Patrick Elias, PA

Kyle Xu, MD, is Director of University of Miami Comprehensive Lymphedema Center and assistant professor of plastic surgery, hand surgery, and microsurgery in the Division of Plastic Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr Xu earned his B.S. at the University of Maryland, College Park where he graduated Cum Laude with Honors. He earned his medical degree at Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed his combined residency in general surgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, where he served as chief resident.

Born and raised in New York City and surrounding suburbs. Graduated with honors in History from Lafayette College, Easton, PA in 1971. Obtained MD from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1975. Completed a Straight Medicine Internship at SUNY Buffalo in 1976. Awarded a DMD from Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry in 1978 followed by two years of General Surgery training at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Manhattan. Achieved training in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary-Harvard medical School in 1980 and became Board Certified in the specialty. Initiated Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at The Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center from 1983.