Dr. Parham Ganchi’s Resume

2002 –               Medical Director, Ganchi Plastic Surgery

2002 – 2005     Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ

2000 – 2002     Chief Resident in Plastic Surgery – Harvard Plastic Surgery Program

1999 – 2000     Resident in Plastic Surgery – Harvard Plastic Surgery Program

1998 – 1999     Chief Resident in General Surgery – Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

1994 – 1998     Resident in General Surgery – Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

1987 – 1994     Duke University School of Medicine – MD

1989 – 1993     Duke University Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology – PhD Dissertation – “Regulation of the NF-kB Transcription Factor Family in T Lymphocytes.”

1983 – 1987     Princeton University – B.A. in Molecular Biology Thesis – “Analysis of the REP2 Gene Product of the Yeast Plasmid 22µ circle.”

2003 – present     Plastic Surgery

2000 – 2011     General Surgery

New Jersey

American Board of Plastic Surgery

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS)

American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)

Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS)

New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons (NJSPS)

New York Regional Society of Plastic Surgeons

America’s Top Plastic Surgeons – Consumers’ Research Council America – 2006-present

New York Metro Area Top Plastic Surgeon – Castle Connolly Medical – 2006-present

New Jersey Top Plastic Surgeon – Castle Connolly Medical Ltd – 2006-present

Patient’s Choice Award – 2008-present

Best of Wayne Plastic Surgeons – 2008-present

Best Applications Paper – 2005 Waterjet Technology Association

Nominee, Golden Apple Teaching Award – 2004 UMDNJ Medical School

American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Research Grant – 2000

Plastic Surgery Education Foundation Clinical Research Award – 2000

Nominee Resident and Fellow Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching – 2000

Chief Resident Teaching Award – 1999 Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Henry Christian Award – 1993 Best Abstract in Molecular Oncology American Federation for Clinical Research

Plenary Session Presentation – 1993 American Society for Clinical Investigation

Edward H. Benenson merit scholarship – Duke University Medical School

Phi Beta Kappa – Princeton University

Magna Cum Laude – Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University

Rutgers Scholar Award

News 12 New Jersey – “12 To Your Health”

InTouch Weekly

Allure Magazine

U.S. Patent No. 6,180772 – “Nucleic acids encoding dominant negative IkB-a polypeptides”

Cosmetic Hand Rejuvenation with Pliable Biocompatible Materials

PSEF In-Service Examination Educational Assessment Committee – Craniofacial Subcommittee, 2003 – 2005

PSEF In-Service Examination Educational Assessment Committee – Aesthetic Subcommittee, 2005 – 2008

Ganchi, PA, Scarpidis, U, Izadi, K, Knox, K, Ghali, S, Verbesy, J (2005) Effects of Lidocaine and Epinephrine on Cutaneous Blood Flow. New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Agag, RL, Granick, MS, Ganchi, PA, Datiashvili, RO, Catrambone, J (2005) Repair of Lumbosacral Meningomyeloceles: An Added Layer of Protection. New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Ganchi, PA, Izadi, KO, Tschoi, M, Kwon, R, and Granick, MS (2004) Optimizing the Management of Complex Wounds With High Pressure Parallel Fluid Jet Debridement And Negative Pressure Therapy. New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Agag, RL, Granick, MS, Ganchi, PA, Catrambone, J (2004) Repair of Lumbosacral Meningomyeloceles: An Added Layer of Protection. American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Ganchi, PA (2006) A Practical Approach to Facial Rejuvenation. Iranian American Medical Association.

Scarpidis, U, Verbesey, JE, Ghali, S, Knox, K, Ganchi, PA (2005) Effects of Lidocaine and Epinephrine on Cutaneous Blood Flow. Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Granick, M, Datiashvili, RO, Freeman, DC, Ganchi, PA (2005) Medical Applications of the High Powered Parallel Waterjet. Waterjet Technology Association. (Award)

Ganchi, PA, Movassaghi, K, Yaremchuk, MJ (2002) A Rare Case of Severe Bilateral Enophthalmos: Surgical Correction and Review. New England Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.

Wilhelmi, BJ, Snyder, N, Verbesey, J, Ganchi, PA, Lee, WPA (2001) Trigger Finger Release with Hand Surface Landmark Ratios: An Anatomic and Clinical Study. American Association for Hand Surgery.

Wilhelmi, BJ, Snyder, N, Verbesey, J, Ganchi, PA, Lee, WPA (2000) Trigger Finger Release with Hand Surface Landmark Ratios: An Anatomic and Clinical Study. American Society of Plastic Surgeons. (Award)

Wilhelmi, BJ, Snyder, N, Verbesey, J, Ganchi, PA, Lee, WPA (2000) Trigger Finger Release with Hand Surface Landmark Ratios: An Anatomic and Clinical Study. New England Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.

Ganchi, PA, Beraud, C, Sun, S-C, Kong, S, and Greene, WC (1993) The Rel-related NF-kB p100 precursor physically binds to the HTLV-I Tax oncoprotein and blocks Tax-induced transcription by sequestering this transcription factor in the cytoplasm. Featured Research Symposium – Molecular Oncology, American Federation for Clinical Research.

Ganchi, PA, Sun, S-C, Ballard, DW, and Greene, WC (1993) The eukaryotic transcription factor NF-kB governs the expression of its own cytoplasmic inhibitor, IkB: evidence for an inducible autoregulatory pathway. American Society for Clinical Investigation, 85th Annual Meeting – Plenary Session.

Izadi, KO and Ganchi, PA, Chronic Wounds in Clinics in Plastic Surgery, Granick, MS, ed., Elsevier, Philadelphia, 32:209, 2005.

Ganchi, PA and Lee, WPA, Fingertip Reconstruction in Plastic Surgery, Mathes, SJ, and Hentz, VR, eds., WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 2005

Ganchi, PA and Eriksson, E, Diabetes Mellitus and Wound Healing in Joslin’s Diabetes Mellitus, 14th edition, Kahn, CR, Weir, GC, King, GL, Jacobson, AM, Moses, AC, Smith, RJ, eds., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2005.

Ganchi, PA and Pribaz, JJ, Spare Parts in Upper Extremity Reconstruction in The Mutilated Hand, Weinzweig, N and Weinzweig, J, eds., Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia, 2005.

Ghali, S, Knox, KR, Verbesey, JE, Scarpidis, U, Izadi, K, Ganchi, PA (2008) Effects of Lidocaine and Epinephrine on Cutaneous Blood Flow, J. Plast. Reconstr. Aesthet. Surg., 61;1226.

Ganchi, PA, Izadi, KO, Tschoi, M, Datiashvili, RO, and Granick, MS, Simplifying the management of complicated wounds with high pressure parallel fluid jet debridement and negative pressure therapy, Wounds, submitted.

Granick MS, Jacoby, M, Noruthun, S, Datiashvili, RO, Ganchi, PA (2006) Clinical and economic impact of hydrosurgical debridement of chronic wounds, Wounds, 18:35.

Granick, MS, Datiashvili, RO, Ganchi, P, Freeman, D (2006) Medical applications of the high powered parallel waterjet, Today’s Medical Developments, GIE Media Publications, 1-4.

Movassaghi, K, Ver Halen, J, Ganchi, P, Amin-Hanjani, S, Mesa, J, Yaremchuk, MJ (2006) Cranioplasty with subcutaneously preserved autologous bone grafts, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 117:202.

Whitaker, IS, Karoo, ROS, Ganchi, PA, Gulati, V, Malata, CM (2005) Current techniques in the post-operative monitoring of microvascular free-tissue transfers, European Journal of Plastic Surgery, 27:315.

Ganchi, PA, Movassaghi, K, and Yaremchuk, MJ (2004) Treatment of bilateral symptomatic enophthalmos associated with weight loss, Journal of Craniofacial Surgery,15:84.

Wilhelmi, BJ, Kang, RH, Movassaghi, K, Ganchi, PA, and Lee, WPA (2003) The first successful replantation of face and scalp with single artery repair: a model for face and scalp transplantation, Annals of Plastic Surgery, 50:535.

Whitaker, IS, Oliver, DW, and Ganchi, PA (2003) Postoperative monitoring of microvascular tissue transfers: current practice in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 111:2118.

Ganchi, PA and Pribaz, JJ, Prelaminating the Fascial Radial Forearm Flap by Tissue Engineered Mucosa – Discussion, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 108:1573.

Wilhelmi, BJ, Snyder, N, Verbesy, JE, Ganchi, PA, and Lee, WPA (2001) Trigger Finger Release with Hand Surface Landmark Ratios: An Anatomic and Clinical Study, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 108:908.

Ganchi, PA, Wilhelmi, BJ, Fujita, K, and Lee, WPA (2001) Ruptured Pseudoaneurysm Complicating an Infected Radial Artery Catheter: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Annals of Plastic Surgery, 46:647.

May, JW and Ganchi, PA (2001) Treatment of Difficult TRAM Flap Hernias Using Intraperitoneal Synthetic Mesh Application – Discussion. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 107:63.

Wilhelmi, BJ, Snyder, N, Verbesey, JE, Ganchi, PA, Lee, WPA (2000) Trigger Finger Release with Hand Surface Landmark Ratios: An Anatomic and Clinical Study. Plastic Surgery Forum, 23:224.

Ganchi, PA, and Orgill, DP (1996) Autopenetrating Hernia: A Novel Form of Traumatic Abdominal Wall Hernia – Case Report and Review of the Literature. J. Trauma, 41:1064.

Ganchi, PA, Sun, S-C, Greene, WC, and Ballard, DW (1993) A Novel NF-kB Complex Containing p65 Homodimers: Implications for Transcriptional Control at the Level of Subunit Dimerization. Mol. Cell. Biol., 13:7826.

Ganchi, PA, Sun, S-C, Greene, WC, and Ballard, DW (1992) IkB/MAD3 Masks the Nuclear Localization Signal of NF-kB p65 and Requires the Transactivation Domain to Inhibit NF-kB p65 DNA Binding. Mol. Biol. Cell, 3:1339.

Sun, S-C, Ganchi, PA, Beraud, C, Ballard, DW, and Greene, WC (1994) Autoregulation of the NF-kB p65 Transactivator by Multiple Ankyrin-Rich Cytoplasmic Inhibitors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 91:1346.

Beraud, C, Sun, S-C, Ganchi, PA, Ballard, DW, and Greene, WC (1994) HTLV-I Tax Associates With and Is Negatively Regulated by the NF-kB2 p100 Gene Product: Implications for Viral Latency. Mol. Cell. Biol., 14:1374.

Sun, S-C, Ganchi, PA, Ballard, DW, and Greene, WC (1993) NF-kB Controls the Expression of Inhibitor IkBa: Evidence for an Inducible Autoregulatory Pathway. Science, 259:1912.

Greene, WC, Ganchi, PA, Sun, S-C, and Ballard, DW (1993) The NF-kB/IkB Connection. Int. Conf. AIDS, 9:21.

Greene, WC, Sun, S-C, Ganchi, PA, Doerre, S, and Ballard, DW (1993) The NF-kB/IkB Connection: A Novel Strategy for Transcriptional Control. In Molecular Basis of Immune Responses, The Proceedings of the First Green Cross International Symposium. Eds. Saito, Nariuchi, Okada, Okumura, Takatsuki, Yodoi, and Nishida. Academic Press.

Walker, WH, Stein, B, Ganchi, PA, Hoffman, J, Kaufman, PA, Ballard, DW, Hannink, M, and Greene, WC (1992) The v-rel Oncogene: Insights into the Mechanism of Transcriptional Activation, Repression, and Transformation. J. Virol., 66:5018.

Vida, VT, Ganchi, P, and Ganchi, PA (1990) Liposuction and Pregnancy. Am. J. Cosmetic Surg., 7:9.