Wesley P. Thayer, MD, PhD, FACS

Professor of Plastic Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery

PATIENT CARE EMPHASIS:
Aesthetic Surgery, Breast Reconstruction, Body Contouring, Congenital Hand Deformities and other Birth Defects, General Reconstructive Surgery, Hand Surgery, Head and Neck Reconstruction, Hemangiomas, Melanoma, and Microvascular Surgery.

EDUCATION:
2004 – Residency, Surgery – University of Virginia
2000 – M.D., magna cum laude – Emory University Medical Scientist Training Program
2000 – Ph.D., Immunology – Emory University Medical Scientist Training Program
1993 – B.S., Biomedical Engineering, summa cum laude – University of Tennessee, Knoxville

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:
2008 – Fellowship, Microsurgery and Hand Surgery – University of Alabama – Birmingham
2007 – Fellowship, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2005 – Chief Resident – University of Virginia

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSURE:
2011 – Certificate of added Qualification in Hand Surgery
2009 – Board Certified, Plastic Surgery, The American Board of Plastic Surgery
2006 – Board Certified, General Surgery, The American Board of Surgery
Medical Licensure: Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia