Our Resident Research

• Current Projects

  • Direct Intraoperative Pectoralis Block in Implant Reconstruction and Post Operative Pain
  • Assessing the Risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea after Posterior Pharyngeal Flap Surgery in Patients with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
  • The “Trap Door” Flap for Management of Posterior Cervical Spine Wounds.  
  • Prophylactic Lymphvenous Bypass
  • Treatment of Head and Neck Lymphedema
  • Lymphatic Mapping
  • Aesthetic Surgery Training in Residency
  • How Retrospective Reviews are Done in Plastic Surgery
  • Residual Limb Reconstruction: Utilization of the Reconstructive Ladder to Optimize Outcomes“
  • Review article on Inframammary Fold Reconstruction
  • A case series on the Ryan Procedure
  • Pain Management Following Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
  • Breast ERAS protocol 
  • Residual limb reconstruction: Utilization of the Reconstructive Ladder to Optimize Outcomes
  • Current Problems in Surgery Journal on Reconstruction Regarding Oncologic Resections
  • Use of Dermal Regeneration Templates in Lower Extremity Reconstruction
  • Direct Intraoperative Pectoralis Block in Implant Reconstruction and Post Operative Pain
  • Multicenter Migraine Headache Study
  • TMR/Peripheral Nerve
  • Sarcoma Reconstruction
  • Spinal/Extremity Hardware salvage with Instil Vac
  • Review Paper on Decision Tools for Breast Recon
  • International Education Project

• Publications

  Publications (Accepted)

  Odom, E., Janis, J.E., Gosain, A., Barker, J.C., Buck, D.W., Education for the Future: What the Residents Want. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2017. 140(4): 646e-647e.

  Barker, J.C., Khansa, I., Gordillo, G.M., A Formidable Foe is Sabotaging Your Results: What You Should Know About Biofilms and Wound Healing. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2017. 139(5): 1184-1194.

  Janis, J.E., Barker, J.C., Targeted Peripheral Nerve-Directed Onabotulinumtoxin A for Effective Long-Term Therapy for Migraine Headache. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery- Global Open, 2017. 5(3): e1270.

  Davidson, E.H., Barker, J.C., Egro, F.M., Krajewski, A., Janis, J.E.,Nguyen, V.T. A National Curriculum of Fundamental Skills for Plastic Surgery Residency: Report of the Inaugural ACAPS Boot Camp. Annals Plastic Surgery, 2017. 78(2): 121-126.

  Coriddi M, Wee C, Meyerson J, Eiferman D, Skoracki R. Vascularized Jejunal Mesenteric Lymph Node Transfer: A Novel Surgical Treatment for Extremity Lymphedema. J Am Coll Surg. 2017 Aug 14. S1072-7515(17)31751-9.

  Meyerson J, Coffey R, Jones L. Home Oxygen Therapy Related Burns: An Outcome Comparison Based on Location of Intubation. Austin J Emergency Crit Care Med. 2017; 4(2): 1057.

  Hammer, D, *Rendon, JL, Sabino, J, Latham, K, Fleming, ME, and Valerio, IL. 2017. Restoring full-thickness defects with spray skin in conjunction with dermal regenerate template and split thickness skin grafting: a pilot study. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 11(12): 3523-3529. *contributed equally

  Genova R, Meyerson J, Miller M. Miller-Meyerson Maneuver For Left-handed Surgeons. Plast Reconstr Surg. Accepted

  Meyerson J, Pearson G, Manders E. Exploring Rural Plastic Surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg. Accepted

  Meyerson J, Pan YL, Spaeth M, Pearson G. Pediatric Ganglion Cysts: A Single Surgeon Experience. Hand. Accepted

  Publications (Submitted)

  Khansa, I., Barker, J.C., Ghatak, P.D., Sen, C.K., Gordillo, G.M. Use of Antibiotic Impregnated Resorbable Beads Reduces Pressure Ulcer Recurrence. Wound Repair and Regeneration. Submitted.

  Meyerson J, Calvin N, Chandawarkar C. A New Propeller Trapezius Muscle Flap for Reconstruction of Posterior Trunk Defects in the “Watershed-Zone”. Microsurgery. Submitted.

  Meyerson J, Valerio I, Manders E. Rural America’s Surgical Subspecialist Crisis. Ann Surg. Submitted.

  Meyerson J, Logli A, Bear B, Valerio I. Large Pedicled Flaps for Upper Extremity Reconstruction in Military, Academic and Community Practices. Hand. Submitted.

  Yang M, Meyerson J, Pearson G. Resident Attrition in Plastic Surgery: A National Survey of Plastic Surgery Program Directors. J Med Educ. Submitted.

  Christopher M. Runyan, MD, PhD, Armando Uribe-Rivera, DDS, Shahryar Tork, MD, Tasneem A. Shikary, MD, Zarmina Ehsan, MD,  K. Nicole Weaver, MD,  Md Monir Hossain, PhD, MSc, Christopher B. Gordon, MD, and Brian S. Pan, MD Management of airway obstruction in infants with Pierre Robin sequence. Submitted.

  Shahryar Tork, MD, Ryan C. Jefferson, MD, and Jeffrey E. Janis, MD. Acellular Dermal Matrices: Applications in Plastic Surgery. Submitted.

  Shahryar Tork, MD, Jennifer Faleris, BS, Anne Engemann, PhD, Curt Deister, PhD, Erick DeVinney, BS and Ian L. Valerio, MD, MS, MBA. Prevention of Neuromas with a Porcine SIS Nerve Cap: A Histopathologic Evaluation. Submitted.  

  Shahryar Tork, MD, Jennifer Faleris, BS, Anne Engemann, PhD, Erick DeVinney, BS and Ian L. Valerio, MD, MS, MBA. Application of a Porcine SIS Nerve Cap for Prevention of Neuromas and Associated Pain. Submitted.

• Grants

  Approved

  • PSF Grant, $10,000: “Evaluating long noncoding RNAs as modulators of incisional scar formation”

  Submitted

  • Plastic Surgery Foundation. Pilot grant evaluating breast reconstruction symmetry and aesthetic outcomes using 3-D imaging. Submitted October 2017, Under Review. Amount: $5,000.00
  • Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA), Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (NIH F32).“Modulating the Host Response to Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts” Status: Submitted December 2017, Under Review. Amount: $122,028.00
  • Plastic Surgery Foundation Research Fellowship. “Modulating the Host Response to Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts”. Status: Submitted December 2017, Under Review. Amount: $5,000.00
  • Plastic Surgery Foundation.  “Addressing the Need for Rural Plastic Surgery”. Submitted December 2017, Under Review. Amount: $5,000.00
  • Department of Defense Grant. “In Vivo Expansion of a Prelaminated Periosteal/Latissimus Flap for Treatment of Traumatic Segmental Bone Defects

• Presentations

  Barker, J.C., DiBartola, K., Wee, C., Andonian, N., Abdel-Rasoul, M.S., Lowery, D., Janis, J.E. Pre-Operative Multimodal Analgesia Decreases Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Narcotic Use and Pain Scores in Outpatient Breast Surgery. American Association of Plastic Surgeons. Full Podium Presentation, Seattle, WA. 2018

  Meyerson J, Vial N, Pearson G, Nyugen V, Manders E. Rural Plastic Surgery: Patient, Physician and Hospital Administrator Perspectives. American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2017).

  Zomerlei T, Carrau D, Wee C, Meyerson J, Valerio I. Reconstructive Strategies for Complex Wounds of the Extremity: The Role of Dermal Regenerative Templates. American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2017).

  Vial N, Meyerson J, Markelov A, Manders E:  The Rural Plastic Surgery Residency Rotation:  Rising to Meet a National Crisis.  The Robert H. Ivy Pennsylvania Plastic Surgery Society 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (2017).

  Meyerson J, Pearson G, Valerio I. Intraoperative Angiography for Timing of Large Pedicled Flap Division: A Novel Technique in Upper and Lower Extremities. American Society of Reconstructive Surgery Annual Meeting, Waikoloa, HI (2017).  

  Meyerson J, Pan L, Spaeth M, Pearson G. Pediatric Ganglion Cysts: A Single Surgeon Experience. American Association for Hand Surgery Annual Meeting, Waikoloa, HI (2017).

  Coriddi M, Wee C, Meyerson J, Eiferman D, Skoracki R. Jejunal Mesenteric Vascularized Lymph Node Transfer for Treatment of Lymphedema. American Society of Reconstructive Surgery Annual Meeting, Waikoloa, HI (2017).

  Meyerson J, Calvin N, Chandawarkar C. A New Propeller Trapezius Muscle Flap for Reconstruction of Posterior Trunk Defects in the “Watershed-Zone”. American Society of Reconstructive Surgery Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ (2018). 

  Meyerson J, Logli T, Bear B, Valerio I. Upper Extremity Reconstruction Using Large Pedicled Flaps in Military, Academic and Community Hospitals. American Association for Hand Surgery Annual Meeting, Pheonix, AZ (2018).

  Zomerlei T, American College of Surgeons Quality and Safety Conference

  Larsen M, Bowen B, Eberlin K, Valerio I. Spare-Parts Reconstruction for Amputation Defects. American Society of Reconstructive Surgery Annual Meeting, Waikoloa, HI (2017).

  Larsen M, Bowen B, Valerio I. Targeted Muscle Reinnervation in Upper Extremity Spare-Parts Surgery. American Society for Peripheal Nerve Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ (2018)

  Larsen M, Bowen B, Valerio Spare-Parts Reconstruction for Oncologic Defects. American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2017).