Edward J. Caterson, MD

Division Chief of Plastic Surg

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803

Fellowship

  • Craniofacial Surgery - New York University School of Medicine, 2010

Residency

  • Plastic Surgery - Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical Sch., 2009

Education

  • M.D. - Thomas Jefferson University - Medical College, 2003

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Plastic Surgery

  • Angiofibromas
  • Anotia
  • Apert Syndrome
  • Arteriovenous Malformations
  • Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
  • Binder Syndrome
  • Brachial Plexus And Peripheral Nerve Injuries
  • Breast And Chest Wall Disorders
  • Cauliflower Ears
  • Cleft Lip
  • Cleft Palate
  • Complex Cutis Aplasia
  • Congenital Nevus (Mole)
  • Constricted Ears/Lop Ears/Cup Ears
  • Craniosynostosis
  • Crouzon Syndrome
  • Cryptotia
  • Deformational Plagiocephaly
  • Dermoid Cyst
  • Ear Deformities
  • Ear Hemangiomas
  • Ear Injuries And Split Earlobes
  • Ear Keloids
  • Ear Tags
  • Encephalocele
  • Facial Motion Disorders
  • Fat Atrophy
  • Fibrous Dysplasia
  • Glomangiomas
  • Hemangiomas
  • Hemihyperplasia
  • Lymphatic Malformations
  • Micrognathia
  • Microtia
  • Muenke Syndrome
  • Non-Syndromic Craniosynostosis
  • Opitz Syndrome
  • Orbital Hypertelorism
  • Oromandibular Limb Hypoplasia
  • Parry-Romberg Syndrome
  • Pfeiffer Syndrome
  • Pierre Robin Syndrome
  • Port Wine Stains
  • Protruding Ears
  • Pyogenic Granulomas
  • Rare Craniofacial Clefts
  • Saethre-Chotzen Syndrome
  • Scleroderma
  • Spider Angiomas
  • Stahl'S Ear
  • Stickler Syndrome
  • Syndactyly
  • Syndromic Craniosynostosis
  • Thumb Duplication
  • Thumb Hypoplasia
  • Tongue-Based Obstruction
  • Treacher Collins Syndrome
  • Trigger Finger And Trigger Thumb
  • Van Der Woude Syndrome
  • Vascular Anomalies
  • Vascular Malformations
  • Vascular Malformations: Combinations And Syndromes
  • Velopharyngeal Dysfunction
  • Venous Malformations

  • Factors associated with late surgical correction of craniosynostosis: A decade-long review of the United States nationwide readmission database; Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery; (2024).

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  • Advances in Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery; Medicina (Lithuania); (2023).

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  • Incidence and Epidemiology of Traumatic Tympanic Membrane Rupture: A National Trauma Data Bank Analysis; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2023).

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  • Increased Incidence of Suspected Smoke Inhalation During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A National Database Study; Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association; (2023).

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  • Highlights on Advancing Frontiers in Tissue Engineering; Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews; (2022).

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  • Novel Smartphone Based Free Flap Monitoring Tool Using Machine Learning; bioRxiv; (2022).

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  • Pandemic Puppies: Man's Best Friend or Public Health Problem? A Multidatabase Study; Journal of Surgical Research; (2022).

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  • Treatment of Sagittal Craniosynostosis Using Osteoplastic Parietal Craniotomy Flap With Distraction Osteogenesis: A Variation on Technique; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2022).

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  • A Yorkshire swine (Sus scrofa domesticus) model for nerve regeneration and ischemia based on the sciatic nerve and femoral artery; Annals of Anatomy; (2021).

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  • Advances in biomedical applications of self-healing hydrogels; Materials Chemistry Frontiers; (2021).

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  • Long-Term Functional Outcomes of Trauma Patients With Facial Injuries; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2021).

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  • Self-Healing Biomaterials to Heal Tissues; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2021).

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  • Three-Dimensional Bioprinting, Oxygenated Tissue Constructs, and Intravital Tissue Regeneration; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2021).

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  • Anti-human Leukocyte Antigen Immune Sensitization Effects of Cryopreserved Allograft and Blood Transfusion; Journal of Burn Care and Research; (2020).

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  • Bleeding Control Training for the Lay Public: Keep it Simple-Reply; JAMA Surgery; (2020).

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  • Defining a Research Agenda for Layperson Prehospital Hemorrhage Control: A Consensus Statement; JAMA Network Open; (2020).

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  • Reconstructive Plastic Surgery for Blast and Burn Injuries; Operational and Medical Management of Explosive and Blast Incidents; (2020).

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  • Traumatic Brain Injury in Trauma Patients With Isolated Facial Fractures; The Journal of craniofacial surgery; (2020).

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  • "Stop the Bleed": A U.S. Military Installation's Model for Implementation of a Rapid Hemorrhage Control Program; Military Medicine; (2019).

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  • Association of Vessel-Sealant Devices vs Conventional Hemostasis with Postoperative Neck Hematoma after Thyroid Operations; JAMA Surgery; (2019).

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  • Building community resilience: A scalable model for hemorrhage-control training at a mass gathering site, using the RE-AIM framework; Surgery (United States); (2019).

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  • Can they stop the bleed? Evaluation of tourniquet application by individuals with varying levels of prior self-reported training; Injury; (2019).

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  • Delayed haemothorax and fracture of titanium plate rib fixation following oncologic chest wall reconstruction; ANZ Journal of Surgery; (2019).

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  • Effectiveness of the American College of Surgeons Bleeding Control Basic Training among Laypeople Applying Different Tourniquet Types: A Randomized Clinical Trial; JAMA Surgery; (2019).

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  • Hemorrhage Control Training Promotes Resilience-Associated Traits in Medical Students; Journal of Surgical Education; (2019).

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  • Effectiveness of instructional interventions for hemorrhage control readiness for laypersons in the public access and tourniquet training study (PATTS) a randomized clinical trial; JAMA Surgery; (2018).

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  • Face transplant: Status of current supporting technology to plan and perform the operation and monitor the graft in the postoperative period; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2018).

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  • Trismus in face transplantation following ballistic trauma; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2018).

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  • Bilateral Free Flap Breast Reconstruction Outcomes: Do Abdominal Scars Affect Bilateral Flaps?; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open; (2017).

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  • Management of rhinophyma: Outcomes study of the subunit method; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2017).

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  • The Second-Generation Craniofacial Surgeon: Progress Through Personal Responsibility and Personal Relationships; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2017).

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  • A Retrospective Analysis of Secondary Revisions after Face Transplantation: Assessment of Outcomes, Safety, and Feasibility; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; (2016).

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  • Alloderm covering over titanium cranioplasty may minimize contour deformities in the frontal bone position; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2016).

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  • Allotransplantation of the eye: Context and possible considerations for a future guided by anatomy; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2016).

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  • Cdc42 and p190RhoGAP activation by CCN2 regulates cell spreading and polarity and induces actin disassembly in migrating keratinocytes; International wound journal; (2016).

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  • Commentary on: Microscopic transnasal approach: A new technique for the reconstruction of frontoethmoidal meningoencephalocele; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2016).

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  • Extracellular Matrix and Dermal Fibroblast Function in the Healing Wound; Advances in Wound Care; (2016).

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  • Full-thickness porcine burns infected with Staphylococcus aureus or Pseudomonas aeruginosa can be effectively treated with topical antibiotics; Wound Repair and Regeneration; (2016).

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  • Global patterns of QALY and DALY use in surgical cost-utility analyses: A systematic review; PLoS ONE; (2016).

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  • Inequalities in Specialist Hand Surgeon Distribution across the United States; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; (2016).

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  • Innervated free gracilis muscle transfer: An experimental model; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2016).

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  • Ocular Reconstruction Using Bone-Anchored Implants in Irradiated Facial Deformities After Tumor Extirpation; The Journal of craniofacial surgery; (2016).

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  • Osteocutaneous second-toe free flap as alternative option for repair of anterior oronasal fistula: Long-term results in selected patients; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2016).

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  • Pixel grafting: An evolution of mincing for transplantation of full-thickness wounds; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; (2016).

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  • The subunit method: A novel excisional approach for rhinophyma; Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology; (2016).

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  • Titanium wound chambers for wound healing research; Wound Repair and Regeneration; (2016).

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  • Topical Minocycline Effectively Decontaminates and Reduces Inflammation in Infected Porcine Wounds; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; (2016).

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  • "countersinking" of reservoir in an irradiated patients can decrease tension on scalp closure; Surgical Neurology International; (2015).

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  • A Tribute to the Founding Figures of the American Board of Plastic Surgery; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; (2015).

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  • Causal relation between nerve compression and migraine symptoms and the therapeutic role of surgical decompression; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open; (2015).

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  • Challenging the Conventional Therapy: Emerging Skin Graft Techniques for Wound Healing; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; (2015).

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  • Cost analysis of conventional face reconstruction versus face transplantation for large tissue defects; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; (2015).

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  • Craniofacial measurements of donors and recipients correlate with aesthetic outcome in virtual face transplantation; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open; (2015).

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  • Deep temporal fascia coverage of the loading weight in paralytic lagopthalmos patients; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2015).

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  • Intraoperative development of tension pneumocephalus in a patient undergoing repair of a cranial-dural defect under nitrous oxide anesthesia; Journal of Surgical Technique and Case Report; (2015).

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  • Malignant eccrine spiradenoma of the face; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2015).

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  • Measuring and comparing the cost-effectiveness of surgical care delivery in low-resource settings: Cleft lip and palate as a model; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2015).

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  • Medical 3D printing for the radiologist; Radiographics; (2015).

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  • Reconstruction of rare skull metastases using free latissimus dorsi flap and the role of preoperative embolization in hypervascular skull tumors; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2015).

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  • Saved by de-epithelialization: DIEP flap dermal skin regeneration salvage after mastectomy skin flap loss; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open; (2015).

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  • Shared education and shared innovation in the global health setting; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2015).

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  • Skin excision as an adjunctive technique to rhinoplasty in middle-aged and elderly patients; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open; (2015).

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  • The external microenvironment of healing skin wounds; Wound Repair and Regeneration; (2015).

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  • The medial femoral condyle free osteocutaneous flap for osteomyelitis in pilon fractures; Injury; (2015).

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  • Topical delivery of ultrahigh concentrations of gentamicin is highly effective in reducing bacterial levels in infected porcine full-thickness wounds; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; (2015).

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  • Use of intraoperative computed tomography for revisional procedures in patients with complex maxillofacial trauma; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open; (2015).

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  • Use of Osteocutaneous second-Toe free flap for anterior Oronasal fistulas; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; (2015).

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  • Use of Pedicled Trapezius Myocutaneous Flap for Posterior Skull Reconstruction; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2015).

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  • Airway recovery after face transplantation; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; (2014).

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  • Assessing quality of healing in skin: review of available methods and devices; Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society; (2014).

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  • Current preventive measures for health-care associated surgical site infections: A review; Patient Safety in Surgery; (2014).

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  • Future directions for face transplantation; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2014).

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  • India: reverse innovation and the dichotomy of medical resources; The Journal of craniofacial surgery; (2014).

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  • Management of subcondylar mandible fractures in the adult patient; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2014).

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  • Moist dressing coverage supports proliferation and migration of transplanted skin micrografts in full-thickness porcine wounds; Burns; (2014).

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  • Principles and practice of mandibular distraction osteogenesis; Handbook of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery; (2014).

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  • Providing more than health care: The dynamics of humanitarian surgery efforts on the local microeconomy; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2014).

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  • Quality of healing: defining, quantifying, and enhancing skeletal muscle healing; Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society; (2014).

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  • The advent of the restorative plastic surgeon; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; (2014).

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  • Transillumination of the occult submucous cleft palate; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2014).

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  • Vascularized treatment options for reconstruction of the ascending mandible with introduction of the femoral medial epicondyle free flap; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2014).

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  • Antibiotic selection for open reduction internal fixation of mandible fractures; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2013).

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  • Boston bombings: A surgical view of lessons learned from combat casualty care and the applicability to Boston's terrorist attack; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2013).

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  • CCN2 is transiently expressed by keratinocytes during re-epithelialization and regulates keratinocyte migration in vitro by the ras-MEK-ERK signaling pathway; Journal of Surgical Research; (2013).

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  • CCN2 promotes keratinocyte adhesion and migration via integrin α5β1; Experimental Cell Research; (2013).

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  • Characterization of skin allograft use in thermal injury; Journal of Burn Care and Research; (2013).

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  • Conversation in humility; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2013).

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  • Evolution and limitations of conventional autologous reconstruction of the head and neck; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2013).

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  • Facial appearance transfer and persistence after three-dimensional virtual face transplantation; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; (2013).

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  • Ischemia-reperfusion injury in vascularized composite allotransplantation; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2013).

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  • Soft-tissue profile changes following early le fort iii distraction in growing children with syndromic craniosynostosis; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; (2013).

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  • Surgical management of patients with a history of early le fort iii advancement after they have attained skeletal maturity; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; (2013).

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  • The microenvironment of wound healing; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2013).

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  • The nobler angels of our nature: a tribute to Joseph E. Murray, M.D., 1919 to 2012.; Plastic and reconstructive surgery; (2013).

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  • Tissue engineering of skin; Journal of the American College of Surgeons; (2013).

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  • Use of high-frequency ultrasound guidance for intraoperative zygomatic arch fracture reduction; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2013).

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  • Vascularized composite allotransplantation and tissue engineering; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2013).

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  • Why we are here: Early reflections on the role of reconstructive plastic surgery in the 2013 Boston marathon bombings; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; (2013).

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  • Craniofacial principles in face transplantation; Journal of Craniofacial Surgery; (2012).

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  • Epidermal regeneration by micrograft transplantation with immediate 100-fold expansion; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; (2012).

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  • Three patients with full facial transplantation; New England Journal of Medicine; (2012).

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  • Comparison of healing parameters in porcine full-thickness wounds transplanted with skin micrografts, split-thickness skin grafts, and cultured keratinocytes; Journal of the American College of Surgeons; (2011).

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  • Regeneration in medicine: A plastic surgeons "tail" of disease, stem cells, and a possible future; Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews; (2008).

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  • TGF-β1 calcium signaling in osteoblasts; Journal of Cellular Biochemistry; (2007).

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  • Transient differentiation of adult human bone marrow cells into neuron-like cells in culture: Development of morphological and biochemical traits is mediated by different molecular mechanisms; Stem Cells and Development; (2004).

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  • Treatment of mandibular angle fractures with a matrix miniplate: A preliminary report; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; (2004).

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  • Electrospun nanofibrous structure: A novel scaffold for tissue engineering; Journal of Biomedical Materials Research; (2002).

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  • Human marrow-derived mesenchymal progenitor cells: Isolation, culture expansion, and analysis of differentiation; Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part B Molecular Biotechnology; (2002).

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  • Multilineage differentiation of adult human bone marrow progenitor cells transduced with human papilloma virus type 16 E6/E7 genes; Calcified Tissue International; (2002).

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  • Polymer/alginate amalgam for cartilage-tissue engineering; Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; (2002).

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  • TGF-β1 calcium signaling increases α5 integrin expression in osteoblasts; Journal of Orthopaedic Research; (2002).

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  • TGF-β1-stimulated osteoblasts require intracellular calcium signaling for enhanced α5 integrin expression; Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; (2002).

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  • Application of mesenchymal stem cells in the regeneration of musculoskeletal tissues.; MedGenMed : Medscape general medicine; (2001).

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  • Three-dimensional cartilage formation by bone marrow-derived cells seeded in polylactide/alginate amalgam; Journal of Biomedical Materials Research; (2001).

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