Dr. Lydia Helliwell is an Associate Surgeon in the Division of Plastic Surgery and is the Associate Program Director for the Harvard Plastic Surgery Residency Program. She holds a subspecialty certificate in Hand Surgery. Her clinical interests include treating nerve, tendon and bony injuries of the hand and wrist, peripheral nerve injuries and compression, complex upper and lower extremity reconstruction, and the management of sarcoma and other oncologic defects. Dr. Helliwell became a plastic surgeon because she enjoys the long-term relationships that she develops with patients when treating upper and lower extremity problems and the complex problem solving involved in reconstructive surgery.
Dr. Helliwell’s research focuses on assessment in graduate medical education, microsurgical simulation and orthoplastic reconstruction of the upper and lower extremity after trauma and oncologic resection.
