RichardJaySiegelMD

Plastic Surgery • Philadelphia, PA

Clinical professor of Plastic Surgery (emeritus)

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Office
U Penn Med School
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 808-432-0000

Summary

Cleft Surgeon, OPERATION SMILE

Education & Training

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Plastic Surgery - Integrated, 1969 - 1975
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1969
Northwestern UniversityB.A., English Literature, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude, 1961 - 1965
Northwestern UniversityBA, Cum Laude, 1965

Certifications & Licensure

HI State Medical License 1975 - 2020
American Board of Plastic Surgery Plastic Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Alpha Omega Alpha
Phi Beta Kappa

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

132 citations
Palatal grafts for eyelid reconstruction.
Richard J. Siegel
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 1985-09-01
24 citations
Effective hemostasis with less epinephrine. An experimental and clinical study.
Richard J. Siegel, Lars M. Vistnes, Ronald E. Iverson
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 1973-02-01
2 citations
Upper eyelid blepharoplasty.
Richard J. Siegel
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 1991-06-01

Journal Articles

Reply to Fascial Anatomy of the Eyelids, Putterman, AM(Letter)
Siegel, R.J., Plast. Reconstr.Surg., 1/1/2004
Seeking Simplicity: Golf Tips and Blepharoplasty (Letter)
Siegel, R.J., Plast. Reconstr.Surg, 1/1/2003
Discussion Upper Eyelid Ptosis Repair After Cataract Extraction, Parsa et al
Siegel, R.J., Plast. Reconstr.Surg., 1/1/2001
Levator Aponeurosis has Dynamic Insertion (Letter)
Siegel, R.J., Plast. Reconstr.Surg., 1/1/2000
Curettage: An Alternative to Capsulectomy After Implant Removal (Letter)
Siegel, R.J., Plast. Reconstr. Surg., 1/1/1996
The Upper Eyelid Skin/Muscle Composite Graft: A New Alternative for Periorbital Reconstruction
Siegel, R.J., Plastic Surgical Forum, 1/1/1992
Expert Commentary: "Avoiding the Incomplete Blepharoplasty" by Pollack and Gossman
Siegel, R.J., Perspectives in Plastic Surgery, 1/1/1992
Book Critique: Eyelid Surgery, by J Earl Rathbun, MD, Boston, Little, Brown, and Co, 1991
Siegel, R.J., Annals of Plastic Surgery, 1/1/1992
Twelve Year Experience Using Furlow's Operation to Correct VPI: A Preliminary Report
Siegel, R.J., Plastic Surgical Forum, 1/1/1991
Book Critique: Aesthetic Surgery of the Eyelids, by R Loeb, MD, Springer Verlag, 1989
Siegel, R.J., Annals of Plastic Surgery, 1/1/1991
Involutional Entropion: A Simple and Stable Repair
Siegel, R.J., Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1/1/1988
Severe Ectropion: Repair with a Modified Tripier Flap
Siegel, R.J., Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1/1/1987
Ectropion Repair with a Modified Tripier Flap
Siegel, R.J., Plastic Surgical Forum, 1/1/1985
Palatal Grafts for Eyelid Reconstruction
Siegel, R.J., Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1/1/1985
Surgical Anatomy of the Upper Eyelid Fascia
Siegel, R.J., Annals of Plastic Surgery, 1/1/1984
Silicone Implant Under a Skin Graft for Breast Reconstruction After Radical Mastectomy
Siegel, R.J., Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1/1/1983
A Custom Approach to Upper Lid Blepharoplasty
Siegel, R.J., Plastic Surg. Forum, 1/1/1980
Heterotopic Transplantation of Ureter as a Free Graft
Vistnes, L.M., Lilla, J.A., and Siegel, R.J., Invest. Urol., 1/1/1974
Use of the Water Bed for Prevention of Pressure Sores
Siegel, R.J., Vistnes, L.M., and Laub, D.R., Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1/1/1973
Correction of Enophthalmos in the Anophthalmic Orbit
Iverson, R., Vistnes, L.M., and Siegel, R.J., Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1/1/1973
Effective Hemostasis with Less Epinephrine
Siegel, R.J., Vistnes, L.M., and Iverson, R.E., Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1/1/1973
Epinephrine Requirements for Effective Hemostasis in Local Anesthetics
Siegel, R.J., and Vistnes, L.M., Surg. Forum, 1/1/1972
Sexuality _x001e_Attitudes and Anxieties of Medical Students
Mudd, J., and Siegel, R.J., New England J. of Med, 1/1/1969
Preservation of the Kidney
Lehr, H.B., Hamilton, R., and Siegel, R.J., J.A.M.W.A., 1/1/1968
Asian �Double Eyelid Blepharoplasty: The Contribution of L Fernandez (Letter)
Siegel, R.J., Plast. Reconstr.Surg.
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Books/Book Chapters

Clinics in Plastic Surgery
Chapter: Essential Anatomy for Contemporary Upper Lid Blepharoplasty
Siegel, R.J.Editors: Flowers, R.S..1993
Clinics in Plastic Surgery
Chapter: Contemporary Upper Lid Blepharoplasty - Tissue Invagination.
Siegel, R.J.Editors: Flowers, R.S..1993
Clinics in Plastic Surgery
Chapter: Advanced Upper Lid Blepharoplasty
Siegel, R.J.Editors: Menick, F.J..1992
Procedures in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery: How They Do It
Chapter: Oriental Blepharoplasty
Siegel, R.J.Editors: Vistnes, L.M..Little, Brown and Co., Boston1991
The Artistry of Reconstructive Surgery
Chapter: Lower Eyelid Reconstruction with an Innervated Myocutaneous Flap
Siegel, R.J.Editors: Brent, B.Mosby, St. Louis1987
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Chapter: Advanced Blepharoplasty.
Siegel, R.J.Editors: Regnault, P. and Daniel, R.K..Little, Brown and Co., Boston1984
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Abstracts/Posters

Involutional Entropion: A Simple and Stable Repair.
Siegel, R.J., The Yearbook of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, 1/1/1990
Severe Ectropion: Repair With a Modified Tripier Flap
Siegel, R.J., Plastic Surgery Year Book, 1/1/1989

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