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Dr. Walter Gaska MD

Plastic Surgeon - Springfield, MO

Dr. Walter Gaska specializes in plastic surgery in Springfield, Missouri. Details of Dr. Gaska's 48 years experience as an MD, his hospital affiliation and education at SUNY Upstate Medical University are available on your free doctor report.

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Primary Location for Dr. Gaska

Dr. Walter Gaska
1229 E Seminole St
Springfield, MO 65804

Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. Walter Gaska identified specializing in Plastic SurgeryPlastic Surgery
A plastic surgeon deals with the repair, reconstruction, or replacement of physical defects of form or function, involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, craniomaxillofacial structures, hand, extremities, breast and trunk, and external genitalia. He/she uses aesthetic surgical principles not only to improve undesirable qualities of normal structures but in all reconstructive procedures as well. A plastic surgeon possesses special knowledge and skill in the design and surgery of grafts, flaps, free tissue transfer and replantation. Competence in the management of complex wounds, the use of implantable materials, and in tumor surgery is required.. He obtained board certification from the member board for Plastic Surgery.

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Hospital Affiliations

A hospital affiliation covers any doctor who has an affiliation, association or admitting privilege with a hospital. A doctor's particular affiliation to a specific hospital can translate to the overall quality of that provider.

Dr. Gaska is affiliated with 1 hospital:

Cox Walnut Lawn Hospital
1000 E Walnut Lawn St
Springfield, MO

Education

Dr. Gaska attended medical school at SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine and graduated in 1964 having 48 years experience. Additional Plastic Surgery training was conducted at Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

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While there is no proven correlation between the quality of one's educational institution and the quality of one's professional competence, it is often an indicator. Medical schools have various levels of selectivity (some are harder to get into than others), and both the quality of their clinical training and level of research are measured. Additional medical training in both residency and fellowships and the facilities they are conducted at also provide a history of the doctors' level of training and experience.