Michel Saint-Cyr, MD

Associate Professor
Plastic Surgery

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

michel.saint-cyr@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

Dr. Saint-Cyr received his medical degree from the University of Montreal where he also completed a five-year residency in Plastic Surgery. He served as a Hand and Microsurgery fellow at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute in Louisville Kentucky where he continued as senior fellow and then staff until June 2004. Subsequently, he completed a one year Reconstructive Microsurgery Fellowship at The MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston Texas with additional microsurgical training at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taipei Taiwan. Dr. Saint-Cyr is board certified by the Canadian Board of Plastic Surgery and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada F.R.C.S.(C). His special interests include hand surgery, microsurgery, reconstructive breast surgery as well as reconstruction of the extremities.

Education

FellowshipMD Anderson Cancer Center (2005)
FellowshipChristine M. Kleinert Institute (2004)
ResidencyUniversity of Montreal (2002)
InternshipUniversity of Montreal (1998)
Medical SchoolUniversity of Montreal (1997)

Research Interests

Functional and anatomical studies of the hand
Vascular anatomy of perforator flaps

Publications

Paraspinous Muscle Flaps for the Treatment and Prevention of Cerebrospinal Fluid Fistulas in Neurosurgery

M. Saint-Cyr, A. Nikolis, R. Moumdjian, G. Frenette, H. Ciaburro, P.G. Harris, C. Cordoba , Spine , March 2003;

Recurrent Venous Thrombosis Following Free-Flap Surgery: The Role of Heparine-Induced Thrombo-Cytopenia

A. Nikolis, A. Christpoulos, M. Saint-Cyr, C. Cordoba, P.G. Harris. , The Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery , 2003; (Vol. 11, No 1):37-40

Antiangiogenic Effects of the Oral Administration of Liquid Cartilage Extract in Humans.

Berbari, A. Thibodeau, L. Germain, M. Saint-Cyr, P. Gaudreau, S. El-Khouri, E. Dupont, D. Garrel , Journal of Surgical Research , 1999; (1999:87):pp.108-113

Honors/Awards

Educational Foundation Award

Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons Best Basic Science Study Presentation. Fifty-six Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons, Saint-John, NB. Response of Human Endotenon Fibroblasts to TGF-a. M. Saint-Cyr, B. Nedelec, D. Gar (2002)

Bursary of Academic Excellence

M. Sc., Experimental Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, PQ. (2000)

F.M. Woolhouse Prize

Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons Best Clinical Study Presentation. Fifty-third Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons, Montreal, PQ, 1999. The Treatment of Undisplaced Scaphoid Waist Nonunion by Percutaneous Screw Fixation without (1999)

Second prize: University of Montreal Department of Surgery Research Day

Montreal, PQ, Effet d’un supplément alimentaire à base de cartilage de requin AE941 sur la cicatrisation chez l’homme. P. Berberi, M. Saint-Cyr, S. Elkhouri, D. Garrel. (1998)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Association for Hand Surgery

American Medical Association

American Society for Surgery of the Hand (Candidate Member)

American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery (Candidate Member)

Canadian Medical Association