Created by:
John M. Mesa, MD

Updated by:
Ross F. Goldberg, MD
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Professor in Surgery
Plastic Surgery Research Laboratory Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Phone: (617) 726-8220
Fax: (617) 726-8606

Office-Mail Address:
Division of Plastic Surgery WACC 453 15 Parkman St. Boston, MA 02114

Laboratory Address:
MGH, Wellman Building Room 629

 

Education:
University of Kentucky, Lousiville, KY. B.A. 1965

Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL. M.D. 1969

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
General Surgery. 1969-1974

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Plastic Surgery. 1974-1975

Surgical Research Fellowship, Northwestern University Medical School
1966

Clinical Surgery Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
1968

Research Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco, CA
1968

Clinical-Research Fellow in Hand Surgery, Kleinert Hand Center, Louisville, KY
1975


Clinical Fellow in Plastic and Hand Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
1976

Research Fellow in Microvascular and hand Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
1976

Academic Appointments:

1976-1979
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

1979-1980
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

1980-1983
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

1983-1995
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

1995-Present
Clinical Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Research Interests:

1) free flap physiology and monitoring;
2) metabolism of lidocaine;
3) metabolism of fatty tissues.