Curriculum Vitae
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- Education
- Training
- Postgraduate Experience
- Board Status
- Staff Privileges
- Society Memberships
- Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals
- Abstracts
- Presentations
Education
- Undergraduate:
- B.S. Biochemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La.
- Honors: Outstanding Student of the College of Chemistry and Physics, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Phi Lambda Upsilon Honorary Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Society, Dean's Committee of Academic Appeals
- Medical:
- M.D., Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, La.
- Honors: Alpha Omega Alpha (ADA)
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Training
- Internship: General Surgery, Charity Hospital of Louisiana, Louisiana State University Department of Surgery, New Orleans, La.
- Residency: General Surgery, Charity Hospital of Louisiana, Louisiana State University Department of Surgery, New Orleans, La.
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Postgraduate Experience
- Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Oregon Health Science University, Portland, Ore., 1996—Present.
- Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Ore., 1990—1996.
- Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, Ore., 1990—1995.
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Board Status
- Board Certification in General Surgery
- Board Certification in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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Staff Privileges
- Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn Campus, Scottsdale, Ariz.
- Scottsdale Healthcare Shea Campus, Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Society Memberships
- Oregon Medical Association
- American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
- James D. Rives Surgical Society
- Oregon Society of Plastic Surgeons
- 1994-96 Secretary, Treasurer
- 1996-98 President
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Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals
- Meltzer TR and Myers MB: The effect of hyperbaric oxygen on the bursting strength and rate of vascularization of skin wounds in the rat. American Surgeon, Vol 52, 12:659-662, 1986.
- Meltzer TR, Miyakawa T, DePoli PA, Sachs R, Faraq A, Mammen EF, Heggers JP, Robson MC: Hemostasis parameters and survival in burn patients. Surgical Forum 38:636-638, 1987.
- Phillips LG, Robson MC, Heggers JP, Meltzer TR, Boertman JA, Manavalan K: The effect of burn care on skin bacteria and burn wound sepsis. Australian and New Zealand Burns Bulletin, Vol 1, 3:12-13, 1988.
- Smith, Jr, DJ, Robson MC, Meltzer TR, Smith AA, McHugh TP, Heggers JP: DRG-driven change in burn wound management: A success story. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 82:710-712, 1988.
- Phillips LG, Heggers JP, Robson MC, Boertman JA, Meltzer TR, Manavalan K, Smith DJ: The effect of endogenous skin bacteria on burn wound sepsis. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1989.
- Phillips LG, Jarlsburg C, Mathoney K, Gracia W, Meltzer TR, Smith DJ, Robson MC: Meshed Biobrane: A dressing for difficult topography. The Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation, Vol. 11, No. 4:347-351, 1990.
- Meltzer TR: Basal Cell Carcinoma. The Western Journal of Medicine, Vol. 158, No. 4: 403, April, 1993.
- Wheatley MJ and Meltzer TR: The Role of Vascular PedicleThrombectomy in Management of Compromised Free Tissue Transfers. The Annals of Plastic Surgery, Vol. 36, No. 4:360-4 April, 1996.
- Wheatley MJ and Meltzer TR: The Management of Unsalvageable Free Flaps. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Vol. 12, No. 4:227-229, May, 1996.
- Swift RW, Wheatly MJ and Meltzer TR: A Safe, Reliable Method for Skin Graft Coverage of the Radial Forearm Donor Site. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Vol. 13, No. 3:471-3, October, 1997.
- Wheatley MJ, Meltzer TR, Cohen JI: Radial Forearm Free Flap Tracheal Reconstruction After Parastomal Tumor Resection. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vol. 101. No. 5:1342-4, April, 1998.
- Takata, LL and Meltzer, TR: Procedures, Postoperative Care, and Potential Complications of Gender Reassignment for the Primary Care Physician. Primary Psychiatry, Vol, 7, No. 6:74-78, June, 2000.
- Yang CY, Palmer AD, Murray KD, Meltzer TR, Cohen JI: Cricothyroid Approximation to Elevate Vocal Pitch in Male-to-Female Transsexuals: Results of Surgery. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol, Vol, 111 (6): 477-85, June 2002.
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Abstracts
- Meltzer TR and Myers MB: The effect of hyperbaric oxygen on the bursting strength and rate of vascularization of skin wounds in the rat. Southeastern Surgical Congress, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 1986.
- Smith DJ, Smith AA, Meltzer TR, McHugh TP, Robson MC, Heggers JP: DRG-driven change in burn management: A success story. American Association of Plastic Surgery, 66th Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, Abstract #29, page 71, May, 1987.
- Robson MC, Phillips LG, Heggers JP, Meltzer TR, Boertman JA, Manavalan K: The effect of burn care on skin bacteria and burn wounds sepsis. Societe Internationale de Chirugie, Sydney, Australia, Abstract #1103, page 151, September, 1987.
- Phillips LG, Heggers JP, Robson MC, Boertman JA, Meltzer TR, Manavalan K, Smith DJ: The effect of endogenous skin bacteria on burn wound sepsis. American Association of Plastic Surgeons, Palm Beach, Florida, April, 1988.
- Phillips LG, Heggers JP, Robson MC, Boertman JA, Meltzer TR, Manavalan K: Effect of burn care on skin bacteria and burn wound sepsis. American Society of Microbiologists, Miami Beach, Florida, Abstract #B83, page 76, May, 1988.
- Phillips LG, Heggers JP, Boertman JA, Meltzer TR, Schileru R, Robson MC, Sachs R: Infection rates of burn patients treated on an air-fluidized bed compared with standard bed therapy. Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May, 1988.
- Phillips LG, Jarlesburg C, Matheney K, Gracia W, Meltzer TR, Robson MC: Meshed Biobrane: A dressing for difficult topography. American Burn Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, Abstract #56, 1989.
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Presentations
- Poster: Society of Head & Neck Surgeons Annual Meeting, May 3, 1991, Hawaii.
- Lecture: Traumatic Hand Injuries, October 16, 1992 Advanced Hand Therapy Symposium, Tuality Community Hospital, Hillsboro, Oregon.
- Lecture: Breast Cancer Surgery Reconstruction, Good Samaritan Hospital, November 13, 1992, Corvallis, Oregon.
- Paper: Reconstruction of Defects of the Head and Neck Region Using Microvascular Free Tissue Transfer Techniques, Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, 1993, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
- Lecture: Breast Reconstruction Surgery, Breast Cancer Symposium, Oregon Health Sciences University, April 17, 1993, Portland, Oregon.
- Lecture: Reconstructive Surgery following Skull Base Tumor Resection, Oregon Skull Base Conference, Oregon Health Sciences University, May 18, 1994, Portland, Oregon.
- Lecture: Cricothyroid Approximation, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, September 1997.
- Lecture: William Grabb Lecture, University of Michigan, September 2000, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- Lecture: Aesthetic Refinements of the Secondary Labiaplasty, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, November 2001.
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