Thank you for your interest in a plastic surgery clerkship here at the University of Southern California. The plastic surgery program here is a cutting-edge, multi-center experience with broad exposure to all aspects of plastic surgery. We have designed the clerkship experience based on these characteristics.

Typically, a visiting student will spend a total of 4 weeks at our institution, with 1 week at each of the following locations:

• Keck Hospital of USC

• Los Angeles General Medical Center Plastic Surgery Service

• Los Angeles General Medical Center Regional Burn Unit

• Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

We encourage anyone interested in applying to our residency to consider a visiting clerkship. Clerkships are scheduled on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you are interested in applying for a clerkship, please do so as early as possible. The VSLO catalog for USC will be open to view starting February 16th 2026. Applications will be open for submission starting March 9th 2026. The deadline to apply will be 4 weeks prior to the start date of the requested rotation.

The available 2026-2027 sub-internship date ranges are as follows:
6/1/2026 - 6/26/2026
6/19/2026 - 7/24/2026
7/27/2026 - 8/21/2026
8/24/2026 - 9/18/2026
9/21/2026 - 10/16/2026
10/19/2026 - 11/13/2026
11/16/2026 - 12/11/2026
1/4/2027 - 1/29/2027
2/1/2027 - 2/26/2027

The application process is handled through the Office of Student Affairs at (323) 442-2418. You can also contact our surgery clerkship coordinator, Elisa Bicera at elisabic@med.usc.edu (323) 409-6561 directly with visiting clerkship questions.

For questions specific to the program, please feel free to email any one of the residents or our residency program coordinator Erica Luong at eluong@med.usc.edu (323) 442-7903.

For medical students interested in pursuing plastic surgery research, please refer to our research section for research opportunities.