Board Certification:

American Board of Plastic Surgery
Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand
Long Beach Female Plastic Surgeon
Fellowship:
Boyes Hand Surgery Fellowship
University of Southern California Medical School
Los Angeles County Medical center
Los Angeles, California

Residency:
Plastic Surgery Residency
St. Louis University Health Sciences Center
St. Louis, Missouri

Research Fellowship:
Research Fellow, Department of Surgery
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

Residency:
Residency, General Surgery
University of California
San Diego Medical Center
San Diego, California

Medical School:
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, School of Medicine
Bethesda, Maryland

Education:
University: Bachelor of Science (Biochemistry)
University of California, Davis

Long Beach Female Plastic SurgeonProfessional Appointments:

Chief of Plastic Surgery, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center

Committee Member:
California Society of Plastic Surgeons
American Society of Plastic Surgeons

Academic Appointments:

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery,
University of Southern California School of Medicine Division of Plastic Surgery

Clinical Instructor of Surgery,
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, School of Medicine

Society Memberships:

National:

American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American College of Surgeons, Fellow
American Medical Association
Association for Academic Surgery
American Medical Womens Association

Local:
Cleft Palate Team, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
California Society of Plastic Surgeons
L.A. County Medical Association
L.A. County Womens Medical Association

Research Activities:
Duke University,
Department of Surgery, Durham, North Carolina

National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute, Surgery Branch, Bethesda, Maryland

Publications:

1. Powers MA, and Pappas TN:
Physiological Approaches to the Control of Obesity.
Annals of Surgery, 109:255-250

2. Powers M, Schiffman S., Lawson C., Pappas T, Taylor I:
The Effect of Taste on Gastric and Pancreatic Response in Dogs.
Physiology and Behavior, 47:1295-1297

3. Pappas TN, Powers M, Gottfried MR, Cotton PB:
Balloon dilatation of the sphincter of Oddi facilitates passage of glass beads in from the canine biliary tract.
Journal of Laparoendoscopic Surgery, 4(65):413-417

Long Beach Female Plastic SurgeonAbstracts / Presentations:

1. American Gastroenterological Association
"Galanin is a potent inhibitor of pancreatic exocrine function"
"Balloon dilation of the sphincter of Oddi facilitates passage of glass beads from the canine gall bladder."

2. Brain-Gut Symposium, Cambridge University, U.K.
"Cephalic phase of gastric acid secretion in dogs: Impact of smell, sight, memory and taste."

3. Surgical Forum
"Galanin: A neuropeptide inhibitor of the exocrine pancreas."

4. American Gastroenterological Association
"The impact of total parenteral nutrition and taste on sham feeding in dogs."

5. American Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Association
Missouri Medical Association
Senior Residents Meeting, ASPRS, Boston MA
"Polysomnogram results in eighteen patients prior to pharyngeal flap for velopharyngeal incompetence."Long Beach Female Plastic Surgeon

6. American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Panel Moderator

7. American Association for Hand Surgery, Poster Presentation "An unusual cause of pectoralis muscle tear."

8. University of Southern California School of Nursing, Wound Healing Symposium

9. University of Southern California, Annenberg School of Communications Guest Speaker.

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