About Dr. Walsh
Dr. Walsh feels that each patient deserves an individualized approach when it comes to deciding which procedure is best for him or her. This is true for breast reconstructive procedures where the goal is to balance the oncologic aspect of breast cancer and the patient’s desires. This is equally true with cosmetic procedures.
- Board Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery – Trained at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
- Fellowship Trained in Breast Reconstruction Microsurgery
- Former Mayo Clinic Rochester Staff Plastic Surgeon
- Participation in medical outreach to Hanoi, Vietnam for Plastic Surgical treatment of pediatric cleft lip and palate disorders
- Recipient of the Rick Weimar, M.D. Ambassador of Medical Ethics Award
- Published work related to Women’s Health issues
Dr. Molly F. Walsh is originally from Western New York, completing both her undergraduate and medical school education in New York. She obtained a B.A. degree in Biology at Ithaca College and was selected to attend NYCOM for medical school in Old Westbury, New York.
She then relocated to Arizona where she completed an internship at Mesa General Hospital in Mesa, Arizona. Her five year surgery internship, residency, and chief residency program was all done at Maricopa Medical Center and the Arizona Burn Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Walsh then was chosen to train at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota for her formal education in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
The Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery arranged for her to become a Mayo Foundation Scholar with fellowship training in Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction. This subspecialty training was completed with Dr. Bernard Chang at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. This fellowship focused on DIEP (deep inferior epigastric perforator) flaps and other breast reconstructive procedures. She gained an international perspective in Plastic Surgery with a continuation of the fellowship that took her to Salzburg, Austria and the renowned McIndoe Clinic in England.
As a full time staff plastic surgeon in practice for four years at Mayo Clinic Rochester, Dr. Walsh integrated her extensive training to perform several hundred breast reconstructions in addition to many other cosmetic and reconstructive procedures. She worked closely with the oncologic surgeons in Breast Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Gynecologic Surgery, Hepatobiliary/Transplant Surgery, and Urologic Surgery to provide state of the art multidisciplinary care to cancer patients at the Mayo Clinic. She trained numerous residents and fellows in both Surgery and Plastic Surgery and received the Mayo Clinic Surgery Subspecialty Teacher of the Year Award. She has numerous research publications related to Women’s Health in Plastic Surgery.
Excited to return to Arizona, Dr. Walsh brings with her the skills to perform both reconstructive and cosmetic procedures for patients in the Valley. She has extensive experience in breast reconstruction, cosmetic breast augmentation and breast lifting, and full body contouring. Dr. Walsh is board certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery.