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Academic Research

215

Papers published in top academic journals

Journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgery 

Plastic and Reconstrucive Surgery 

Plastic and Reconstrucive Surgery Global Open

Archives of Plastic Surgery

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Journal of Plastic, Reconstrucive & Aesthetic Surgery

World Journal of Surgery

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 

Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal

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Book chapters written in plastic surgery textbooks

Complete Cleft Care in Low-Resource Settings

Vascular Surgery: Principles and Practice

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publicaions

  • Yao CA, Mulliken JB. The Unilateral Cleft Lip Nasal Deformity: Revisions within Twenty Years after Primary Correction. Accepted to Plast Reconstr Surg.
  • Yao CA, Jumbam DT, Corlew, DS. Patient Barriers to Care in Complete Cleft Care in Low-Resource Settings. Chapter 4. Swanson, J, Low, D. ed. 2019, Springer.
  • Wlodarczyk, J. Yao CAThe Relationship Between Palatoplasty Timing And Midface Hypoplasia: A Systematic Review And Meta-analysis. Plastic Surgery Research Council.Poster. May 28-31, 2020, Toronto, Canada
  • Munabi, N.C.O., Higuchi, E., Brannon, B., Wolfswinkel, E., Nagengast, E.S. Urata, M. Hammoudeh, J. Yao CA, Magee, W.P. III. Natural Trajectory Of Midface Growth In Unoperated Cleft Defects: A Systematic Review And Meta-analysis. Plastic Surgery Research Council. May 28, 2020. Toronto, Canada.
  • Munabi, N.C.O., Higuchi, E., Brannon, B., Wolfswinkel, E., Nagengast, E.S. Urata, M. Hammoudeh, J. Yao CA, Magee, W.P. III. Natural Trajectory Of Midface Growth In Unoperated Cleft Defects: A Systematic Review And Meta-analysis. The American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association Annual Meeting.March 31, 2020. Portland, Oregon.
  • Sideridis, G. Garland, C. Patel, K.G. Yao CA,Rogers, C. A Competency Assessment Tool for Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair. The American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association Annual Meeting.March 31, 2020. Portland, Oregon.
  • Yao CA, Kulber, D. Corley, J. Patients can’t afford for doctors to misunderstand the healthcare business. Quartz Magazine.2020 Jan 22. https://qz.com/1788778/doctors-need-to-pay-more-attention-to-healthcare-costs/
  • McCullough, M, Ly, S, Auslander, A, Yao CA, Campbell, A, Scherer, S, Magee W 3rd. Convolutional Neural Network Models for Automatic Pre-Operative Severity Assessment in Unilateral Cleft Lip. Abstract presentation. American Society of Plastic SurgeryAnnual Meeting. 2019 November 20.
  • Yao CA, Corley, J. One of the biggest threats to children across the world begins in hospitals. Quartz Magazine.2019 Sept 7. https://qz.com/1674518/theres-a-world-shortage-of-pediatric-surgeons/
  • Yao CA, Corley, J. Young female doctors are at high risk for burnout and “self-care” is not the answer. Quartz Magazine.2019 June 27. https://qz.com/work/1651863/young-female-doctors-are-at-high-risk-for-burnout-and-self-care-is-not-the-answer/
  • Yao CA, McCullough M, Imahiyerobo T, Auslander A, Vanderburg R, Magee W 3rd. The Smile Index Part 2: A Simple, Prognostic Severity Scale for Unilateral Cleft Lip. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Apr;143(4):790e-797e.

     

    • PSRC (Plastic Surgery Research Council) 2016 Annual meeting (New York, NY), Finalist for best podium presentation

       

  • Reinisch JF, van Hövell Tot Westerflier CVA, Tahiri Y, Yao CA. The Occipital Artery Based Fascial Flap for Ear Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Dec 27.
  • Yao CA, Magee W 3rd. Reply: The Smile Index: Part 1. A Large-Scale Study of Phenotypic Norms for Preoperative and Postoperative Unilateral Cleft Lip. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Jan;143(1):245e-246e.
  • Yao CA, McCullough M, Imahiyerobo T, Swanson J, Auslander A, De Cardenas D, Figueiredo JC, Costa M, Vanderburg R, Magee W 3rd. The Smile Index: Part 1. A Large-Scale Study of Phenotypic Norms for Pre- and Post-Operative Unilateral Cleft Lip.Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Jan;141(1):137-146.
  • AAPS (American Association of Plastic Surgeons) 2016 Annual meeting (New York, NY), Best poster award
  • Yao CA, Swanson J, McCullough M, Taro TB, Magee WP Jr, Magee WP 3rd., Barriers to Reconstructive Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Cross-sectional Study of 453 Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Patients in Vietnam. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Nov;138(5):887e-895e. PMID: 27783003

     

    • Featured in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery as international journal club discussion topic via Twitter (October 2016)
    • Featured in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery online news video by Dr. Rod Rohrich about “Plastic Surgery Hot Topics” (October 2016)
    • Podium presentation, 73rd Annual Conference Symposia of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association(ACPA), April 4 – 9, 2016 (Atlanta, GA)
  • Yao CA, Swanson J, McCullough M, Taro TB, Gutierrez R, Bradshaw A, Campbell A, Magee WP Jr, Magee W 3rd. The Medical Mission and Modern Cultural Competency Training: A 10 year Follow-Up of Student Experiences in Global Plastic Surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg.2016 Sep;138(3):531e-8e. PMID: 27556629

     

    • Podium presentation, 73rd Annual Conference Symposia of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association(ACPA), April 4 – 9, 2016 (Atlanta, GA)
  • Yao CA, Magee W 3rd, Chai G. Reply: Presurgical Nasoalveolar Molding for Cleft Lip and Palate: The Application of Digitally Designed Molds.Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 May;137(5):904e-5e. PMID: 26783646
  • Yao CA, Taro TB, Wipfli HL, Ly S, Gillenwater JT, Costa MA, Gutierrez RD, Magee W 3rd. The Tsao Fellowship in Global Health: A Model for International Fellowships in a Plastic Surgery Residency. J Craniofac Surg.2016 Mar;27(2):282-5. PMID: 26963297
  • Burg ML, Chai Y, Yao CA, Magee W 3rd, Figueiredo JA. Epidemiology, Etiology, and Treatment of Isolated Cleft Palate. Frontiers in Physiology. 01 March 2016. PMID: 26973535
  • Yao CA, Swanson, J, Imahiyerobo T, Auslander A, Figueiredo, JA, Wipfli HL, Vanderburg R, Magee W 3rd. The importance of Severity for analyzing cleft lip and palate: a pilot study.

     

    • 73rd Annual Conference Symposia of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association(ACPA), April 4 – 9, 2016 (Atlanta, GA), Podium presentation.
  • Chai G, Tan A, Yao CA, Magee WP 3rd, Junjun P, Zhu M, Bogari M, Hsu Y, Xu H, Zhang Y. Treating Parry-Romberg Syndrome Using Three-Dimensional Scanning and Printing and the Anterolateral Thigh Dermal Adipofascial Flap.J Craniofac Surg. 2015 Sep;26(6):1826-9. PMID: 26355969
  • Taro T, Yao C, Ly S, Wipfli H, Magee K, Vanderburg R, Magee W 3rd. The Global Surgery Partnership: An Innovative Partnership for Education, Research, and Service.Acad Med.2015 Aug 18. PMID: 26287915
  • Swanson JW, Yao CA, Auslander A, Wipfli H, Nguyen TH, Hatcher K, Vanderburg R, Magee WP 3rd. Patient Barriers to Accessing Surgical Cleft Care in Vietnam: A Multi-site, Cross-Sectional Outcomes Study.World J Surg. 2017 Jun;41(6):1435-1446. PMID: 28120095
  • Meisel E, Seal A, Yao CA, Ghiassi A, Stevanovic M. Management of scaphoid nonunion with iliac crest bone graft and K-wire fixation.Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2017 Jan;27(1):23-31. PMID: 27830329
  • Bartsich S, Yao CA. Is frosting effective? The role of retention sutures in posttraumatic orbital reconstruction surgery.J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg.2015 Aug 12. PMID: 26319057
  • Shen C, Yao CA, Magee W 3rd, Chai G, Zhang Y. Presurgical nasoalveolar molding for cleft lip and palate: the application of digitally designed molds.Plast Reconstr Surg.2015 Jun;135(6):1007e-1015e. PMID: 26017607
  • Ma J, Huang YQ, Yao C, Ma SQ, Meng T, Ma M, Su GH, Zhai K, Zhou ZW, Zhu JF, Shi B. Parental health and social support in the first trimester of pregnancy and the risk of oral clefts: a questionnaire-based, case-control study.Plast Reconstr Surg.2015 Jan;135(1):212-8. PMID: 25539307
  • Costa MA, Yao CA, Gillenwater TJ, Taghva GH, Abrishami S, Green TA, Magee WP. Telemedicine in Cleft Care: Reliability and Predictability in Regional and International Practice Settings.J Craniofac Surg.2015 Jun;26(4):1116-20. PMID: 26010103
  • Figueiredo JC, Ly S, Magee KS, Ihenacho U, Baurley JW, Sanchez-Lara PA, Brindopke F, Nguyen TH, Nguyen V, Tangco MI, Giron M, Abrahams T, Jang G, Vu A, Zolfaghari E, Yao CA, Foong A, DeClerk YA, Samet JM, Magee W 3rd. Parental risk factors for oral clefts among Central Africans, Southeast Asians, and Central Americans. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol.2015 Oct;103(10):863-79. PMID: 26466527
  • Figueiredo JC, Ly S, Raimondi H, Magee K, Baurley JW, Sanchez-Lara PA, Ihenacho U, Yao C, Edlund CK, van den Berg D, Casey G, DeClerk YA, Samet JM, Magee W 3rd. Genetic Risk Factors for Orofacial Clefts in West Africans and Southeast Asians. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 2014 Oct;164A(10):2572-80. PMID: 25099202
  • Vaynrub M, Taheri N, Ahlmann ER, Yao C, Fedenko AN, Allison DC, Chawla SP, Menendez LR. Prognostic Value of Necrosis after Neoadjuvant Therapy for Soft Tissue Sarcoma.J Surg Oncol. 2014 Aug 30. PMID: 25175933
  • Yao CA, Ly S, Magee WP, Magee K, Figueiredo JC. Comparative analysis of environmental exposures and orofacial clefts in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Philippines.

     

    • American Public Health Association 142nd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA November 15-19, 2014, Podium presentation.
  • Yao CA, Ly S, Magee WP, Magee K, Figueiredo JC. Maternal risk factors in the development of and risk of orofacial clefts in the Philippines.

     

    • American Public Health Association 142nd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA November 15-19, 2014, Podium presentation.
  • Yao CA, D, Kulber DA, Hiatt JR. Buckels JAC ed. Chapter 44, Compartment Syndrome.Vascular Surgery: Principles and Practice, 4th Ed.
  • Yao CA, Ly S, Magee WP, Magee K, Figueiredo JC. The International Family Study: Genetic and Maternal/Paternal Risk Factors Associated with Oral-facial Clefts in Underserved, Multi-Ethnic Populations. Plastic Surgery Research Council (June 2013, Los Angeles, CA)
  • Yao CA, Kulber DA. The Story of Serratia Marcens: Pathologic Risk Factors in Breast Implant Surgery. The American College of Surgeons Southern California Annual Scientific Meeting (January 2013, Santa Barbara, CA).
  • Yao CA, Ellis CV, Cohen MJ, Kulber DA. Preserving the Post-Trapeziectomy Space with a Human Acellular Dermal Matrix Spacer: A Pilot Case Series of Patients with Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint Arthritis. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery PRSgo, accepted for publication August 2013.
  • Travel scholarship recipient for the ASPS Women Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting (January 2013, Las Vegas, NV)
  • Barstich S, Ascherman JA, Whittier S, Yao CA, Rohde CH. The Breast: A Clean-Contaminated Surgical Site. Aesthetic Surgery Journal September 2011 31: 802-806.
  • Barstich S, Ascherman JA, Whittier S, Yao CA, Rohde CH. The Breast: A Clean-Contaminated Surgical Site. 1st Place Presentation and 1st Place Paper at The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) Residents & Fellows Forum (Boston, May 2011).
  • Shin J, Akelina Y, Yao CA, Codreanu M and Strauch R. Novel intraoperative application of cyanoacrylate for the prevention of painful neuroma formation. Oral presentation at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Peripheral Nerve, in association with the American Association for Hand Surgery.
  • Yao CA, Arnell TD. Hepatic artery Pseudoaneurysm following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. The American Journal of Surgery 2010 Jan;199(1):e10-1.
  • Yao CA, Kieserman-Schmokler C and Rohde CH. Pregnancy Complications in Surgeons and Surgeons-in-Training. Oral presentation at The American College of Surgeons’ (ACS) 95th Annual Clinical Congress (October 2009, Chicago, IL).
  • Yao CA, Kieserman-Schmokler C and Rohde CH. Risks in Twin Pregnancies for Surgeons. Poster presentation at The American College of Surgeons’ (ACS) 95th Annual Clinical Congress (October 2009, Chicago, IL).