Department of Surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

The Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Division performs a full range of cosmetic and reconstructive surgeries for patients from around the state and region.

Through the Center for Cosmetic Surgery, with comfortable outpatient offices in the Cheat Lake area, division faculty members perform a wide variety of elective cosmetic surgeries, more than 600 annually. These include liposuction, abdominoplasy, facelifts, rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, and mammoplasty.

Reconstructive surgery is equally busy, with a wide range of surgeries performed to correct defects caused by injury, surgery, or congenital problems. Women undergoing mastectomy may have immediate breast reconstruction , most often using autogenous tissue in the form of the TRAM flap or the latissmus dorsi flap.

General surgery residents who rotate on the Plastic Surgery service are schooled in basic surgical techniques and appropriate handling of tissues, in addition to being educated about wound care, hand pathology, and numerous related topics.

Faculty

J. Richard Casuccio, MS, MD

Phone: (304) 293-3311
Email: rcasuccio@hsc.wvu.edu

Education and Training: Ohio State University, Yale University
Special Interests: Facial Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery, Breast Surgery, Cosmetic Surgery , Volunteer Reconstructive Surgeon in Third World
Board Certification: Plastic Surgery, Otolaryngology

Bruce Freeman, MD, PhD

Division Chief
Phone: (304) 293-3311
Email: bfreeman@hsc.wvu.edu

Education and Training: CWRU School of Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Special Interests: Plastic surgery, reconstructive microsurgery, cosmetic surgery
Board Certification: Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery