Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Research

Jens Berli, M.D.

Dr. Jens Berli

Title: Associate Professor and Head of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Research Focus: Outcomes research after phalloplasty and facial feminization surgery

Current projects:

  • Urologic and Patient Reported Outcomes after Phalloplasty

Select publications:

  1. Peters BR, Sikora Z, Timmins BH, Berli JU. Nerve morbidity at the radial forearm donor site following gender-affirming phalloplasty. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2022 Oct;75(10):3836-3844.
  2. Cylinder I, Heston A, Carboy J, Jedrzejewski B, Peters B, Berli JU. Partial Flap Loss in Gender Affirming Phalloplasty. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2022 May;38(4):276-283.
  3. Peters BR, McCreary E, Putnam CA, Berli JU. Shaft-only Phalloplasty: Technical Modifications to Optimize Aesthetics. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2021 Jun 22;9(6):e3645.
  4. Danker S, Annen AW, Cylinder I, Esmonde NO, Berli JU. Technical Description and Microsurgical Outcomes in Phalloplasty Using the Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery and Locoregional Veins. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020 Aug;146(2):196e-204e. 
  5. Coon D, Berli J, Oles N, Mundinger S, Thomas K, Meltzer T, Houssock C, Satterwhite T, Morrison S, Bailón C, Tenório T, Simon D, Capitán-Cañadas F, Capitán L. Facial Gender Surgery: Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Consensus Guidelines from the International Facial Gender Symposium. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 Jan 1;149(1):212-224.

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Juliana Hansen, M.D.

Dr. Juliana Hansen

Title: Professor of Surgery

Blair Peters, M.D.

Dr. Blair Peters

Title: Assistant Professor of Surgery

Research Focus: My research focuses on sensation and optimizing sensory and erogenous outcomes in gender-affirmation surgery. Although my primary focus is on sensory and nerve outcomes, I also more broadly research outcomes in gender-affirming surgeries and the experience of LGBTQ+ people in academic medicine in addition to nerve surgery to control pain.

Select publications:

  1. Uloko M, Isabey EP, Peters BR. How many nerve fibers innervate the human glans clitoris: a histomorphometric evaluation of the dorsal nerve of the clitoris. J Sex Med. 2023 Feb 27;20(3):247-252. 
  2. Peters BR, Sikora Z, Timmins BH, Berli JU. Nerve morbidity at the radial forearm donor site following gender-affirming phalloplasty. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2022 Oct;75(10):3836-3844. 
  3. Peters BR, Richards HW, Berli JU. Optimizing Innervation in Radial Forearm Phalloplasty: Consider the Posterior Antebrachial Cutaneous Nerve. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2023 Jan 1;151(1):202-206.
  4. Peters BR, Annen AA, Berli JU, Gallagher S, Smigelski C, Kahn LH, Skelton HE. Neurosensory Re-education following Gender-affirming Phalloplasty: A Novel Treatment Protocol. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2022 Oct 24;10(10):e4616.
  5. Peters BR, Martin LH, Butler C, Dugi D, Dy GW. Robotic Peritoneal Flap vs. Perineal Penile Inversion Techniques for Gender-Affirming Vaginoplasty. Curr Urol Rep. 2022 Oct;23(10):211-218.

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Erik Wolfswinkel, M.D.

Dr. Erik Wolfswinkel

Title: Assistant Professor of Surgery

Research Focus: My interests are to reinvent, improve and expand on the current knowledge and techniques in cleft and craniofacial surgery.

Current projects:

  • American Indian Alaskan Native (AIAN) Access to Surgical Subspecialties
  • Cranial Vault Distraction Osteogenesis in the treatment of ERF-Related Craniosynostosis
  • Fronto-orbital Advancement For Metopic and Unilateral Coronal Synostosis: The Lateral Brow Projection Angle
  • Improving informed consent for craniosynostosis procedures

Select publications:

Gibreel W, Wlodarczyk JR, Wolfswinkel EM, Yen S, Urata MM, Hammoudeh JA. Cleft Lip and Palate: Le Fort I Distraction Using an Internal Device. Clin Plast Surg. 2021 Jul;48(3):407-417.

Goel P, Fahradyan A, Wolfswinkel EM, Jacob L, Yen SL, Urata MM, Hammoudeh JA. Is Le Fort I Distraction Enough to Treat Severe Midface Hypoplasia? J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Jul-Aug 01;32(5):1716-1720.

Wlodarczyk JR, Wolfswinkel EM, Liu A, Fahradyan A, Higuchi E, Goel P, Urata MM, Magee WP 3rd, Hammoudeh JA. Early Cleft Lip Repair: Demonstrating Efficacy in the First 100 Patients. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 Nov 1;150(5):1073-1080.

Wolfswinkel EM, Sanchez-Lara PA, Jacob L, Urata MM. Postoperative helmet therapy following fronto-orbital advancement and cranial vault remodeling in patients with unilateral coronal synostosis. Am J Med Genet A. 2021 Sep;185(9):2670-2675. 

Wolfswinkel EM, Howell AC, MacDonald B, Wilson JP, Howell LK. American Indian and Alaska Native Accessibility to Comprehensive Cleft Lip and Palate Treatment. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2022 May 31:10556656221104942.

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