Temple University Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Temple's Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship is an ACGME-accredited, three-year independent program built around multi-site rotation through urban, suburban, and rural settings, including Temple University Hospital, Fox Chase Cancer Center, St. Luke's, Abington-Jefferson, the Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center, and Geisinger. The training emphasizes broad technical versatility over narrow case volume, spanning oncologic and head/neck reconstruction, microsurgery, hand surgery, craniofacial and orthognathic work, gender-affirming surgery, and aesthetic practice, with early graduated autonomy in running services independently. Scholarly work is structured but not central: monthly research meetings, a microsurgical lab, and protected didactics support academic output without dictating an exclusively academic trajectory. Graduate outcomes are genuinely mixed, spanning academic appointments, subspecialty fellowships (hand, craniofacial, aesthetic), and private practice, indicating the program values adaptable, technically broad-based surgeons rather than a single career pipeline.