Affiliations & Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

University of Utah Hospital
St. Marks Hospital
LDS Hospital
Cottonwood Hospital
Salt Lake Regional Medical Center
Health South Surgery Center - Park City

Society Memberships

Advisory Council for Wound Healing
American Association of Plastic Surgeons
American Burn Association
American College of Surgeons, Fellow
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Inc.
American Society of Plastic Surgery, Inc.
American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery
Association of VA Surgeons
International College of Surgeons, Fellow
International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Jackson Medical Society, University of Miami
Medical Association of Georgia
Plastic Surgery Research Council
Richmond County Medical Society - Georgia
Rocky Mountain Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Salt Lake Plastic Surgery Society
Salt Lake Surgical Society
Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Southeastern Surgical Congress
Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing
William H. Moretz Surgical Society, Augusta, Georgia

Offices Held

Committees - elected positions:
Clinical Instructor, Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1989 -1990
Post Graduate Fellowship in Breast Reconstruction, and Microsurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1989 -1990
Associate Prof in Biomed Engineering (Consultant), University of Alabama, 1989 -1992
Attending Plastic Surgeon, VA Hospital, Augusta, Georgia, 1990 -1994
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, 1990 -1994
Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Utah, 1994 - Present
Attending Plastic Surgeon, VA Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1994 -Present
Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology (Adjunct), U of U, 1999 -Present
Guest Examiner, American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1999 - Present
Associate Editor, Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 2000
Board Member, Physicians Licensing Board of the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing, 2000 -2001
Board Member, American Society for Aesthetic Surgery, 2001 - 2004

Honors and Awards

RESEARCH AWARDS

Characterization of Fibrin Sealant Formulations UPHS Grant, 2R43HL47 874 - 01, $50,000

Evaluation of Fibrin Sealants in Patients after Mastectomy and Axillary Dissection (Co-investigator in multi-center trial)

AWARDS AND HONORS

First Prize - National Medical Photography Competition, 1980 (Brazil)
The Ellen Whiteside McDonnell Education Award, Jackson Memorial Hospital, U of Miami Burn Center, 1983, (Presented to Best Surgical Resident)
Third Prize - Resident Competition, Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Tampa FL, 1988
Second Prize - Resident Competition, Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Bermuda, 1989
First Prize - Surgical Paper: Resident Competition, American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1994
Cancer Research Award - Hadassa Society of Salt Lake City, 1998
First Prize - Residents and Fellows Forum, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Abstract: "Prevention and Management of Deep Venous Thrombosis in Aesthetic Surgery", 2001