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Training / Credentials | | | | Education: | MD, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), School of Medicine, 1991
Volunteer Work • Rotoplast, Cleft Lip & Palate Reconstruction, La Serena, Chile, 1995 • Interplast, Guatemala, 1997 • Venice Family Medical Clinic, Venice, CA, 1989, 1987
Achievements • Award for Best Aesthetic Research Paper: “The Teaching of Aesthetic Surgery at the Resident Level” Annual Senior Resident Symposium
Dallas, TX, May 1996 • Eagle Scout, Troop 233, Pacific Palisades, CA
| | Residency: | Internship: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 6/1991-6/92 General Surgery: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 7/1992-6/94
| | Other Degree: | BS, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Undergraduate Degree in Bio-Chemistry, 1987
| | Certifications: | American Board of Plastic Surgery, Board Certified Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification, St. Francis Memorial Hospital, 1998 Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider, St. Francis Memorial Hospital, 1996-98
Continuing Medical Education • Plastic Surgery 2003, October 2003 • 19th Plastic Surgery Day, March 2002 • Cedars Sinai Medical Center • ASAPS/ASERF Annual Meeting, May 2001 • Plastic Surgery Senior Residents Conference, Sacramento, CA, April 1997 • Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Teleplast Conferences, 1994-1997 • California Society of Plastic Surgeons, Annual Meetings, 1995-97 • Dallas 65th Anniversary Scientific Meeting: ASPRS/PSEF, Dallas, TX, November 1996 • Skin Rejuvenation and Laser Surgery, San Francisco, CA, August 1995 • Norfolk Flap Dissection Workshop (McGraw & Arnold), July 1995 • Aesthetic Symposium in Facial Rejuvenation, San Francisco, CA, April 1995 • New Horizons in | | Languages: | English | | Affiliations: | • American Board of Plastic Surgery • American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons • Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgeons • Los Angeles Surgical Society • California Medical Society • Los Angeles County Medical Association (LACMA) • American College of Surgeons • American Medical Association • Lipoplasty Society • Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity, UCLA Chapter • UCLA Alumni Association • Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society• Golden Key National Honor Society
Hospital Affiliations Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Century City Hospital Brighton Surgical Center
Committee Appointments Bioethics Committee, St. Francis Memorial Hospital, 1994-1997
Graduation Medical Education Committee, St. Francis Memorial Hospital, 1996 Medical Staff Appointment, House Officer, St. Francis Memorial Hospital, 1994-1997
Publications •
“The Teaching of Aesthetic Surgery at the Resident Level”Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 20;351-354, 1996 (primary author) • “Chronic Hyperpigmentation from a Heated Mustard Compress Burn”Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation, 351-352, July/August 1996 (primary author) • “Use of SuspensionTechnique for Panniculectomy in a Morbidly Obese Patient”(Technique and Case Report) Contemporary Surgery, revised and accepted for publication 9/12/96, (primary author) • “Gallstone Pancreatitis: The Role of Preoperative Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography” Archive of Surgery, Volume 129, September 1994 • “Thrombeombolic Complications and Treatment of a Young Man with Fulminant Meningococcal Septic Shock”, Mele,J.A.., Linder, S.A., Capozzi, A., Annals of Plastic Surgery (submitted) • “HIV Seropositivity in a Burn Center’s Population,” Mele, J.A., Calabria, A., Linder, S.A.,Ikeda, C.J., Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation (submitted) • “The Durability of Heel Coverage with Microvascular Transplantation” • The Buncke Clinic, San Francisco, CA, Linder, S.A., Cooper, T., Buncke, G., Buncke, H.J.
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