Created by:
John M. Mesa, MD

Updated by:
Ross F. Goldberg, MD
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Principal Investigator
Plastic Surgery Research Laboratory Massachusetts General Hospital

Professor in Surgery
Harvard Medical School

Phone: (617) 726-5280
Fax: (617) 726-2824

Office-Mail Address:
Division of Plastic Surgery WACC 435
15 Parkman St. Boston, MA 02114

Laboratory Address:
MGH, Wellman Building Room 629
 

Education:
Yale College, New Haven, CT.
B.A. 1972

Columbia College Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY.
M.D. 1976

Harvard Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA.
General Surgery. 1976-1982

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Plastic Surgery. 1982-1985

Research and Clinical Fellow, Microsurgery; Massachusetts General Hospital and Shriners Burn Institute; Boston, Massachusetts; 1979-1980.

Fellowship in Craniofacial Surgery; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 1987-1988.

Board Certifications:

General Surgery
Plastic Surgery

Academic Appointments:

Instructor and Assistant Chief of Service; Division of Plastic Surgery; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, Maryland; April 1984-June 1985.

Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, Maryland; July 1985-June 1987.

Assistant Clinical Director of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery; Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services System; Baltimore, Maryland; July 1985-June 1987.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery; University of Maryland School of Medicine; Baltimore, Maryland; November 1985-June 1987.

Assistant Professor of Surgery; Harvard Medical School; Boston, Massachusetts; July 1988-July 1993.

Associate Professor of Surgery; Harvard Medical School; Boston, Massachusetts; July 1993-May 2000.

Clinical Professor of Surgery; Harvard Medical School; Boston, Massachusetts, June 2000-present.

Research Interests:

1) tissue engineering of cartilage
2) transplantation of vascularized tissues