Overview
Pediatric plastic and craniofacial surgeon, taking care of children with cleft lip/palate and other facial differences.
Dedicated to the improvement of multidisciplinary team-based care, especially by way of standardized, prospective outcomes measurement ("If you don't measure it, you can't improve it.")
Passionate about causal inference for real-world data (RWD) in observational studies.
Dedicated to the improvement of multidisciplinary team-based care, especially by way of standardized, prospective outcomes measurement ("If you don't measure it, you can't improve it.")
Passionate about causal inference for real-world data (RWD) in observational studies.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Surgery
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2022 - Present
Surgery, Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery,
Surgery
Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences
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2022 - Present
Population Health Sciences,
Basic Science Departments
Affiliate Faculty Member, Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy
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2024 - Present
Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy,
University Initiatives & Academic Support Units
Recent Publications
Discussion: Radical Overlapping Intravelar Veloplasty during Primary Cleft Palate Repair Results in Decreased Secondary Speech Surgery.
Journal Article Plast Reconstr Surg · June 1, 2025 Full text Link to item CiteUsing "Real-World Data" to Study Cleft Lip/Palate Care: An Exploration of Speech Outcomes from a Multi-Center US Learning Health Network.
Journal Article Cleft Palate Craniofac J · March 2025 ObjectiveTo assess the ability of a cleft-specific multi-site learning health network registry to describe variations in cleft outcomes by cleft phenotypes, ages, and treatment centers. Observed variations were assessed for coherence with prior study findi ... Full text Link to item CiteRace and Gender Bias in Narrative Letters of Recommendation for Plastic Surgery Residency Applicants.
Journal Article J Surg Res · February 2025 INTRODUCTION: It has been previously shown that gender bias exists in standardized letters of recommendation for plastic surgery residency. However, similar analysis has not been conducted for narrative letters of recommendation (NLORs). Therefore, this st ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Computational modeling of the mature unilateral cleft lip nasal deformity for objective assessment of patient nasal function and treatment outcomes
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025Directing Stem Cells to the Adipocyte Lineage in Infantile Hemangiomas
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2024Short and Long Term Outcomes Among Children with Clefts
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2011 - 2015View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Texas Medical School, Houston ·
2003
M.D.