5 year. Operations performed include comprehensive bottom, top, and facial procedures. Many other Mount Sinai attendings also perform transgender procedures giving our residents one of the most robust transgender experiences of any program nationwide. Dr. Jess Ting was recently featured in the documentary about his practice Born to Be, which can be explored further at www.borntobefilm.com.

Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Morningside

Mount Sinai West is a 514-bed hospital located a few minutes from Columbus Circle. The service is directed by Drs. Mark Sultan and Hani Sbitany. The plastic surgery service offers comprehensive plastic surgery reconstruction to patients within the hospital, but also features a robust service of cosmetic, outpatient, and breast reconstruction procedures.

Mount Sinai Morningside, a 495-bed hospital located adjacent to Columbia University in the Morningside neighborhood is one of only two trauma centers north of 60th Street. The service is directed by Dr. Peter Henderson. The resident experience includes comprehensive facial trauma and reconstruction, lower extremity orthopedic trauma reconstruction, breast reconstruction, and general plastic surgery.

Jacobi Medical Center

Jacobi Medical Center (JMC) is a 457-bed hospital and a busy level 1 trauma center located in the Bronx. Residents rotate at JMC during their PGY-2 year. At JMC, residents are exposed to complex burn reconstruction and medical management. In addition, the resident experience includes complex facial trauma and reconstruction, lower extremity trauma reconstruction, and general plastic surgery.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is one of the most well-known cancer institutes worldwide. Residents rotate at MSK for 4 months during the PGY-4 year. MSK boasts an extremely high volume of microsurgical cases including breast, head and neck, lymphedema, and other complex post-oncological resection reconstruction. Residents get the opportunity to work with some of the most influential plastic surgeons in the world such as Drs. Babak Mehrara, Peter Cordeiro, Joseph Disa, Colleen McCarthy, Joseph Dayan, and Evan Matros. Residents attend all conferences at MSK during their rotation and also participate in implant-based breast reconstruction at the renowned Josie Robertson Surgery Center.