Specialty: Surgery - Plastic

Certification(s): Dr. Hickerson is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.

Location(s):

Medical Degree: University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis

Internship and Residency: (Chief Resident, General Surgery) University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis; (Plastic Surgery) University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis

Academic Title: Professor, Plastic Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis; Chief of Burn Surgery, College of Medicine.

Special Interest:

• Burn Surgery
• Critical Care Surgery
• Reconstructive Surgery
• Trauma Surgery
• Wound Care Surgery

Professional Memberships:

• American Burn Association
• American Association of Plastic Surgeons
• American College of Surgeons
• American Medical Association
• American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• American Trauma Society
• Association of Academic Chairmen of Plastic Surgery
• Harwell Wilson Surgical Society
• Memphis & Shelby County Medical Society
• Southern Medical Association
• Southeastern Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons
• Tennessee Medical Association
• Wound Healing Society

Additional Information:

• Directs the Regional Medical Center of Memphis (The MED) Firefighters Regional Burn Center
• Author and co-author of over forty medical articles and abstracts about trauma, plastic surgery, skin care, and wound care
• Trainer for several courses in wound and burn care
• Attended many seminars and conferences on critical care, emergency medicine, wound and burn care
• Has given over fifty invited lectures on wound and burn care in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolinia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee. Texas, and Utah and in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Great Britain, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, and Spain