Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Program

Plastic Surgery Analyst Verified · Apr 23, 2025

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Program

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Program is a residency program specializing in Plastic Surgery, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, directed by Benjamin Lam, DO and coordinated by Christine Wilkinson.. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or 215-871-6693. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

The scraped material provided does not contain specific curricular, clinical-site, or research infrastructure detail for a PCOM Plastic Surgery residency; it instead reflects PCOM's general osteopathic graduate medical education identity, which is organized around the seven osteopathic core competencies and manual medicine (OMT) integration into clinical care. The institution's GME mission emphasizes training physicians for ambulatory, hospital, and extended-care settings, and its broader admissions philosophy prioritizes applicants with community-service backgrounds, adversity narratives, and demonstrated commitment to underserved populations. No plastic surgery-specific clinical sites, case volumes, fellowship placement data, or research output were identified in the supplied content, so program-level identity for the surgical program itself cannot be established beyond its parent institution's osteopathic, community-oriented mission.

Who it fits
An osteopathically-trained applicant whose ERAS narrative centers on osteopathic manual medicine integration, community service, and commitment to underserved patient populations would align most naturally with PCOM's stated institutional values, though this cannot be confirmed as specific to the Plastic Surgery program itself.
Research intensity
Low - no plastic surgery-specific research infrastructure, faculty scholarship, or resident research expectations were described in the available material.
Career orientation
Other - insufficient program-specific evidence to characterize fellowship, academic, or community practice orientation for this specialty.
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CURRENT RESIDENTS
Program Director
Name: Benjamin Lam, DO
Program Coordinator
Name: Christine Wilkinson Email: [email protected] Phone: 215-871-6693 Address: ,Philadelphia
Program Website
https://www.pcom.edu/academics/graduate-medical-education/residency-and-fellowship-programs/?utm_source=redirect&utm_medium=plasticsurgery_0725&utm_campaign=301
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