Advanced Options to Help You Look and Feel Like Yourself Again

What is Reconstructive Surgery?

Reconstructive surgery is a type of plastic surgery that restores form, function, and appearance to areas of your body damaged or disfigured by injury, cancer, other diseases, or significant weight loss.

The Erlanger Advantage

Erlanger’s leading team of reconstructive surgeons offers advanced, personalized treatments backed by extensive clinical research to help you look and feel like yourself again. When you choose Erlanger for reconstructive surgery, you can count on:

• Level I Trauma Surgeons — We are surgeons for Erlanger’s Level I Trauma Center, handling the region’s most complex reconstructive cases 24/7. Our skill and specialized techniques draw patients from a large catchment area that includes Nashville and Atlanta.
• A Teaching Practice — Our reconstructive surgeons are leaders in surgical education and professors in medicine. We train resident physicians pursuing fellowships in plastic and reconstructive surgery and orthopaedic surgery through UT Health Science Center College of Medicine—Chattanooga.
• Board-Certified, Fellowship Trained — Our physicians are board-certified and fellowship-trained, and they meet the additional high standards and vetting required to serve as Medical Review board members and examiners.
• Research for Exceptional Outcomes — As a teaching center, clinical research is embedded in our practice, driving continuous improvement. Our leading-edge research and advanced modes of care benefit patients across the region.
• A History of Excellence — Our practice was founded in 1958 as The Plastic Surgery Group, the first and largest plastic surgery practice in the region. It has been nationally recognized for innovative plastic, cosmetic, and reconstructive surgery procedures.