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Chief of Hand and Microvascular Surgery
Plastic surgeon
Dr. Scott L. Hansen is a plastic surgeon who specializes in reconstructive microsurgery – precise procedures that require an operating microscope and miniature instruments to repair an area of the body. He is chief of hand and microvascular surgery at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital and UCSF Medical Center. He also is chief of plastic surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.
Hansen is a graduate of Eastern Virginia Medical School, where he studied wound healing and peripheral nerve regeneration. At UCSF, he completed a combined residency in general surgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery as well as a three-year postdoctoral research fellowship. He also completed a hand and microvascular surgery fellowship at Harbor – UCLA Medical Center.
Hansen is the hand and microsurgery editor for Annals of Plastic Surgery and ePlasty, an online plastic surgery journal. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Eastern Virginia Medical School, 1997
UCSF, General Surgery, 2000
UCSF, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2005
UCLA, Hand and Microvascular Surgery, 2007
Surgery of the Hand, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Plastic Surgery, American Board of Plastic Surgery
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