Stanford Plastic Surgery

12/19/2025

📍 Washington, D.C.
🎤 Hot Topics in Neonatology 2025

Dr. HyeRan Choo recently spoke at the 45th Annual Meeting of Hot Topics in Neonatology in Washington, D.C. on December 8, 2025.

She presented “The Stanford Orthodontic Airway Plate Treatment Program: A Non-Surgical Alternative to Surgical Mandibular Distraction for Neonatal Upper Airway Obstruction in Pierre Robin Sequence.”

Hot Topics in Neonatology is the world’s leading neonatology-exclusive conference, bringing together experts to share advances shaping neonatal care.

12/18/2025

Holiday cheer, hot chocolate, and great company — part of our administrative team at the GME Holiday Hot Chocolate Bar ☕️✨

12/17/2025

Chief Resident Grand Rounds

From Cosmetic Surgery Tourism: Who Bears the Cost? to From Concept to Operating Room: A Surgeon’s Outline of FDA Device Pathways, Drs. Taylor Chishom (pictured in pink) and Connor Arquette led a thoughtful Chief Resident Grand Rounds exploring ethics, innovation, and the surgeon’s role across borders and regulatory pathways.

12/15/2025

New in from Drs. Rahim Nazerali and Priscila Cevallos: The CARE Virtual Research Lab has connected 180+ trainees across 83 institutions, producing 85 papers & 80+ presentations.

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Our VRL has facilitated opportunities for PRS research by leveraging cross-institutional collaborations and crowdsourcing research skills and tools. This VRL has also mitigated existing disparities in networking and educational opportunities for underrepresented students or those without a home PRS....

12/11/2025

Dr. Travis Miller has been named FY26 Q1 Physician of the Quarter at , recognized for his work as Medical Director of Wound and Ostomy and contributions to patient care and team collaboration.

Full story: https://brnw.ch/21wYhJf

12/09/2025

🤖🔬 Stanford’s first robotic microsurgery, performed by Dr. Dung Nguyen with Microsurgery Fellow Dr. Hassan ElHawary.

12/08/2025

New in from Dr. David Kahn: Pre-op ni****ne use—including e-cigs & ni****ne replacement therapy—linked to 5–13x higher risk of wound complications in cosmetic surgery.

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ethods: Single-institution retrospective cohort (July 1992–February 2024). We identified adults undergoing cosmetic procedures, classifying preoperative ni****ne status (single delivery method for ≥2 months) and excluding major confounders (e.g., diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, corticoste...

12/04/2025

🔬 Dr. Arash Momeni was honored to serve as invited faculty at the 2025 Penn Flap Course at the University of Pennsylvania.

During the course, he lectured on thigh-based flaps for a variety of reconstructive indications and performed cadaveric flap dissections in the lab. ✂️🩺

While in Philadelphia, he was also invited to attend the Portrait Unveiling of L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS, FAOA at The Mütter Museum at The College of Physicians—an unforgettable celebration of leadership and contribution to the field. 🎨📚✨

A sincere honor to join national and international leaders assembled by the course directors for this world-class educational event. 🌍🙌

12/03/2025

🌏✨ Recently our own Dr. HyeRan Choo was invited to speak at the 10th Biennial International Conference of the Asia Pacific Pediatric Otolaryngology Society. She presented on The Stanford Orthodontic Airway Plate, a non-surgical alternative to mandibular distraction in neonates with upper airway obstruction. 👶🩺

The visit was especially meaningful as she joined fellow invited speakers from Stanford Pediatric Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, including Dr. Allan Cheng, Dr. Grace Kim, and Dr. Tulio Valdez. 🤝🎤❤️

12/01/2025

New research from Longaker Lab shows that targeting mechanotransduction in specific myeloid subpopulations reduces scarring and shifts fibroblasts away from pro-fibrotic profiles — pointing to new systemic antifibrotic strategies.

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In response to injury, a variety of different cells are recruited to sites of injury to facilitate healing. Recent studies have examined the importance of the heterogeneity of tissue resident fibroblasts and mechanical signalling pathways in healing and fibrosis. However, tissue repair and the infla...

11/28/2025

🎓✨ Dr. Arash Momeni was recently invited as a Visiting Professor at Harvard and presented at Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds on October 29, 2025.

Deep gratitude to Drs. Justin Broyles, Andrea Pusic, Kyle Eberlin, and Bernard Lee for the warm welcome and collaboration.

11/27/2025

🌟 CSPS Visiting Professor Spotlight 🌟

This week, Dr. Gregory Evans(), President of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons, visited Stanford Plastic Surgery as the CSPS Visiting Professor.

Residents presented cases for discussion, followed by Dr. Evans’ Grand Rounds lecture on local flaps for head & neck reconstruction.

A wonderful opportunity for collaboration, education, and advancing surgical excellence across the California plastic surgery community.