Program Details

Rotations

Plastic Surgery 3 months
General Surgery 7 months
Burn Surgery 1 month
Orthopaedic Surgery 1 month
Transplant 1 month

Plastic Surgery 5 months
General Surgery 5 months
Burn Surgery 1 month
Vascular Surgery 1 month

Plastic Surgery 8 months
General Surgery 3 months
OMFS 2 weeks
Dermatology 2 weeks

Plastic Surgery 8 months
Craniofacial Surgery 2 months
Hand and Peripheral Nerve 2 months

Plastic Surgery* 10 months
Elective 1 month
ENT H&N Microsurgery 1 month

*Includes 1 month cosmetic surgery in private practice.

Plastic Surgery* 11 months
Elective 1 month

*Includes 2 months at Kaiser Permanente

Conference Schedule

Weekly

  • Grand Rounds (1 hour)
  • Resident Education Session (1 hour)
  • Hand Conference (1 hour)

Monthly

  • Journal Club
  • CMF educational conference
  • Surgical skills laboratory including access to microscopes and suture material (open 24/7)

Sporadic

  • City-wide CMF conference
  • Cadaver lab (e.g. 4 in AY 2025/26)

On call schedule

While on core plastic surgery rotations as a senior resident (PGY4-6) you will be taking home call. As a PGY 1-3 you will be taking first call but will always have the support and backup of a senior resident who is paired with you for call responsibilities. Our first call residents take in-house night-call one week at a time in a rotating schedule.  Weekend call duties are split between two resident call teams: Friday call and Saturday/Sunday call.

Resident benefits

Pay scale for the 2026-2027 academic year

PGY-1            $76,812.98

PGY-2            $80,484.03

PGY-3            $84,286.41

PGY-4            $88,480.20

PGY-5            $93,198.69

PGY-6            $98,180.53

PGY-7            $101,850.25

PGY-8            $104,471.53

  • Medical, dental, life and disability insurance
  • OHSU provides a stipend that helps cover insurance, relocation expenses for first year residents who qualify and both an annual educational and housing stipend
  • Meals
    • OHSU provides approximately $200 per month available to residents to purchase meals during OHSU on-campus rotations. Residents are given meal cards to cover their expenses on rotations at offsite hospitals.