CU Anschutz Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Official account for University of Colorado Anschutz Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery @CUAnschutz

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Our incredible department gathered for the annual group photo! 📸 #ImproveEveryLife

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Great turnout for the first Grand Rounds of the season! David Mathes, MD, discussed microsurgical chest wall reconstruction, and Robert Meguid, MD, MPH, FACS, presented on leveraging institutional and national data for surgical health services research.

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👀 Did you see who’s on the back cover of the August issue of @5280Magazine? Yep, it’s us! Big shoutout to our incredible surgeons who made this year's Top Doctors list.

🔗 View all the CU Medicine doctors who made the list: https://t.co/lNkaBYHUcB
#5280TopDocs #ImproveEveryLife

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Congratulations to our amazing surgeons selected as @5280Magazine's Top Doctors of 2025! The 33 doctors were among over 600 at the University of Colorado Anschutz honored for their skill and patient-focused work. #ImproveEveryLife

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Happy National Nurses Week! Shout out to all the amazing nurses we work with who go above and beyond every day to care for their patients. #NationalNursesWeek

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1st Annual Global Surgery Summit ✅
We had an extraordinary inaugural Global Surgery Summit! Thank you to all the speakers and our amazing Global Surgery team for sharing your work!

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“One of those specialists, Dr. Matthew Iorio, is a former wrestler himself. Iorio helped Chairez-Salazar executive a plan for returning to Mines and to the wrestling mat.” It has been an honor to watch Yahir thrive since his accident. Read more of his story @GreeleyTribune.

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After losing a limb due to a near-fatal car crash, Greeley Central alum Yahir Chairez-Salazar maintains positive outlook and lofty ambitions on the wrestling mat https://t.co/StPq0mcnPG

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@CUDeptSurg See you there!

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Join us for a grand rounds presentation this upcoming Monday, featuring Matt Iorio, MD, and Muhammad Aftab, MD! #ImproveEveryLife #GrandRounds

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Phuong Nguyen, MD, visiting professor in @CUPlastics, served as the chair at the @Facialartists inaugural Craniomaxillofacial Course in Cairo! International faculty came from North America, South Africa, Spain, and Egypt, and there were over 100 learners from various countries!

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@CUDeptSurg Thank you to all residents today, but especially to our incredible crew!

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Four of our faculty members, Thomas Pshak, MD; Trevor Nydam, MD; Mark Greyson, MD; and Matthew Iorio, MD, were honored yesterday at the annual @UCHealth Hospital Medical Staff awards! Learn more about their work at the link below.
#ImproveEveryLife
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It's nomination season for the 2025 Top Doctors issue of the @5280Magazine! All licensed MDs and DOs in the Denver metro area can nominate their colleagues now through February 14. For more information, visit their site here: https://t.co/YxJlavwmhl

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We are thrilled to introduce Dr. Nalu Navarro-Alvarez as the Scientific Program Director for the Total Human Eye-allotransplantation Innovation Advancement (THEIA) Project, a groundbreaking initiative supported by a $46M grant from ARPA-H.

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Lynn Orfahli, MD, PGY-4, grew up in numerous places, including Cleveland, Ohio. Orfahli completed medical school at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and wants to specialize in hand and lower extremity salvage.

#featurefriday #cuplasticsurgeryresidency

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This past November, Mark Greyson, MD, assistant professor of surgery, and Caleb Barnhill, MD, chief resident at @CUPlastics, travelled to Tanzania to train surgeons on advanced plastic surgery procedures.

Learn about their trip at the link below
https://t.co/ukyaSPIeKo

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Please join us in welcoming Melinda Mabee, PA-C! Mabee is a physician assistant with almost 14 years of experience in pediatric hand, microvascular surgery in wound care. Her greatest joy is helping children through congenital hand surgery and limb salvage.

#physicianassistant

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Jacob B. Hammond, MD, PGY-7, grew up in Alvin, Texas, and attended medical school at Texas A&M College of Medicine. He is interested in pursuing breast reconstruction and aesthetic plastic surgery after residency. Learn more about Hammond at https://t.co/83QhlSHQqN

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We had an incredibly newsworthy year, including two of the top 10 stories for the CU Department of Surgery! In case you missed it, here are the top stories from 2024, featuring Kia Washington, MD, Christene Huang, PhD, and Phuong Nguyen, MD: https://t.co/HNykNGipNf

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ThreeBestRated named David Mathes, MD, Chris Kaoutzanis, MD, and Brooke French, MD, the best plastic surgeons in Aurora, CO. These expert-recommended surgeons were selected through a rigorous 50-Point Inspection, assessing reviews, reputation, history, price, proximity, and more.