The Department of Plastic, Reconstructive & Burns Surgery was formally established at AIIMS, in 2015. Before that, Plastic Surgery care was integral to the discipline of General Surgery, including ENT, Surgical Oncology, and Paediatric Surgery.

Professor Upadhyaya, Head of Paediatric Surgery and Professor IK Dhawan founded state of the art cleft surgery at the AIIMS in the early eighties. It was also around that time, Dr Rakesh Khazanchi joined the faculty. Having been trained in advanced microsurgery from Melbourne, Australia, he focused on limb and hand replantation with micro-vascular tissue transfers, and interdisciplinary cleft care in collaboration with the Department of Orthodontics.

Dr Maneesh Singhal joined the Institute as faculty in 2005 in the Department of Surgical Disciplines and enhanced the legacy by harnessing various Plastic & Reconstructive procedures and collaborations. In 2015, the Department came into formal existence and the concept for state-of-the-art dedicated Burn and Plastic surgery block was envisaged. The block became a reality and was inaugurated on 18^th January 2021. Although in its nascent stage, it is already making its presence known, not just nationally but in the international arena also. The endeavour of this young and enthusiastic team of surgeons is to reduce the morbidity and provide functionality by reconstructive and microsurgical procedures thereby providing an improved quality of life to the patients. This centre will cater to one thousand burn patients annually with facilities that are unavailable anywhere else in the country.  

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With a facility for 100 indoor beds, dedicated burns emergency and ICU, equipped with modern state of the art care facilities and managed by highly trained faculty, dedicated residents, and health care staff, AIIMS Burn and Plastic Surgery Block is expected to become the standalone facility to the cause of care of burns and multitude of reconstruction care in coming times. The block has an easy access to trauma centre by a connecting bridge which will enhance interdisciplinary collaborative care. The department continues to works in collaboration with various other specialities such as Neurosurgery, Cardiac surgery, Orthopaedic surgery etc and independently it caters to almost all emergency hand injuries, microvascular reconstruction for complex limb trauma, post burn reconstruction, maxillofacial trauma, oncoplastic reconstruction, aesthetic breast surgery, Breast reconstruction and other congenital anomalies like Cleft lip & palate, Syndactyly, Polydactyly, Camptodactyly, Hypoplastic thumb deformity, etc. The team works in collaboration with Orthopaedic surgery to run the Hand Clinic, with the department of Orthodontics to run the Cleft Clinic, with the department of Dermatology to run the Aesthetic clinic, with the department of Neurosurgery to run the Brachial Plexus Injury clinic and the Amputation clinic along with PMR. There is a dedicated team of physiotherapists and occupational therapists that play a key role in the rehabilitation of post traumatic as well as post operative cases.

The team caters to reconstructive needs of patients at JPN Apex Trauma Centre, Dr. R. P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, Centre for Dental Education and Research, Dr. BRAIRCH, CN Centre and Main AIIMS hospital.

Besides formal training of MCh. residents, the Department has taken a lead in capacity building for the nation, enhance & share the experience through various collaborations. To enhance skills and improve outcomes, the Department also focuses on paramedical health care training such as nursing officers, specialized wound care personnel.

With the launch of this dedicated block housing patient care, teaching and research care facilities, the Department is set to become a centre of excellence offering the most up-to-date patient treatment, fostering high standards of research and innovation and training future doctors to become experts in the field of Plastic surgery under the guidance of a dynamic leadership.  

Services at Burns & Plastic Surgery Block

Block Emergency Exterior	Block OPD Exterior	Group Photo (Jan 2021)