Call and Coverage

Residents share hand trauma call with orthopedics and facial trauma call with otolaryngology. Trauma call encompasses half of the month (hand trauma, face trauma, hand/face burns, plastics call). The other half is plastics call and hand/face burns only. Lower-level residents are supervised by upper-levels and chiefs in a “buddy system”, with structured coverage that balances patient care and resident wellness. Call begins as an intern on select day consults and progresses with graduated autonomy each year. 

Resident Clinic Experience

  • Resident Clinic: Tuesdays and Fridays, all residents participate
  • Cleft and Craniofacial Clinics: Two to three times per month (PGY-3)
  • Injector Training Clinics: Thursday/Friday afternoon, once per quarter
  • PGY-2 through PGY-6: Minimum of 20 faculty-supervised clinic hours annually
  • Cosmetic Clinic: PGY-6 chief resident, every Friday

A color-coded pie chart denoting several different procedures done by patients.

Benefits

  • Free parking in employee deck, swipe in with badge
  • Meals
    • On-call meal cards (stipend from GME $125.00 per month)
      • Ardmore cafeteria (6:30-10 am; 11 am-4 pm)
      • Chick Fil A (closes at 10 pm; Saturday 8 pm; Sunday closed) 
      • Subway (closes at 10 pm; Saturday and Sunday 8 pm)
      • Camino Bakery (6 am-5 pm; Saturday and Sunday closed) 
      • Food items provided by GME in the Resident Lounge for residents on night call
  • Salary
  • Educational funds
    • PGY-1:  Loupes & Team swag (jacket, scrubs) 
    • PGY-2:  Headlight to attach to loupes
    • PGY-3:  iPad
    • PGY-4:  DSLR Camera
    • PGY-5:  Ghent Belgium rotation (Transportation & Housing)
    • PGY-6:  Meeting of choice ($3000 stipend); mission trip; diploma framing
    • Annually: Holiday textbook set
  • Travel to any meeting accepted for oral presentation ($3000 stipend per meeting)
  • AOCMF and comprehensive hand courses

International Outreach

International surgical outreach is a defining feature of our program. Over the past 25 years, 71 residents have participated in missions across Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America. Each resident is expected to complete at least two international experiences during training (ACGME/ABPS-approved). These missions do not impact vacation or elective rotation time.

Program Outcomes

  • Accreditation: Certified through January 2027 (NAS)
  • Board Exam Success: 100% of graduates passed written boards; nearly all passed orals on the first attempt
  • Career Paths: Approximately 25% enter academic practice, 75% private practice

Facilities

A digital rendering of the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Main Campus.
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center – Main Campus
  • The hub of our department, the majority of residency is spent at this location.
An aerial view of Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte.
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center – Charlotte
  • CMC Main is an 874-bed hospital located in the Dilworth neighborhood and is the flagship hospital for Atrium Health.
  • 4-month rotations as a PGY-3 and as PGY-5 for heavy microsurgical volume (~20 flaps per month)
A view of the outside of the Cloverdale Outpatient Surgery Center.
Cloverdale Outpatient Surgery Center
  • Outpatient surgery center located across the street from the Medical Center, allowing for easy access but in an outpatient, patient-centered setting
The front entrance to Wake Forest Cosmetic Surgery Center Vest Mill.
Wake Forest Cosmetic Surgery Center – Vest Mill
  • A private-practice environment for our surgeons and residents to perform the full breadth of aesthetic surgery, including facelifts, blepharoplasty, breast augmentation/mastopexy, abdominal and trunk contouring. 
The front entrance of Premier Surgery Center.
Premier Surgery Cente
  • Elective hand and general plastic surgery performed at our High Point location with a variety of faculty.