I was born in Baton Rouge, LA, and graduated from Baton
Rouge Magnet High School in 1985. After completing my undergraduate
studies at the University of California, Berkeley, I studied medicine
at Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons. Subsequently, I
matched for residency in the Coordinated Plastic Surgery Program at
New York University Medical Center (Institute of Reconstructive Plastic
Surgery) where I did my residency training. Recently, I completed
a one-year Microsurgery/Breast fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering
Cancer Center in 2004. Throughout my training, I have been extremely
interested in basic and clinical research, and have worked with many
world class physicians and scientists at UCSF School of Medicine (San
Francisco), Harvard Medical School (Boston), University of Washington
Medical Center (Seattle), and NYU Skirball Biomolecular Research Institute
(New York). I have also visited many well-known plastic surgery units
throughout the world to enhance my plastic surgical knowledge and
skills.
After almost 20 years away, my family and I are excited to return
to Louisiana. I'm an Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic Surgery)
at the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. I specialize in
congenital and acquired deformities of the face and breast. Using
a variety of techniques, including microvascular free tissue transfer,
local flaps, and implants, my colleagues and I aim to restore and
repair the appearance and function of the human body. I have particular
interest in facial abnormalities, facial reamination, vascular anomalies,
nerve regeneration, breast reconstruction, ear reconstruction, wound
repair, and aesthetic surgery.
Currently, I am the Director of the LSU Plastic Surgery Research
Lab. In collaboration with the Tulane School of Medicine's Center
for Gene Therapy, we are studying the role of mesenchymal stem cells
in nerve regeneration and wound repair. Our lab is also interested
understanding how angiogenesis and adipogenesis can repair tissue.
EDUCATION
Bachelors of Art (Biochemistry)
University of California, Berkeley (1986–1989)
Doctorate of Medicine
Columbia University Doctorate of Medicine, College of
Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY (1990–1995)
INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY
TRAINING
Internship, General Surgery
New York University Medical Center (1995–1996)
Chairman: Frank C. Spencer, MD
Resident, General Surgery
New York University Medical Center (1996-1998)
Chairman: Frank C. Spencer, MD
Resident, Plastic Surgery
Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery (2000-2003)
Program Director: Joseph G. McCarthy, MD
RESEARCH AND CLINICAL
FELLOWSHIPS
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Skirball Biomolecular Institute, NYUMC (1998-2000)
Principal Investigator: Joseph Schlessinger, Ph.D.
Microsurgery/Breast
Reconstruction
Fellow
Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
(2003-2004)
Fellowship Director: Peter G. Cordeiro, MD
ACADEMIC POSITION
Assistant Professor
LSU Department of Surgery
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
New Orleans, LA (2004-present)
RESEARCH GRANTS
AND AWARDS
1985-1989
University Regents Scholar
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
1991(summer)
Julia Dyckman-Andrus Surgical Research Fellowship
Principal Investigator: Judah Folkman, MD
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1993-1994
Stanley J. Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Fellowship
Principal Investigator: Russell Ross, DDS, PhD
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2000-2003
Park Foundation Research Grant (3 years), $150,000
Co-Investigator: Geoffrey C. Gurtner, MD and Robert Galiano, MD Grant
Title: “Modulation of Cellular Function by Mechanotransduction”
New York University Medical Center
2001-2002
Plastic Surgery Education Foundation, Basic Science
Research Award, $5000
Principal Investigator: Joseph G. McCarthy, MD
Project Title: “Bone Shortening by Contraction Osteogenesis”
New York University Medical Center
2002-2003
Executive Chief Resident
Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
New York, NY
PUBLICATIONS
Decker, M., Chiu, E.S., Moiin, A., Longaker, M.T., and Stern,
R.: A hyaluronic acid-stimulating activity from fetal bovine fetus
and from breast cancer patients. Cancer Research 49:3499-3505,
1989.
Longaker, M.T., Chiu, E.S., and Stern, R.: Hyaluronic acid
stimulating activity in fetal vs. adult wound fluid. Annals of
Surgery, 210: 667-672, 1989.
Chiu, E.S., Longaker, M.T., Adzick, N.S., Stern, M., Harrison,
M., Stern, R.: Hyaluronic acid patterns in fetal and adult wound
fluid. Surgical Forum, 1990.
Longaker, M.T., Chiu, E.S., Adzick, N.S., Stern, M., Harrison,
M.R., Stern, R.: A prolonged presence of hyaluronic acid in fetal
wound fluid. Annals of Surgery 213:292-296, 1991.
Longaker, M.T., Chiu, E.S., Hendin, B., Finkbeiner, W., Stern,
R.: Hyaluronic acid in cardiac myxoma: a biochemical and histological
analysis. Virchows Arc A Path-Anat Hostpathol. 418 (5): 435-7,
1991.
Chiu, E.S., Austin, J.H.M. Acupuncture needles. Images in Medicine,
New Engl J. Med. 1994.
Chiu, E.S., Raines, E.W., Longaker, M.T., Ross, R. Human monocyte
attachment to matrix components induce growth regulatory gene
expression, Surgical Forum, 1995.
Andreev, J, Galisteo, M.L., Kranenburg, O., Logan S.K., Chiu,
E.S., Okigagki, M., Cary L.A., Moolenaar W.H., Schlessinger, J.
Src and Pyk2 mediate G-protein-coupled receptor activation of
epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) but are not required for
coupling to the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase signaling
cascade. J Biol Chem 276(23): 20130-5, 2001.
Lepidi, S., Kenagy R.D., Raines, E.W., Chiu, E.S., Chait, A.,
Ross, R., Clowes AW. MMP9 production by human monocyte-derived
macrophages is decreased on polymerized type I collagen. J Vasc
Surg 34(6): 1111-1118, 2001.
Chiu, E.S., Baker D.C. Endoscopic brow lift: A retrospective
study of 628 consecutive cases over 5 year period. Plast Reconstr
Surg 112 (2): 628, 2003.
Ibrahami*, O., Chiu*, E.S., McCarthy, J.G., Mohammadhi, M,
Understanding the molecular basis of Apert syndrome. Plast Reconstr
Surg. These authors contributed equally* (Jan 2005).
Baker D.C., Chiu, E.S. Bedside management of acute early facelift
hematomas (manuscript accepted).
Chiu, E.S., Sharma, S., Siebert, J.W. Salvage of silicone treated
facial deformities using free tissue transfer Plast Reconstr Surg
(manuscript submitted).
Chiu, E.S. Boutros, S., Ahn, C. Correction of severe breast
asymmetry following chest wall injury using vertical reduction
mammoplasty technique Plast Reconstr Surg (manuscript submitted).
Chiu, E.S. Ahn, C. Thoracostomy tube insertion in the pediatric
female patient: a plea for caution. J Ped Surgery (manuscript
submitted).
Baker, D.C., Stefani, W., Chiu, E.S. Reducing the incidence
of hematoma requiring surgical evacuation following male rhytidectomy:
a thirty year review of 985 cases. Plast Reconstr Surg (manuscript
submitted).
Chiu, E.S., Capel B., Press, R., Aston, S., Jelks, G.W. Successful
management of orbital cellulitis and temporary visual loss after
blepharoplasty Plast Reconstr Surg (manuscript completed).
Chiu, E.S., Hidalgo, D.A. Correction of unsatisfactory augmentation
mammoplasty: revisions, replacements, removals Plast Reconstr
Surg (study in progress).
Chiu, E.S., Disa, J.J., Mehrara, B.J., Cordeiro, P.G. Reconstruction
of anterior cranial base defects using microsurgical techniques:
a 10 year experience (manuscript completed).
Chiu, E.S. Ashinoff, R., Thorne, C.T. Malignant tumors of the
external ear: current surgical management and aesthetic considerations
Plast Reconstr Surg (manuscript in preparation).
Chiu, E.S., Bui, T., Mehrara, B.J., Cordeiro, P.G., Disa, J.J.
Nipple areolar reconstruction after chest wall irradation: is
it safe? (manuscript in preparation).
Chiu, E.S., Samson, W., Mehrara, B.J. Total Forehead Reconstruction
using Anterior Lateral Thigh Free Flap in Scleroderma Patient
(manuscript in preparation).
BOOK CHAPTERS
Chiu, E.S., Bravo, F.G., Ahn, C.Y. Breast Reconstruction. Chapter
in Current Therapies in Plastic Surgery edit McCarthy, Boutros,
Galiano.
Jelks, G.W., Jelks, E., Chiu E.S. Secondary Blepharoplasty.
Chapter in Plastic Surgery 2nd Edition editors Mathes and Hentz
(W.B. Saunders Co).
INVITED SPEAKER
San Francisco, CA
1990 Surgical Forum
New Orleans, LA
1995 Surgical Forum
New York, NY
2002 New York Regional Plastic Surgery Resident Night
Boston, MA
2002 Plastic Surgery Research Council
Seattle, WA
2002 American Association of Plastic Surgeons Meeting
Hamilton, Bermuda
2002 Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgery Meeting
New York, NY
2003 Aesthetic Surgery of the Aging Face Symposium
Palm Springs, CA
2004 American Society Reconstructive Microsurgery Meeting
Philadelphia, PA
2004 Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Meeting
Sannibel Island, Fl
2005 Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgery Meeting
Puerto Rico
2005 American Society Reconstructive Microsurgery
Meeting
