Miles Pfaff, Department of Plastic Surgery faculty member

Thank you for your interest in the UC Irvine Plastic Surgery Residency program.

Our mission is to offer state-of-the-art surgical care, education and research in an environment that promotes and nurtures the best clinical, academic, ethical and moral growth in our trainees and students. We have a long history in the state of California: our residency program was founded in 1969 by the legendary David Furnas, MD. We began offering integrated residency positions in 2005, and in 2013, we achieved a milestone departmental status under the leadership of Gregory Evans, MD. This aspect is one of the things that make us unique among plastic surgery residency programs, as we are one of only a few that are able to offer departmental protection to our trainees.

We accept four residents per year for a total of 24 residents in the program, and provide exposure to both in-depth and a broad range of all aspects of plastic surgery. We are proud of our clinically excellent and diverse faculty who have expertise ranging from craniofacial surgery, lymphedema management, advanced microsurgery, gender reassignment, hand surgery, brachial plexus reconstruction, aesthetics and breast reconstruction. We truly cover all of the bases.

Our residents get to rotate through some of the premier hospitals in our region, including Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC), where they gain exposure to cleft and craniofacial surgery, congenital hand and pediatric plexus, vascular malformations and gender care. Residents have the privilege of caring for our veterans at the VA hospital in Long Beach. They also rotate with some of the world’s best aesthetic surgeons in Newport Beach and Laguna Beach, where they gain advanced skills and learn about practice management. Cutting-edge breast and microsurgical reconstruction is a cornerstone of the experience at the main university hospital.

We welcome you to explore our website to learn more about our program's curriculum, clinical training and research opportunities. We look forward to meeting you.

Sincerely,

Miles J. Pfaff, MD, MHS, FACS, FAAP
Program Director, Plastic Surgery Residency Program
Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery