Plastic Surgery Applicant Information
The Plastic Surgery Residency Program is an advanced residency offering听positions each year, typically at the PGY-6 level.听 The following is a list of available positions for the next several years:
| 听Entry Year | 听No. of first year positions |
| 听2024 | 听2 positions |
| 听2025 | 听1 positions |
| 听2026 | 听2 position听 |
Applicants to our Plastic Surgery Residency Program must participate in the Plastic Surgery Matching Program sponsored by The American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons. Residents entering plastic surgery training must complete 5 progressive years of clinical general surgery residency training, sufficient to qualify for certification by the American Board of Surgery (ABS).
To apply to our Plastic Surgery Residency Program you will need to register with the听San听Francisco Matching Program听(415.447.0350 or听)听to be properly informed about what is expected throughout the recruitment process. Once the application process has been completed, SF Match electronically distributes applications to each of the programs that are selected by that particular resident.听
For additional information about our program, contact us at:
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Plastic Surgery
Erlanger Medical Group Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
901 Riverfront Parkway, Suite 100
Chattanooga, TN 37402
You may request information or check on your application status via e-mail to our Coordinator, Allison Ellis, AS, at allison.ellis@erlanger.org, or call us at 423.778.9224 and ask to speak with Allison and request additional information.
Note: 听Since we require that anyone accepted into our residency program meet license requirements for the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners, we follow the Board's requirements that the international school's admission standards must meet or exceed听those of medical schools accredited by the LCME. 听The Board has adopted the following list of accreditation bodies:
- In addition, the provides a list of countries whose designated accreditation process or designated organization used for their accreditation has comparable standards used to evaluate medical schools in the United States by the LCME. Medical schools in those countries and accredited by the listed accrediting authority will be deemed to meet the criteria required in Tennessee.