COMMITTED TO INNOVATION AND TREATMENT TAILORED TO THE PATIENT
Introduction
The board-certified surgeons of the Emory Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Center provide:
- Abdominal wall reconstruction
- Breast reconstruction (especially immediately after mastectomy) as well as breast lifts, augmentation and reduction
- Correction of craniofacial and congenital abnormalities
- Body contouring
- Free tissue transfer
- Head and neck reconstruction
- Oculoplastic surgery
- Microsurgery
- Pediatric plastic surgery
- Reconstruction following surgery for skin cancer
- Scar revisions
- Surgery of the hand and upper extremities
- Thoracic reconstruction
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Facilities
When advantageous to the patient, Emory plastic surgeons collaborate with Emory neurosurgeons, otolaryngologists, general surgeons, dermatologists and other specialists, performing inpatient and outpatient procedures at:
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Innovations
The Center has consistently been in the forefront of innovation, development and refinement in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery:
- In 1975, Emory plastic surgeons developed the musculocutaneous flap procedure for breast reconstruction which involved shaping a new breast from a section of skin, fat and/or muscle taken from the patient's stomach, back or other area of the body. This revolutionary method has since become the foundation for procedures that are now standard for reconstructive breast surgery.
- In 1993, Emory plastic surgeons adapted endoscopes for plastic surgery procedures. Shortly thereafter, Emory became one of the better known services in the country for minimally invasive techniques for breast reconstruction and augmentation; rejuvenation of the forehead, face, and neck; and contouring of the abdomen.
- The Center's advances in head and neck reconstruction stimulated the development of new forms of cervical esophageal reconstruction via free jejunal transposition as well as the use of the omentum for craniofacial reconstruction.
- Other Center-sponsored studies that have received national attention include investigations into the relationship of breast implants to autoimmune disease, evaluation of various methods of breast reconstruction and the effects of radiation therapy.
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Surgical Staff
The credentials and specialties of the Center's surgeons are impressive and wide-ranging:
- A prominent national and international speaker and educator, Dr. T. Roderick Hester has contributed numerous innovations in plastic surgery techniques, has been granted various awards and honors by his peers and has been listed as one of the leading plastic surgeons in the country by both local and national publications. He has been directing the Center since 2001.
- Dr. John Culbertson is the chief of plastic surgery at Grady Memorial Hospital, is fellowship trained in hand surgery and microsurgery, specializes in breast reconstruction and cosmetic surgery and was the editor of Operative Techniques in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery from 1993-2002.
- Focusing on pediatric plastic surgery, trauma and general and reconstructive plastic surgery with an emphasis on breast and head and neck reconstruction, Dr. Albert Losken is chief of plastic surgery at the Atlanta VA Medical Center and directs plastic surgery services at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.
- Dr. Grant Carlson, chief of surgical services at Emory Crawford Long Hospital, is board certified in both general surgery and plastic surgery and specializes in treating melanoma as well as treating and reconstructing the damage caused by head and neck and breast cancer.
- Before coming to Emory in 2007, Dr. Erica Anderson was at the division of plastic and reconstructive surgery, University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center. Her clinical interests include breast surgery, microsurgical breast reconstruction, body contouring after weight loss and wound care.
- Dr. Linda Cendales has dual training in hand and microsurgery and transplant surgery. In addition to her clinical work for the Center, she is the director of Composite Tissue Transplantation and the Laboratory of Microsurgery of the Emory Transplant Center.
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