Education and Training:

1993

M.D., Graduated University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL

2003-2006

Resident, Dept. of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Harvard Medical School

2003

M.M.Sc. (Translational Research) , Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Current and Past Professional Positions:

2000-2003

Research Fellow, Dept. of Vascular Biology, Boston Children’s Hospital,
Harvard Medical School

2007-2009

Instructor, Dept. of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

2009-2012

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

2012-2018

Assoociate Professor, Dept. of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

2018-

Professor, Dept. of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

2019-

Endowed Chair, Vascular Anomalies & Pediatric Plastic Surgery

2020-

Co-Director, Boston Lymphatic Center-Lymphatic Educational Research Network Lymphatic Disorders Center of Excellence, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Boston Children’s Hospital

Awards:

1995-1997

Research Scholarship,
G-Protein and the Cytoskeleton (University of Illinois College of Medicine)

1997

Honorable Mention Award,
University of Illinois Student Research Forum (University of Illinois College of Medicine)

1997

Merck Manual Award for Outstanding Leadership(University of Illinois College of Medicine)

1997

Alumni Student Leadership Award (University of Illinois College of Medicine)

1997

Warren Cole Society Award for Excellence in Surgery (University of Illinois College of Medicine)

1997

Lloyd M. Nyhus Award for Excellence in Surgery (University of Illinois College of Medicine)

1997

James Scholar Honors Program (University of Illinois College of Medicine)

1997

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society (University of Illinois College of Medicine)

2000

Finalist, Resident Teaching Award (Harvard Medical School)

2003

Outstanding Paper Award (Controlled Release Society)

2005

Outstanding Clinical Paper Award At Annual Meeting(Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons)

2009

Academic Scholar Award (Grant for Most Promising Young Academic Plastic Surgeon),
(American Association of Plastic Surgeons)

2012

Founder’s Award (Best Paper at Annual Meeting) (New England Society of Plastic Surgeons)

2012

Mentoring Award (Harvard Medical School)

2013

Sarnat Award (Best Grant) (Mentee Reid Maclellan)(Plastic Surgery Foundation)

2013

Best Basic Science Paper Published in 2012(American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons)

2013

Best Craniomaxillofacial Paper at Annual Meeting (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)

2014

Best Practice Management Research Paper at Annual Meeting(American Society of Plastic Surgeons)

2016

President’s Award (Best Paper at Annual Meeting) (Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons)

2018

Best Plastic Surgery Paper at Annual Meeting (American College of Surgeons)

2019

Lecturer of the Year Award(Harvard Plastic Surgery Residency Program)

2021

Treatment of Arteriovenous Malformation with MEK Inhibitors(US Patent Office)