Dr. Edward Buchanan: Leveling Up the Principles of Plastic Surgery

In this Leveling Up episode of the PRS Global Open Deep Cuts Podcast, Dr. Buchanan discusses Harold Gillies’ principles of plastic surgery, why following the principles is critical to being a good plastic surgeon and to innovation, how he balances the principles of having a plan and treating every patient individually, how to have the right attitude to dealing with adversity in medicine, whether it is in the OR, when dealing with incessant consults, or with other surgeons, his approach to MEDPOR ear reconstructions, how residents can maximize their education in difficult cases, why sometimes more is more, and his top 5 movies.

 

Read a recent classic PRS Global Open article by Dr. Buchanan and co-authors, “Microsurgery Training in Plastic Surgery”: https://bit.ly/MicroTrainingGOX

 

Dr. Edward P. Buchanan is a Professor of Surgery in the Division of Plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine, and the Chief Surgical Officer at the Texas Children's Hospital in Austin, Texas. He completed a residency in Plastic Surgery at Stanford University medical Center, and a craniofacial fellowship at University of Washington in Seattle. He has a practice focused on cleft lip and palate care, cranial vault remodeling and pediatric oncologic head and neck reconstruction with microsurgery and craniofacial techniques. He is also an author and has written four children's books with his brother, Matthew Buchanan.  

 

Your host, Dr. Puru Nagarkar, is a board-certified plastic and hand surgeon, and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

 

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