We restore, repair and make whole those parts which nature has given but fortune has taken away, not so much that they may delight the eye, but that they may buoy up the spirit and help the mind." Gaspar Tagilliacozzi-1597

Plastic surgery means many things to each of us. We feel that it restores the joy of life-whether it is the repair of a child with cleft lip or an adult with excess eyelid skin. I have had the opportunity to practice my plastic surgery in an academic environment and now in private practice. With the Plastic Surgery Group of Memphis, my specific interests include cosmetic and aesthetic surgery of the face, eyelids and ears, surgery of the breast and reconstruction of the nose after skin cancer. As the director of the local Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Team, I enjoy the challenges of pediatric cleft care. My interest and experience in plastic surgery have allowed me to travel in the Pacific as part of RSF, The Reconstructive Surgery Foundation, Inc., to provide plastic surgery care to people in Micronesia and to Kijabe, Kenya tooperate on children there. I consider it a privilege and responsibility to be entrusted with providing this specialized surgical care to you.

A graduate of The University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, Dr. Burruss has been in Plastic Surgery practice for over 18 years. He has served as Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Tennessee, Memphis and as Chief of Plastic Surgery, Acting, at the Veterans Administrative Medical Center.