Brigham and Women's Hospital

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a 747-bed teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, is located at 75 Francis Street in the renowned Longwood Medical Area of Boston. It has been ranked on US News and World Report's Honor Roll of America's best hospitals for 11 consecutive years.

While its roots date back to 1832, Brigham and Women’s formed in 1975 with the merger of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, the Robert Breck Brigham Hospital, and the Boston Hospital for Women.  BWH has over 44000 inpatient admissions per year, utilizing over 700 beds, and an annual research budget of more than $400 million.

Formal plastic surgery training began in Boston in 1967 when the first residency was established by Dr Joseph E. Murray at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Children’s Hospital. Dr. Murray received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1990 for his contributions to organ and cell transplantation.

Dr. Elof Eriksson has been the Chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery at Brigham and Women’s since 1986. His active research focuses on wound healing and gene therapy. Dr. Julian Pribaz is the Director of Hand and Microsurgery and his research involves new methods for customizing and prefabricating flaps. Since 1999 when the separate programs at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center were combined, he has also been the Program Director for the Harvard Plastic Surgery Residency Training Program. Dr. Dennis Orgill is the Associate Chief at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital and is a busy reconstructive surgeon and directs the BWH Burn Unit while undertaking research in tissue engineering and wound healing. Dr. Charles Hergrueter specializes in pediatric hand surgery as well as other reconstructive problems. Dr. Christian Sampson specializes in hand and microsurgery. Dr. Karl Breuing is the Director of the Wound Center and has a busy reconstructive surgery practice. Dr. Bohdan Pomahac is Associate Director of the BWH Burn Unit and a reconstructive surgeon with active research in these areas. Both graduates of the Harvard Combined Plastic Surgery Program, Dr. Yoon Chun  and  Dr. Lifei Guo recently joined the Division.  Dr. Chun's work focuses on reconstructive breast surgery.  Dr. Guo specializes in complex reconstructive surgery in head and neck, breast, and extremity.   Dr. Stephanie Caterson, the newest addition to our team, specializes in microsurgical breast reconstruction.