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Jesse C. Selber, M.D.

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Office Address

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd
Unit Number: 443
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 713-794-1247
Fax: 713-745-5492

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

2002 University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, MD, MD
2001 Harvard School of Public Heath, Boston, MA, MPH, MPH

Postgraduate Training

7/2008-6/2009 Clinical Fellowship, Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
7/2005-6/2008 Clinical Residency, Plastic Surgery House Staff, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
8/2002-6/2005 Clinical Residency, General Surgery House Staff, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Honors and Awards

2008 1st Place, Clinical Paper, Robert H. Ivy Society Annual Meeting
2007 1st Place, Clinical Breast Paper, American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery
2007 1st Place, Clinical Paper, Combined Meeting of Robert H. Ivy and John Staige Davis Societies
2006 1st Place, Clinical Paper, Combined Meeting of OhioValley and Robert H. Ivy Societies
2006 1st Place, Clinical Paper, Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons
2005 1st Place, Clinical Paper, Robert H. Ivy Society Annual Meeting
2001 Alpha Omega Alpha, President of Zeta Chapter
1999 Hrolfe and Dorothy Zeigler Award for Excellence in Gross Anatomy
1999 Victor Meyer Emmel Award for Excellence in Medical Histology
1992 Gold Medalist, National Scholastic Achievement in the Arts

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Herrera FA, Antony AK, Selber JC, Buntic R, Brooks D, Buncke GM. How Often is the Superficial Inferior Epigastric Artery Adequate? An Observational Correlation. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. In Press.
2. Man LX, Selber JC, Serletti JM. Abdominal Wall Following Free TRAM or DIEP Flap Reconstruction: A Meta-Analysis and Critical Review. Plast Reconst Surg 124(3):752-64, 9/2009.
3. Selber J, Nelson J, Ashana A, Bergey M, Bristol M, Sonnad S, Serletti J, Wu L. Breast Cancer Screening Prior to Cosmetic Breast Surgery: ASPS Members’ Adherence to American Cancer Society Guidelines. Plast Reconst Surg, Accepted, 2009.
4. Selber J, Bergey M, Sonnad S, Kovach S, Wu L, Serletti J. Free flap breast reconstruction in advanced age: Is it safe? Plast Reconst Surg, Accepted, 2009.
5. Selber J, Serletti JM. The Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap: Myth and Reality. Plast Reconst Surg, Accepted, 2009.
6. Vega S, Smartt, Jiang, S, Selber, JC.,; Brooks, CJ. M. Herrera HR., Serletti J. 500 Consecutive Patients with Free TRAM Flap Breast Reconstruction: A Single Surgeon's Experience. Plast Reconstr Surg 122(2), 2008.
7. Selber J, Samra R, Vega S, Sonnad S, Serletti J. A Head to Head Comparison Between the MS Free TRAM and the SIEA: Is the Rate of Flap Loss Worth the Gain in Abdominal Wall Function? Plast Reconst Surg 122(2):348-55, 2008.
8. Selber J, Brooks C, Kurichi J, Temen T, Sonnad S, Whitaker L. Long-Term Results FOllowing Fronto-Orbital Reconstruction in Nonsyndromic Unicoronal Synostosis. Plast Reconst Surg 121(5):251-260e, 2008.
9. Selber J, Reid R, McGinn D, Zackai E, Singh D, Sonnad S, Sutton L, Whitaker L, Bartlett S. The Changing Epidemiological Spectrum of the Single Suture Synostoses. Plast Reconst Surg 122(2):527-33, 2008.
10. Selber JC, Rosen HM. Aesthetics of Facial Skeletal Surgery. Clin Plast Surg 34(3):437-45, 7/2007.
11. Selber J, Reid, R, Gershman B, Sonnad S, Sutton L, Whitaker L, Bartlett S. Evolution of Operative Techniques for the Treatment of Metopic Single Suture Synostosis. Annals of Plastic Surgery 59(1):6-13, 2007.
12. Selber J, Vega S, Sonnad S, Serletti JM. The Relationship Between Complications and Risk Factors Following Free TRAM Breast Reconstruction. Annals of Plastic Surgery 56(5):492-7, 2006.
13. Selber J, Sataloff RT, Heman-Ackah Y, Spiegel JR. Gore-Tex Medialization Thyroplasty: Objective and Subjective Evaluation. Journal of Voice 17(1):88-95, 2003.
14. Sataloff, RT, Selber, J. Phylogeny and Embryology of the facial nerve and related structures. Part I. Ear Nose Throat J 82(9):707-10, 2003.
15. Sataloff, RT, Selber, J. Phylogeny and Embryology of the facial nerve and related structures. Part II. Ear Nose Throat J 82(10):769-772, 2003.
16. Losee JE, Selber JC, Arkoulakis N, Serletti JM. The Cleft Lateral Lip Element: Do Traditional Markings Result in Secondary Deformities? Ann Plast Surg 50(6):594-600, 2003.

Invited Articles
1. Man Li-Xing, Selber J, Serletti J. Abdominal Wall Following free TRAM or DIEP Reconstruction: A Meta-Analysis and Critical Review. Plast and Reconst Surg. Supp., Accepted, 2009.
2. Selber J, Rosen Harvey. Aesthetics in Surgery of the Facial Skeleton. Clinics in Plastic Surgery 34(3):437-445, 2007.

Abstracts
1. Selber JC, Sacks JM, Baumann DP, Pettaway CA. Reconstruction of Complex Oncologic Groin Defects Using the Anterolateral Thigh Flap. Plast Reconstr Surg 123(6S):111, 2009.

Last updated: 12/30/2009