Suhail K. Kanchwala, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery at the Pennsylvania Hospital
Active Surgeon, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Active Surgeon, Pennsylvania Hospital
Attending Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Surgeon, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Chief of Plastic Surgery, Pennsylvania Hospital
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Division of Plastic Surgery
3400 Spruce Street, 14 So. PCAM
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Division of Plastic Surgery
3400 Spruce Street, 14 So. PCAM
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Education:
BS
Stanford University, 1998.
BA
Stanford University, 1998.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2002.
Permanent linkBS
Stanford University, 1998.
BA
Stanford University, 1998.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2002.
Selected Publications
Nores GDPG, Kanchwala S.: Minimally Invasive Approaches to DIEP flap Harvest: A review of current data. Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir Nov 2022.Lee YJ, Kanchwala SK, Cho H, Jolly JC, Jablonka E, Tanis M, Kamien RD, Yang S.: Natural Shaping of Acellular Dermal Matrices for Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction via Expansile Kirigami. Adv Mater Nov 2022.
Glatt BS, Kanchwala S.: Annual Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons Issue of the Annals of Plastic Surgery. Ann Plast Surg 87: S1, Jul 2021.
Shakir S, Spencer AB, Piper M, Kozak GM, Soriano IS, Kanchwala SK.: Laparoscopy allows the harvest of the DIEP flap with shorter fascial incisions as compared to endoscopic harvest: A single surgeon retrospective cohort study. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2021.
Piper M, Ligh CA, Shakir S, Messa C, Soriano I, Kanchwala S.: Minimally invasive robotic-assisted harvest of the deep inferior epigastric perforator flap for autologous breast reconstruction. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2021.
Momeni Arash, Kanchwala Suhail, Sbitany Hani: Oncoplastic Procedures in Preparation for Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy and Autologous Breast Reconstruction: Controlling the Breast Envelope. Plastic and reconstructive surgery 145(4): 914-920, Apr 2020.
Yan Chen, Wink Jason D, Ligh Cassandra A, Kanchwala Suhail: The Effects of Adjunctive Pain Medications on Postoperative Inpatient Opioid Use in Abdominally Based Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction. Annals of plastic surgery Feb 2020.
Shakir S, Spencer AB, Kozak GM, Nathan SL, Soriano IS, Kanchwala SK.: Laparoscopically Assisted DIEP Flap Harvest Minimizes Fascial Incision in Autologous Breast Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg 2020.
Shakir Sameer, Spencer Amy B, Kozak Geoffrey M, Jablonka Eric M, Kanchwala Suhail K: Make Your Own Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap: Perforator Delay Improves Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap Reliability. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open 7(11): e2478, Nov 2019.
Momeni Arash, Kanchwala Suhail: Reply: Hybrid Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction: A Surgical Approach that Combines the Benefits of Autologous and Implant-Based Reconstruction. Plastic and reconstructive surgery 144(3): 509e, Sep 2019.