About Julie E. Park, MD

Dr. Julie E. Park is the Stephen R. Lewis, MD Professor of Plastic Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas. She is an expert in microsurgical perforator breast reconstruction, which uses a women’s own tissue for breast reconstruction in a muscle sparing manner. She also specializes in reconstruction of nipple sparing mastectomies, direct to implant reconstruction, and oncoplastic reconstruction at the time of breast conservation therapy. Additionally, she offers breast reductions, and operations to improve the aesthetics of the breast and abdomen. Dr. Park is the Director of Breast Reconstruction and is the Residency Program Director in the Division of Plastic Surgery. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1994 and obtained her medical degree at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1999. She trained in plastic surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital and completed a fellowship in breast, microsurgical, and aesthetic surgery at Mercy Medical Center with Dr. Bernard Chang. Prior to joining UTMB in 2017, Dr. Park was the Director of Breast reconstruction and Program Director of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Chicago Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. She is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Park is the past President of the Illinois Society of Plastic Surgeons, and remains active in leadership of various committees for national medical professional organizations and serves as a journal reviewer for several scientific journals. She has authored over 30 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals and ten book chapters in surgical textbooks. She serves on the Advisory Council for the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is an oral board examiner. Dr. Park has trained numerous plastic surgery residents and microsurgical fellows and regularly moderates scientific sessions to help advance plastic surgery.