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New Jersey Medical School Plastic Surgery - Integrated

Residency · Newark, NJ

Sponsored by Rutgers Health

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Class size
3
Visas
J-1
PGY-1 salary
$73k2025 to 2026

Green flags

  • Fills every seat. Every seat filled in each of the last 5 Matches.
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Getting in

How it chooses

  • Applicants are chosen through the National Residency Matching Program, and the interview committee ranks them on medical school performance, letters of recommendation, school reputation, USMLE scores, dedication to plastic surgery and academic achievement.
  • Residents must pass all three parts of the USMLE before entering the third year.

Who started, by class

Started 20262 on record of 3 seats · 2 published before starting
  • Max Godek10 papers · 1 first author · 2 reviews
  • Pooja Deshpande2 papers · 2 first author · 1 review
Started 20254 on record of 3 seats · 1 US MD · 3 published before starting
  • Mehdi Lemdani19 papers · 5 first author · 1 review
  • Taylor Smartz8 papers · 1 first author · 3 reviews
  • Kristina Khaw3 papers · 1 first author
  • Casey MartinezMayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Started 20242 on record of 3 seats · 1 US MD · 1 published before starting
  • Shanen MullesRutgers University3 papers
  • Amy Chen

Training

7 training sites. Graduates on record most often went on to hand surgery.

Months at each site

  • University Hospital30 mo
  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital16 mo
  • Hackensack Meridian Health8 mo
  • Veterans Affairs New Jersey Health Care System - East Orange7 mo
  • Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center7 mo
  • Saint Peter's University Hospital4 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Hand Surgery Fellowship6
  • Microsurgery Fellowship4
  • Plastic Surgery Fellowship3
  • Fellowship2
  • Craniofacial Plastic Surgery Fellowship1
  • Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

  • Advanced Reconstructive Surgery Alliance2
  • Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeons, LLC2
  • East Coast Advanced Plastic Surgery LLC2
  • A Peter Salas MD Facs Facm1
  • Carolina Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical Associates1
  • Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital1

Research

79% of current residents have a paper since 2023

15 of 19, 129 papers between them

  • Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques
  • Breast Implant and Reconstruction
  • Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments
  • Cleft Lip and Palate Research
  • Lymphatic System and Diseases

People

Leadership

  • Aditi KanthAssociate Program Director
  • Ashley IgnatiukAssociate Program Director
  • Alex WongDirector of Microsurgery for the Division
  • Frank CiminelloSite Director, Hackensack University Medical Center

Find someone

Faculty, residents, graduates and the people residents publish with.

Place

Summers reach 88°, winters fall to 26°. About 29 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

2.2M people live within 20 minutes of University Hospital by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $2,120 a month within 10 miles of University Hospital.

Hazards

  • Strong wind
  • Winter storms
  • Heat waves
  • River flooding

Publishes with residents

  • Edward LeePlastic Surgery, 3 residents
  • Samuel LinPlastic Surgery, 2 residents
  • Carly ComerSurgery, 2 residents
  • Bernard LeePlastic Surgery, 2 residents