Stanford Plastic Surgery

01/14/2021

New Publication: A Call for Consideration of Gender Identity in Venous Thromboembolism Risk Assessment. Rochlin, Danielle H.; Morrison, Shane D. MD; Kuzon, William M. Jr. MD. http://ow.ly/Nk4Y50CJbgm

01/11/2021

New Publication: Patient Reviews: Yelp, Google, Healthgrades, Vitals, and RealSelf. Authors: Furnas, Heather J., Korman, Joshua, Canales, Francisco L., Pence, Logan D. http://ow.ly/XOin50CJbaE

01/07/2021

A novel cryo-embedding method for in-depth analysis of craniofacial mini pig bone specimens - PubMed

New Publication: A novel cryo-embedding method for in-depth analysis of craniofacial mini pig bone specimens. Authors: Pavla Ticha, Igor Pilawski, Xue Yuan, Jie Pan, Ustun S Tulu, Benjamin R Coyac, Waldemar Hoffmann, Jill A Helms. http://ow.ly/s3Mq50CJb5F

The disconnect between preclinical and clinical results underscores the imperative for establishing good animal models, then gleaning all available data on efficacy, safety, and potential toxicities associated with a device or drug. Mini pigs are a commonly used animal model for testing orthopedic a...

01/04/2021

Molecular Basis for Craniofacial Phenotypes Caused by Sclerostin Deletion - PubMed

New Publication: Molecular Basis for Craniofacial Phenotypes Caused by Sclerostin Deletion. Authors: J Chen, X Yuan, I Pilawski, X Liu, J Delgado-Calle, T Bellido, H Turkkahraman, J A Helms. http://ow.ly/XjuT50CJb2i

Some genetic disorders are associated with distinctive facial features, which can aid in diagnosis. While considerable advances have been made in identifying causal genes, relatively little progress has been made toward understanding how a particular genotype results in a characteristic craniofacial...

01/01/2021

Location for Minor Procedures—Goldilocks Medicine and the Just-Right Surgical Setting

New Publication: Determining the Optimal Location for Minor Procedures—Goldilocks Medicine and the Just-Right Surgical Setting. Author: Catherine Curtin, MD. http://ow.ly/z3We50CJaU5

This study by Billig et al1 provides information on the optimization of the surgical setting for minor surgical procedures. The study used large national claims data to evaluate the settings and outcomes of more than 400 000 minor hand operations. The authors found that procedures performed in...

12/28/2020

New Publication: The Junctional Epithelium Is Maintained by a Stem Cell Population. Authors: X. Yuan, J. Chen, J.A. Grauer, Q. Xu, L.A. Van Brunt, J.A. Helms. http://ow.ly/Wuz050CJaMj

12/24/2020

New Publication: Single-Unit technique for the use of acellular dermal matrix in immediate expander-based breast reconstruction. Authors: Anna Luan, Ashraf A Patel, Shanique A Martin, Rahim S Nazerali. http://ow.ly/3b8U50CJaDN

12/20/2020

Prrx1 Fibroblasts Represent a Pro-fibrotic Lineage in the Mouse Ventral Dermis

New Publication: Prrx1 Fibroblasts Represent a Pro-fibrotic Lineage in the Mouse Ventral Dermis. Authors: TrippLeavitt, Michael S. Hu, Mimi R.Borrelli, MichaelJanuszyk, ..., Michael Longaker. http://ow.ly/yTph50CJanU

Fibroblast heterogeneity has been shown within the unwounded mouse dorsal dermis, with fibroblast subpopulations being identified according to anatomi…

12/17/2020

New Publication: Patient-Reported Outcomes of Three Different Types of Breast Reconstruction with Correlation to the Clinical Data 5 Years Postoperatively. Authors: Pavla Ticha, Ondrej Mestak, Meagan Wu, Michele Bujda & Andrej Sukop. http://ow.ly/gv9850CJagd

12/13/2020

New Publication: Hospital Dentistry: The Swiss‐Army Knife of Dental Medicine. Authors: George Kunkel, Gary K. Roberts DDS.
http://ow.ly/gyh750CJa3N

10/19/2020

Come learn about diversity at Stanford PRS during a virtual meet & greet with Program Director, Paige Fox and Associate Program Director, Yvonne Karanas. Register here: http://ow.ly/2Vhn50BWTrc

10/05/2020

Congratulations to our own Dr. Arash Momeni! 🏆🏆🏆

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dr. Arash Momeni and his co-authors have received the best paper award for their manuscript “A Matched-Pair Analysis of Prepectoral with Subpectoral Breast Reconstruction” from Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery!

According to the journal's Editor-in-Chief, Rod J. Rohrich, MD, this "paper was, by a distinct margin, the best paper in [its] category."

Congratulations!!!

09/21/2020

New Publication: Mechano‐adaptive Responses of Alveolar Bone to Implant Hyper‐loading in a pre‐clinical in vivo model. Authors: Ye Tian, Zhijun Li, Jinlong Chen, Xue Yuan, Steven J. Sadowsky, Benjamin R. Coyac, John B. Brunski, Jill A. Helms. http://ow.ly/Levb50Bl07z

09/21/2020

Congratulations to our Christine Reyes-Santos, Residency Training Program Manager at @stanfordplastic, for 20 years of service at Stanford! This weekend we held a socially distanced surprise to celebrate her achievements and steadfast commitment to Stanford and the division.

09/18/2020

Current and Emerging Topical Scar Mitigation Therapies for Craniofacial Burn Wound Healing

New Publication: Current and Emerging Topical Scar Mitigation Therapies for Craniofacial Burn Wound Healing. Authors: Sun Hyung Kwon, Janos A. Barrera, Chikage Noishiki, Kellen Chen, Dominic Henn, Clifford C. Sheckter, and Geoffrey C. Gurtner. http://ow.ly/uPHt50BiBQB

Burn injury in the craniofacial region causes significant health and psychosocial consequences and presents unique reconstructive challenges. Healing of severely burned skin and underlying soft tissue is a dynamic process involving many pathophysiological factors, often leading to devastating outcom...

09/16/2020

New Publication: Are teeth superior to implants? A mapping review. Authors: Steven J. Sadowsky, DDS, John B. Brunski, PhD. https://www.thejpd.org/article/S0022-3913(20)30405-4/fulltext

09/08/2020

Characterization of Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing - PubMed

New Publication from Longaker Lab: Characterization of Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing. Authors: M. Januszyk, D. Henn, D. Foster, M. Borrelli, M.T. Longaker, D.C. Wan, G.C. Gurtner http://ow.ly/brF150BiBAT

Background: Recent advances in high-throughput single-cell sequencing technologies have led to their increasingly widespread adoption for clinical applications. However, challenges associated with tissue viability, cell yield, and delayed time-to-capture have created unique obstacles fo...

09/04/2020

Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Wound Healing: Hurdles to Clinical Translation - PubMed

New publication from Longaker Lab: Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Wound Healing: Hurdles to Clinical Translation. Authors: Shamik Mascharak, Heather E desJardins-Park, Michael T Longaker https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32800679/

Recent work has revealed that fibroblasts are remarkably heterogeneous cells, but the appropriate lens through which to study this variation (lineage, phenotype, and plasticity) and its relevance to human biology remain unclear. In this opinion article, we comment on recent breakthroughs in our unde...

09/04/2020

Voting

Vote for and support Stanford Plastic Surgery!

The Association of Women Surgeons has transitioned our medical student/resident/fellow research competition to a virtual format: AWS Research Madness: Road to AWS 2020. The virtual format will allow for an innovative multi-round research symposium, featuring the talented AWS trainees from July to Se...

08/06/2020

Help our Stanford Plastic Surgery residents get to the next round! Vote below!

You helped us win our heat in Round 1 now we need your support to advance to Round 3!

Stanford’s project ‘Creating a Novel Biological Implant for Breast Reconstruction: The Omental Fat-Augmented Free Flap (O-FAFF)’ is the last talk in Session 1 in Group 8.

1. Vote here: https://redcap.uhhospitals.org/redcap/surveys/?s=T987E43Y73
2. Select ‘Quick Shot’
3. Enter your email
4. Select ‘Live session 1’
5. Select a talk from each of the 8 groups as votes need to be cast for all 8 groups in order to be counted towards the winners
- In Group 8, please choose #16 if you agree with the quality of this project.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 if you want to vote for Session 2
7. Click Submit

Voting will be open until Friday, August 7, 11:59pm ET.

Thank you!

08/05/2020

⭐ 🎉 New Intern Spotlight!⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀
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Kelsey Lipman, PGY-1
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Dr. Lipman is from Naples, Florida, where her family has been for generations working in the farming industry.

Dr. Lipman went to Washington University in St. Lous for undergraduate to study biomedical engineering. During her summers, she interned at stem cell research biotech companies in California.

Toward the end of her undergraduate experience, an Engineers Without Borders trip to Guatemala City piqued her interest in the clinical side of medicine and changed her career path.

After falling in love with California, she then went to medical school at UCLA. During medical school, she focused early on plastic surgery research, specifically breast reconstruction in patients with prior radiation, predicting patient preference for scar treatments, and outcomes of distraction osteogenesis for maxillary hypoplasia.

On why she chose plastic surgery, Dr. Lipman says "Plastic surgery is a problem-solving specialty. There are often multiple ways to approach a case, and the pre-operative planning process becomes a dynamic conversation. It requires an incredible amount of creativity and innovation, similar to engineering, with the addition of patient-care. I also love that most plastic surgery cases drastically improve quality of life and bring patients back after injuries, closer to their version of 'normal.' Starting residency, I am most excited about getting involved in microsurgical cases and learning the intricacies of microsurgical training."

In her free time, Dr. Lipman trains her Australian Shepherd named Henley. Dr. Lipman says, "The Bay Area has tons of dog friendly hikes, so I am exploring the area as much as I can! I also love exploring the beaches of the Pacific coastline and trying all the incredible restaurants in San Francisco."

Welcome to the farm and Stanford Plastic Surgery, Kelsey, we are so happy to have you!

#residencyprogram #plasticsurgeryresidency #womeninmedicine

08/03/2020

Stanford Plastic Surgery is hosting a series of informational sessions via Zoom for medical students interested in our program.

Our next session is going to be held August 12, 2020 at 5 PM PST. The session will offer students the opportunity to hear directly from our Division Chief, James Chang, Program Director, Paige Fox, Faculty, and Residents.

There will be Q&A so you don't want to miss this!

Register here: https://stanford.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcrcemqqDkiGdFxV8QnAWtVLB1BmIukqg-w

#plasticsurgeryresidency #plasticsurgeryresidencyprogram #residencyprogram #surgeryresidency

07/31/2020

⭐ 🎉 New Intern Spotlight!⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀
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Ryan DeCoster, PGY-1⁠⠀⁠⠀

Dr. DeCoster is originally from Maryland but spent most of his childhood growing up in Kentucky. He received his undergraduate, M.D., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.

He completed a Surgeon-Scientist post-doctoral fellowship through the National Cancer Institute under the mentorship of Henry Vasconez, MD, FACS, and Mark Evers, MD, FACS, where he investigated the molecular mechanisms of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma. His current research interests are focused on modulating the mechanical properties of irradiated soft tissue in experimental models, and his work is currently funded by the Plastic Surgery Foundation.

Dr. DeCoster is a peer reviewer for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open, the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, and Annals of Plastic Surgery.

Before college, he served six years on active duty in the U.S. Navy, which included deployments to Hurricane Katrina, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Iraq, Saudi Arabi, Turkey, France, Greece, and Bahrain. His interest in plastic and reconstructive surgery stems from the exposure he had to the surgical reconstruction of devastating war injuries during his time in the military. His long-term plans include academic plastic surgery and a clinical practice at the VA focusing on complex reconstruction of war-related injuries.

Ryan is married to his lovely wife, Rachel, who is a nurse practitioner, and together they have two boys, Easton, and Darren. He loves to spend time with his family and enjoys hunting waterfowl and large North American wild game in his spare time.

Ryan says, “Without question, Stanford has the strongest plastic and reconstructive surgery training program in the world. If you want to change the world, this is the place you do it!”

07/23/2020

⭐ 🎉 Intern Spotlight!⁠⠀⁠⠀
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Cara Black, PGY-1⁠⠀⁠⠀
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Cara was raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and completed her undergraduate studies at Bard College where she majored in biology. After college, she joined Teach For America and taught for two years as a 12th grade physics teacher in the South Side of Chicago. Cara then attended medical school at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, where she continued to advocate for kids’ education and health on a national level as a White House intern within the Obama Administration.⁠⠀
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During the clinical years of medical school, Cara realized her passion for surgery and was especially fascinated by free flap reconstruction. She therefore spent a dedicated year studying autologous breast reconstruction outcomes and lower extremity microsurgical techniques within the plastic surgery department at Georgetown. During her last year of medical school, Cara did an away rotation at Stanford and was attracted to the welcoming community and dedication to research and international volunteering.⁠⠀
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In her free time, she enjoys cooking, Barre workouts, hiking, kayaking, traveling, art museums, improv comedy, tea, and relaxing with family and friends. Her favorite vacation she went on was to Hallstatt, Austria. Cara is the oldest of four sisters, one of whom works in the wine industry in the nearby Napa Valley.⁠⠀
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Welcome to the farm, Cara! ⁠⠀
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We are so excited to have you. ⁠⠀⁠⠀
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#residencyprogram #plasticsurgeryresidency #womeninmedicine #plasticsurgery

07/15/2020

Stanford Dept. of Surgery

Stanford Dept. of Surgery

Residency recruitment 2020 is going virtual, so we're hosting our first ever Informational Webinar! If you know an MS4, who you think belongs at Stanford Surgery, please invite them to our event on Monday, July 27 https://mailchi.mp/e973203450c6/residency-recruitment-2020?e=8dd0247e56

07/15/2020

Stanford Dept. of Surgery

Stanford Dept. of Surgery

Vote for Stanford Surgery!

The Association of Women Surgeons is hosting a March Madness-style, single-elimination tournament for research, and Stanford Surgery has two abstracts in the game!

Winners get cash prizes and an invitation to submit their work to the American Journal of Surgery. Help our Surgeon Scientists get through to the next round.

How to vote:
• Click on this link: http://redcap.link/aws-researchmadness-vote
• Select "Visual Abstract"
• Enter your email address.
• Click Visual abstracts- cohort 3
• Scroll to Group 30
• Select number 66 "Improving Lymphadema Surgery Outcomes with Addition of Nanofibrillar Collagen Scaffolds" -or- 67 "Creating a Novel Biological Implant for Breast Reconstruction: The Omental Fat-Augmented Free Flap (O-FAFF)"
• Scroll to the bottom and click "Submit"

Voting will be open until July 18 at 11:59 pm ET.

07/15/2020

⭐ 🎉 Intern Spotlight!

Halley Michelle Darrach, PGY-1

Welcome to one of our newest interns, Halley Michelle Darrach. Halley was born in Canada and raised in California after her family came to the US for her father's postdoctoral studies. Before starting her training at Stanford, Halley attended Cal State Northridge for undergrad - where she was a research assistant in the astrobiology section of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She went on to medical school at Johns Hopkins University where she fell in love with the OR. While at JHU, she investigated everything from oncologic reconstruction outcomes to racial biases in facial plastics, and even had the opportunity to work as a medical illustrator.

Halley's interest in plastic surgery stems from the impact it has on patients: functional, aesthetic, and psychosocial. While she hasn't decided on a surgical specialty yet, she is drawn to microsurgery and gender affirmation surgery.

In her free time, Halley loves to learn about different cuisines, long-distance swimming, calligraphy, figure drawing, and photoshopping collages.

Welcome to the farm, Halle! We are so excited to have you.

#residencyprogram #plasticsurgeryresidency #womeninmedicine #plasticsurgery

07/14/2020

Stanford Department of Surgery is hosting a virtual informational session. ⁠
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Hear from the Department of Surgery Chair, Mary Hawn, as she shares about department values, facilities our residents train at, and professional development time to individualize each resident's education. ⁠
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Program directors of each division will also be available, including our own program director, Paige Fox, MD, PhD. ⁠
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There will be Q&A so you don't want to miss this!

Register now: https://mailchi.mp/e973203450c6/residency-recruitment-2020?e=8dd0247e56