Background & Specialties

Board Certification

Certification in the Subspecialty of Surgery of the Hand
American Board of Plastic Surgery
2004

Diplomate
American Board of Plastic Surgery
#6384
2002

Diplomate
National Board of Medical Examiners
#408049
1994

Other Certification
Certifying Course in LASER
Safety and Techniques
Department of Surgery
University of Chicago
1994

Professional Background

Dr. Sandeep Jejurikar is a dual fellowship-trained, board-certified plastic surgeon in the Chicago area. Born and raised in the Midwest, Dr. Jejurikar was admitted to the prestigious Integrated Premedical-Medical Program at the University of Michigan directly from high school. He was 1 of only 9 out-of-state students to receive this honor. He received his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School, one of the top medical schools in the country. While at Michigan, Dr, Jejurikar became fascinated by the clinical diversity, surgical creativity, and technical challenges that the specialty of plastic surgery offered. It was then that he decided to make it his chosen career path.

Dr. Jejurikar was selected to the 6-year plastic surgery residency program at the University of Chicago Hospitals, one of the top 10 medical centers in the United States. During his residency, he received outstanding training in all facets of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. Dr. Jejurikar constantly strived to obtain the most advanced plastic surgery training possible. To that end, he is one of a select group of plastic surgeons nationwide to complete two additional years of clinical fellowship training after residency.

Teaching Appointments

Clinical Associate of Surgery
University of Chicago Hospitals

Publications and Presentations

SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
1. Local: "Reduction Mammaplasty - Surgical Options and Outcome Analysis." University of Chicago. Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Core Curriculum in Plastic Surgery. October 1995.

2. Local: "Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Craniofacial Syndromes." University of Chicago. Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Core Curriculum in Plastic Surgery. January 1996.

3. Local: "Surgical Management of Cleft Palate." University of Chicago. Craniofacial Team Grand Rounds. April 1996.

4. Regional: "The Single Pedicle Gluteal Muscle - Posterior Thigh Composite Flap for Management of the Persistent Perineal Wound." Midwest Associations of Plastic Surgeons. 36th Annual Meeting. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. June 1996.

5. Local: "Surgical Anatomy of the Nose." University of Chicago. Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Plastic Surgery Anatomy Course. August 1996.

6. National: "The Single Pedicle Gluteal Muscle - Posterior Thigh Composite Flap for Management of the Persistent Perineal Wound in Inflammatory Bowel Disease." Plastic Surgery Senior Residents' Conference. 36th Annual Meeting. Sacramento, California. April 1997.

7. Local: "The Single Pedicle Gluteal Muscle - Posterior Thigh Composite Flap for Management of the Persistent Perineal Wound." Chicago Society of Plastic Surgery. Chicago, Illinois. May 1997. (Awarded Second Place- Annual Residents' Night Competition).

8. National: "The Efficacy of Digital Sympathectomy with Adventitial Stripping in Scleroderma Patients who are 'Non - Responders' to Cold Stress Testing." American Association for Hand Surgery. 28th Annual Meeting. Scottdale, Arizona. January 1998. (Awarded First Place - Resident Essay Paper Contest).

9. Local: "Initial Management of the Critically Ill Burn Patient." University of Chicago. Department of Surgery Grand Rounds. February 1998.

10. Local: "Hand Transplantation - The Next Frontier." University of Michigan. Department of Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds. November 1998.

BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Gottlieb L and Jejurikar S: The Persistent Perineal Wound. Michelassi F, Milsom JW (eds): Operative Strategies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. New York, Springer - Verlag, 1999.

2. Gottlieb L, Jejurikar S, and Levine L: Penile Reconstruction. Evans G and Schusterman MA (eds): Operative Plastic Surgery. Stamford, Connecticut, Appleton and Lange, 1999.

3. Kleinert H, Jejurikar S, and Miller J: Hand Surgery. Townsend CM (ed): Sabiston Textbook of Surgery - The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 2001.

4. Sunil T, Kleinert H, Miller J, and Jejurikar S: Hand Surgery. Townsend CM (ed): Sabiston Textbook of Surgery - The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice. 17th Edition. Philadelphia, Elsevier Saunders, 2004.