Wesley P. Thayer, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Plastic Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery
Vice Chair, Research
PATIENT CARE EMPHASIS
- Aesthetic Surgery, Breast Reconstruction, Body Contouring
- Congenital Hand Deformities and other Birth Defects
- General Reconstructive Surgery, Hand Surgery, Head and Neck Reconstruction
- Hemangiomas, Melanoma, and Microvascular Surgery.
EDUCATION
- 2004 Residency, Surgery University of Virginia
- 2000 M.D., magna cum laude Emory University Medical Scientist Training Program
- 2000 Ph.D., Immunology Emory University Medical Scientist Training Program
- 1993 B.S., Biomedical Engineering, summa cum laude University of Tennessee, Knoxville
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
- 2008 Fellowship, Microsurgery and Hand Surgery University of Alabama Birmingham
- 2007 Fellowship, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- 2005 Chief Resident University of Virginia
CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSURE
- 2011 Certificate of added Qualification in Hand Surgery
- 2009 Board Certified, Plastic Surgery, The American Board of Plastic Surgery
- 2006 Board Certified, General Surgery, The American Board of Surgery
- Medical Licensure: Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia