Plastic Surgery Residents

The plastic surgery faculty are responsible for the education and training of medical students (undergraduates), residents and fellows.
As a division in the Department of Surgery. Plastic Surgery shares the teaching of the surgery curriculum with seven other divisions: general surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedics, otolaryngology, thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, and urology.

The ten-week surgery clerkship is an integrated, multi-disciplinary clinical experience that introduces students to basic principles of surgery and related problems. Its curriculum is defined by learning objectives and encompasses inpatient-hospital and outpatient-office experiences. During each half of the clerkship, students simultaneously evaluate and follow patients from four surgical disciplines.
Functioning as members of the patient-care team, they learn pre-operative and post-operative evaluation and management and participate in surgical procedures.

Daily rounds and weekly seminars with faculty give students an opportunity to discuss patient problems in detail. Faculty mentors provide students with regular feedback, advice and direction.
A lecture and discussion series on critical problems is used to help students strengthen psychosocial skills. Classroom teaching and supervised ward practice help students acquire needed technical ward skills.
Elective courses in each major surgical specialties are available to seniors interested in acquiring additional knowledge and skills.

PGY-6
	Brooke French, MD Where are you from? - Midwest What brought you to SIU? - The breadth of educational opportunities and the committment to excellence by the faculty What is you area of interest/research? - Mutilating upper extremity injuries, pathologic capsular contracture, craniofacial reconstruction Email address - bfrench@siumed.edu
	Nada Berry, MD Where are you from? - I was born in Belgrade, Serbia, but I went to Indiana University Medical School What brought you to SIU? - SIU provides a great opportunity to learn from great teachers and experience an exceptional variety of cases and diversity in Plastic surgery What is you area of interest/research? - Microsurgery/Nerve regeneration Email address - nberry@siumed.edu
PGY-5
	Margo Herren,MD Where are you from? - Evansville IN What brought you to SIU? -The overall atmosphere of the plastic surgery program is what brought me to SIU. I enjoyed the working environment here as well as the residents, attendings and the staff. What is you area of interest/research? - I am interested in breast, hand, and peds. Email address - mherron@siumed.edu
	Ryan Diederich,MD Where are you from? - What brought you to SIU? - What is you area of interest/research? - . Email address - rdiederich@siumed.edu
PGY-4
	Erika Henkleman, M.D. Where are you from? - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada What brought you to SIU? - Excellent plastics program with well known attendings interested in teaching. Fantastic exposure to hands and flaps. Overall impression of camaradarie, learning experience, and openness to discussion. What is you area of interest/research? - ventral hernias -- muscle pathophysiology and fibroblast function Tension and its effect on wound/nerve/vessel/tendon healing. The physics of the finger pulley system. Suture brands and their properties. Email address - ehenkelman@siumed.edu
	Joel Wietfeldt, M.D. Where are you from? - Auburn, IL What brought you to SIU? - A great program with outstanding attendings. Close to family. General Plastics What is you area of interest/research? - Email address - jwietfeldt@siumed.edu
PGY-3
	Natasha Luckey, M.D. Where are you from? - What brought you to SIU? - What is you area of interest/research? - . Email address - nluckey@siumed.edu
	Brian Derby, M.D. Where are you from? - Fort Lauderdale, FL. Yes, 2007 was my first introduction to what they call snow. What brought you to SIU? - I would call it a gut feeling. I left the interview thinking everything, but the snow, fits me perfectly. The feel, my seniors, the faculty (with their tireless committment to my education and effort to check on my well-being), and now, experience in the program show me I am right where I need to be. I can deal with the snow. What is you area of interest/research? - What is your area of interest/research? Broad right now. Hand, tendon healing, and lower extremity trauma. The list continues to grow. With four dedicated hours of faculty guided discussion a week, in addition to lecture by Dr. Neumeister for the junior residents once weekly, topics abound. Email address - bderby@siumed.edu
PGY-2
	Theresa Hegge, M.D.,MPH Where are you from? - Williston, ND What brought you to SIU? - The people! And the lake What is you area of interest/research? - Very open, hand and micro. Email address - thegge@siumed.edu
	Theresa Webb, M.D. Where are you from? - Dahlgren, IL small town in Southern Illinois What brought you to SIU? - Amazing faculty What is you area of interest/research? - Trapeziometacarpal arthritis Email address - kwebb@siumed.edu