You Are What You Eat: Nutrition and The Plastic Surgeon with Melissa Roy, MD

In this episode of the PRS Global Open Keynotes Podcast, Canadian plastic surgery resident Mélissa Roy MD discusses how a plastic surgery patient’s nutritional status can impact wound healing and outcomes. The PRS Global Open article discussed is available to read for free on PRSGlobalOpen.com: “Nutrition and the Plastic Surgeon: Possible Interventions and Practice Considerations” by Melissa Roy, Julie Perry, Karen Cross. Read Here: http://bit.ly/NutritioninPlasticSurgery Dr. Mélissa Roy is a plastic and reconstructive surgery resident at the University of Toronto who recently completed a Master’s in clinical epidemiology. Dr. Roy has been working with Dr. Cross at St. Michael's Hospital to promote plastic surgeons' awareness of the importance of identifying malnutrition, and strategies for addressing it in order to obtain optimal surgical outcomes.   Your host, Dr. Damian Marucci, is a board certified plastic surgeon and Associate Professor of Plastic surgery at the University of Sydney in Australia.   #PRSGlobalOpen #KeynotesPodcast #PlasticSurgery

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Keeping up to date with the latest breakthroughs in plastic and reconstructive surgery can be hard. PRS Global Open has made it a whole lot easier by interviewing global Plastic Surgery giants of today and leaders of tomorrow about their research, their techniques and what the future may bring in this exciting field of medicine. Whether you're a patient, physician, plastic surgery resident or experienced attending surgeon, this is the podcast for you. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery—Global Open is the official open access, peer reviewed journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. It can be read for free on PRSGlobalOpen.com.