Affiliations & Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

Sentara Hospitals, Norfolk - Active
Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Norfolk - Courtesy
Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, Norfolk - Courtesy

Society Memberships

Naffziger Surgical Society - 1981
American Medical Association - 1984
New Hampshire Medical Society - 1984
Grafton County Medical Society - 1984
Harry J. Buncke Society - 1985
American Society of Plastic Surgery - 1986
Plastic Surgery Research Council - 1986
New England Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery - 1986
Fellow, American College of Surgeons - 1987
American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery - 1987
Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons - 1988
American Society for Surgery of the Hand - 1989
The Wound Healing Society - 1990
American Association of Plastic Surgeons - 1991
Association of Academic Chairmen in Plastic Surgery - 1991
International Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery - 1991
American Society for Peripheral Nerve - 1991
American Association for Surgery of the Hand - 1997
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery - 1999
World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery - 2002

Offices Held

National:
1. Member, Executive Council, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery - 1999-2004,2005-present
2.Treasurer elect – American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery - 2001-2002
3.Treasurer – American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery - 2002-2004
4. Chairman, Program Committee, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery - 2001-2002
5. Member, Program Committee, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery - 2004
6. Examiner, American Board of Plastic Surgery - 2003-present
7. Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee on Genitourinary Reconstruction, ASRM - 2004-present
8. Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Complex Reconstruction, ASRM - 2004-present
9. Vice President – American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery - 2005-2006
10. Member, Membership Committee, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery - 2005-2006
11. President-Elect – American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery - 2006-2007
12. President – American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery - 2007-present

Regional/Local:
1. Membership Chairman, New England Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons - 1989-1990
2. Judge, Greater New York City Plastic Surgery Resident Competition - 1991
3. Secretary, Department of Plastic Surgery Sentara Hospitals, Norfolk, Virginia - 1992-1993
4.Breast Center Design Team, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital - 1992-1994
5. Credentials Committee, Sentara Hospitals - Norfolk - 1995-1998
6. Member, Quality Committee, Sentara Hospitals - Norfolk - 1995-1999, 2001-present
7. Chairman, Department of Plastic Surgery, Sentara Hospitals, Norfolk - 1999-2002
8. Member, Medical Executive Committee, Sentara Hospitals, Norfolk - 2000-2001, 2005-present
9. Peer review committee member – Sentara Hospitals, Norfolk - 2004-2005
10. Chairman, Department of Plastic Surgery, Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Norfolk - 2004-2006
11. Member, Medical Executive Committee, Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Norfolk - 2004-2006
12. Chairman, Quality Committee, Sentara Hospitals, Norfolk - 2005-present

*Throughout his career, Dr. Colen has served on numerous additional committees for various professional organizations and local hospitals.

Honors and Awards

Named in The Best Doctors in America — consecutively since 1994
First Annual Godina Memorial Award
American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
1993

Phi Beta Kappa
Colgate University
1972

Magna cum laude with High Honors in Chemistry
Colgate University
1972

Lawrence Chemical Prize
Colgate University
1972

Phi Society
Colgate University
1971

Named in The Best Doctors in America – Southeast Region
Plastic Surgery
1996-1997

Named as a Top Doctor by Hampton Roads Magazine
2005 & 2007