Amir Taghinia , MD
Office Phone: 617-355-3421
Appointment Line: 617-355-3421
Fax: 617-730-0752
NPI: 1841492881

Departments/Divisions

Specialties

facial reanimation
hand surgery
plastic surgery
reconstructive microsurgery

Services/Programs

College

Stanford University, Stanford, CA  (1996)

Medical School

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA  (2001)

Internship

General Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA  (2001-2002)

Residencies

General Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA  (2002-2004)
Plastic Surgery, Harvard Combined Program in Plastic Surgery, Boston, MA  (2004-2007)

Fellowship

Plastic-Orthopedic Hand and Microvascular Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA  (2007-2008)

Professional Organizations

American Chemical Society, Student Member , 1996-1997
American Medical Society, Student Member , 1997-2001
American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Candidate Member , 2008-
Massachusetts Medical Society, Student Member , 1997-2001
American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Resident Member , 2001-2008

In the News

Leeches. "Leeches and microsurgery" , July 2008
PBS
NOVA ScienceNow

Awards

Joseph E. Murray Resident Award for best paper presented at the New England Society of Plastic Surgeons annual meeting
Bank of America Achievement Award in Science and Mathematics
Rotary Club Scholarship
Bay Area Engineers Week Outstanding Student Award
Pacific Gas and Electric Engineering Finalist Award
Hillsdale High School Valedictorian
Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship
Akram Ojjeh Foundation Scholarship
Stanford University Scholarship
Bing Undergraduate Chemistry Research Fellowship
William H. Nichols Scholarship
American Chemical Society Award in Analytical Chemistry
Charles E. Wyzanski, Sr. Medical School Fund Scholarship
Dr. and Mrs. Franics J. Keany Scholarship

Teaching

Teaching Assistant
HST 146 Intensive in Human Intermediary Metabolism , 1999
Harvard Medical School
Section Leader
CS106A Programming Methodology , 1995
Stanford University
Section Leader
CS106B Programming Abstractions , 1996
Stanford University

Patents

Allsop B, Smith R, Taghinia AH, Shamsuddin SK, Morris JW. United States Patent 5,970,472. Method and apparatus for performing electronic commerce on the internet. (Fogdog Sports, Inc., 1997)

Presentations

Dexmedetomidine in Aesthetic Facial Surgery for Anesthesia in the Office-Based Setting , September 2008
Harvard Medical School Continuing Medical Education
Taghinia AH, Irwin N, Benowitz LI.
A purine-sensitive step which lies downstream of ras signals increased GAP-43 expression via mRNA stabilization. , 1999
HST Forum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Irwin, N, Li G-d, Chao SL, Taghinia AH, Benowitz LI.
ARPP-19 mediates the post-transcriptional regulation of GAP-43 expression in PC-12 cells. , 1999
Neurosci
Ring DC, Chin K, Taghinia AH, Jupiter JB.
Radial nerve palsy associated with humeral shaft fracture: should high-energy injuries be explored?
Orthopedic Trauma Association
Taghinia AH, Al-Sheikh AA, Upton J.
Distraction Lengthening for Radial Longitudinal Deficiency. , January 2006
American Association for Hand Surgery Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ
Liao EC, Taghinia AH, Nguyen LP, Yueh JH, May JW Jr., Orgill DP
Incidence of hematoma complication with heparin venous thrombosis prophylaxis after TRAM flap breast reconstruction. , May 2007
86th annual meeting of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, Coeur dAlene, IA.
Taghinia AH, Liao EC, May JW Jr.
Randomized controlled trials in plastic surgery: A twenty-year review of reporting standards, methodological quality, and impact. , May 2007
86th annual meeting of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, Coeur dAlene, IA.
Taghinia AH, Pribaz JJ, Guo L.
Chronic deep venous thrombosis in the peroneal veins of the fibula osteocutaneous flap: Strategies for avoidance and salvage. , January 2008
American Association for Hand Surgery annual meeting, Los Angeles, CA.
Taghinia AH, Littler JW, Upton J.
Refinements in pollicization: an experience with 313 hands. , April 2008
87th annual meeting of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, Boston, MA.
Mathy JA, Taghinia AH, Meara JG, Borer JG, Labow BI.
ASRM Best Case of the Year Presentation: Free penile autotransplantation for management of sacral ectopic phallus. , January 2009
Presented at the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery annual meeting, Maui, HI.
Parrett BM, Winograd J, Taghinia A, Lin S, Lee BT.
The posterior tibial artery perforator flap: an alternative to free flap closure in the co-morbid patient. , January 2009
Presented at the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery annual meeting, Maui, HI.
Taghinia AH, Upton J, Day CD
A prospective randomized trial to evaluate splinting versus percutaneous pinning of mallet finger. , September 2006
ASSH Clinical Investigators Workshop of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand annual meeting, Washington, DC.
Taghinia AH, Bar-Meir E, Schlenker JD, Upton J.
Unusual radial polydactyly in the deficient hand special thumbs. , May 2007
86th annual meeting of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, Coeur dAlene, IA.
Taghinia AH, Al-Sheikh AA, Upton J.
Distraction lengthening for radial longitudinal deficiency. , June 2005
Presented at the New England Society of Plastic Surgeons annual meeting, Mystic, CT.
Al-Sheikh AA, Taghinia AH, Upton J.
CMC Arthroplasty using mitek anchor suspension and fascia lata interposition. , June 2005
New England Society of Plastic Surgeons annual meeting, Mystic, CT.
Taghinia AH, Shapiro FE, Slavin SA.
The safety and efficacy of dexmedetomidine anesthesia in facial aesthetic surgery. , November 2005
Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons 17th annual meeting, Washington, DC.
Taghinia AH, Mulliken JB, Rogers GF.
An unusual case of Proteus Syndrome: Calvarial expansion associated with diploic lipomatosis. , June 2006
New England Society of Plastic Surgeons annual meeting, New Castle, NH.

Activities

Operating Room Volunteer, Moffitt-Long Hospital, San Francisco, CA , 1997
Emergency Department Volunteer, Sequoia Hospital, Redwood City, CA
Research Assistant , 1994-1995
Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
Research Assistant , 1998-1999
Labs for Neuroscience in Neurosurgery, Childrens Hospital, Boston, MA

Publications

Taghinia AH, Mulliken JB, Rogers GF
A case of proteus syndrome with a lateral embryonal vein and frontal intraosseous lipoma , 2007
The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
Upton J, Taghinia AH
Abductor digiti minimi musculocutaneous flap for opponensplasty in congenital hypoplastic thumbs , 2008
Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Austen WG, Jr., Parrett BM, Taghinia AH, Wolfort S, Upton J
The subcutaneous cervicofacial flap revisited , 2009
Annals of Plastic Surgery
Parrett BM, Winograd JM, Lin SJ, Borud LJ, Taghinia A, Lee BT
The posterior tibial artery perforator flap: an alternative to free-flap closure in the comorbid patient , in press
Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery
Ring D, Chin K, Taghinia AH, Jupiter JB
Nonunion after functional brace treatment of diaphyseal humeral fractures , 2007
The Journal of Trauma
Taghinia AH, Al-Sheikh AA, Upton J
Preoperative soft tissue distraction for radial longitudinal deficiency: An analysis of indications and outcomes , 2007
Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Taghinia AH, Shapiro FE, Slavin SA
Dexmedetomidine in facial aesthetic surgery: Improving anesthetic safety and efficacy , 2008
Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Taghinia AH, Pribaz JJ
Complex nasal reconstruction , 2008
Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Liao EC, Taghinia AH, Nguyen LP, Yueh JH, May JW Jr., Orgill DP
Incidence of hematoma complication with heparin venous thrombosis prophylaxis after TRAM flap breast reconstruction , 2008
Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Chun YS, Taghinia AH
Galactocele after augmentation mammoplasty , 2009
Annals of Plastic Surgery
Taghinia AH, Marentis TC, Mehta AI, Gigante P, Lee BT
Ear reconstruction , 2007
Practical Plastic Surgery  Issue: Austin, TX, Landes Bioscience
In: Kryger ZB and Sisco M (eds)
Taghinia AH, Lee BT
Eyelid reconstruction , 2007
Practical Plastic Surgery  Issue: Austin, TX, Landes Bioscience
In: Kryger ZB and Sisco M (eds)
Taghinia AH, Macias ES, Kpodzo DS, Pomahac B
Lip reconstruction , 2007
Practical Plastic Surgery  Issue: Austin, TX: Landes Bioscience
In: Kryger ZB and Sisco M (eds)
Taghinia AH, McNairy ML, Pomahac B
TRAM flap for breast reconstruction , 2007
Practical Plastic Surgery  Issue: Austin, TX: Landes Bioscience
In: Kryger ZB and Sisco M (eds)
Taghinia AH, Pomahac B
Abdominoplasty , 2007
Practical Plastic Surgery  Issue: Austin, TX: Landes Bioscience
In: Kryger ZB and Sisco M (eds)
Taghinia AH, Pribaz JJ, Guo L
Chronic deep venous thrombosis in the peroneal veins of the fibula osteocutaneous flap: Strategies for avoidance and salvage , 2008
Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Taghinia AH, Al-Sheikh AA, Upton J
Suture-anchor suspension and fascia lata interposition arthroplasty for basal joint arthritis of the thumb , 2008
Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Upton J, Sharma S, Taghinia AH
Vascularized adipofascial island flap for thenar augmentation in pollicization , 2008
Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Taghinia AH, Liao EC, May JW Jr
Randomized controlled trials in plastic surgery: A twenty-year review of reporting standards, methodological quality, and impact , 2008
Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Makhni EC, Synn A, Makhni MC, Taghinia AH, Franko OI, Rozental TD, Day CD
The effects of patient age on the radiographic and functional outcomes of distal radius fractures: a two-study review , 2008
The Orthopedic Journal at Harvard Medical School
ePlasty, Associate Editor , 2007
Associate Investigator, American Society for Surgery of the Hand 2-Year Clinical Research Grant; A prospective randomized trial to evaluate splinting versus percutaneous pinning of mallet finger (2006).

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