Stanford Plastic Surgery

08/20/2025

📱 New in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Journal from Dr. Rahim Nazerali: A TikTok content analysis of Breast Implant Illness (BII) reveals that while most videos are personal and anecdotal, plastic surgeons produce higher-quality content—yet with less engagement.

🔗: https://tinyurl.com/2wrmmeax?sf227868520=1

08/19/2025

🧬 New in Cell Stem Cell from Dr. Michelle Griffin: A multi-omic map of skin fibrosis identifies a Cyp26b1+ fibroblast subtype driving scarring. Inhibiting this retinoic acid pathway with talarozole prevents and reverses dermal fibrosis.

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08/18/2025

📊 New in the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery from Drs. Rahim Nazerali, Halley Darrach & Clifford Sheckter: In 46K+ geriatric ED facial fracture cases, assault-related injuries were more common in younger, male, low-income, and minority patients.

🔗: https://tinyurl.com/mwb9t7ty?sf227868446=1

08/15/2025

Today we celebrate 🎉

A huge thank you to our incredible team of GME Professionals:
📚 Christine Reyes-Santos – Educational Program Manager
🩺 Candice Alfaro – Residency Program Coordinator
✋ Jasmine Murray – Hand Fellowship Program Coordinator

Your dedication and hard work make our programs thrive. We’re so grateful to have you! 💙

08/15/2025

🔬 7 weeks. Real research. Lifelong impact.

The 2025 STaRS interns immersed themselves in lab skills, mentorship, and exploration at Stanford this summer — and came away with lasting friendships, confidence, and a passion for science.

🧪 Read their story → https://plasticsurgery.stanford.edu/news/news25/stars-2025-internship-program.html

08/14/2025

Dr. Michael Longaker and collaborators have been awarded an ACS grant to continue project which explores application of a sustained release anti-JUN therapeutic for prevention of post-operative abdominal adhesion formation.

https://surgery.stanford.edu/news2/ACS-surgical-adhesions-grant.html

08/12/2025

🩹 Why do some wounds heal without a trace? A new study with Stanford’s Dr. Michael Longaker uncovers the molecular pathway behind scarless healing—paving the way for better skin repair therapies.

Oral wounds heal without a trace, but skin scrapes don’t. Scientists decoded molecular players that drive scarless healing, paving the way for better skin repair therapies.

08/11/2025

📊 New in Aesthetic Surgery Journal from Dr. David Kahn: 3D CT scans over a decade reveal measurable, region-specific facial bone changes with age.

🔗: https://academic.oup.com/asj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/asj/sjaf138/8200963?login=true&sf227868392=1

AbstractBackground. Facial aging involves complex, region-specific changes in both soft tissue and the underlying bone. Although skeletal remodeling is bel

08/07/2025

💫 Five Graduate from Stanford Plastic Surgery Fellowships & Clinical Instructorships

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Five Graduate from Stanford Plastic Surgery Fellowships/Clinical Instructorship Programs

08/04/2025

🦴🧪 New in Journal of Periodontology (American Academy of Periodontology - Member News) from Dr. Jill Helms: Research find that alveolar bone healing processes are conserved across mice, rats, minipigs, and humans.

🔗: https://aap.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/JPER.24-0594?sf227515682=1

08/01/2025

📆 Join us for Stanford Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery's Meet & Greet! Get to know our program and hear directly from our Division Chief, Program Director, Associate Program Directors, and current residents. We can't wait to meet you!

🔗 Link to register: https://tinyurl.com/bdezsj35

07/29/2025

🎓 Congratulations to our 2025 Microsurgery Fellowship graduates — Dr. Soobin Lim and Dr. Adam Wallace! We’re so proud to celebrate your achievement and excited for all that lies ahead. 👏