The Yale Craniofacial Surgery fellowship is a multi-disciplinary program covering the full acumen for a career as a facial plastic and craniofacial surgeon. Priority on technical training and surgical decision-making, with an emphasis on the pre- and post-operative care of patients is the cornerstone of the craniofacial fellowship. The educational syllabus is designed to allow the fellow to gain graduated responsibility, develop comfort with management of complex treatment paradigms, and hone their clinical acumen for a career as a craniofacial surgeon.
Program highlights include:
Adult and Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery
Craniosynostosis
Orthognathic Surgery
Cleft Surgery
Acute and Secondary Trauma Reconstruction
Craniofacial Microsurgery
Virtual surgical planning
Distraction Osteogenesis
Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Vascular Anomalies
Facial Plastic Surgery
Length of Training Program
The Yale Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship offers one (1) position for a one-year, non-ACGME accredited fellowship to applicants who have completed their residency in plastic surgery.
Appointments are for 12 months, from July 1st through June 30th.
Stipend Available
Current PGY-7 salary at YNHH.
Applications
Applicants must register for the SF Match and submit applications through the ASCFS online application system.
A native of Connecticut, Dr. Michael Alperovich is a Board Certified plastic surgeon, full-time faculty member, and Director of the Craniofacial Fellowship at Yale University. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University, attended the University of Oxford for graduate school receiving Distinction honors, and graduated Alpha Omega Alpha from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Alperovich completed a plastic surgery residency and a craniofacial fellowship at New York University's Department of Plastic Surgery. He has clinical expertise in facial, breast and body aesthetic surgery. Notably, Dr. Alperovich is a national leader in gender affirming facial surgery and previously taught one of the first courses in the United States on this topic. Watch a video with Dr. Michael Alperovich>> Dr. Alperovich has been named to Connecticut Magazine's "Top Doctors" list for consecutive years...
A Connecticut native, Kerry A. Morrison, MD is a plastic and craniofacial surgeon at Yale University in the Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery. She is a Cum Laude graduate of Columbia College, Columbia University, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree and was the Columbia College Campus Life Leadership Award recipient. For medical school, she graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons with Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society distinction as well as the Doctor Allen O. Whipple Memorial Prize in Surgery. During medical school, she completed a research year in plastic and reconstructive surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University and Weill Cornell, and her basic science research merited receipt of the prestigious Gingrass Award from the Plastic Surgery Research Council. Dr. Morrison completed Plastic and...
Frank F. Kanthak Professor of Surgery (Plastics); Chief, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery; Professor, Surgery
Dr. Bohdan Pomahac is Division Chief of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Pomahac joined the Yale Surgery and Smilow Cancer Hospital community from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, where he was the Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner Distinguished Chair in Surgery and Director of Vascular Composite Allograft Transplantation program.A pioneer in his field, Dr. Pomahac’s team performed the first three full-face transplant procedures in the United States, and the first successful bilateral upper extremity transplantation in the Northeast. Dr. Pomahac made Brigham and Women’s Hospital the world leader in vascularized composite transplantation completing 10 face and 3 bilateral hand transplants.Dr. Pomahac’s expertise adds to a growing portfolio of destination programs in the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at Yale,...