Dr. Simon Talbot is a Board Certified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Hand Surgery. Originally from New Zealand, he attended the University of Auckland School of Medicine and Surgery. He entered the Harvard Medical School Combined Residency Program in Plastic Surgery and later completed a Fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Hand and Microvascular Surgery. Since 2011, he has worked at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA. Dr. Talbot is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Talbot specializes in general plastic surgery (cosmetic and reconstructive), hand surgery, and microsurgery . Common procedures in his practice include:
Dr. Talbot has a special interest in limb transplantation and is the Director of Upper Extremity Vascularized Transplantation at Brigham and Women's Hospital. To date, three successful upper extremity transplants have been performed.
Education:
Medical School: University of Auckland School of Medicine
Internship: Harvard Combined Residency Program (General Surgery)
Residency: Harvard Plastic Surgery Combined Residency Program (Plastic Surgery)
Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Hand and Microvascular Surgery)
Board Certification:
American Board of Plastic Surgery
Subspecialty Certificate in Surgery of the Hand
Memberships:
American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)
American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH)
American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS)
American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM)
American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation (ASRT)
Dr. Talbot specializes in general plastic surgery (cosmetic and reconstructive), hand surgery, and microsurgery . Common procedures in his practice include:
- 1. Hand surgery (traumatic including bone and soft tissue, degenerative, neurologic, vascular, and cosmetic)
- 2. Body contouring and cosmetic (including after weight loss, breast reduction, mastopexy (breast lift), abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), panniculectomy, gynecomastia resection)
- 3. Breast reconstruction
- 4. Skin lesion excision (including benign and malignant lesion excision and reconstruction)
- 5. Oncologic and trauma reconstruction (skin grafting, flap reconstruction, perineal reconstruction, microsurgery)
- 6. Burn surgery
Dr. Talbot has a special interest in limb transplantation and is the Director of Upper Extremity Vascularized Transplantation at Brigham and Women's Hospital. To date, three successful upper extremity transplants have been performed.
Education:
Medical School: University of Auckland School of Medicine
Internship: Harvard Combined Residency Program (General Surgery)
Residency: Harvard Plastic Surgery Combined Residency Program (Plastic Surgery)
Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Hand and Microvascular Surgery)
Board Certification:
American Board of Plastic Surgery
Subspecialty Certificate in Surgery of the Hand
Memberships:
American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)
American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH)
American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS)
American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM)
American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation (ASRT)