Clinical Interests
- Hand and microsurgery, specializing in peripheral nerve surgery
- Breast reconstruction
- Lower extremity reconstruction
Research Interests
- Surgical education
- Obesity-impaired wound healing
- Adipocyte physiology
Education
- MD, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY
Training
- Fellowship, Hand and Microsurgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
- Fellowship (Post-Doctoral Research), Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
- Residency, Plastic Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
- Residency, General Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Board Certification
- Surgery
- Plastic Surgery
Memberships
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand
- American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
- Association for Surgical Education
- Plastic Surgery Research Council
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- American College of Surgeons
Awards and Honors
- Women Plastic Surgeons Travel Scholarship, Women Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Miami, FL
- Wound Biotechnology Foundation Travel Award, Wound Healing Society Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL
- Young Investigator Award, Wound Healing Society Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX
- Wound Biotechnology Foundation Travel Award, Wound Healing Society Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX