Since 1970 The Buncke Clinic has been at the forefront of the advancement of reconstructive surgery. We are a leading center for microsurgery, plastic and reconstructive and hand surgery. In addition to caring for patients from our local San Francisco Bay Area community, we maintain our outstanding tradition as a top tertiary referral center for the most complex reconstructive plastic and microsurgical treatment options. Patients from around the globe have been treated by our team of highly specialized surg
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Harry J. Buncke founded a clinical service and microsurgical research lab at what is now the CPMC-Davies Campus, in San Francisco, California. In that year he performed the first microvascular transplant in the world. The first human toe to thumb transplantation in the United States soon followed. As did many other pioneering and innovative firsts. This started a trend of surgeons from all over the world coming to train with Dr. Buncke and performing 1-year fellowships in this program. Since that time, The