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

See Dr. Thayer's publications on PubMed