Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Grand Rounds:
All Plastic Grand Rounds are Thursdays, 2-3 pm in Room 309L

Thursday August 21, 2008
Topic: Hand Transplant Overview
Warren C. Breidenbach, III, MD, FRCS Assistant Clinical Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY and Kleinert, Kutz and Associates Hand Care Center, Louisville, KY
More about Dr. Breidenbach | Nation's Fourth Hand Transplant Performed at Jewish Hospital Hand Care Center by Kleinert Kutz and University of Louisville Surgeon

Dr. Warren Breidenbach is well known for his work in vascularized nerve grafts and also directed the first hand transplant in the United States and is currently actively working on facial transplantation. He is a valued member of the Kleinert, Kutz and Associates Hand Care Center and Assistant Clinical Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Louisville.

Welcome to the division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Clinical Care: Our surgeons offer a full spectrum of plastic, reconstructive, cosmetic, and hand surgery procedures including but not limited to:

Breast reconstruction | Microvascular Surgery | Hand Surgery
Howard T. Wang, MD | Biosketch
Interim Division Chief
Program Director, Plastic Surgery Residency Program
Each year more than 200,000 American women face the reality of breast cancer. Today, the emotional and physical results can be very different from what they were in the past. Dr. Wang specializes in breast reconstruction surgery (surgery to rebuild the breast's shape). In addition to breast reconstruction, Dr. Wang also specializes in microvascular surgery, general plastic surgery, and hand surgery.
For patient appointments and physician referrals, please call 210-257-1883

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Center for Reconstructive Pediatrics
Aaron Mason, MD, Director | Biosketch
Dr. Mason and the multidisciplinary craniofacial surgical team are well equipped to deal with the long-term challenges of craniofacial abnormalities and deformities, beginning before birth and continuing throughout the child’s development. Every aspect of a child's problem is considered by our team of specialists in recommending a comprehensive program designed to achieve the highest possible degree of functional and aesthetic rehabilitation. The team treats all forms of cleft lip and palate as well as all aspects of craniofacial defect or reconstruction.
For patient appointments and physician referrals, please call 210-257-1883

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Research: Plastic surgery has an active lab and shares the space with Neurosurgery. Current research includes adiposites and hair follicles; effects of distant thermal injury across the blood brain barrier (submitted to NIH).