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Dr. Reza Jarrahy interviewed on the Leonard Lopate Show: Please Explain: Plastic Surgery (WNYC, July 10, 2009)
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Iraqi teen can dream in L.A.
by Kurt Streeter, Staff Writer Los Angeles Times
Her words made my heart sink. "I want to go back, " she said, speaking by phone from her home in a rough section of Baghdad. View PDF |
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After an AVM threatened her life, young mother is on the mend in Pomona
Facial reanimation surgery at UCLA is latest step in Katherine's recovery
By Evelyn Barge, Staff Writer Katherine Wolf approaches the second-floor landing of a friend's Culver City home. From on high, she sounds out a greeting in a strained but pronounced voice, before lightly descending the curved staircase to the living room.
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Facial Reanimation Surgery
Katherine's slow, miraculous recovery By Evelyn Barge, Staff Writer
Katherine elected to undergo facial reanimation surgery in the hopes of regaining some movement and muscular tone on the right side of her face. The second half of the surgery, performed by Dr. Joan E. Lipa and Dr. J. Brian Boyd, was a cross-facial nerve graft. Surgeons removed a nerve from Katherine's leg to be used as an extension cord, connecting a branch of working nerves on the left side to the paralyzed side.
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Clinical Study: Silicone-filled Breast Implants
Dr. Timothy Miller and Dr. Andrew Da Lio, physicians at UCLA's Division of Plastic Surgery in conjunction with Inamed Corporation, are currently seeking participants for a clinical study of silicone-filled breast implants. You may be a candidate.
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Woman undergoes face transplant in Cleveland
Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic replace about 80% of her face with skin and muscles harvested from a cadaver. It's the most extensive such operation ever performed and the first in the U.S. By Karen Kaplan and Shari Roan
A woman being treated at the Cleveland Clinic has an almost entirely new face following the most extensive facial transplant ever performed, the medical center said Tuesday. The surgery was the first face transplant in the U.S. and the fourth in the world.
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Wounded military personnel stop at UCLA on the road to recovery
The university's advanced plastic and reconstructive surgery team is partnering with a military hospital to repair severe battlefield injuries. By Tony Perry
Marines and soldiers who suffered disfiguring injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan are receiving advanced plastic and reconstructive surgery at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center under a partnership between the center and the military's top hospital for burn victims.
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10 Cosmetic Procedures You Should Avoid
The Potential Aesthetic Benefits of Some Procedures Aren't Worth the Risk
A recent report suggests that despite worries over an economic downturn, Americans are still spending money on procedures intended to make them look better. UCLA Dr. Kawamoto is quoted in ABC News story.
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'Operation Mend' Partnership Between UCLA and Brooke Army Medical Center Offers New Hope for Wounded Warriors
Unique military–civilian hospital collaboration will provide reconstructive surgery. “Operation Mend,” has been established to help treat several U.S. military personnel wounded during service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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World News: Marwa Update
Iraqi Girl, Marwa Naim injured in Baghdad Blast Undergoes Successful Reconstructive Surgery
- After a series of reconstructive surgeries at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Marwa Naim, a 12-year-old Iraqi girl who suffered the loss of her nose when an explosive struck her family's home in northern Baghdad, has a chance for a new life.
- View Marwa's video update >>
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