ABA Verified Fellowship
International Applicants Welcome
- Board Eligibility | Certification Required:
- No
- Start Date:
- 08/01/2026
- Location:
- Galveston, TX
- Focus Areas:
- Simple Reconstruction, Complex Reconstruction, Laser Reconstruction, Pediatric Burn Care, Complicated Wound Care, Acute Burn Surgery
- Fellowship Director:
- Ramon Zapata Sirvent, MD
- Contact Fellowship Director:
- razapata@utmb.edu
- Fellowship Coordinator:
- Cheryl Kernan
- Contact Fellowship Coordinator:
- chkernan@utmb.edu
- About the Fellowship:
- Shriners Children’s Texas (SCT) at Galveston carries out approximately 1,500 reconstructive operations per year, primarily on burn survivors. This fellowship is designed to provide a wide experience covering all aspects of burn reconstruction and scar management - including, but not limited to, flaps (including microsurgery), grafts, laser, total ear reconstruction, vascular malformations and combined complex trauma reconstruction together with our orthopedic surgery colleagues. The fellow will work under the supervision of two plastic surgeons and will be given increased autonomy based on progression throughout the year. The fellow will also be expected to participate in teaching residents and medical students who are assigned to their OR and clinic.
How to Apply
Prerequisites: 2 years minimum of related surgical GME training. Provide: Current CV 3 letters of recommendation ECFMG Certificate if foreign medical graduate Must have completed USMLE Steps 1 and 2 Please send all application materials via email to Cheryl Kernan, Program Coordinator at chkernan@utmb.edu.