Background & Specialties

Board Certification

Tennessee State Medical Board, 1988
National Board of Medical Examiners, 1989
Kentucky State Medical Board, 1991
New York State Medical Board, 1995
American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1996

Professional Background

B.S., University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1980-83
M.D., University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1983-88
General Surgery Residency-Department of General Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 1988-95
Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 1991-93
Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Fellowship, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY 1996
Cosmetic Surgery Fellowship, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital (MEETH), 1997

Teaching Appointments

Assistant Professor, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 1997-2000
Clinical Professor, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 2000-present

Publications and Presentations

Digenis AG, Ross CB, Morrison JG, Holcomb III, GW and VR Reynolds. Carcinoma of the Male Breast: A Review of 41 Cases. Southern Medical Journal 1990, Vol. 83, 10, pgs 1162-1167

Stefano GB, Digenis AG, Spector S, Leung MK, Bilfiner TV, Makman MH, Scharrer B and NN Abumrad. Opiate-like substances in an invertebrate, an opiate receptor on invertebrate and human immunocytes, and a role in immunosuppression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 90(23): 11099-103, Dec 1993

Stadelmann WK, McMasters K, Digenis AG, Reintgen DS. Cutaneous melanoma of the head and neck: advances in evaluation and treatment Plast Reconstr Surg 2000 May;105(6):2105-26

Digenis AG. Breast reconstruction after mastectomy J Ky Med Assoc 1999 Sep;97(9):412-21

Stadelmann WK, Digenis AG, Tobin GR. Physiology and healing dynamics of chronic cutaneous wounds. Am J Surg 1998 Aug;176(2A Suppl):26S-38S

Stadelmann WK, Digenis AG, Tobin GR. Impediments to wound healing Am J Surg 1998 Aug; 176 (2A Suppl): 39S-47S

Kakoulidis TP, Papanicolaou GD, Cobbs G, Digenis AG, Ogden L, Stadelman WK. The Acute and Delayed Effects of Hydrostatic Dilation on Rat Femoral Arteries. Annals of Plastic Surgery 2004, Vol.53, 4, pgs 388-392

Digenis AG and Morris, JA. Chapter 20: Critical Care. In: Clinician's Pocket Reference Ed. LG Gomella, Appleton and Lange, Norwalk, Connecticut, 7th Ed., 1993. pgs 349-402

Digenis AG and Beasley, R. Chapter on Hand Infections. In: Grab and Smith's Plastic Surgery. Ed. Thorne and Aston, Little Brown, Boston, Massachusetts, 5th Ed. 1998. Pgs 901-910

Hobbies and Interests

Tennis and Traveling