This special series on “Advances in Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction” is co-edited by Dr. Ketan M Patel from the University of Southern California and Dr. Ara A. Salibian from the University of California.

Ketan M Patel, MD
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Dr. Ketan M. Patel is currently an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Plastic Surgery at University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. His expertise and focus are in reconstructive microsurgery, with special interests in head and neck, breast, trunk, and extremity reconstruction, and also lymphedema surgery.

He has published over 80 articles, book chapters, and abstracts related to plastic and reconstructive surgery and a co-editor of the textbook on lymphedema surgery.

Ara A. Salibian, MD
University of California, Davis, CA, USA.

Dr. Ara Salibian is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at the University of California, Davis. He is the Director of Breast Microsurgery as well as the Center for Lymphatic Disease. He received his medical degree at the University of California, Irvine and subsequently went on to complete his Plastic Surgery training at the NYU Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery in New York City. He then completed a microsurgery fellowship at the University of Southern California focusing on breast reconstruction, lower extremity salvage and lymphatic surgery.

Series outline:

1. An Introduction to “Advances in Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction”
2. Optimizing Perioperative Care for Autologous Breast Reconstruction Patients
3. Process Efficiency in Autologous Breast Reconstruction 
4. The DIEP Flap – Where We Started and Where We Are Now
5. Maximizing Volume in Autologous Reconstruction: Stacked and Conjoined Flaps 
6. Sensory Recovery in Breast Reconstruction: The Role of Innervated Flaps
7. Alternative Donor Sites in Autologous Breast Reconstruction: The PAP Flap
8. Alternative Donor Sites in Autologous Breast Reconstruction: The LAP Flap
9. Optimizing Aesthetic Results in Autologous Breast Reconstruction
10. Radiation and Free Flaps: What is the Optimal Timing?
11. The Challenging Patient in Autologous Breast Reconstruction: Breast Ptosis, Obesity and Beyond
12. Microsurgery in Oncoplastic Breast Reconstruction

Disclosure:
The special series “Advances in Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction” was commissioned by the editorial office, Gland Surgery without any funding or sponsorship. Ketan M. Patel and Ara A. Salibian are serving as the unpaid Guest Editors for the special series.