Course co-directors J.T. Stranix, MD, and Amanda Silva, MD.
The Department of Plastic Surgery hosted the 11th annual Oncologic Reconstruction Course (ORC) in Charlottesville, VA at the University of Virginia School of Medicine December 6-7, 2024. The ORC brings experts in reconstructive surgery together once a year for a cadaver-based teaching course designed for senior residents in plastic surgery.
This year over 125 people attended the course which included residents and faculty from top U.S. Plastic Surgery programs including UVA, Washington University, Harvard, Duke, Colorado, University of Chicago, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Michigan, Emory, Wisconsin, University of California San Francisco, Kansas, VCU, and Virginia Tech. Cutting-edge techniques in breast, head and neck, extremity and torso reconstruction were demonstrated along with an array of new devices and innovative wound products entering the market.
“The hands-on aspect and partnership with industry is what is so unique about the ORC and what has allowed the course to grow so much over the past 10 years,” stated course co-founder Scott Hollenbeck, MD, chair of UVA Plastic Surgery.
The course was held at the University of Virginia and chaired by John T. (J.T.) Stranix, MD, and Amanda Silva, MD, faculty in the Department of Plastic Surgery. Participants were impressed by the excellent facilities and warm hospitality within the UVA School of Medicine learning environment as well as the logistical planning by Colleen McDowell, director of education in the Department of Plastic Surgery. The course concluded with a series of awards and case presentations given at the historic UVA Rotunda.
Course participants.
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- Trophy for best microsurgical anastomosis performed by a resident.
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- Microsurgery training station.
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- Course co-founders Dr. Scott Hollenbeck (UVA Plastic Surgery) and Dr. Justin Sacks (Wash U Plastic Surgery) present awards and congratulate Dr. Stranix (UVA Plastic Surgery) on a successful course.
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- Rachel Rohrich (undergraduate volunteer) hands out welcome bags to participants arriving at the Graduate Hotel.