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Office
UCLA Medical Center
10945 LeConte Ave., Rm. 33-55 PVUB
Los Angeles, CA 90095Phone+1 310-825-1745Fax+1 310-825-1745
Education & Training
- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Hand Surgery (Orthopaedic Surgery), 2003 - 2004
- UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Plastic Surgery - Integrated, 2000 - 2003
- UPMC Medical Education (Pittsburgh)Residency, Surgery, 1997 - 2000
- Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityClass of 1997
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2003 - 2025
- MD State Medical License 2011 - 2018
- PA State Medical License 1998 - 2012
- American Board of Plastic Surgery Plastic Surgery
- American Board of Plastic Surgery Surgery of the Hand
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- The Use of Montage Bone Putty in Assisting in the Maintenance of Reduction in Comminuted Distal Radius Fractures.Irene J Pien, Nirbhay S Jain, Prosper Benhaim, Arezou Yaghoubian, Kodi K Azari
Journal of Wrist Surgery. 2023-12-01 - 2 citationsIdentifying Health-Related Quality of Life Domains After Upper Extremity Transplantation.David S Tulsky, Pamela A Kisala, Callie E Tyner, Jerry Slotkin, Christina Kaufman
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2023-06-01 - 4 citationsLongitudinal Analysis of the T-cell Receptor Repertoire in Graft-infiltrating Lymphocytes Following Hand Transplantation.Joseph Y. Kim, Zhengdeng Lei, Mark Maienschein-Cline, George E. Chlipala, Arumugam Balamurugan
Transplantation. 2021-07-01
Press Mentions
- UCLA Awarded $11.5 Million to Improve Organ, Hand and Face TransplantationJuly 29th, 2022
- UCLA Faculty Explore Future of Prosthetics in First Panel of Bionics SeriesDecember 14th, 2020
- World-Renowned Hand Transplant Surgeon Meets Hero, Capt. 'Sully' SullenbergerAugust 24th, 2017
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External Links
- UCLA Weblinkhttp://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?id=479&action=detail&ref=44775
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