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Dr. Joseph M. Serletti is the Henry Royster-William Maul Measey Professor of Surgery and chief of the division of plastic surgery at Penn Medicine.

Dr. Serletti received his medical degree from the University of Rochester in 1982. After completing his general surgery and plastic surgery training there, he completed a craniofacial fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in 1990. He has been a Diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery since 1992, and was previously the chair of the division of plastic surgery at the University of Rochester from September 1998 through December 2004. In January 2005, he became the 5th chief of plastic surgery at Penn. 

Among his many awards, Dr. Serletti is a member of Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society, Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons, the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Medical Association, the American Cleft Palate/Craniofacial Association and the Association of Academic Chairman of Plastic Surgery. He has been a distinguished lecturer and visiting professor at a multitude of prestigious medical institutions, and sits on the editorial boards of the Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Dr. Serletti's areas of expertise are breast reconstruction and aesthetic surgery. Dr. Serletti is a pioneer in the field of free flap autogenous breast reconstruction, currently using the most advanced muscle preserving techniques. Dr. Serletti is internationally recognized for his work in reconstructive microsurgery, which in addition to breast reconstruction, includes head and neck and extremity reconstruction.