Douglas B. Chepeha, MD, MSPH, FACS, FRCSC

Contributors
Patrick Addison, BSc (Hons), MD, MBChB, FRCS (Plast)
Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
St. John’s Hospital; Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Elisabeth K. Beahm, MD, FACS
Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson
Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Prabhat K. Bhama, MD
Resident and Research Fellow, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck
Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Craig Birgfeld, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Washington; Seattle
Children’s Hospital, Seattle, Washington
Amélie Bourget, MD, FRCSC
Chief of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Charles-Lemoyne Hospital,
Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
Gary C. Burget, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Yang-Ming Chang, DDS
Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chang Gung
Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Hung-Chi Chen, MD, MHA, FACS
Professor and Superintendent, Department of Plastic Surgery, E-Da Hospital/
I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
Ming-Huei Cheng, MD, MHA, FACS
Associate Professor and Chief, Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Chang
Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University Medical College, Kweishan,
Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Contributors
Douglas B. Chepeha, MD, MSPH, FACS, FRCSC
Associate Professor and Director of Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery,
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Yoon S. Chun, MD
Instructor in Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department
of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
Massachusetts
Joseph H. Dayan, MD
Attending Plastic Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery,
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York
Ulf Dornseifer, MD
Resident, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand, and Burn Surgery,
Bogenhausen Academic Teaching Hospital, Technical University Munich, Munich,
Germany
Neal D. Futran, MD, DMD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery,
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
David P. Goldstein, MD, FRCSC
Surgical Oncologist and Reconstructive Microsurgeon, Department of Surgical
Oncology, University Health Network/Princess Margaret Hospital; Lecturer,
Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Patrick J. Gullane, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FRACS (Hon)
Otolaryngologist-in-Chief, University Health Network/Toronto General
Hospital; Wharton Chair in Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Margaret Hospital;
Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery,
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Stefan O.P. Hofer, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Associate Professor and Head, Division of Plastic Surgery; Wharton Chair in
Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery and Surgical Oncology,
University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jung-Ju Huang, MD
Lecturer and Attending Surgeon, Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery,
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung University
Medical College, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

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Wei-Chao Huang, MD
Lecturer and Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department
of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital–Chiayi; Chang Gung University
Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China
Seng-Feng Jeng, MD, FACS
Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung
Memorial Hospital–Kaohsiung Medical Center; Chang Gung University Medical
College, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
Mohammed Mesfer Al Kahtani, MD, FRCSC, FICS
Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Microsurgeon, Division of Plastic Surgery,
Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Saudi Arabia
Gabrielle M. Kane, MB, EdD, FRCPC
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington
Merrill S. Kies, MD
Professor of Medicine, Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology,
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Aleksandra Klimczak, PhD
Transplant Immunologist, Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic,
Cleveland, Ohio
Isao Koshima, MD
Professor and Chief, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery,
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Declan A. Lannon, MB BCh, FRCS(I), MSc, FEBOPRAS, FRCS (Plast)
Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Northern Ireland Plastic and Maxillofacial Service,
The Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, Northern Ireland
George E. Laramore, PhD, MD, FACR, FASTRO
Peter Wootton Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology,
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Jay J. Liao, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington
Chih-Hung Lin, MD
Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University Medical College,
Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

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Contributors
Jeng-Yee Lin, MD
Attending Surgeon, Instructor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Chang Gung
Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China
Christopher Loiselle, MD
Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington Medical
Center, Seattle, Washington
Makoto Mihara, MD
Lecturer, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The University of
Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Michael G. Moore, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery,
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
Marc A.M. Mureau, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Head, Oncological
Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
Erasmus Medical Center–Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Masahiro Nakagawa, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center
Hospital, Nagaizumi, Shizuoka, Japan
Mitsunaga Narushima, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Peter C. Neligan, MB, FRCS(I), FRCSC, FACS
Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle,
Washington
Milomir Ninkovic, MD, PhD
Chair, Professor, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand, and Burn Surgery,
Bogenhausen Academic Teaching Hospital, Technical University Munich, Munich,
Germany
Christine B. Novak, PT, MS
Research Associate, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery,
Wharton Head and Neck Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada

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Kristen J. Otto, MD
Fellow, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction,
Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cho Y. Pang, PhD
Senior Scientist, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children; Professor,
Departments of Surgery and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
Brian M. Parrett, MD
Chief Resident, Division of Plastic Surgery, Harvard Plastic Surgery Training
Program, Boston, Massachusetts
Upendra Parvathaneni, MBBS, FRANZCR
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington
Hasu D.L. Patel, MBChB, PhD, FRCS (Plast)
Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Department of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery, St. Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospitals,
London, United Kingdom
Sing-Wing Poon, MD
Microsurgery Fellow, Department of Plastic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial
Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Julian J. Pribaz, MD
Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Geoffrey L. Robb, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Plastic Surgery, The University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Gary L. Ross, MBChB, MD, FRCS (Plast)
Consultant Plastic Surgeon; Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Department
of Plastic Surgery, The Christie, Manchester, United Kingdom
Jatin P. Shah, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS, FDSRCS, FRACS
Professor of Surgery, E.W. Strong Chair in Head and Neck Oncology; Chief,
Head and Neck Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York,
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Contributors
Maria Siemionow, MD, PhD, DSc
Professor of Surgery; Director of Plastic Surgery Research; Head, Microsurgical
Training, Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Erhan Sonmez, MD
Research Fellow, Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland,
Ohio; currently in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
Hacettepe University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Chung-Kan Tsao, MD
Attending Surgeon, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang
Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Christopher G. Wallace, BSc (Hons), MBChB, MRCS, MS
Clinical and Research Microsurgery Fellow, Department of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University
Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Robert L. Walton, MD, FACS
Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern
University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Fu-Chan Wei, MD, FACS
Professor and Chancellor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University Medical College,
Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Ernest A. Weymuller, Jr., MD
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University
of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Gordon H. Wilkes, MD, FRCSC
Clinical Professor and Divisional Director, Division of Plastic Surgery, University
of Alberta; Co-Director, Institute of Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine (iRSM),
Misericordia Hospital, Covenant Health Group, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
John F. Wolfaardt, BDS, MDent, PhD
Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta–Edmonton;
Co-Director, Craniofacial Osseointegration Maxillofacial Prosthetic Unit
(COMPRU), Misericordia Hospital, Caritas Health Group, Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada

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Chin-Ho Wong, MBBS, MRCS (Ed), MMed (Surg), FAMS (Plast Surg)
Plastic Surgeon, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery,
Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Min-Wen Yang, MD
Associate Professor and Chief, Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung
Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan,
Republic of China
Huang-Ping Yu, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor and Head, Post-Anesthetic Unit, Department of Anesthesiology,
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan,
Republic of China
Peirong Yu, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, The University of Texas M. D.
Anderson Cancer Center; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Plastic
Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas