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.

New York University Medical Center (1996-1998)
Chairman: Frank C. Spencer, MD

Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery (2000-2003)
Program Director: Joseph G. McCarthy, MD

Executive Chief Resident
Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
New York, NY

1. 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.
   
2. 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.
   
3. 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.
   
4. 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.
   
5. 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.
   
6. Chiu, E.S., Austin, J.H.M. Acupuncture needles. Images in Medicine, New Engl J. Med. 1994.
   
7. 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.
   
8. 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.
   
9. 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.
   
10. 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.
    
11. Chiu, E.S., Baker, D.C. Letter Plast Reconstr Surg 113(7): 2219, 2004.
    
12. 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).
    
13. Baker D.C., Chiu, E.S. Bedside management of acute early facelift hematomas (manuscript accepted).
    
14. Chiu, E.S., Sharma, S., Siebert, J.W. Salvage of silicone treated facial deformities using free tissue transfer Plast Reconstr Surg (manuscript submitted).
    
15. 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).
    
16. Chiu, E.S. Ahn, C. Thoracostomy tube insertion in the pediatric female patient: a plea for caution. J Ped Surgery (manuscript submitted).
    
17. 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).
    
18. 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).
    
19. Chiu, E.S., Hidalgo, D.A. Correction of unsatisfactory augmentation mammoplasty: revisions, replacements, removals Plast Reconstr Surg (study in progress).
    
20. 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).
    
21. 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).
    
22. 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).
    
23. Chiu, E.S., Samson, W., Mehrara, B.J. Total Forehead Reconstruction using Anterior Lateral Thigh Free Flap in Scleroderma Patient (manuscript in preparation).
    

1. Chiu, E.S., Bravo, F.G., Ahn, C.Y. Breast Reconstruction. Chapter in Current Therapies in Plastic Surgery edit McCarthy, Boutros, Galiano.
   
2. Jelks, G.W., Jelks, E., Chiu E.S. Secondary Blepharoplasty. Chapter in Plastic Surgery 2nd Edition editors Mathes and Hentz (W.B. Saunders Co).