PA-Student Elective - Highlights of the Day

Daily Highlights...

M- meeting the doctor and office staff and experiencing the hand clinic
T- seeing my first cosmetic procedures in office (fillers and muscle relaxants)
W-first-assisting Dr. Michelow in a few surgical cases
TH- first-assisting Dr. Green in my first cosmetic surgical experience
F- Excising of large basal cell lesion almost on my own and having the patient thank me as well as Dr. Michelow at the end was such an awesome feeling.

M-seeing a patient in the office after his Friday operation and checking the stitches that I placed
T- assisting with a sebaceous cyst removal in office
W- learning how to correctly present a history and physical exam for Dr. Michelow
TH- suture lab experience in which I received one-on-one teaching and observation of my suture technique
F- having my own operative patient in order to present my case presentation

M- assisting with an in-house nevus removal
T- draining post-operative breast seroma
TH- filling breast expanders up with saline
F- assisting 2 plastic surgeons in a large reconstructive case (bilateral breast  reconstruction with TRAM flaps)

M-seeing radial nerve palsy at the hand clinic
T- removing stitches that I had placed myself

Plastic Surgery Rotation II     
Brianna Fabiani
University of Mount Union
Alliance, OH
10/15/12- 11/8/12