Dr. Subhas Gupta
MD, CM, PhD, FRCSC, FACS · Director of Research, Department of Plastic Surgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Academic background
Dr. Gupta is a full-time attending faculty member of the Department of Plastic Surgery at Loma Linda University School of Medicine, where he directs the Plastic Surgery Research Consortium (LLU Department of Plastic Surgery).
He earned his MD, CM from McGill University School of Medicine in Montreal, followed by a PhD, then completed nearly a decade of postgraduate residency and fellowship training spanning General Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hand and Microsurgery, Aesthetic and Laser Surgery, and Patient Safety (Academia.edu faculty bio). He holds Fellowship credentials from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC) and the American College of Surgeons (FACS).
His surgical focus centers on hand and wrist soft tissue reconstruction, and he has trained numerous aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgeons over the course of his academic career. He serves on multiple scientific review and editorial boards for the specialty (Academia.edu faculty bio).
As Director of Research, Dr. Gupta founded the Plastic Surgery Research Consortium to give medical students a structured, mentored path into academic surgery — pairing every trainee with an active project and a defined, phase-by-phase research methodology.
Editorial & publishing
Dr. Gupta also edits and publishes two dedicated platforms covering surgical research, innovation, and AI.
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Mentorship over supervision
Dr. Gupta structures every project so students engage with real methodology — forming hypotheses, navigating IRB submission, analyzing data, and drafting manuscripts — under direct, weekly guidance rather than delegated busywork.
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