Suhail K. Kanchwala, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery at the Pennsylvania Hospital
Active Surgeon, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Active Surgeon, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Surgeon, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Chief of Plastic Surgery, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Division of Plastic Surgery
3400 Spruce Street, 14 South PCAM
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Division of Plastic Surgery
3400 Spruce Street, 14 South PCAM
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Office: 215-360-0647
Education:
BS
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1998.
BA
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1998.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2002.
Permanent linkBS
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1998.
BA
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1998.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2002.
Selected Publications
Wiesemann GS, Cox EA, Nichols DS, Spiguel LR, Heath FD, Kanchwala S, Sorice-Virk S: Salvage of nipple-areolar complex ischemia with dimethyl sulfoxide: A case series. Annals of Plastic Surgery Jan. 31 2023 (Epub) Notes: doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003461.Ockerman KM, Han SH, Trieu NS, Mardourian M, Neal D, Kanchwala S, Spiguel L, Furnas HJ, Sorice-Virk S: Comparison of aesthetic outcomes of epidermal staples vs sutures in deep epigastric perforator flap breast reconstruction. Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum 5: ojad098, Nov. 1 2023.
Ockerman KM, Bryan J, Wiesemann G, Neal D, Marji FP, Heath F, Kanchwala S, Oladeru O, Spiguel L, Sorice-Virk S: Closed incision negative pressure therapy in oncoplastic surgery prevents delays to adjuvant therapy. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 11(5): e5028, May 26 2023.
Nores GDPG, Kanchwala S: Minimally invasive approaches to DIEP flap harvest: A review of current data. Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie & Plastic Chirurgie 55(2): 120-125, Apr. 2023 Notes: Epub Nov. 21, 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. Advanced Materials 35(6): e2208088, Feb. 2023 Notes: Epub Dec. 19, 2022.
Glatt BS, Kanchwala S: Annual Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons Issue of the Annals of Plastic Surgery. Annals of Plastic Surgery 88(3 Suppl 3): S143, May 2022.
Glatt BS, Kanchwala S: Annual Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons Issue of the Annals of Plastic Surgery. Annals of Plastic Surgery 87(1 Suppl 1): S1, July 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. Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 74(6): 1203-1212, June 2021 Notes: Epub Nov. 9, 2020.
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. Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 74(4): 890-930, Apr. 2021 Notes: Epub Sept. 20, 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 85(5): e3-e6, Nov. 2020.