plastic surgery

June 28, 2022

After an explosion almost cost her son his hand, one mother has a warning about the danger of fireworks: “They are explosives. They are dangerous.”

“No one ever expects something to happen to your own child.”

By Jessica Pasley
Hope Dyer has seen a significant reduction in the number of migraines she has after plastic surgeon Salam Kassis, MD, performed an outpatient surgery to release entrapped nerves in her head.
August 7, 2019

Nerve-releasing surgery eases migraines for some

Peripheral nerve surgery is relieving chronic migraine headaches for some patients.

By Jill Clendening
May 23, 2019

Vanderbilt surgeons lead nation in study to restore sensation in breast tissue

Study examines if cadaver nerve grafts can restore breast tissue sensation after mastectomy and reconstruction.

By Jill Clendening
August 26, 2017

All over the Medical Center, and all over the world

When Debby Booth started college in the early 1970s, she didn’t want to be a nurse. That was something her older sister did.

By Leigh MacMillan
November 8, 2016

Improving wound healing

Vanderbilt researchers have shown that an injectable material improves wound healing and may be useful for large skin wounds such as those in patients with diabetes.

By Leigh MacMillan
November 3, 2016

Complex facial surgery helps bring back patients’ smiles

When Kelly Davis woke up one morning in April, she told her husband Anthony that she dreamed her face was moving; then she looked in the mirror and saw that it really was.

By Jill Clendening
October 6, 2016

Studies aim to speed, track peripheral nerve recovery

Surgeons have limited tools to successfully repair and track the recovery of peripheral nerves that have been severely damaged as a result of a traumatic injury, but Vanderbilt investigators hope to change this through research studies recently funded with more than $3 million in grants from the Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Health.
By Jill Clendening
May 26, 2016

Shack to step down as chair of Plastic Surgery

Bruce Shack, M.D., has announced plans to step down, effective July 1, as chair of the Department of Plastic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), and he will remain on the faculty as a professor of Plastic Surgery.
By Jill Clendening
October 30, 2014

Elderly face no added risk from cosmetic surgery: study

Senior citizens are at no higher risk for complications from cosmetic surgery than younger patients, according to a recent study by plastic surgeons at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 30, 2014

Lynch recalled as pioneer of Plastic Surgery, Burn Center

John B. Lynch, M.D., professor of Plastic Surgery, emeritus, who was former chair of Plastic Surgery and the first director of the Vanderbilt Burn Center when it opened in 1983, died Monday, Oct. 20. He was 85.
By Wayne Wood
October 9, 2014

Breast reconstruction awareness efforts recognized at BRA Day

Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) day will be observed by Vanderbilt’s Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery on Wednesday, Oct. 15.
By Wayne Wood