Introduction to the Guest Editors
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Introduction to the Guest Editors
Morad Askari, MD, and Steven L. Moran, MD Larry H. Hollier, Jr., MD, FACS1 1 Division of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, TCH Clinical
Care Center, Houston, Texas
I want to thank Dr. Morad Askari and Dr. Steven L. Moran for sharing the responsibility as guest editors of this issue of Seminars in Plastic Surgery on complex upper extremity reconstruction and the talented groups of authors they have invited to this issue. Morad Askari, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Orthopedics and Plastic Surgery at University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Askari obtained his medical degree from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed his residency training in the combined General Surgery/Plastic Surgery Program at the University of Southern California-Los Angeles County Medical Center. He then completed a oneyear Orthopedic Hand and Microvascular Surgery Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. As a faculty member at the University of Miami, he provides care at the Jackson Memorial Hospital/Ryder Trauma Center, the largest level 1 trauma center in Florida in addition to his other duties in the Departments of Orthopedics and Surgery. Dr. Morad Askari’s clinical interests include complex bony and soft
tissue trauma of the upper extremity, peripheral nerve and brachial plexus injury, reconstructive microsurgery, management of arthritic hand and wrist, as well as directing the vascularized composite tissue allograft project at the Miami Transplant Institute. Steven L. Moran, MD, is a Professor of Orthopedics and Plastic Surgery and serves as the Division Chief of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Dr. Moran obtained his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, New York. He completed his residency in General Surgery and Plastic Surgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He also completed a one-year research fellowship in plastic surgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center and trained as a clinical fellow in hand and microvascular surgery at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. Dr. Moran’s clinical interests include pediatric and congenital hand problems, reconstructive microsurgery, and wrist and hand arthritis.
Address for correspondence Larry H. Hollier, Jr., MD, FACS, Division of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, TCH Clinical Care Center, 6701 Fannin, Suite 610.00, Houston, TX 77030-2399 (e-mail: [email protected]).
Copyright © 2015 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA. Tel: +1(212) 584-4662.
Issue Theme Complex Upper Extremity Reconstruction; Guest Editors, Morad Askari, MD, and Steven L. Moran, MD
DOI http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1055/s-0035-1544163. ISSN 1535-2188.
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1
Introduction to the Guest Editors
Morad Askari, MD, and Steven L. Moran, MD Larry H. Hollier, Jr., MD, FACS1 1 Division of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, TCH Clinical
Care Center, Houston, Texas
I want to thank Dr. Morad Askari and Dr. Steven L. Moran for sharing the responsibility as guest editors of this issue of Seminars in Plastic Surgery on complex upper extremity reconstruction and the talented groups of authors they have invited to this issue. Morad Askari, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Orthopedics and Plastic Surgery at University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Askari obtained his medical degree from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed his residency training in the combined General Surgery/Plastic Surgery Program at the University of Southern California-Los Angeles County Medical Center. He then completed a oneyear Orthopedic Hand and Microvascular Surgery Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. As a faculty member at the University of Miami, he provides care at the Jackson Memorial Hospital/Ryder Trauma Center, the largest level 1 trauma center in Florida in addition to his other duties in the Departments of Orthopedics and Surgery. Dr. Morad Askari’s clinical interests include complex bony and soft
tissue trauma of the upper extremity, peripheral nerve and brachial plexus injury, reconstructive microsurgery, management of arthritic hand and wrist, as well as directing the vascularized composite tissue allograft project at the Miami Transplant Institute. Steven L. Moran, MD, is a Professor of Orthopedics and Plastic Surgery and serves as the Division Chief of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Dr. Moran obtained his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, New York. He completed his residency in General Surgery and Plastic Surgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He also completed a one-year research fellowship in plastic surgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center and trained as a clinical fellow in hand and microvascular surgery at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. Dr. Moran’s clinical interests include pediatric and congenital hand problems, reconstructive microsurgery, and wrist and hand arthritis.
Address for correspondence Larry H. Hollier, Jr., MD, FACS, Division of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, TCH Clinical Care Center, 6701 Fannin, Suite 610.00, Houston, TX 77030-2399 (e-mail: [email protected]).
Copyright © 2015 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA. Tel: +1(212) 584-4662.
Issue Theme Complex Upper Extremity Reconstruction; Guest Editors, Morad Askari, MD, and Steven L. Moran, MD
DOI http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1055/s-0035-1544163. ISSN 1535-2188.
This document was downloaded for personal use only. Unauthorized distribution is strictly prohibited.
Semin Plast Surg 2015;29:1–2.
Copyright of Seminars in Plastic Surgery is the property of Thieme Medical Publishing Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use.
