Dr. Jonathan Keith, a sometime contributor to this paper, passed his oral board examination for the American Board of Plastic Surgery in December. Big whoop you say? Not so fast… the board certification process is not merely a rubber stamp. The pass rate varies year-to-year, but in 2012 over 20% of the candidates failed. Candidates must sit for three interviews over a two-day period and are made to answer questions about the most difficult cases they performed during their board collection period, usually their first year in practice after residency
Dr. Keith will continue to practice at University Hospital in Newark as a board certified plastic surgeon, specializing in micro-surgery, a specialized type of plastic surgery that uses tissue from your own body to reconstruct body parts after injury or cancer. Dr. Keith’s board-reviewed cases included making a tongue out tissue from the thigh and breast reconstruction using the patient’s abdominal tissue. Both were cancer patients. He likes a challenge. Congratulations Dr. Keith!
