Harry J. Buncke, M.D.

July 16, 1922 - May 18, 2008

Dr. Harry Buncke's reputation is legendary as the "father of microsurgery."

Education

  • New York Medical College, 1951
  • General Surgery, 1951-1954
  • Plastic Surgery, Cornell Medical School, New York Hospital, 1954 - 1956
  • Marks Fellow, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, Sussex, England, 1956
  • Senior Registrar, Plastic Surgical and Burn Unit, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, 1957
  • Certified American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1958

    Memberships
  • President, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 1980
  • President, American Association of Plastic Surgeons, 1982
  • Chairman, International Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, 1977

    Professinal Positions
  • Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
  • Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto
  • Director, Division of Microsurgical Replantation Transplantation Service, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco
  • Director American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1976-1982
    Residency Review Committee, Plastic Surgery, 1976-1982

    Special Horors
  • Honorary Award, American Association of Plastic Surgeons, 1979

  • Special Honorary Citation, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, 1985

  • "Clinician of the Year" Award, American Association of Plastic Surgeons, 1989

  • Professor Honoris Causae, given by the French Ministry of Education, through the University of Nancy, France, 1989

  • Pioneers in Hand Surgery, International Society for Surgery of the Hand, 1995

  • ASPRS President's Award in recogizing innovation in plastic surgery American Association of Plastic Surgeons, 1997

  • "Top 10 Plastic Surgeons of the 20th Century" Award, American Association of Plastic Surgeons, 2001

  • 2004 Jacobson Innovation Award, American College of Surgeons

  • Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, 2004