Dr. Nicole Conkling is a UCI Health plastic surgeon with fellowship training in orthopaedic hand surgery. Her clinical and research interests include hand surgery, complex reconstruction, reconstruction for cancer and peripheral nerve surgery. She earned her medical degree at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in New York. She completed a residency in integrated plastic surgery at UC San Francisco Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in hand surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.