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Chris D. Tzarnas, MD

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Chris D. Tzarnas, MD

 

Professor, Surgery

Telephone:  215-707-2682

Email: chris.tzarnas@tuhs.temple.edu

 

 

Department of Surgery, Section of Plastic Surgery

 

Educational Background:

 

B.A., Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1970

 

MD, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece, 1975 (cum laude)

 

Internship, Presbyterian University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, 1971

 

Residency (General Surgery), Presbyterian University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, 1981

 

Fellowship (Plastic Surgery), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1983

 

Competitive NIH National Library of Medicine Fellowship Awardee, Medical Informatics, 1995

 

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clinical Interests:

 
  • Plastic surgery outcomes
  • Surgical innovations
  • Surgical education

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board certification(s):

 
  • American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1987
  • American Board of Surgery, 1982; recertified 1992; recertified 2002
 

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

 
  • American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
  • Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • Robert H. Ivy Society
  • Philadelphia Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • Lipoplasty Society of North America
  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
  • Philadelphia Metropolitan Chapter, American College of Surgeons
  • American Medical Association
  • Pennsylvania Medical Association
  • Philadelphia County Medical Society
  • American Medical Writers Association
  • Association of Program Directors in Surgery
  • Association for Surgical Education
  • Charter Member, American College of Surgeons Educators Club
  • Association for Academic Surgery
  • Fellow, Philadelphia Academy of Surgery
  • American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation

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Research Interests:

 

  • Surgical outcomes
  • Surgical education
  • Surgical quality

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PUBMED PUBLICATIONS :


Recent Medically Related Publications, Obtained from PubMed (Click on PubMed ID to view abstract)

18646486. Tzarnas CD, The medical malpractice "crisis" and graduate medical education. Am Surg 74:7(662-3)2008 Jul

16652024. Tzarnas CD, A simple device to reliably facilitate "stripping" of a closed-suction drainage tube. Plast Reconstr Surg 117:6(2113-4)2006 May

16553122. Kabiri H, Clarke LE, Tzarnas CD, Appendiceal diverticulitis. Am Surg 72:3(221-3)2006 Mar

16520109. Kabiri H, Domingo OH, Tzarnas CD, Agenesis of the gallbladder. Curr Surg 63:2(104-6)2006 Mar-Apr

16222388. Tzarnas CD, Tzilinis A, Simultaneous carotid endarterectomy and excision of ipsilateral branchial cleft fistula--a case report. Vasc Surg 35:6(473-5)2001 Nov-Dec

16093178. Tzarnas CD, Fessenden J, Audition electives during surgical residency and selection for post-residency fellowship positions. Curr Surg 59:4(412-5)2002 Jul-Aug

15796937. Lofman A, Tzarnas CD, On the other hand: an update on carpal tunnel syndrome. Curr Surg 62:2(174-8; quiz 178)2005 Mar-Apr

12783016. Tzilinis A, Lofman AM, Tzarnas CD, Transfusion requirements for TRAM flap postmastectomy breast reconstruction. Ann Plast Surg 50:6(623-7)2003 Jun

12022029. Tzarnas CD, Wittenborn WS, Whitlark JD, Ayers WH, Salvage of total esophageal reconstruction with microvascular free left colon flap. J Reconstr Microsurg 18:4(261-2)2002 May

11604674. Tzarnas CD, Metachronous inflammatory pseudotumor ("myofibroblastoma"). Plast Reconstr Surg 108:5(1455-6)2001 Oct

10654777. Tzarnas CD, Intraoperative intermittent lower-extremity massage for the surgeon with proven medical benefit. Plast Reconstr Surg 104:4(1208)1999 Sep

10190357. Zeltsman D, Tzarnas CD, Kerstein MD, Management of vascular prosthetic infections: results of long-term follow-up. Am Surg 65:4(331-3)1999 Apr

10088505. Bailey PM, Tzarnas CD, The sternalis muscle: a normal finding encountered during breast surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg 103:4(1189-90)1999 Apr

9915540. Tzarnas CD, Simple sutureless skin graft fixation. Am Surg 65:1(86-7)1999 Jan

9462768. Nevarre DR, Tzarnas CD, The effects of hyaluronidase on the efficacy and on the pain of administration of 1% lidocaine. Plast Reconstr Surg 101:2(365-9)1998 Feb

7806807. Asuncion GF, Tzarnas CD, Uremic tumoral calcinosis: acute hand presentations mimicking infection. J Hand Surg Am 19:5(809-12)1994 Sep

8134994. Tzarnas CD, Raezer DM, Castillo OA, A unique fasciocutaneous flap for posterior urethral repair. Urology 43:3(379-81)1994 Mar

8294739. Tzarnas CD, Carpal tunnel release without a tourniquet. J Hand Surg Am 18:6(1041-3)1993 Nov

8239418. Tzarnas CD, Transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flaps for lightweights: is a pinch enough? Ann Plast Surg 31:3(262-4)1993 Sep

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