Shai Rozen, MD

Assistant Professor
Plastic Surgery

Contact Information

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

shai.rozen@utsouthwestern.edu

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

Biography

Shai M. Rozen, M.D. has joined the Department of Plastic Surgery in UT Southwestern as an assistant professor. He completed his general surgical training at Johns Hopkins Hospital and then proceeded to complete his plastic surgery training at Johns Hopkins. He pursued a craniofacial fellowship with Dr. Kenneth Salyer and peripheral nerve surgery training with Dr. Lee Dellon from Johns Hopkins Hospital. His clinical interests in reconstructive surgery include solutions for clinical scenarios involving pain secondary to peripheral nerve problems after surgery, trauma or chemotherapy, treatment of pain and loss of sensation in patients suffering from diabetic neuropathy, facial paralysis, adult craniofacial reconstruction secondary to trauma or cancer. His cosmetic surgery interests include facial cosmetic surgery including facelift, brow lift, and nose surgery as well as body cosmetic surgery including breast augmentation, liposuction, abdominoplasty (tummy tuck. His research interests are investigating the role of nerve decompression in diabetic neuropathy, peripheral nerve surgery in the management of pain, peripheral nerve regeneration.

Education

FellowshipMedical City Dallas Hospital (2006)
ResidencyJohns Hopkins School of Medicine (2005)
ResidencyJohns Hopkins School of Medicine (2003)
InternshipJohns Hopkins School of Medicine (1999)
Medical SchoolSackler School of Medicine (1997)

Research Interests

Dynamic solutions for the paralyzed face
Pain problems related to the peripheral nervous system
Peripheral neuropathy pain

Publications

The Two Dermal Flap Umbilical Transposition - a natural and aesthetic post abdominoplasty umbilicus

Rozen SM, Redett R. , Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery , Spring 2007; (June 2007)

Management Strategies for Pyoderma Gangrenosum: Case Studies and Review of Literature

Rozen SM, Nahabedian MY, Manson PN , , September 2001; (Volume 47(3), September 2):310-315

Unilateral cleft lip approach and technique.

Salyer KE, Rozen SM, Genecov ER, Genecov DG. , Seminars in Plastic Surgery , November 2005; (19:313, 2005):313-328

Melanoma and Decorative Tatoos: Is a black sentinal Lymph node unequivocally metastatic?

Rozen SM, Nahabedian MY , Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery , 2004; (113):1304-1307

Giant Plexiform Neurofibroma of The Back

Nahabedian MY, Rozen SM, Namnoum JD, Vanderkoulk CA , Annals of Plastic Surgery , 2000; (45(4)):442-5

Honors/Awards

First Prize MD Thesis

MD Thesis: Aspirin and Mortality in a Large Group of Patients With Coronary Heart Disease (1997)

Intern of the Year

Tel Hashomer Hospital, Israel (1997)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Medical Association

American Society of Plastic Surgeons - Candidate Member