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EDUCATION:

COLLEGE: University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Presidential Scholar
08/1994 – 05/1998

GRADUATE: University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Jackson, MS
Hearin-Hess Scholar
08/1998 – 05/2002
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) – May 2002

POST GRADUATE TRAINING:

Internship: University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Department of Surgery
Chattanooga, TN
07/01/02 – 07/2003 

Residency: General Surgery
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Department of Surgery
Chattanooga, TN
Chairman – Phillip R. Burns, M.D.
07/01/02 – 06/30/2008 
Chief Resident 7/1/2007 – 6/30/2008

Residency: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Department of Plastic Surgery
Nashville, TN 
Chairman – R. Bruce Shack, M.D.
07/01/2008 – 06/30/2010
Chief Resident 07/01/2009 – 06/30/2010

Fellowship: Aesthetic and Breast Surgery Fellowship
James C. Grotting, M.D., Director
Birmingham, AL
07/01/2010 – 06/30/2011

MEDICAL LICENSURE:

Tennessee Medical License #43596 
April, 2008 – Active

CERTIFICATION:

USMLE Parts 1-3 Passed

American Board of Surgery Qualifying           
Examination – Passed August 14, 2008

American Board of Surgery Certifying
Examination – Passed May 6, 2009
Certificate Number 54442

Diplomat American Board of Surgery – May 6, 2009 – December 31, 2019 (voluntarily declined MOC)

American Board of Plastic Surgery Written Board Examination – Passed December 14, 2010

American Board of Plastic Surgery Certifying Examination – Passed 
November 10, 2012
Certificate Number 8182

Diplomat American Board of Plastic Surgery – November 12, 2012 – Present

Certified COSECSA (Africa) Plastic Surgery Board Examiner, Completing Educational Training Course; November 2021, by Chair Abebe Bekele, MD, FCS, FACS.

Completion of the Leadership Training Development Program, The Aesthetic Society, January 15, 2023

Completion of the Continuous Certification Program in the Specialty of Plastic Surgery, including Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Face, Head and Neck, Trunk and Extremities, American Board of Plastic Surgery, December 1, 2022, with Continued Certification to December 31, 2032

Completion of the Examiner Training Program, The American Board of Plastic Surgery, April 22, 2023

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: 

Clinical Instructor and Fellow, During Fellowship;
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery
UAB Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery,
University of Alabama School of Medicine,
Tuscaloosa, AL
August 1, 2011 – April 19, 2012

Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
June 22, 2012 – March 1, 2017

Associate Program Director, Plastic Surgery Residency, 
Department of Plastic Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
March 23, 2013 – November 1, 2017

Associate Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
March 1, 2017 – June 30, 2023

Program Director, Independent Plastic Surgery Residency, Department of Plastic Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
November 1, 2017 – June 30, 2023

Vice Chair, Clinical Practice and Development 
Department of Plastic Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
September 1, 2020 – March 31, 2023

Fellowship Director, Breast and Body Contouring Plastic Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
August 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS: 

  1. The Aesthetic Society (formerly The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS))
  2. American Society of Plastic Surgeons
  3. American Association of Plastic Surgeons
  4. The Aesthetic Foundation (formerly The Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation (ASERF))
  5. Plastic Surgery Foundation
  6. Southeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons
  7. Tennessee Society of Plastic Surgeons
  8. The J.B. Lynch Society of Plastic Surgeons
  9. American Medical Association
  10. Nashville Surgical Society (Former Member, Voluntarily Resigned February 2022)
  11. Society of University Surgeons (Former Member, Allowed Membership to expire)
  12. American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons (Former Member, Voluntarily Resigned upon Resignation of Academic Position 2023)
  13. Plastic Surgery Research Council (Former Member, Voluntarily Resigned upon Resignation of Academic Position 2023)

AWARDS/HONORS/SCHOLARSHIPS:

  1. Presidential Scholarship, University of Alabama, full tuition 1994-1998
  2. Alumni Leadership Award, 1994, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
  3. Freshman Forum Freshman Honor Society, 1994. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
  4. Chevron USA Scholarship, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1994
  5. Gail Beavers Scholarship, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1995
  6. Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1995
  7. May Strickland Award, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1996
  8. Mortar Board Senior Honor Society, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1997
  9. Lee David Black and Florence Weinberg Black Scholarship, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1997
  10. Phi Kappa Phi, 1997, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
  11. Phi Beta Kappa, 1997, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
  12. Randall Publishing Research Award, 1997, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
  13. Randall Publishing Research Award, 1998, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
  14. Hearin-Hess Academic Scholarship, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, 1998-2002
  15. Norman C. Nelson, M.D., Summer Research Fellowship; University of Mississippi School of Medicine, 1999
  16. Outstanding Research Presentation Award; Mississippi Orthopedic Society, 2000
  17. Alpha Omega Alpha Research Award; University of Mississippi School of Medicine, 2001
  18. Alpha Omega Alpha Research Award; University of Mississippi School of Medicine, 2002
  19. Women’s Initiative Award for Outstanding Medical Student Research; Eastern-Atlantic Medical Research Forum, University of Miami Medical Center, 2001
  20. President’s Choice Award, 37th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, 2000
  21. President’s Choice Award, 38th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium, 2001
  22. Student Body Treasurer, University of Mississippi School of Medicine Associated, 2001
  23. Secretary, Chattanooga Unit Housestaff Association, University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, 2004-2005
  24. Vice President, Chattanooga Unit Housestaff Association, University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, 2005-2006
  25. President, Chattanooga Unit Housestaff Association, University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, 2006-2007
  26. Best Consultant to the Emergency Department, Presented and Voted upon by Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center. 07/01/2009 – 06/30/2010
  27. Outstanding Paper Presentation Award, Best Aesthetic Paper 2014. Winocour J, Gupta V, Ramirez J, Shack R, Grotting J, Higdon K.  Abdominoplasty: Risk Factors, Complication Rates and Safety of Combined Procedures. American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Annual Meeting 2014, Chicago, IL 
  28. Finalist for James Barrett Brown Award - Best Paper Published in a Plastic Surgery Journal in 2015. Winocour J, Gupta V, Ramirez R, Shack R, Grotting J, Higdon K. Abdominoplasty: Risk Factors, Complication Rates and Safety of Combined Procedures. Plast Reconstr Surg 2015 Nov;136(5):597e-606
  29. Outstanding Paper Presentation Award, Best Aesthetic Paper. Winocour J, Gupta V, Shi H, Shack R, Grotting J, Higdon K. Venous Thromboembolism in the Cosmetic Patient. American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Annual Meeting 2015, Boston, MA
  30. Editor’s Choice Award given by the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, January  2016. Gupta V, Winocour J, Shi H, Shack R, Grotting J, Higdon K. Preoperative Risk Factors and Complication Rates in Facelift: Analysis of 11,300 Patients. Aesthet Surg J  2016 Jan;36(1):1-13. 
  31. Awarded “Best Resident and Fellow Paper of 2015” by the Aesthetic Surgery Journal. Preoperative Risk Factors and Complication Rates in Facelift: Analysis of 11,300 Patients. Gupta V., Winocour J., Shi H., Shack R., Grotting J., Higdon K. Aesthetic Surgery Journal 2016 Jan;36(1):1-13.
  32. Editor’s Choice Award given by the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, May 2016. Bamba R., Gupta V., Shack, R., Grotting J., Higdon K. Evaluation of Diabetes  Mellitus as a Risk Factor for Major Complications in Patients Undergoing Aesthetic Surgery. Aesthet Surg J 2016 May; 36 (5): 598-608.
  33. Editor’s Choice Award given by the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, June 2016.Gupta V, Winocour J, Rodriguez-Feo C, Bamba R, Shack RB, Grotting JC, Higdon KK. Safety of Aesthetic Surgery in the Overweight Patient: Analysis of 127,961 Patients.  Aesthet Surg J  2016 Jun;36(6):718-29. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjv268. Epub 2016 Feb 9. PMID: 26895958
  34. Editor’s Choice Award given by the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, September 2016.  Afshari A, Gupta V, Nguyen L, Shack RB, Grotting JC, Higdon KK. Preoperative Risk Factors and Complication Rate of Thighplasty: Analysis of 1,493 Patients. Aesthet Surg J. Aesthet Surg J. 2016 Sep;36(8):897-907. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjv275. Epub 2016 May 23. PMID:27217587
  35. Finalist for Glancy Award at Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (SESPRS). Kaoutzanis C, Gupta V, Winocour J, Shack B, Grotting JC, Higdon K. Incidence and risk factors for major surgical site infections in aesthetic surgery: Analysis of 129,007 patients. Aesthet Surg J. 2017 Jan;37(1):89-99. PMID: 27694451
  36. Editor’s Choice Award given by the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, January, 2017. Kaoutzanis C, Gupta V, Winocour J, Shack B, Grotting JC, Higdon K. Incidence and risk factors for major surgical site infections in aesthetic surgery: Analysis of 129,007 patients. Aesthet Surg J. 2017 Jan;37(1):89-99. PMID: 27694451
  37. Editor’s Choice Award given by the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, February, 2017. Varun Gupta, MD, MPH Rikesh Parikh, MD Lyly Nguyen, MD, Ashkan Afshari, MD R. Bruce Shack, MD, FACS, James C. Grotting, MD, FACS, K. Kye Higdon, MD, FACS. Is Office-Based Surgery Safe? Comparing Outcomes of 183,914 Aesthetic Surgical Procedures Across Different Types of Accredited Facilities. Aesthet Surg J. (Feb 2017) 37 (2):226-235.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/asj/sjw138
  38. Finalist for James Barrett Brown Award - Best Paper Published in a Plastic Surgery Journal in 2016. Varun Gupta, MD, MPH Rikesh Parikh, MD Lyly Nguyen, MD, Ashkan Afshari, MD R. Bruce Shack, MD, FACS, James C. Grotting, MD, FACS, K. Kye Higdon, MD, FACS. Is Office-Based Surgery Safe? Comparing Outcomes of 183,914 Aesthetic Surgical Procedures Across Different Types of Accredited Facilities. Aesthet Surg J. (Feb 2017) 37 (2):226-235. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/asj/sjw138
  39. Editor’s Choice Award given by the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, May, 2017. Varun Gupta, MD, MPH Rikesh Parikh, MD Lyly Nguyen, MD, Ashkan Afshari, MD R. Bruce Shack, MD, FACS, James C. Grotting, MD, FACS, K. Kye Higdon, MD, FACS.  "Aesthetic Breast Surgery and Concomitant Procedures: Incidence and Risk Factors for Major Complications in 73,608 Cases.” Aesthet Surg J. 2017 May 1;37(5):515-527. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjw238. PMID: 28333172
  40. Editor’s Choice Award given by the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, November-December Issue, 2017. Kaoutzanis C, Kumar N, Sarosiek K, Tokin C, Wormer B, Gupta V, Winocour J, Grotting JC, Higdon K. Incidence and Risk Factors for Major Hematomas in Aesthetic Surgery: Analysis of 129,007 Patients. Aesthet Surg J. Aesthet Surg J. 2017 Apr 7. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjx062. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28398469
  41. Editor’s Choice Award given by the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, September Issue, 2018.  Hematomas in Aesthetic Surgery. Hood K, Ganesh Kumar N, Kaoutzanis C, Higdon KK. Aesthet Surg J. 2018 Feb 21. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjx236. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29474524
  42. Second Place – Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Chapter of the American College of Surgeons – Research Presentation (Podium presentation by Dr Blair Wormer) of our research: Reducing Expansion Visits in Implant-Based Brest Reconstruction: A Comparative Study of Prepectoral and Subpectoral Expander Placement.  (Reference of publication: Reducing Expansion Visits in Immediate Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction: A Comparative Study of Prepectoral and Subpectoral Expander Placement. Wormer BA, Valmadrid AC, Ganesh Kumar N, Al Kassis S, Rankin TM, Kaoutzanis C, Higdon KK. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Aug;144(2):276-286. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005791. PMID: 31348326).
  43. Patient Experience Award, Vanderbilt University Medical Center – Awarded for Excellence in Patient Care Experience, Top 10% of Providers Nationally– 2019
  44. Patient Experience Award, Vanderbilt University Medical Center – Awarded for Excellence in Patient Care Experience, Top 10% of Providers Nationally– 2020
  45. Patient Experience Award, Vanderbilt University Medical Center – Awarded for Excellence in Patient Care Experience, Top 10% of Providers Nationally– 2021
  46. Awarded Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) Physician-in-Residence for 2021-2022, for work on Robotic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence Applications in Microsurgery
  47. Nominee for 2022 Patient and Family Choice Award.  This award honors allVanderbilt University Medical Center staff who act with compassion and excellence to provide an exceptional experience for patients and their families. It is awarded each year by the Patient & Family Advisory Council to one who most exhibits the values of the Vanderbilt Patient and Family Promise. 
  48. Patient Experience Award, Vanderbilt University Medical Center – Awarded for Excellence in Patient Care Experience, Top 10% of Providers Nationally– 2022
  49. Nominee for 2023 Patient and Family Choice Award.  This award honors allVanderbilt University Medical Center staff who act with compassion and excellence to provide an exceptional experience for patients and their families. It is awarded each year by the Patient & Family Advisory Council to one who most exhibits the values of the Vanderbilt Patient and Family Promise. 
  50. Plastic Surgery Departmental Nominee for the 2023 Vanderbilt University Medical Center Dr. Robert S. McCleery Master Teacher Award in Surgical Resident Education.

ORIGINAL RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:

  1. Higdon K, Scott A, Tucci M, Benghuzzi H, Hughes J. Development of sustained delivery systems as a novel technique for tissue culture. Biomed Sci Instrum 2000 April; 36:117-122. PMID 10834219
  2. Scott A, Higdon K, Tucci M, Benghuzzi H, Tsao A, and Hughes J. TCPL drug delivery systems: The effects of synthetic DHEA, estrogen, and diosgenin using an ovariectomized rat model. Biomed Sci Instrum 2000 May;36: 171-176. PMID: 10834228
  3. Scott A, Higdon K, Tucci M, Benghuzzi H, Puckett A, Tsao A, Cason Z, Hughes J. the prevention of osteoporotic progression by means of steroid loaded TCPK drug delivery systems. Biomed Sci Instrum 2001; 37:13-8. PMID: 11347375
  4. Higdon K, Scott A, Tucci M, Benghuzzi H, Tsao A, and Hughes J. The use of estrogen, DHEA, and diosgenin in sustained delivery systems as a novel treatment approach for osteoporosis in the ovariectomized rat model. Biomed Sci Instrum 2001 April; 37:281-286. PMID: 11347403
  5. Koontz CS, Burkholder HC, Higdon KK, Aderhold R, Smith LA, Carr M. Video-assisted transumbilical appendectomy in children. J Ped Surg 2006 April;41(4): 710-712. PMID: 16567181
  6. Koontz CS, Higdon KK, Ploger T, Dart BW, Richart C, Barker D, Maxwell RA. Glucocorticoid Rescue for Late Phase Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Trauma/ Surgical Critical Care Patients. Am Surg 2006 Jul; 72:644 - 648. PMID: 16875090
  7. Thakore RV, McClure DJ, Sathiyakumar V, Higdon KK, Sethi MK. The effect of flap coverage on length of stay and costs for patients with fractures of the tibia. Plast Reconstr Surg 2014 Mar;133(3):444e-445e. PMID: 24572908
  8. Pennington JD, Wall AE, Schlesinger JJ, Higdon KK, Weavind L. J Burn Care Res 2014 Jul-Aug:35(4):3273-5. PMID: 24978024
  9. Rosen H, Brzezienski M, Higdon KK. Silicone breast implants can save lives. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2014 Jul 9:2(6):3169. PMID: 25289362.
  10. Yeslev M, Gupta V, Winocour J, Shack RB, Grotting JC, Higdon K. Safety of Cosmetic Procedures in Teenagers and Tweens. Aesthet Surg J., June 2015
  11. Yeslev M, Gupta V, Winocour J, Shack RB, Grotting JC, Higdon KK. Safety of Cosmetic Procedures in Elderly and Octogenarian Patients. Aesthet Surg J 2015 Sept;35(7):864-73. PMID: 2591162
  12. Gupta V, Yeslev M, Winocour J, Faulkner HR, Rodriguez-Feo C, Shack RB, Grotting JC, Higdon K. Complications of Aesthetic Breast Surgery - Analysis of 73,608 Cases. Plast Reconstr Surg 2015 Oct;136(4 Suppl):118-9. PMID: 26397637
  13. Winocour J, Gupta V, Shi H, Shack RB, Grotting, Higdon KK. Venous thromboembolism in the cosmetic patient. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Oct; 136(4 Suppl):128-9. PMID: 26397651
  14. Winocour J, Gupta V, Ramirez JR, Shack RB, Grotting JC, Higdon KK. Abdominoplasty: Risk Factors, Complication Rates, and Safety of Combined Procedures. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Nov;136(5):597e-606e. PMID:26505716
  15. Gupta V, Winocour J, Shi H, Shack RB, Grotting, JC, Higdon KK. Preoperative Risk Factors and Complication Rates in Facelift. Analysis of 11,300 Patients. Aesthet Surg J 2016 Jan;36(1):1-13. PMID: 26578747
  16. Gupta V, Winocour J, Yeslev M, Shack RB, Grotting JC, Higdon KK. Response to "Lessons Learned from a National Cosmetic Surgery Insurance Database". Aesthet Surg J 2016 Apr;36(4):NP173-6. PMID:26895957
  17. Bamba R, Gupta V, Shack RB, Grotting JC, Higdon KK. Evaluation of Diabetes Mellitus as a Risk Factor for Major Complications in Patients Undergoing Aesthetic Surgery. Aesthet Surg J. 2016 May; 36(5):598-608. PMID: 27069242
  18. Winocour J, Gupta V, Shack RB, Grotting JC, Higdon KK. Reply: Abdominoplasty: Risk Factors, Complication Rates, and Safety of Combined Procedures. Plast Reconstr Surg 2016 Jun;137(6):1052e-3e. PMID: 26890520
  19. Gupta V, Winocour J, Rodriguez-Feo C, Bamba R, Shack RB, Grotting JC, Higdon KK. Safety of Aesthetic Surgery in the Overweight Patient: Analysis of 127,961 Patients. Aesthet Surg J. 2016 Jun;36(6):718-29. PMID: 26895958
  20. Nguyen L, Gupta V, Afshari A, Shack RB, Grotting JC, Higdon KK. Incidence and Risk Factors for Complications in Brachioplasty: Analysis of 2,294 Patients. Aesthet Surg J 2016 Jul,36(7): 792-803 PMID: 27217588
  21. Afshari A, Gupta V, Nguyen L, Shack RB, Grotting JC, Higdon KK. Preoperative Risk Factors and Complication Rate of Thighplasty: Analysis of 1,493 Patients. Aesthet Surg J. Aesthet Surg J. 2016 Sep;36(8):897-907. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjv275. Epub 2016 May 23.
  22. Gupta V, Winocour J, Yeslev M, Shack RB, Grotting JC, Higdon KK. Response to “Lessons Learned from a National Cosmetic Surgery Insurance Database” Aesthet Surg J. 2016 Apr,36(4);NP173-6. PMID:26895957
  23. Bamba R, Gupta V, Shack RB, Grotting JC, Higdon KK. Evaluation of Diabetes Mellitus as a Rick Factor for Major Complications in Patients Undergoing Aesthetic Surgery. Aesthet Surg J. 2016 May;36(5):598-608. PMID: 27069242
  24. Kaoutzanis C, Gupta V, Winocour J, Shack B, Grotting JC, HigdonK. Incidence and risk factors for major surgical site infections in aesthetic surgery: Analysis of 129,007 patients. Aesthet Surg J.2017 Jan;37(1):89-99. PMID: 27694451
  25. Gupta V, Parikh R, MD Lyly Nguyen L, Ashkan A, Shack RB, Bruce Grotting J, Higdon KK. Is Office-Based Surgery Safe? Comparing Outcomes of 183,914 Aesthetic Surgical Procedures Across Different Types of Accredited Facilities. Aesthet Surg J. 2017 Feb;37(2):226-235. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjw138. Epub 2016 Aug 23. PMID: 27553613
  26. Gupta V, Yeslev M, Winocour J, Bamba R, Rodriguez-Feo C, Grotting JC, Higdon KK. Aesthetic Breast Surgery and Concomitant Procedures: Incidence and Risk Factors for Major Complications in 73,608 Cases. Aesthet Surg J. 2017 May 1;37(5):515-527. doi:10.1093/asj/sjw238. PMID: 28333172
  27. Kaoutzanis C, Gupta V, Winocour J, Layliev J, Ramirez R, Grotting JC, Higdon K. Cosmetic Liposuction: Preoperative Risk Factors, Major Complication Rates, and Safety of Combined Procedures. Aesthet Surg J. 2017 Jun 1;37(6):680-694. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjw243. PMID: 28430878
  28. Layliev J, Gupta V, Kaoutzanis C, Ganesh N, Grotting J, Higdon K. Incidence and Preoperative Risk Factors for Major Complications in Aesthetic Rhinoplasty: Analysis of 4,978 cases. Aesthet Surg J. 2017 Jul 1;37(7):757-767. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjx023. PMID:28472446
  29. Yeslev M, Gupta V, Winocour J, Shack RB, Grotting JC, Higdon KK. Safety of Cosmetic Surgery in Adolescent Patients. Aesthet Surg J. 2017 Oct 1;37(9):1051-1059. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjx061. PMID: 28398472
  30. Kaoutzanis C, Kumar N, Sarosiek K, Tokin C, Wormer B, Gupta V, Winocour J, Grotting JC, Higdon K. Incidence and Risk Factors for Major Hematomas in Aesthetic Surgery: Analysis of 129,007 Patients. Aesthet Surg J. 2017 Oct 16;37(10):1175-1185. doi:10.1093/asj/sjx062. PMID: 28398469
  31. Hood KC, Kumar NG, Braun SA, Higdon KK. Stacked Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Free Flaps with Immediate Implant Placement for Unilateral Breast Reconstruction. J Reconstr Microsurg Open 2017;2:e72–e74. DOI https://doi.org/ 10.1055/s-0037-1604155. ISSN 2377-0813.
  32. Wormer B, Rankin T, Al Kassis S, Kaoutzanis C, Grotting JC, Higdon KK. Does Brow Lift Add Risk To Blepharoplasty? Answers From A Multicenter Analysis Of 6,126 Patients Undergoing Aesthetic Eye Surgery. Ann Plast Surg. 2023 Apr 1;90(4):288-293. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000001255. PMID: 29369102.
  33. Kaoutzanis C, Winocour J, Yeslev M, Gupta V, Asokan I, Roostaeian J, Grotting JC, Higdon KK. Aesthetic Surgical Procedures in Men: Major Complications and Associated Risk Factors.  Aesthet Surg J. 2018 Mar 14;38(4):429-441. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjx161. PMID:29045566
  34. Grotting JC, Higdon KK, Gupta V, Winocour J. Commentary on: Incidence and Predictors of Venous Thromboembolism in Abdominoplasty. Aesthet Surg J. 2018 Feb 17;38(2):174-175. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjx196. No abstract available. PMID: 29145604
  35. Kaoutzanis C, Ganesh Kumar N, O'Neill D, Wormer B, Winocour J, Layliev J, McEvoy M, King A, Braun SA, Higdon KK. Enhanced Recovery Pathway in Microvascular Autologous Tissue-Based Breast Reconstruction: Should It Become the Standard of Care? Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Apr;141(4):841-851. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000004197. PMID: 29465485
  36. Hood K, Ganesh Kumar N, Higdon KK. Hematomas in Aesthetic Surgery. Aesthet Surg J. September 2018 doi: 10.1093/asj/sjx236. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29474524
  37. Kaoutzanis C, Winocour J, Gupta V, Yeslev M, Ganesh Kumar N, Wormer B, Grotting JC, Higdon KK. The Effect of Smoking in the Cosmetic Surgery Population: Analysis of 129,007 Patients. Aesthet Surg J. 2019 Jan 1;39(1):109-119. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjy088. PMID: 29659716
  38. Simpson AM, Higdon KK, Kilgo MS, Tepper DG, Alizadeh K, Glat PM, Agarwal JP. Porcine Acellular Peritoneal Matrix in Immediate Breast Reconstruction: A Multicenter, Prospective, Single-Arm Trial. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Jan;143(1):10e-21e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005095. PMID: 30589773
  39. Pannucci CJ, Kurnik NM, Brzezienski M, Higdon KK, Rebecca AM.  The protective effect of breast implants in penetrating trauma. Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum.  In Press.
  40. Wormer BA, Valmadrid AC, Ganesh Kumar N, Al Kassis S, Rankin TM, Kaoutzanis C, Higdon KK. Reducing Expansion Visits in Immediate Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction: A Comparative Study of Prepectoral and Subpectoral Expander Placement. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Aug;144(2):276-286. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005791. PMID: 31348326).
  41. Kaoutzanis C, Ganesh Kumar N, Winocour J, Hood K, Higdon KK. Surgical Site Infections in Aesthetic Surgery. Aesthet Surg J. 2019 Sep 13;39(10):1118-1138. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjz089. PMID: 30892625
  42. Kaoutzanis C, Schneeberger SJ, Wormer B, Song H, Ye F, Al Kassis S, Winocour J, Higdon K, Perdikis G. Current Perceptions of the Aesthetically Ideal Position and Size of the Male Nipple-Areolar Complex. Aesthet Surg J. 2020 April 14;40(5). pii: sjz276. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjz276. PMID: 31606742
  43. Valmadrid A, Kaoutzanis C, Wormer BA, Farinas AF, Wang L, Al Kassis S, Perdikis G, Braun SA, Higdon KK. Comparison of Telfa Rolling and a Closed Washing System for Autologous Fat Processing Techniques in Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction. Plas Reconstr Surg 2020 Sep;146(3):486-497. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000007053. PMID: 32842097.
  44. Niklinska E, Riccelli V, Afshari A, Braun S, Higdon K, Perdikis G, Winocour J. Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap: Abdominal Flap Dissection. CSurgeries. January 2021
  45. Riccelli V, Niklinska E, Afshari A, Braun S, Higdon K, Perdikis G, Winocour J. Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap: Microvascular Anastomosis and Neurotization. CSurgeries. January 2021
  46. Niklinska E, Riccelli V, Afshari A, Braun S, Higdon K, Perdikis G, Winocour J. Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap: Abdominal Closure and Flap Inset. CSurgeries. January 2021
  47. Barry R, Higdon KK. Commentary on: DVT and Abdominoplasty: A Holistic 8-Point Protocol-Based Approach to Prevent DVT. Aesthet Surg J. 2021 Mar 1:sjab037. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjab037. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33674868.
  48. Colakoglu S, Yang J, French MM, Winocour J, Um GT, Blumenauer B, Siddikoglu D, Mureau MAM, Chong T, Higdon K, Perdikis G, Inchauste SM, Kaoutzanis C, Mathes DW. Importance of Incidental Findings in Preoperative Computed Tomography Angiography for Abdominally Based Free Flap Breast Reconstruction: A Multi-Institutional Study. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 Sep 1;150(3):527-535. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000009388. Epub 2022 Jun 24. PMID: 35748758.
  49. Nguyen L, Afshari A, Green J, Joseph J, Yao J, Perdikis G, Higdon KK. Post-Mastectomy Surgical Pocket Irrigation With Triple Antibiotic Solution vs Chlorhexidine Gluconate: A Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing Surgical Site Infections in Immediate Tissue Expander Breast Reconstruction. Aesthet Surg J. 2021 Oct 15;41(11):NP1521-NP1528. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjab290. PMID: 34291796.
  50. Mariano ER, and multiple authors including Higdon KK, et al. A Multisociety Organizational Consensus to Define Guiding Principles for Acute Perioperative Pain Management. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2022 Feb;47(2):118-127. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2021-103083. Epub 2021 Sep 22. PMID: 34552003.
  51. Nguyen L, Afshari A, Glassman G, Grotting JC, Perdikis G, Higdon KK. Preoperative Risk Factors and Complication Rates of Breast Augmentation with Fat Grafting. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. Aesthet Surg J. 2022 Jun 20;42(7):749-757. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjac061. PMID: 35299249.
  52. Kalmar CL, Park BC, Kassis S, Higdon KK, Perdikis G. Functional panniculectomy vs cosmetic abdominoplasty: Multicenter analysis of risk factors and complications. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2022 Sep;75(9):3541-3550. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2022.04.057. Epub 2022 Apr 28. PMID: 35705442.
  53. Kalmar CL, Drolet BC, Kassis S, Thayer WP, Higdon KK, Perdikis G. Breast Reconstruction Free Flap Failure: Does Platelet Count Matter? Ann Plast Surg. 2022 Nov 1;89(5):523-528. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003269. PMID: 36279577.
  54. Kalmar C, Thayer WP, Kassis S, Higdon KK, Perdikis G. Does Timing of Autologous Breast Reconstruction Affect Free Flap Failure? An ACS-NSQIP Analysis. Annals of Plastic Surgery. Submitted for publication May 1, 2023.
  55. Nguyen L, Afshari A, Glassman G, Grotting JC, Perdikis G, Higdon KK. Incidence and Preoperative Risk Factors for Major Complications After Capsulectomy: Analysis of 3,048 Patients. Aesthet Surg J. 2022 May 18;42(6):603-612. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjac004. PMID: 35022655.
  56. Montorfano L, Hung YC, Chaker S, Saad M, Kalmar CL, Ferri F, Higdon KK, Perdikis G. Examination of Outcome Disparities in Reports of Prepectoral and Subpectoral Direct-to-Implant Reconstruction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Ann Plast Surg. 2023 May 1;90(5):506-515. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003524. Epub 2023 Mar 8. PMID: 36975095.
  57. Kalmar CL, Thayer WP, Kassis S, Higdon KK, Perdikis G. Pulmonary Embolism Risk After Cosmetic Abdominoplasty and Functional Panniculectomy. Ann Plast Surg. 2022 Dec 1;89(6):664-669. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003281. Epub 2022 Aug 9. PMID: 36416696.
  58. Nguyen L, Glassman G, Afshari A, Feng X, Kaoutzanis C, Shastri U, McEvoy M, Canlas C, Bansal V, Yao J, Higdon K, Perdikis G. Double-Blinded RCT Comparing Liposomal vs Plain Bupivacaine in Transversus Abdominis Plane Blocks For Autologous Breast Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2023 May 22. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000010710. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37220228.
  59. Park B, Alving-Trinh A, Prigmore H, Harrell F, Sarhane K, Joseph J, Thomas H, Lupi A, Perdikis G, Higdon K. Impact of Tissue Expander Surface Texture on Safety Profiles: A Combined Analysis of Incidence, Timing, and Severity. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2023 May 26. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000010763. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37252917.
  60. Hall BR, Higdon KK. Commentary on: Perioperative Outcomes and Risk Profile of 4730 Cosmetic Breast Surgery Cases in Academic Institutions: An ACS-NSQIP Analysis. Aesthet Surg J. 2023 Mar 15;43(4):452-454. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjac343. PMID: 36548956.
  61. Das R, Kalmar C, Connor L, Thayer W, Drolet B, Higdon K, Perdikis G. Patient Characteristics and Spending Among Individuals Undergoing Ambulatory Panniculectomy and Abdominoplasty in the US from 2016 to 2019.  Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2023 Aug 21. doi: 10.1007/s00266-023-03596-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37605031.
  62. Fisher MH, Ohmes LB, Yang JH, Le E, Colakoglu S, French M, Siddikoglu D, Um G, Winocour J, Higdon K, Perdikis G, Inchauste S, Cohen J, Chong T, Kaoutzanis C, Mathes DW. Abdominal donor-site complications following autologous breast reconstruction: A multi-institutional multisurgeon study. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2024 Feb 1;90:88-94. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2024.01.033. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38364673.
  63. Das RK, Higdon KK, Perdikis G. Expanding Medicare Part D Coverage of Weight Loss Medications - The Impact on Plastic Surgery. Aesthet Surg J. 2023 May 25:sjad160. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjad160. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37226551.
  64. Hung YC, McCarthy JT, Park BC, Chaker SC, Saad M, Braun SA, Perdikis G, Higdon K. Comparison of Complication Rates Between Subpectoral Vs Prepectoral Techniques in Prosthetic Breast Reconstruction. Aesthet Surg J. 2023 Oct 13;43(11):1285-1292. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjad145. PMID: 37184120.
  65. Chakar S, Hung Y, Saad M, Perdikis G, Grotting J, Higdon K.  Complications and Risks Associated with the Different Types of Abdominoplasties: An Analysis of 55,956 Patients. Aesthet Surg J. 2024 Mar 18:sjae060. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjae060. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38494872.
  66. Abbott EN, Dorjsuren N, Gutama B, Hoang A, Saad M, Perdikis G, Higdon K. Influence of Actigraphy with Reminders in Time to Return to Baseline Activity Following Abdominoplasty: A Randomized Control Trial. Submitted 4.25.2025 Aesthet Surg J OF.
  67. Saad M, Montorfano L, James A, Perdikis G, Higdon K, Orra S. A Nationwide Analysis of Complications and Risks Associated with Types of Liposuction in 69,424 Patients. Accepted for publication July 15, 2025 in Aesthet Surg J. ASJ-24-1160.R1.

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