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Joseph Serletti and Linton Whitaker: Mentor, Clinician of the Year

Joseph Serletti

Joseph Serletti

Linton Whitaker

Linton Whitaker

The American Association of Plastic Surgeons recently recognized two members of the division of plastic surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania as the Mentor and Clinician of the Year.

Joseph Serletti, chief of plastic surgery, received the Robert Goldwyn American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons Mentor of the Year award. Linton Whitaker, professor and chief emeritus of plastic surgery, received the Clinician of the Year award.

Dr. Serletti was chosen for his award based on his contributions to the development of ethical, compassionate and academically productive surgeons for the next generation. Dr. Serletti is internationally recognized for his work in reconstructive microsurgery and is an authority in free flap autogenous breast reconstruction. Having mentored dozens of medical students, interns, residents, post-doctoral fellows young physicians, researchers and surgeons, Dr. Serletti is known for providing personalized attention and spending significant time on mentoring activities.

Dr. Whitaker founded the craniofacial program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and introduced widely used surgical advances. His contributions to the field include his involvement in the development of infant craniofacial surgery and the nation’s first cleft palate program, and breakthroughs in bone/soft tissue relations.

He is founder of the Edwin and Fannie Gray Hall Center for Human Appearance at Penn, the first academic center dedicated to interdisciplinary clinical and basic science research and treatment in all aspects of human appearance—from cosmetic surgery and procedures to reconstructive trauma surgery, post-cancer reconstruction repair and birth defect repair all in both children and adults.

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