Dr. Samuel Lin is Director of Aesthetic Surgery, BIDMC, Chief of Plastic Surgery, BID-Needham Hospital, an Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Executive Director at Harvard Surgical Program in Innovation (SPIN), Editor in Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal, Residency and Fellowship Program Director, and an attending Plastic Surgeon with Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at BIDMC and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston, Massachusetts. He is board certified by both the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Lin graduated from medical school in 1998 and has been practicing plastic surgery in the Boston area since 2007.
Board certification is a rigorous process that serves as a primary indicator of a physician’s competency to practice in a medical specialty. Maintenance of board certification also signifies that continuing medical education requirements are met and that the practicing physician is up to date on the latest advancements in medicine.
For all physicians who train in the United States, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) is the gold standard for physician certification in the United States and has only 24 member boards – Dr. Lin is certified by 2 of those member boards of medicine, Plastic Surgery, and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. The ABMS has recognized only the American Board of Plastic Surgery as identifying board-certified plastic surgeons who practice in aesthetic and reconstructive surgery.
Dr. Lin served as founding program director of the BIDMC- Harvard Plastic Surgery Residency Training Program several years ago and he is co-director of the Harvard Aesthetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Fellowship at BIDMC-Harvard Plastic Surgery. He serves as an Editor in Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the main journal for plastic surgery. Dr. Lin, his team, and his collaborators have regularly published scientific papers in the literature to further knowledge about plastic surgery and other topics. Dr. Lin is an active Board Member of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Bright Pink Foundations.
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