Plastic surgery resources for med students

For anyone drawn to plastic surgery

Everything plastic surgery,
in one place.

The literature, all 93 integrated programs, research-year positions, journals, and the match, all gathered in one place, every figure cited to its source.

Vitals

The specialty, by the numbers.

NRMP 2026 Main Residency Match
& ACGME ·

Integrated programs
93
ACGME-accredited, mapped by state
Positions offered · 2026
230
20212026
Filled · 2026 match
99.1%
228 of 230 positions filled in the 2026 Match
The applicants

What it took to match.

NRMP Charting Outcomes in the Match: U.S. MD Seniors, 2024
nrmp.org/match-data

Matched · U.S. MD seniors
74.3%
of the 253 U.S. MD seniors who applied
Research items · matched
34.7
mean abstracts, publications and presentations among matched applicants
Step 2 CK · matched
256
mean score among matched applicants

Independent and student-built · every figure above comes from public NRMP, AAMC and ACGME reports · nothing here is sponsored

Everything, in one place

One path from M1 to Match Day.

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  • Research-Year Fellowship Deadline Sheet51 positions · deadline-sorted
  • Conference & Abstract Deadline Calendar29 meetings · deadline-sorted
  • M1 → Match Day ChecklistEvery stage · printable
  • ERAS Signal Planner Worksheet20 signal slots · printable
From the literature

New research, filtered to your niche.

Pulled live from PubMed on every visit, across the major journals, narrowed to what you actually work on, with every paper linked back to its source.

From the feed

Newly published plastic surgery research

Pulled live from PubMed across the major plastic surgery journals. Open the Journals tab for the full feed, filtered by journal and searchable.

Find your footing
in plastics.

The resource two students without a home program wished they’d had, built in the open and cited to the source.