Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
Peripheral Nerve Injury Specialty

Date of Birth: April 4, 1957

Current Position: Director of the Texas Nerve & Paralysis Institute and Nath Brachial Plexus Institute, Texas Medical Center, Houston. 

America's Top Doctors (Castle Connelly Publishers, 1st ed.): Peer- nominated as one of "America's Top Doctors" and the only one named in Pediatric Brachial Plexus Management.

Dr. Nath has performed more than 4,000 brachial plexus surgeries.

Brachial Plexus Injury Patient Volume to Date (Children & Adults)

• Primary surgeries to date: 1,200
• Secondary surgeries to date: 3,000
• Approximate patient visits to date: 5,000 children, 500 adults

Winging Scapula Patient Volume to Date

• Surgeries to date: 52
• Patient visits to date: 55

Neurofibrosis Patient Volume To Date

• Surgeries to date: 25
• Patient visits to date: 30

Foot Drop Injury Patient Volume To Date

• Surgeries to date: 35
• Patient visits to date: 35

Prostrate Injury Patient Volume To Date

• Surgeries to date: 510
• Patient visits to date: 510

Board Scores:

• NMB Part I, 1986: 635 (91 %ile)
• NMB Part II, 1988: 680 (95 %ile)
• NMB Part III, 1989: 640 (93 %ile

Clinical Training:

• Internship: Northwestern University Medical Center Department of Surgery Chicago IL,
  USA 1988-1989 (General Surgery)
• Residency: Northwestern University Medical Center Department of Surgery Chicago IL,
  USA 1988-1991 (General Surgery)
• Residency: Washington University Medical Center/Barnes Hospital Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery St. Louis MO, USA 1992-1994 (Plastic Surgery)

• Molecular Neurophysiology/ Genetic Regulation of Fetal Wound Repair
  Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO July 1991-June 1992

Clinical Fellowships:

• Peripheral Nerve/ Pain Surgery Dr. Krishna Kumar, Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery,
  Department of Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Regina, SK, Canada
  July 1994- June 1995
• Peripheral Nerve/ Hand/ Microvascular Surgery Drs. Susan E. Mackinnon, Professor and Chief of Plastic Surgery, Paul M. Weeks, Professor of Plastic Surgery, and
  Roger K. Khouri, Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, Washington University Medical Center/ Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO July 1995- June 1996

Active Medical License: Active, unrestricted permanent medical licenses, Texas, Missouri, New York, Illinois, Colorado, Massachusetts, Washington, Pennsylvania, California, Arizona, Maryland, Florida, Ohio, New Jersey, Kansas

DEA Number: Active, unrestricted Federal DEA number, Controlled Substance Certificates for Texas, Missouri, New York, Illinois, Colorado, Massachusetts, Washington, Pennsylvania, California, Arizona, Maryland, Florida, Ohio, New Jersey and Kansas

American Board of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery:
Board Certified,1998

Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand:
Eligible

Hospital Affiliations:

• Texas Children's Hospital
• The Methodist Hospital
• St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
• Texas Orthopedic Hospital
• Memorial Hermann Hospital
• Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital
• Park Plaza Hospital
• 12 Oaks Medical

Memberships:

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Society for Peripheral Nerve
• Plastic Surgery Research Council
• Houston Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Houston Neurological Society
• Houston Surgical Society
• Texas Medical Association

National Academic:

• 1. Co-chairman, Brachial Plexus panel, American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery Meeting, Montreal, P.Q., Canada, June 1996.
• 2. Program Chairman, American Society for Peripheral Nerve Meeting, Los Angeles CA, 1999.
  

Local Academic:

• 1. Institutional Review Board.
  
• 2. Animal Biosafety Committee.
  
• 3. Medical Student Lecture, Plastic Surgery.

Institutional Review Board Protocols:

• 1. Nath RK, Principal Investigator. Medtronic Implantable Muscle Stimulator for Peripheral Nerve Injury.
• 2. Nath RK, Principal Investigator. Collagen Scar Blockade with Antisense Oligonucleotide Agents in Peripheral Nerve Injury.
• 3. Kadmon D and Nath RK, Principal Investigators. Sural Nerve Grafting for Reconstruction of Cavernous Nerve Defects Following Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy.

Inventions and Patents:

• 1. U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/ 252, 827: Surgical System for Repairing and Grafting Severed Nerves and Methods of Repairing and Grafting Severed Nerves. November 22, 2000.
• 2. Patent Application: Novel Antisense Oligonucleotide Agent for Inhibition of Production of Collagen Type 1 in Humans. February, 2001.

Peer-reviewed Publications:

• 1. Miller VT, Nath R, Kwaan HC, and Nishiura B. Reproducibility of two in vivo tests of platelet function. Thrombosis Res 52:507-15, 1990.
• 2. Kumar K, Wyant GM, and Nath R. Deep brain stimulation for control of intractable pain in humans, present and future: A ten-year follow-up. Neurosurgery 26:774-782, 1990.
• 3. Kumar K, Nath R, and Wyant GM. Treatment of chronic pain by epidural spinal cord stimulation: A 10-year experience. J Neurosurg 75:402-407, 1990.
• 4. Brown PS, Nath R, Votapka T, Slaughter M, Meyers SN, Talano JV, and Joob A. Traumatic ventricular septal defect and disruption of the descending thoracic aorta. Ann Thorac Surg 52:143-4, 1991.
• 5. Kumar K, Nath R, and Wyant GM. Spinal cord stimulation for management of chronic intractable pain. Modern Neurosurg 51:329-40, 1991.
• 6. Nath RK, Parks W, Markham H, and Weeks PM. Collagen regulation in fetal skin wounds. Surg Forum 43:497-499, 1992.
• 7. Nath RK, and Weeks PM. Fetal wound repair: A new direction. Plast Reconstr Surg 91:922-4, 1993.
• 8. Nath RK, LaRegina M, Markham H, and Weeks PM. The expression of transforming growth factor, subtype beta in fetal and adult rabbit skin wounds. J Ped Surg 29:416-421, 1994.
• 9. Nath RK, Mackinnon SE, and Weeks PM. Ulnar nerve transection as a complication of two-portal endoscopic carpal tunnel release: A case report. J Hand Surg 18A:896-898, 1993.
• 10. Nath RK, Parks W, Markham H, Hunter DA, Mackinnon SE, and Weeks PM. Regulation of collagen type I in fetal skin wounds: mRNA localization and analysis. J Ped Surg 29:855-862, 1994.
• 11. Nath RK, Jensen J, and Weeks PM. Temporally variable induction of homeobox gene D11 during wound repair in the fetal mouse limb. Surg Forum 46: 682-684, 1995.
• 12. Kumar K, Nath RK, Nair CPV and Tchang SP. Symptomatic epidural lipomatosis secondary to obesity: A case report. J Neurosurg 85: 348-350, 1996.
• 13. Choi PD, Nath RK, and Mackinnon SE. Iliohypogastric, ilioinguinal, and genitofemoral neuropathy following abdominal surgery: A case report. Ann Plast Surg 37: 60-65, 1996.
• 14. Kumar K, Toth C, and Nath RK. Spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain in peripheral neuropathy. Surg Neurol 46: 363-369, 1996.
• 15. Kumar K and Nath RK. Spinal cord stimulation is effective in the management of reflex sympathetic dystrophy. Neurosurgery 40: 503, 1997.
• 16. Nath RK, Mackinnon SE, Jensen J, and Parks WC. Spatial pattern of type I collagen expression in injured peripheral nerve. J Neurosurg 86: 120-124, 1997.
• 17. Nath RK, Mackinnon SE, and Shenaq SM. New nerve transfers following peripheral nerve injuries. Operative Techniques in Plast Reconstr Surg 4: 2-11, 1997.
• 18. Kumar K, Toth C, Nath RK, Verma AK, and Burgess JJ. Improvement of limb circulation in peripheral vascular disease using epidural spinal cord stimulation: a prospective study. J Neurosurg 86: 662-669, 1997.
• 19. Kumar K, Toth C, and Nath RK. Deep brain stimulation for intractable pain: A 15-year experience. Neurosurgery 40: 736-746, 1997.
• 20. Nath RK, Kwon B, Mackinnon SE, Jensen JN, Reznik S, and
  Boutros S. Antibody to transforming growth factor-beta reduces collagen production in injured peripheral nerve. Plast Reconstr Surg 102, 1100-1108, 1998.
  21. Nath RK, Kraemer BA, Azzizadeh A. Complete ear replantation without venous anastomosis. Microsurgery 18: 282- 285, 1998.
• 22. Nath RK, Jensen JN, and Weinfeld AB. Collagen type 1 blockade with antisense oligonucleotide DNA. Surg Forum 49, 1998.
• 23. Kumar K, Toth C, Nath RK and Laing P. Epidural spinal cord stimulation for treatment of chronic pain- some predictors of success. Surg Neurol 50: 110-121, 1998.
• 24. Shenaq SM, Berzin E, Lee R, Laurent JP, Nath R, and Nelson MR. Brachial plexus birth injuries and current management. Clin Plast Surg 25: 527-536, 1998.
• 25. Kim ED, Scardino PT, Hampel O, Mills N, Wheeler TM and Nath RK. Interposition of sural nerve to restore function of cavernous nerves resected during radical prostatectomy. J Urol 161: 188-192, 1999.
• 26. Boutros S, Nath RK, Yuksel E, Weinfeld A and Mackinnon SE. Transfer of Flexor Carpi Ulnaris Branch of the Ulnar Nerve to the Pronator Teres Nerve: Histomorphometric Analysis. J Reconstr Microsurg 15: 119-22, 1999.
• 27. Nath RK and Mackinnon SE. Nerve transfers in the upper extremity. Hand Clinics 16: 131-139, 2000.
• 28. Kim ED, Scardino PT, Kadmon D, Slawin K, Nath RK. Interposition sural nerve grafting during radical retropubic prostatectomy. Urology 57: 211-216, 2001.
• 29. Weinfeld AB, Cheng J, Nath RK, Rose J, Hunter DA and Mackinnon SE. Topographical mapping of the superior transverse scapular ligament: a cadaver study to facilitate suprascapular nerve decompression. Submitted to Plast Reconstr Surg, May 2000.
• 30. Nath RK, Kadmon D, Slawin K, Miles B , Shenaq SM, Lerner S, Morton R, and Shenaq SM. Long-term outcome of sural nerve reconstruction of the cavernous nerve to preserve potency in men following radical prostatectomy. In preparation for Plast Reconstr Surg,
  June 2000.
• 31. Nath RK, Shenaq SM, Laurent JP, Lee R, Nelson M, Wolinsky JP. Long thoracic nerve and upper trunk decompression results in rapid reversal of winged scapula. In preparation for J Neurosurg, July 2000.

Chapters:

• 1. Nath RK. Fetal Wound Repair Manual: Protocol and procedure manual of the Wound Repair and Regeneration Laboratory, Washington University Division of Plastic Surgery. 278 pages. 1992.
• 2. Nath RK and Mackinnon SE. "Reflex sympathetic dystrophy: The controversy continues". Chapter in Clinics in Plastic Surgery , Update on Hand Surgery, 1996.
• 3. Nath RK and Mackinnon SE. "Management of Neuromas in the Hand". Chapter in Hand Clinics, The Painful Hand, 1996.
• 4. Nath RK and Mackinnon SE. "Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy". Chapter 111, pp. 566-569, Plastic Surgical Secrets, Weinzweig J (ed.), Hanley and Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, 1998.
• 5. Nath RK and Mackinnon SE. "Peripheral Nerve Injuries". Chapter 102, pp. 524-527, Plastic Surgical Secrets, Weinzweig J (ed.), Hanley and Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, 1998.
• 6. Nath RK and Mackinnon SE. "Peripheral Nerve Regeneration ". Chapter 12, pp. 201-216, Tissue Engineering: Applications in Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontics , Lynch SE, Genco RJ and Marx RE (eds.), Quintessence Publ. Co., Inc., Chicago, 1999.
• 7. Nath RK and Mackinnon SE. "The experimental basis for nerve repair-clinical application". Chapter in The Facial Nerve, May M (ed.), 1999.
• 8. Nath RK and Mackinnon SE. "Peripheral Nerve Injuries". Chapter 17, pp. 105-109, Hand and Wrist Surgery Secrets, Weinzweig J (ed.), Hanley and Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, 1999.
• 9. Nath RK and Mackinnon SE. "Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy". Chapter 26, pp. 155- 159, Hand and Wrist Surgery Secrets, Weinzweig J (ed.), Hanley and Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, 1999.
• 10. Nath RK. Median Nerve Entrapment in the Forearm. Chapter 5, Peripheral Nerve Compression Syndromes in the Upper Extremity, Alnot Y and Mackinnon SE (eds.), Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, 2000.

Presentations/ Abstracts:

• 1. Kumar K, and Nath R. Treatment of chronic pain by epidural cord stimulation: An 11-year experience. 58th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Nashville TN, 1990.
• 2. Nath RK and Weeks PM. The expression of transforming growth factor-beta in fetal and adult wound healing in rabbits. Annual Meeting of the Missouri Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, St.Louis MO,1992.
• 3. Kumar K, and Nath R. Spinal cord stimulation in peripheral vascular disease. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Neurologic Surgeons, Winnipeg MN, 1992.
• 4. Nath RK, Parks W, Markham H, and Weeks PM. Collagen regulation in fetal skin wounds. 78th Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, New Orleans LA, 1992.
• 5. Nath RK, Parks W, and Weeks PM. Procollagen type I mRNA analysis in fetal and adult wounds. Annual Meeting of the St. Louis Association of Plastic Surgeons, St. Louis MO, 1993
• 6. Nath RK, Jensen J, Markham H, and Mackinnon SE. Expression of collagen in peripheral nerves. 4th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Peripheral Nerve, Rye Brook NY,1994.
• 7. Nath RK, Jensen J, Mackinnon SE, and Weeks PM. Regulation of procollagen type I mRNA in injured peripheral nerves. Plastic Surgery Research Council Meeting, Ann Arbor MI, 1994.
• 8. Nath RK, Jones TR, and Kraemer BA. Ear reconstruction in the adult. Regional meeting of the American College of Surgeons, Lake of the Ozarks MO, 1994.
• 9. Kumar K and Nath RK. Peripheral vascular disease: the role of epidural spinal cord stimulation. Annual Meeting of the American Congress of Neurosurgery, Orlando FL, 1995.
• 10. Nath RK, Jensen J, and Weeks PM. Genetic regulation of fetal wound repair. Plastic Surgery Research Council Meeting, New York NY, 1995.
• 11. Kumar K and Nath RK. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy responds to spinal cord stimulation. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences, Victoria BC, 1995.
• 12. Nath RK, Jensen J, Duboule D, and Weeks PM. The temporal expression of homeobox gene D11 in fetal murine limb repair. Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, New Orleans LA, 1995.
• 13. Nath RK, Kwon B, Mackinnon SE, and Resnick S. Modulation of collagen type I synthesis in injured peripheral nerve. Plastic Surgery Research Council Meeting, St. Louis MO, 1996.
• 14. Kumar K, Nath RK, and Burgess J. Peripheral vascular disease and spinal cord stimulation. Annual Meeting of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Orlando FL, 1996.
• 15. Kumar K, Nath RK, and Toth C. Parameters of success in deep brain stimulation for intractable pain: A 15-year experience. Annual meeting of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Orlando FL, 1996.
• 16. Kumar K, Nath RK, and Toth C. Spinal cord electrostimulation in chronic pain: A 15-year experience. Annual meeting of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Orlando FL, 1996.
• 17. Nath RK, Kwon B, Mackinnon SE, and Resnick S. Antibody to
  transforming growth factor, subtype beta, reduces collagen expression in injured peripheral nerve. American Society for Peripheral Nerve Meeting, St. Louis MO, 1996.
• 18. Jensen JN, Nath RK, and Shenaq SM. In vitro inhibition of collagen expression using antisense nucleic acids. Plastic Surgery Research Council Meeting, Galveston TX, 1997.
• 19. Nath RK and Shenaq SM. Secondary reconstruction of the shoulder following brachial plexus injury. American Society for Peripheral Nerve Meeting, Williamsburg VA, 1997.
• 20. Nath RK. Scar control in peripheral nerve. Sunderland Society Meeting, Vail, Colorado, 1997.
• 21. Celik N, Nath RK, Weinfeld AB, Nelson M, and Shenaq SM.. Constant Triceps Branch within the Axillary Nerve Sheath. American Association of Hand Surgery Meeting, Scottsdale AZ, 1998.
• 22. Boutros S, Weinfeld AB, Mackinnon SE, Nath RK, and Yuksel E. Flexor carpi ulnaris nerve transfer to pronator teres nerve: A histomorphometric study and case report. American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery Meeting, Scottsdale AZ, 1998.
• 23. Nath RK, Jensen JN, Weinfeld AB and Yuksel E. Antisense oligonucleotide reduction of collagen 1 protein in mouse 3T3 cells. Plastic Surgery Research Council Meeting, Loma Linda CA, 1998.
• 24. Nath RK, Jensen JN, Weinfeld AB and Yuksel E. Reduction of collagen type 1 protein production of fibroblasts using antisense DNA oligonucleotides. American Society for Peripheral Nerve Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 1998.
• 25. Nath RK, Jensen JN, and Weinfeld AB. Collagen type 1 blockade with antisense oligonucleotide DNA. American College of Surgeons Meeting, Orlando FL, 1998.
• 26. Stal S, Klebuc M, and Nath RK. Digital imaging in clinical plastic surgical practice. American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Meeting, Boston MA, 1998.
• 27. Shenaq SM, Jedrysiak A, Nath RK, Lee R, Laurent JP, and Nelson M. Secondary reconstruction in obstetric brachial plexus injury. American Association for Hand Surgery. Hawaii, 1999.
• 28. Shenaq SM, Jedrysiak A, Nath RK, Lee R, Laurent JP, and Nelson M. A 12 year experience with obstetric brachial plexus management. American Association for Hand Surgery. Hawaii, 1999.
• 29. Nath RK, Yuksel E, Weinfeld AB and Jensen JN. Reduction of
  collagen 1 protein in vitro with antisense oligonucleotide DNA. Plastic Surgery Research Council, Pittsburgh PA, 1999.
• 30. Williams HB, Van Beek A, Schubert W, Migliori M, Nath RK, Gupta A, Kutz J, Ziesman M and Bender-Samual R. Phase I study of maintenance of function in muscle using electrical stimulation with an implantable system following peripheral nerve injury and repair. American Society for Peripheral Nerve, Los Angeles CA, 1999.

Instructional Courses:

• 1. Mackinnon SE and Nath RK. Surgery of the Peripheral Nerve, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Meeting: Dallas TX, 1996.
• 2. Mackinnon SE and Nath RK. Surgery of the Peripheral Nerve, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Meeting: San Francisco CA, 1997.
• 3. Nath RK and Rabinovsky E. Peripheral nerve physiology and regeneration, Plastic Surgery Research Council Meeting, Galveston TX, 1997.
• 4. Nath RK. Molecular biologic techniques in surgical research. Plastic Surgery Research Council Meeting, Galveston TX, 1997.
• 5. Nath RK, Dellon AL and Midha R. Surgical management of painful neuromas. American Society for Peripheral Nerve Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 1998.
• 6. Williams B, Nath RK, Van Beek A. Clinical experience with the Medtronic implantable muscle stimulator. American Society for Peripheral Nerve Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 1998.
• 7. Mackinnon SE and Nath RK. Surgery of the Peripheral Nerve. American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Meeting: Boston MA, 1998.
• 8. Nath RK, Wirt S, and Traylor G. Perioperative management of children undergoing secondary surgery for brachial plexus injury. American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Meeting: Boston MA, 1998.
• 9. Nelson M, Nath RK, and Davis L. Surgical management of obstetric brachial plexus injuries. American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. San Antonio TX, 1998.
• 10. Nath RK and Rabinovsky E. Molecular biologic techniques in plastic surgery research. American Society for Peripheral Nerve, Los Angeles CA, 1999.
• 11. Nath RK and Mackinnon SE. Surgery of the Peripheral Nerve. International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. San Francisco CA, 1999.
• 12. Nath RK. Risk factors and management of obstetric brachial plexus injuries in infants. Children's Mercy Hospital International Colloquium on Erb's Palsy. Kansas City MO, 1999.
• 13. Nath RK. Obstetric brachial plexus injuries and management. American College of Surgeons panel on Paralysis. San Francisco CA, 1999.
• 14. Nath RK. Surgical management of cumulative trauma disorder. 9th World Congress on Pain, Vienna, Austria, 1999.
• 15. Nath RK. Surgical management of obstetrical brachial plexus injuries. Child Neurology Society Annual Meeting. Nashville TN, 1999.
• 16. Mackinnon SE and Nath RK. Surgery of the Brachial Plexus. American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Meeting: New Orleans LA, 1999.
• 17. Mackinnon SE and Nath RK. Surgery of the Brachial Plexus. American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Meeting: Los Angeles CA, 2000.
• 18. Mackinnon SE and Nath RK. Surgery of the Brachial Plexus. American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Meeting: Orlando FL, 2001.

Invited Lecturer:

• 1. Peripheral nerve regeneration. Applications of tissue engineering in dentistry, Orlando Fl, April 1997.
• 2. Experimental and clinical aspects of peripheral nerve regeneration.
  Department of Oral Surgery, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor MI, November 1997.
• 3. Management of Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injuries. San Diego Brachial Plexus Parents Network, San Diego CA, March 1999.
• 4. Management of Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injuries. Erb's Palsy Information and Resource Group Annual Meeting, Waco TX, June 1999.
• 5. Surgical Management of Erb's Palsy. Kansas City Children's Hospital Symposium on Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injuries, Kansas City MO, August 1999.
• 6. Management of Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injuries. Tri-State Brachial Plexus Parents Network, Nashville TN, May 2000.
• 8. Management of Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injuries. United Brachial Plexus Network, Seattle WA, June 2000.
• 9. Surgery and Rehabilitation of Brachial Plexus Injuries. Pennsylvania Association of Physical and Occupational Therapists. Philadelphia PA, October 2000.
• 10. Surgical Management of Erb's Palsy. Kansas City Children's Hospital Symposium on Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injuries, Kansas City MO, September 2000.

Awards:

• 1. First place presentation, resident paper, St. Louis Society of Plastic Surgeons, 1993.
• 2. Research Award by Zeneca Alliance for development of therapeutic target molecule for scar reduction in humans, $10,000.

Grants:

• 1. Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation grant : "Adult human fibroblasts in the fetal wound environment",
  April, 1992. ( 1 year/ $ 4,567 )
• 2. Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation grant: " Homeobox gene regulation of fetal wound repair", April, 1993. ( 1 year/ $ 4,762 )
• 3. MSc. project proposal, John Jensen, Senior medical student, Washington University School of Medicine: "Homeobox gene activity in fetal skin wounds", January 1993-July 1994.( 1 year/ $ 12,000 )
• 4. Zeneca Strategic Alliance grant: " Anti-fibrotic Gene Therapy", January, 1997 ( 2 years/ $ 200,000 )
• 5. Methodist Hospital Foundation Research grant: "Inhibition of neuroma formation during peripheral nerve regeneration", January, 1997
  ( 2 years/ $ 44,279)
• 6. Zeneca Strategic Alliance grant: " Anti-fibrotic Gene Therapy", January, 1999 ( 1 year/ $ 100,000 )
• 7. Zeneca Strategic Alliance grant: " Anti-fibrotic Gene Therapy",
  January, 2000 ( 1 year/ $ 100,000 )
• 8. Zeneca Strategic Alliance grant: " Anti-fibrotic Gene Therapy",
  January, 2001 ( 1 year/ $ 100,000 )

TOTAL: $ 565, 608

Laboratory Experience:

• 1. Tissue culture (human, rabbit, mouse, rat).
• 2. Explant culture (rabbit, mouse, rat).
• 3. in situ hybridization (RNA/RNA ; DNA/RNA ; Procollagen type I ; Fibronectin; Laminin; Homeodomain; Hox D11; S8).
• 4. Northern blot
• 5. RNAse protection (Hox D11)
• 6. Polymerase chain reaction.
• 7. Immunohistochemistry (TGF-Beta 1; TGF-Beta 2; Hox species)
• 6. Mammalian fetal/ embryonic surgery (rabbit, mouse, rat).
• 9. Paraffin sectioning/ histology.
• 10. Frozen sectioning.

America's Top Doctors (Castle Connelly Publishers, 1st ed.): Peer- nominated as one of "America's Top Doctors" and the only one named in Pediatric Brachial Plexus Management.

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