Dr. Stewart Collins
Raleigh
Dr. Stewart Collins is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and Raleigh, NC native. He graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He holds a Master of Science degree from N. C. State University and a medical degree from the Brody School of Medicine. Dr. Collins went on to train in General Surgery at the University of Virginia, where he became fascinated with the ability to improve someone’s self-image through surgery and completed a full plastic surgery fellowship at the Sutherland Institute at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City. In his last year at KU, Dr. Collins trained under a world-renowned staff and ran the Senior Fellow Cosmetic Clinic. Upon the completion of over 14 years of school and training, Dr. Collins moved back to his hometown of Raleigh, NC. He enjoys spending his spare time with his wife, Leslie, and their four children.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Plastic Surgery Residency, Sutherland Institute, Kansas University Medical Center - Kansas City, Kansas. Completed 2005.
General Surgery Residency, University of Virginia/Carillion Health System – Charlottesville and Roanoke, Virginia. Completed 2003.
∙ Extensive experience in bariatric, vascular, and laparoscopic procedures
∙ Chief Resident 2002-2003
Doctor of Medicine, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University - Greenville, North Carolina. Completed 1998.
Master of Science, North Carolina State University - Raleigh, North Carolina. Completed 1993.
∙ Areas of Cell Biology and Cell Physiology
∙ Teaching Assistantship/Research Assistantship
Bachelor of Science, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Completed 1991.
∙ Major in Business Administration
∙ Concentration in Economics, Marketing, and Finance
HONORS AND AWARDS
MAP International Scholar
Reader’s Digest Abroad Fellowship
North Carolina Rural Health Scholar
Medical School Dean’s List
Teaching Award – Student’s Choice Award
Undergraduate Dean’s List
CERTIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Board Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
∙ Qualifying exam completed fall 2007.
∙ Certifying exam completed fall 2008.
∙ MOC (Recertification) completed 2019.
Medical Licensure
∙ North Carolina State Medical Board Permanent License - #2005-00353 ATLS Current
ACLS Current
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
Christian Medical Dental Association
RESEARCH INTERESTS/PRESENTATIONS
Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Resident Project - Alternative Repair Strategies for Pectus Excavatum.
Resident Research Day - An Early Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Program, 2004.
Resident Research Day - Early Experience with the Nuss Repair, 2003.
Masters Thesis - Unique Uses for Monoclonal Antibody Formation, 1993.
INTERESTS/EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Happily married with four children.
Abroad Surgical Rotation - two months at Tenwek Hospital, Kenya.
Medical School Admissions Committee - three-year tenure.
Camp Needles in the Pines - medical student staff director.
Previous Head Counselor Staff - Camp Sea Gull and Cary Family YMCA