Nolan S. Karp, M.D.
New York University Medical Center
530 First Avenue, Suite 8Y
New York, N.Y. 10016
Tel: 212-263-6004
Fax: 212-263-6319

Place of Birth: New York, New York

EDUCATION:

1979 B.S. Northwestern University
1983 M.D. Northwestern University

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:

Residencies:
General Surgery Residency, New York University Medical Center
Plastic Surgery Residency, Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Medical Center
Executive Chief Resident, Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Medical Center
Microsurgery Fellow, Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Medical Center



Research Fellowship:
Craniofacial Research Fellow, Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Medical Center

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION:

1984 New York State License
American Board of Surgery #34491
American Board of Plastic surgery #4670


ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic), New York University School of Medicine
1999 Associate Professor of Surgery (Plastic), New York University School of Medicine

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

Attending Physician, Tisch Hospital, New York University Medical Center, New York, N.Y.
Attending Physician, New York Veterans Administration Hospital, New York, N.Y.
Assistant Attending Physician, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, N.Y.
Attending Physician, Manhattan, Eye, Ear, Throat Hospital, New York, N.Y.
OTHER APPOINTMENTS

2001- Plastic Surgery Consultant New York Mets baseball team


AWARDS:

1. The American Society of Maxilofacial Surgery Award for the best clinical paper in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery for the year 1990: McCarthy, J.G., Karp, N.S., LaTrenta, G.S., Thorne, C.H.M.: The effect of early fronto-orbital advancement on frontal sinus development and forehead esthetics.
2. First Place for the outstanding paper delivered before the Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the New York Academy of Medicine and the New York Regional Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: Bone lengthening in the canine mandible. March 5, 1990.
3. First Prize Residents Research Competition, Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Medical Center. Best basic science paper: Bone lengthening in the craniofacial skeleton. May 30, 1989.

MEMBERSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

1993-Medical Society of the State of New York -New York County Medical Society
1993-Plastic Surgery Research Council -American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
1995-American College of Surgeons
1996-American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery
1996-Tissue Engineering Society
1998-American Society of Breast Disease
2000-American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
2000-Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons
2003-American Association of Plastic Surgeons

MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS:
1. The effect of adenovirus-mediated VEGF transfer in rat flaps
2. Nerve distraction and nerve end-to-side bypass techniques in the rat
3. Development of minimally invasive techniques in plastic surgery including endoscopic muscle flap harvest
4. Principal Investigator New York University School of Medicine Site: McGhan Medical Corporation Silicone-Filled Breast Implant Adjunct Clinical Study
5. Long term outcome study of short breast reduction

PRINCIPAL CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Microsurgery attending supervising replantation service at Bellevue Hospital
Member, Multidisciplinary Skin Cancer and Pigmented Lesion Conference
Chief, Plastic Surgery Service, New York Veterans Administration Hospital
Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Plastic Surgery
Director, Trunk and Extremity Vascular Anomalies Conference
1999-2001 Director, Microsurgery Service, Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery

MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Coordinator Plastic Surgical Operative Log for all training programs
Co-Director Microsurgery Research Laboratory


TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Attending physician: teaching residents at Tisch Hospital, Bellevue Hospital, and New York Veterans Hospital
Lead attending/microsurgery rounds at Bellevue Hospital
Chief Plastic Surgery, New York Veterans Hospital
Program Director: Emerging Technologies in Plastic Surgery Course held yearly at the Medical Center

HOSPITAL COMMITTEES

Executive Committee- Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
Education Committee- Institute of Reconstructive Plastic surgery
Private office Committee- Institute of Reconstructive Surgery
Operating Room committee- NYU Medical Center
Perioperative Committee- NYU Medical Center
ENT Chairman Search Committee- NYU School of Medicine


OUTSIDE COMMITTEES

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
2003-Future Leaders Committee
2003-Exhibits Committee
2003-Scientific Exhibits Committee (Chair)

American Society of Plastic Surgery
2003-ASPS Health Policy and Practice Committee

American Society of Breast Disease
2002-Consensus Committee


BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Original reports in refereed journals:

1. Vayo, M., Lipowsky, H., Karp, N., Schmalzer, E., Chien, S.: A model of microvascular oxygen transport in sickle cell disease. Microvasc. Res., 30:195-206, 1985.
2. Roses, D.F., Karp, N.S., Sudarsky, L.A., Valensi, Q.J.,2 Rosen, R.J., Blum, M.: Primary hyperparathyroidism associated with two enlarged parathyroid glands. Arch. Surg., 124:1261-1265, 1989.
3. Karp, N.S., Boyd, A., DePan, H.J., Harris, M.N., Roses, D.F.: Thoracotomy for Metastatic Melanoma of the Lung. Surgery, 107:256-261, 1990.
4. Karp, N.S., Thorne, C.H.M., McCarthy, J.G., Sissons, H.A.,: Bone lengthening in the craniofacial skeleton. Ann. Plast. Surg., 24:231-237, 1990.
5. Karp, N.S., Lamparello, P., Ranson, J.H.C.: Total pancreatectomy with celiac artery occlusion. N. Y. State Jour. Med., 90:416-418, 1990.
6. McCarthy, J.G., Karp, N.S., LaTrenta, G.S., Thorne, C.H.: The effect of early fronto-orbital advancement on frontal sinus development and forehead esthetics. Plast. Reconstr. Surg., 86:1078-1084, 1990.
7. Rusinek, H., Karp, N., Cutting, C.B.: Three-dimensional rendering of medical images: surface and volume approaches. J. Digital Imag., 3:81-88, 1990.
8. Roses, D.F., Karp, N.S., Oratz, R., Dubin, N., Harris, M.N., Speyer, J., Boyd, A., Golomb, F.M., Ransohoff, J., Dugan, M.: Survival with regional and distant metastases from cutaneous malignant melanoma. Surg. Gynec. Obst. 172:262-268, 1991.
9. McCarthy, J.G., Schreiber, J.S., Karp, N.S., Thorne, C.H., Grayson, B.H.: Lengthening of the human mandible by gradual distraction. Plast. Reconstr. Surg., 89:1-8, 1992.
10. Roses, D.F, Mitnick, J., Harris, M.N., Kaplon, R., Karp, N., Vazquez, M., Dubin, N.: The risk of carcinoma in wire localization biopsies for mammographically detected clustered microcalcifications. Surgery, 110:877-886,1991.
11. Zide, B.M., Karp, N.S.: Maximizing gain from rectangular tissue expanders. Plast. Reconstr. Surg., 90:500-504, 1992.
12. Karp, N.S., McCarthy, J.G., Schreiber, J.S., Sissons, H.A., Thorne, C.H.M.: Membranous bone lengthening: A serial histologic study. Ann. Plast. Surg., 29:2-7, 1992.
13. Rapaport, D.P., Breitbart, A.S., Karp, N.S., Siebert, J.W.: Successful microvascular replantation of a completely amputated ear. Microsurg., 14:312-314, 1993.
14. Karp, N.S., Kasabian, A.K., Siebert, J.W., Eidelman, Y., Colen, S.: Microvascular free flap salvage of the diabetic foot: A five year experience. Plast. Reconstr. Surg., 94:834-840, 1994.
15. Glat, P.M., Staffenberg, D.A., Karp, N.S., Holliday, R.A., Steiner, G., McCarthy, J.G.: Multidimensional distraction osteogenesis: The canine zygoma. Plast. Reconstr. Surg., 94:753-758, 1994.
16. Denk, M.J., Longaker, M.T., Basner, A.L., Glat, P.M., Karp, N.S., Kasabian, A.K.: Microsurgical reconstruction of the lower extremity using the 3M microvascular coupling device in venous anastomoses. Ann. Plast Surg., 35:601-606, 1995.
17. Bass, L.S., Karp, N.S., Benacquista, T., Kasabian, A.K.: Endoscopic rectus abdominus harvest: Balloon dissection in the fascial plane. Ann. Plast. Surg., 34:274-280, 1995.
18. Kasabian, A.K., Glat, P.M., Eidelman, Y., Karp, N.S., Giangola, G.: Limb salvage with microvascular free flap reconstruction using polytetrafluoroethylene graft for inflow. Ann. Plast. Surg. 35:310-315, 1995.
19. Choe, E.I., Kasabian, A.K., Kolker, A.R., Karp, N.S., Zhang, L., Bass, L.S., Nardi, M., Josephson, G., Karpatkin, M.: Thrombocytosis after major lower extremity trauma: Mechanism and possible role in free flap failure. Ann. Plast. Surg., 36:489-494, 1996.
20. Benacquista, T., Kasabian, A.K., Karp, N.S.: The fate of lower extremities with failed free flaps. Plast. Reconstr. Surg., 98:834, 1996.
21. Kolker, A.R., Kasabian, A.K., Karp, N.S., Gottlieb,J.J.: The fate of free flap microanastomosis distal to the zone of injury in lower extremity trauma. Plast. Reconstr. Surg., 99:1068, 1997.
22. Dublin, B.A., Karp, N.S., Kasabian, A.K., Kolker, A.R., Shah, M.H.: Selective use of preoperative lower extremity arteriography in free flap reconstruction. Ann. Plast. Surg. 38:404, 1997.
23. Shah, M.A., Kasabian, A.K., Karp, N.S., Kolker, A.R., Dublin, B.A., Zhang, l., Sakuma, J.: Axonal regeneration through an autogenous nerve bypass: An experimental study in the rat. Ann. Plast. Surg. 38:408, 1997.
24. Karp, N.S., Bass, L.S., Kasabian, A.K., Eidelman, Y., Hausmann, M.: Balloon assisted endoscopic harvest of the latissimus dorsi muscle. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 100:1161, 1997.
25. Kasabian, A.K., McCarthy, J.G., Karp, N.: Use of multiplanar distraction for the correction of a proximal interphalangeal joint fracture. Ann. Plast. Surg. 40:378, 1998.
26. Margiotta, M.S., Kasabian, A.K., Karp, N.S., Ting, V., Dublin, B.K., Sagiroglu, J., Dublin, B.A.: Humorally mediated thrombocyotosis in major lower extremity trauma. Ann. Plast. Surg. 40:463-468, 1998
27. Margiotta, M.S., Usal, H., Karp, N.S., Dublin, B.K., Sagiroglu, J., Ting, V., Kasabian, A.K.: A nerve distraction model in the rat. Ann. Plast. Surg. 40:486, 1998.
28. Blei, F., Karp, N.S., Rofsky, N., Rosen, R., Greco, A.: Multimodal therapy for Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma complicated by Kasabach Merritt phenomenon. Accepted for publication. Jour. Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.
29. Bass, L.S., Karp, N.S., Aston, S.J.: Balloon-assisted endoscopic brow lift: Preliminary experience. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 18:163, 1998.
30. Blei, F., Chianese, B.S., Kauvar, A., Karp, N.: Topical amicar and gelfoams as adjuctive therapies for bleeding hemangiomas. International Pediatrics. 14:168, 1999.
31. Youm, T., Margiotta, M., Kasabian, A., Karp, N.: Complications of tissue expansion in apublic hospital. Ann. Plast. Surg. 42:396-402, 1999.
32. Kasabian, A., Karp, N., Margiotta, M.: Treatment of neuroma-in-continuity of the peroneal nerve with anerve bypass graft-a case report. Ann. Plast. Surg. 42:449-451, 1999.
33. Naidich, J., Rofsky, N., Rosen, R., Karp, N.: Arteriovenous malformation in a patient with Bannayan-Zonana Syndrome. Clin. Imaging. 25:130-132, 2001.
34. Levine, J., Karp, N.S.: Restoration of abdominal wall integrity as a salvage procedure in difficult recurrent abdominal wall hernias using a method of wide myofascial release. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 107:707-716, 2001.
35. Chung, S., Hazen, A., Levine, J., Baux, G., Olivier, W., Yee, H., Margiotta, M., Karp, N., Gurtner, G.: Vascularized acellular dermal matrix island flaps for the repair of abdominal muscle defects. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 111:225-232, 2003.
36. Rinker, B., Karp, N., Margiotta, M., Blei, F., Rosen, R., Rofsky, N.M.: The role of magnetic resonance imaging in the management of vascular malformations of the trunk and extremities. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 112:504-510, 2003.

BOOK CHAPTERS
Kasabian, A.K., Karp, N.S.: Lower extremity reconstruction: In Grabb and Smith’s Plastic Surgery, Lippincott-Raven, 1997.
Colen, S.R., Karp, N.S.: Reconstruction following surgery for breast cancer: In Roses, D.F. Breast Cancer. Philidelphia, Churchill Livingston, 1999.
Greer, S.E., Longaker, M.T., Karp, N.S.: Tissue expansion: In The Handbook of Plastic Surgery, Thieme, 2000
Karp, N.S., Sharma, S.: Acute lower extremity trauma: In The Handbook of Plastic Surgery, Thieme, 2000

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Multidisciplinary approach to trunk and extremity vascular anomalies at Vascular Anomalies 2000, New York Univeristy Medical Center, April 8, 2000.
Medial Pedicle/ Vertical Breast Recution Made Easy: The importance of complete inferior glandular resection. Presented at the Northeastern Society for Plastic Surgery, October 3, 2003.

ARTICLES IN LAY PRESS

Town & Country, March 1999. Listed in Top Cosmetic Surgeons in the United States
Cosmetic Surgery Times, April 1999. Featured in article about Balloon Assisted Transaxillary Breast Augmentation
New York Magazine, June 2001. Listed in Top Doctors in New York.
Redbook Magazine, October 2001. Listed in Top Breast Cancer Doctors in the United States.
Ladies Home Journal, April 2002. Listed in Top Doctors for Women in the United States.
New York Magazine, June 2002. Listed in Top Doctors in New York
New York Magazine, September 2003. Listed in Best Beauty Docs
CBS News: Interviewed on Nightly News with Dan Rather about Silicone Breast Implants (Oct 15, 2003)
NY1 News: Interviewed for Health Segment on Silicone breast implants.