Plastic Surgeon Kyle Xu Joins Department of Surgery and UHealth

Kyle Xu, M.D., has joined the Division of Plastic Surgery in the DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery and UHealth as an assistant professor of plastic surgery, hand surgery, and microsurgery and as director of the Miami Lymphedema Center.

Clinical Specialties: Hand and wrist surgery; lymphedema surgery; upper and lower extremity reconstruction, preservation, and microvascular surgery; microvascular transplantation/free flaps; supermicrosurgery; finger/hand/upper extremity replantation; toe-to-hand transplantation; vascular surgery of the upper extremity; work-related injuries to hand/wrist; nerve reconstruction; upper and lower extremity peripheral nerve surgery

Research Interests: Lymphedema, muscle and nerve regeneration, disorders of the hand and wrist, microvascular surgery

Education: Fellowship, Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship, The Buncke Clinic, 2018

Residency: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 2017

M.D.: Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2011

Undergraduate: B.S., University of Maryland, 2007

Certification: American Board of Plastic Surgery

Prior position: Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, and Microsurgery, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 2018-2020

Language Spoken: English

Appointment: (305) 243-7500

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