William Dzwierzynski is Professor of Plastic and Orthopedic Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). He is Chief of Plastic Surgery at the Zablocki VA hospital. He is the Program Director of the MCW Plastic Surgery Residency Program. Currently he is President-elect of the American Association for Surgery of the Hand. Dr Dzwierzynski trained in Chemical Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He completed his medical school training at the Chicago Medical School. From there he completed a general surgery residency at the Chicago Medical School Affiliated Hospitals, plastic surgery residency at the University of Michigan, and a hand and microsurgery fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin where he currently practices. Dr Dzwierzynski is a member of many national specialty societies, He served as a Director of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Chairman of the Committee on Certification of the American Board of Medical Specialties, and Chairman of the Joint Committee for Surgery of the Hand. He has been an examination writer for the plastic surgery in-service, the plastic surgery certifying exam, and the hand surgery examination. If you don't see him at the meeting, he is probably running somewhere around the city being an active runner; having completed over a dozen marathons in the past 10 years including qualified and running the Boston Marathon.