News

October 3rd, 2019

Great to have Professor Jesse C. Selber, an incredibly talented robotic-microsurgeon, from The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center as our Visiting Professor this week. The residents, fellows and faculty were so impressed and excited to witness his stunning talks on “Vascularized composite allograft”, “Breast implant associated - anaplastic large cell lymphoma” and “Robotics in plastic surgery. We appreciate his time, knowledge and experience shared with us. Thanks for being such an amazing teacher, frien... Read More

August 12th, 2019

It was a great pleasure visiting the University of Michigan again and being part of their excellent medical education as an adjunct professor. I am so proud of their outstanding faculty and have learned a lot from their organization, enthusiasm and hard work. It was a great honor for allowing me to present my 2 recent published research papers, demonstrate cadaver dissections, and have a successful discussion meeting for next joint research projects. I would like to express my thankfulness to Dr. Paul Cederna for his warm ho... Read More

August 8th, 2019

I am so excited and feel humbled to share the great news that our recent article “Comparison of Outcomes between Side-to-End and End-to-End Lymphovenous Anastomoses for Early-Grade Extremity Lymphedema” was published in the Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, August 2019. This accomplishment cannot be achieved without the hard work, support, and talents of our team. Congratulations on their well-deserved success and achievement! ... Read More

August 6th, 2019

We are so delighted to have an outstanding plastic surgeon, 2019 Godina Fellow of ASRM visiting our Department last week - Dr. Bauback Safa from the Buncke Clinic, San Francisco, CA. Surgery is teamworking. Through collaborations with Drs. Bauback Safa, Mang Chen and Melissa Poh, we successfully performed two gender-affirming surgeries including male-to-female and female-to-male procedures. Great satisfaction for both patients and doctors on the operation results. It was a unique experience and a rich exchange of knowledge ... Read More

July 13th, 2019

Grabb and Smith’s Plastic Surgery (8th edition) edited by Professor Kevin C. Chung was published on July 3rd, 2019. This textbook from Wolters Kluwer does not only provide a comprehensive resource to Plastic Surgery residents and medical students with solid information, profound knowledge and clinical practice of plastic and reconstruction surgery but also offers surgeons with the latest research and breakthroughs in this specialty. I would like to give my heartiest congratulations on this publication! I am very happy and... Read More

July 13th, 2019

Operative Techniques in Breast Surgery, Trunk Reconstruction and Body Contouring edited by Professor Kevin C. Chung. I am very happy and honored to share my lymphedema microsurgery experiences in Chapter 34 “Lymphedema Microsurgery for Breast Cancer-Related Upper Limb Lymphedema”. ... Read More

July 13th, 2019

I am very proud of my team’s podium presentations at the 8th World Symposium for Lymphedema Surgery April 25 to 27th, 2019. Most of the studies were publications at Journal of Surgery Oncology. ... Read More

June 15th, 2019

I would like to congratulate Drs. David Chang, Robert Walton, Gregory Evans, and Joon Pio Hong on their selection as the 11th President, President-Elect, Vice President, and Secretary General of WSRM respectively. Best wishes to the new leadership team as they will lead WSRM into the future and foster a new spirit of progress and collaboration for this wonderful global organization. Thanks to former President, Isao Koshima for his great contributions as well. I am so proud of my friends and I look forward to furthering inn... Read More

June 15th, 2019

Just back from amazing 2019 WSRM meeting in Bologna, Italy. I am very proud of my team’s presentations and humbled to see my proposed VLNT mechanism was cited by other presenters many times at the conference. I also had a great time catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. ... Read More

June 8th, 2019

I had a great experience at the 2nd USC Annual Multi-disciplinary Approach to Lymphedema and Related Disorders Symposium at the gorgeous Santa Monica Beach, CA this weekend. It is really exciting to participate and meet with so many specialists and learn their amazing work in their respective fields. Thanks to Dr. Ketan Patel for his kind invitation and congratulations on organizing such a successful conference! Also, it’s a great pleasure to meet Kathy Bates again. Her speech is always so inspirational, and I appreciate... Read More