Washington University Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Over the past 100 years, Washington University School of Medicine faculty have played a leading role in the development of the plastic surgery specialty and of new training concepts and ideals for plastic surgeons in the United States.

Plastic surgery as a specialty evolved during the 20th Century in this country. One of the founders of the specialty — Dr. Vilray Blair — served as the first chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the medical school.