Keck School Faculty

The effect of short-term preoperative nutritional intervention for cleft surgery eligibility BMC Nutr. 2023 Mar 14; 9(1):47. . View in PubMed

The personal impact of involvement in international global health outreach: A national survey of former Operation Smile student volunteers J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Jan 20. . View in PubMed

Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2023 04; 60(4):430-445. . View in PubMed

Premaxillary Setback in Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Repair Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2022 Nov 29; 10556656221130166. . View in PubMed

Sagittal Growth Restriction of the Midface Following Isolated Cleft Lip Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2022 Jul 25; 10556656221116005. . View in PubMed

A plastic and reconstructive surgery landscape assessment of Malawi: a scoping review of Malawian literature Eur J Med Res. 2022 Jul 12; 27(1):119. . View in PubMed

Midface Growth Potential in Unoperated Clefts: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis J Craniofac Surg. 2022 May 01; 33(3):774-778. . View in PubMed

The International Family Study of Nonsyndromic Orofacial Clefts: Design and Methods Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2022 Apr; 59(4_suppl2):S37-S47. . View in PubMed

Cleft Palate Repair: A History of Techniques and Variations Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2022 Mar; 10(3):e4019. . View in PubMed

Cleft Lip and Palate Research in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Scientometric Analysis Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2022 Feb; 10(2):e4122. . View in PubMed

Predictors of Complication Following Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery in a Low-Resource Setting: A Prospective Outcomes Study in Nicaragua Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2022 12; 59(12):1452-1460. . View in PubMed

Increased Distraction Magnitude Leads to Greater Reduction in the Apnea-Hypopnea Index in Infants With Robin Sequence J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2022 09; 80(9):1486-1492. . View in PubMed

High prevalence of deleterious mutations in concomitant nonsyndromic cleft and outflow tract heart defects Am J Med Genet A. 2022 07; 188(7):2082-2095. . View in PubMed

Early Cleft Lip Repair: Demonstrating Efficacy in the First 100 Patients Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 11 01; 150(5):1073-1080. . View in PubMed

The influence of an all-female healthcare environment on mentorship and empowerment of female healthcare professionals PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022; 2(3):e0000081. . View in PubMed

Assessing the Safety of a Novel Neonatal Anesthesia Protocol: A Review of 101 Patients With Early Cleft Lip Repair J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Nov-Dec 01; 32(8):2682-2686. . View in PubMed

The Smile Index: Part 3A Simple, Prognostic Severity Scale for Unilateral Cleft Palate. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2021 Oct; 9(10):e3870. . View in PubMed

The Evolution of Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Sep 01; 32(6):2068-2073. . View in PubMed

Convolutional Neural Network Models for Automatic Preoperative Severity Assessment in Unilateral Cleft Lip Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021 Jul 01; 148(1):162-169. . View in PubMed

The Likelihood of Orthognathic Surgery After Orofacial Cleft Repair J Craniofac Surg. 2021 May 01; 32(3):902-906. . View in PubMed

The Local Mission: Improving Access to Surgical Care in Middle-Income Countries World J Surg. 2021 Apr; 45(4):962-969. . View in PubMed

Correction to: The Local Mission: Improving Access to Surgical Care in Middle-Income Countries World J Surg. 2021 Apr; 45(4):970. . View in PubMed

Nasoalveolar Molding: Assessing the Burden of Care J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Mar-Apr 01; 32(2):574-577. . View in PubMed

A Meta-Analysis of Palatal Repair Timing J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Mar-Apr 01; 32(2):647-651. . View in PubMed

The Use of Crowdsourcing Technology to Evaluate Preoperative Severity in Patients With Unilateral Cleft Lip in a Multiethnic Population J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Mar-Apr 01; 32(2):482-485. . View in PubMed

Factors Associated With Delay in Cleft Surgery at a Tertiary Children's Hospital in a Major US Metropolitan City Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2021 12; 58(12):1508-1516. . View in PubMed

Impact of an All-Female Surgical Team on Moroccan Patient Perspectives of Female Healthcare Providers World J Surg. 2021 11; 45(11):3280-3287. . View in PubMed

Clinical Importance of Concomitant Cleft Lip/Palate in the Surgical Management of Patients With Congenital Heart Disease World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2021 Jan; 12(1):35-42. . View in PubMed

The role of smoke from cooking indoors over an open flame and parental smoking on the risk of cleft lip and palate: A case- control study in 7 low-resource countries J Glob Health. 2020 Dec; 10(2):020410. . View in PubMed

Congenital Heart Disease in Patients With Cleft Lip/Palate and Its Impact on Cleft Management Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2020 08; 57(8):957-966. . View in PubMed

A Synonymous Exonic Splice Silencer Variant in IRF6 as a Novel and Cryptic Cause of Non-Syndromic Cleft Lip and Palate Genes (Basel). 2020 08 07; 11(8). . View in PubMed

Sebaceous Nevus of the Scalp J Craniofac Surg. 2020 Jan/Feb; 31(1):257-260. . View in PubMed

The experiences of female surgeons around the world: a scoping review Hum Resour Health. 2020 10 28; 18(1):80. . View in PubMed

Pilot Evaluation of the Impact of a Mission-Based Surgical Training Rotation on the Plastic Surgery Skills and Competencies Development of General Surgery Residents in Rwanda J Surg Educ. 2019 Nov - Dec; 76(6):1579-1587. . View in PubMed

Less Is More in Congenital and Pediatric Nasal Lesions J Craniofac Surg. 2019 Sep; 30(6):1777-1779. . View in PubMed

Optimal Timing of Secondary Alveolar Bone Grafting: A Literature Review J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2019 Apr; 77(4):843-849. . View in PubMed

The Smile Index: Part 2A Simple, Prognostic Severity Scale for Unilateral Cleft Lip. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Apr; 143(4):790e-797e. . View in PubMed

Cosmetically Challenging Congenital Melanocytic Nevi Ann Plast Surg. 2019 05; 82(5S Suppl 4):S306-S309. . View in PubMed

Reply: The Smile Index: Part 1A Large-Scale Study of Phenotypic Norms for Preoperative and Postoperative Unilateral Cleft Lip. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 01; 143(1):245e-246e. . View in PubMed

Genomic analyses in African populations identify novel risk loci for cleft palate Hum Mol Genet. 2019 03 15; 28(6):1038-1051. . View in PubMed

Alternatives to Autologous Bone Graft in Alveolar Cleft Reconstruction: The State of Alveolar Tissue Engineering J Craniofac Surg. 2018 May; 29(3):584-593. . View in PubMed

External Port Tissue Expansion in the Pediatric Population: Confirming Its Safety and Efficacy Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 06; 141(6):883e-890e. . View in PubMed

Competency-Based Education in Low Resource Settings: Development of a Novel Surgical Training Program World J Surg. 2018 03; 42(3):646-651. . View in PubMed

The Smile Index: Part 1A Large-Scale Study of Phenotypic Norms for Preoperative and Postoperative Unilateral Cleft Lip. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 01; 141(1):137-146. . View in PubMed

A Comparative Analysis of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 with a Demineralized Bone Matrix versus Iliac Crest Bone Graft for Secondary Alveolar Bone Grafts in Patients with Cleft Lip and Palate: Review of 501 Cases Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Aug; 140(2):318e-325e. . View in PubMed

The Prevalence of Congenital Heart Disease in Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and/or Palate: A Systematic Review of the Literature Ann Plast Surg. 2017 Aug; 79(2):214-220. . View in PubMed

Early Cleft Lip Repair Revisited: A Safe and Effective Approach Utilizing a Multidisciplinary Protocol Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2017 Jun; 5(6):e1340. . View in PubMed

Ectropion in Facial Tissue Expansion in the Pediatric Population: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Treatment Options Ann Plast Surg. 2017 Mar; 78(3):280-283. . View in PubMed

Familial Recurrence of 3MC Syndrome in Consanguineous Families: A Clinical and Molecular Diagnostic Approach With Review of the Literature Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2017 11; 54(6):739-748. . View in PubMed

Patient Barriers to Accessing Surgical Cleft Care in Vietnam: A Multi-site, Cross-Sectional Outcomes Study World J Surg. 2017 06; 41(6):1435-1446. . View in PubMed

Paternal Risk Factors for Oral Clefts in Northern Africans, Southeast Asians, and Central Americans Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 06 19; 14(6). . View in PubMed

Intraflagellar transport 88 (IFT88) is crucial for craniofacial development in mice and is a candidate gene for human cleft lip and palate Hum Mol Genet. 2017 03 01; 26(5):860-872. . View in PubMed

A Model of the Unmet Need for Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries World J Surg. 2016 Dec; 40(12):2857-2867. . View in PubMed

Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation Promotes Mechanical Stretch Induced Skin Regeneration: A Randomized Phase I/II Clinical Trial EBioMedicine. 2016 Nov; 13:356-364. . View in PubMed

Barriers to Reconstructive Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study of 453 Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Patients in Vietnam Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Nov; 138(5):887e-895e. . View in PubMed

The evolution of surgical telementoring: current applications and future directions Ann Transl Med. 2016 Oct; 4(20):391. . View in PubMed

The Medical Mission and Modern Core Competency Training: A 10-Year Follow-Up of Resident Experiences in Global Plastic Surgery Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Sep; 138(3):531e-538e. . View in PubMed

The Expanding Role of Education and Research in International Healthcare Ann Plast Surg. 2016 May; 76 Suppl 3:S150-4. . View in PubMed

Reply: Presurgical Nasoalveolar Molding for Cleft Lip and Palate: The Application of Digitally Designed Molds Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 May; 137(5):904e-905e. . View in PubMed

The Tsao Fellowship in Global Health: A Model for International Fellowships in a Surgery Residency J Craniofac Surg. 2016 Mar; 27(2):282-5. . View in PubMed

Epidemiology, Etiology, and Treatment of Isolated Cleft Palate Front Physiol. 2016; 7:67. . View in PubMed

The Global Surgery Partnership: An Innovative Partnership for Education, Research, and Service Acad Med. 2016 Jan; 91(1):75-8. . View in PubMed

Parental risk factors for oral clefts among Central Africans, Southeast Asians, and Central Americans Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2015 Oct; 103(10):863-79. . View in PubMed

Treating Parry-Romberg Syndrome Using Three-Dimensional Scanning and Printing and the Anterolateral Thigh Dermal Adipofascial Flap J Craniofac Surg. 2015 Sep; 26(6):1826-9. . View in PubMed

Presurgical nasoalveolar molding for cleft lip and palate: the application of digitally designed molds Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Jun; 135(6):1007e-1015e. . View in PubMed

Telemedicine in Cleft Care: Reliability and Predictability in Regional and International Practice Settings J Craniofac Surg. 2015 Jun; 26(4):1116-20. . View in PubMed

A Health Systems Perspective on the Mission Model for Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery: A Matter of Sustainability or Responsibility? J Craniofac Surg. 2015 Jun; 26(4):1079-83.. View in PubMed

Genetic risk factors for orofacial clefts in Central Africans and Southeast Asians Am J Med Genet A. 2014 Oct; 164A(10):2572-80. . View in PubMed

Scalable, sustainable cost-effective surgical care: a model for safety and quality in the developing world, part I: challenge and commitment J Craniofac Surg. 2014 Sep; 25(5):1674-9. . View in PubMed

Providing more than health care: the dynamics of humanitarian surgery efforts on the local microeconomy J Craniofac Surg. 2014 Sep; 25(5):1622-5. . View in PubMed

Surgical education through video broadcasting J Craniofac Surg. 2014 Sep; 25(5):1619-21. . View in PubMed

Scalable, sustainable cost-effective surgical care: a model for safety and quality in the developing world, part II: program development and quality care J Craniofac Surg. 2014 Sep; 25(5):1680-4. . View in PubMed

Scalable, sustainable cost-effective surgical care: a model for safety and quality in the developing world, part III: impact and sustainability J Craniofac Surg. 2014 Sep; 25(5):1685-9. . View in PubMed

Partial craniofacial duplication: a review of the literature and case report J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2014 Jun; 42(4):290-6. . View in PubMed

Vallecular cyst as a cause of obstructive sleep apnea in an infant J Clin Sleep Med. 2013 Aug 15; 9(8):825-6. . View in PubMed

Establishing sustainable international burn missions: lessons from India Ann Plast Surg. 2013 Jul; 71(1):31-3. . View in PubMed

Effectiveness of international surgical program model to build local sustainability Plast Surg Int. 2012; 2012:185725. . View in PubMed

A Cross-sectional Comparison of Cleft Lip Severity in 3 Regional Populations Eplasty. 2012; 12:e10. . View in PubMed

The medical mission and modern cultural competency training J Am Coll Surg. 2011 Jan; 212(1):124-9. . View in PubMed

Evolution of a sustainable surgical delivery model J Craniofac Surg. 2010 Sep; 21(5):1321-6. . View in PubMed

The role of humanitarian missions in modern surgical training Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Jul; 126(1):295-302. . View in PubMed

Cleft lip and palate as a cost-effective health care treatment in the developing world World J Surg. 2010 Mar; 34(3):420-7. . View in PubMed

Surgical outcomes auditing systems in humanitarian organizations World J Surg. 2010 Mar; 34(3):403-10. . View in PubMed

Application of outcome measures in international humanitarian aid: comparing indices through retrospective analysis of corrective surgical care cases Prehosp Disaster Med. 2009 Jan-Feb; 24(1):39-46. . View in PubMed

Acute burn injury Clin Plast Surg. 2005 Apr; 32(2):187-93. . View in PubMed

Inadequate gingivolabial sulcus remains an avoidable problem after bilateral cleft lip repair Plast Reconstr Surg. 2005 Jan; 115(1):220-5. . View in PubMed

Use of fast-setting hydroxyapatite cement for secondary craniofacial contouring Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004 Aug; 114(2):289-97. . View in PubMed

Cardioprotective effects of ingliforib, a novel glycogen phosphorylase inhibitor Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2004 Mar; 286(3):H1177-84. . View in PubMed

Novel N6-substituted adenosine 5'-N-methyluronamides with high selectivity for human adenosine A3 receptors reduce ischemic myocardial injury Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2003 Dec; 285(6):H2780-7. . View in PubMed

Isozyme-nonselective N-substituted bipiperidylcarboxamide acetyl-CoA carboxylase inhibitors reduce tissue malonyl-CoA concentrations, inhibit fatty acid synthesis, and increase fatty acid oxidation in cultured cells and in experimental animals J Biol Chem. 2003 Sep 26; 278(39):37099-111. . View in PubMed

Use of octyl-2-cyanoacrylate in cleft lip repair Ann Plast Surg. 2003 Jan; 50(1):1-5. . View in PubMed

Surgical treatment of nasal hemangiomas Ann Plast Surg. 2002 May; 48(5):489-94; discussion 494-5. . View in PubMed

Neonatal cleft lip and cleft palate repair AORN J. 2002 Mar; 75(3):490-8; quiz 501-4506-8. . View in PubMed

Assessing pediatric anesthesia practices for volunteer medical services abroad Anesthesiology. 2001 Dec; 95(6):1315-22. . View in PubMed

A novel sodium-hydrogen exchanger isoform-1 inhibitor, zoniporide, reduces ischemic myocardial injury in vitro and in vivo J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2001 Apr; 297(1):254-9. . View in PubMed

Aldose reductase inhibition alone or combined with an adenosine A(3) agonist reduces ischemic myocardial injury Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2000 Oct; 279(4):H1447-52. . View in PubMed

Selective activation of adenosine A3 receptors with N6-(3-chlorobenzyl)-5'-N-methylcarboxamidoadenosine (CB-MECA) provides cardioprotection via KATP channel activation Cardiovasc Res. 1998 Oct; 40(1):138-45. . View in PubMed

Relative importance of adenosine A1 and A3 receptors in mediating physiological or pharmacological protection from ischemic myocardial injury in the rabbit heart J Mol Cell Cardiol. 1998 Mar; 30(3):579-85. . View in PubMed

Tracheotomy removal after early mandibular advancement in patients with pediatric craniofacial syndrome Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1997 Dec; 117(6):S187-91. . View in PubMed

Selective adenosine A3 receptor stimulation reduces ischemic myocardial injury in the rabbit heart Cardiovasc Res. 1997 Feb; 33(2):410-5. . View in PubMed

Studies of the candidate genes TGFB2, MSX1, TGFA, and TGFB3 in the etiology of cleft lip and palate in the Philippines Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1997 Jan; 34(1):1-6. . View in PubMed

Clinical and epidemiologic studies of cleft lip and palate in the Philippines Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1997 Jan; 34(1):7-10. . View in PubMed

One-stage reconstruction for defects caused by cancrum oris (noma) Ann Plast Surg. 1997 Jan; 38(1):29-35. . View in PubMed

Cleft palate closure in the neonate: preliminary report Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1996 Jan; 33(1):57-61; discussion 62-6. . View in PubMed

The effect of very early cleft palate closure on the need for ventilation tubes in the first years of life Laryngoscope. 1995 Sep; 105(9 Pt 1):905-8. . View in PubMed

Vasoconstrictor action of angiotensin I-convertase and the synthetic substrate (Pro11,D-Ala12)-angiotensin I Hypertension. 1994 Jun; 23(6 Pt 2):857-60. . View in PubMed

Cartilaginous histology of the cleft lip nose: proving the extrinsic etiology Plast Reconstr Surg. 1988 May; 81(5):655-61. . View in PubMed

Use of a latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap for closure of an orocutaneous fistula of the cheek J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1988 Mar; 46(3):224-8. . View in PubMed

Prosthetic replacement of the condylar head for temporomandibular joint disease Plast Reconstr Surg. 1987 Oct; 80(4):536-46. . View in PubMed

Cancer of the floor of the mouth and buccal cavity Surg Clin North Am. 1986 Feb; 66(1):31-58. . View in PubMed

The kleeblattschadel deformity: neurologic outcome with early treatment Pediatr Neurol. 1985 Nov-Dec; 1(6):379-81. . View in PubMed

Pectoralis "paddle" myocutaneous flapsThe workhorse of head and neck reconstruction. Am J Surg. 1980 Oct; 140(4):507-13. . View in PubMed

Extended muscle and musculocutaneous flaps Clin Plast Surg. 1980 Jan; 7(1):57-70. . View in PubMed

Uses of the trapezius and sternomastoid myocutaneous flaps in head and neck reconstruction Plast Reconstr Surg. 1979 Jan; 63(1):49-57. . View in PubMed