Ines C. Lin - Faculty Biosketch

Ines C. Lin, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Active Surgeon, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Active Surgeon, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Active Surgeon, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Attending Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Program Director, Hand Surgery Fellowship , Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania

Department: Surgery

Contact information

Division of Plastic Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
14th Floor, South Pavilion
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-662-7300
Fax: 215-615-0474

Email:
ines.lin@uphs.upenn.edu

Education:
BA (Economics)
Stanford University, 1999.
BS (Biological Sciences)
Stanford University, 1999.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2004.
MSEd (Medical Education)
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, 2018.

Post-Graduate Training
Research Fellow, Division of Plastic Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2003-2004.
Intern, General Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2004-2005.
Resident, General Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2005-2007.
Resident, Plastic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2007-2010.
Fellow, Hand Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2010-2011.

Certifications
The American Board of Plastic Surgery, 2012.
The American Board of Plastic Surgery - Certificate in the Subspecialty of Surgery of the Hand, 2013.

Permanent link

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Selected Publications

Atia AN, Erdmann D, Lin IC, Levin LS, O'Neill K, O'Kelly N, Redett R, Huelsboemer L, Pomahac B: Soft tissue transplantation. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice, 22nd Edition. Tyler DS (eds.). Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2026 (in press) Notes: Chap. 59.

Makhoul AT, Morales CZ, Card EB, Goldshore MA, Morris JB, Levin LS, Wink JD, Fischer JP, Lin IC, Kovach SJ 3rd.: Surgical Management of Xylazine-Associated Wounds: A Retrospective Review and Algorithmic Approach. Ann Plast Surg Jan 2026.

Zhuang T, Bohr M, Disser N, Ojea Quintana J, Liu E, Sobel AD, Bozentka D, Lin IC, Lee HH.: Artificial Intelligence Can Inform Prediction of American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification in Hand Surgery. Hand (N Y) Oct 2025.

Frankel D, Valdes-Morales K, Trifoi MD, Lin SK, Deitermann AM, Banala M, Zhang E, Easo N, Lubeck M, Haynes D, Lewis D, Nugent ST, Etzkorn JR, Jariwala NN, Zhang J, Walker JL, Higgins HW 2nd, Sobanko JF, Giordano CN, Daneshpajouhnejad P, Modi M, Lin IC, Chang B, Wink J, Karakousis G, Miura J, Miller CJ: Mohs micrographic surgery reduces the risk of reconstruction with positive margins, repeat surgeries, and time to definitive reconstruction compared to conventional excision of hand and foot melanomas: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 93(1): 157-164, July 2025 Notes: Epub Mar. 11, 2025.

Zhuang T, Berns E, Hale E, Lin I, Sobel AD: Secondary procedures after closed reduction percutaneous pinning versus open reduction internal fixation of phalanx fractures: A large database analysis. Journal of Hand Surgery Asian Pacific Volume 30(3): 293-298, June 2025 Notes: Epub Apr. 16, 2025.

Terry PH, Toyoda Y, Lin IC: Skin cancer of the hand: Current management and new horizons. Journal of Hand Surgery 50(6): 732-740, June 2025 Notes: Epub Mar. 29, 2025.

Valdes Morales KL, Frankel D, Trifoi MD, Lin SK, Deitermann AM, Lubeck M, Sobanko JF, Higgins HW 2nd, Giordano CN, Walker JL, Zhang J, Lewis DJ, Chang B, Wink JD, Lin IC, Kovach SJ 3rd, Etzkorn JR, Miller CJ: Nail unit melanoma treated with Mohs micrographic surgery: Technique, local recurrence rate, and surgical outcomes. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 92(5): 1072-1079, May 2025 Notes: Epub Jan. 21, 2025.

Saikali LM, Herrera CD, Chen AT, Rossi L, Conlon T, Plana NM, Lin IC, Swanson JW, Goldshore M, Morris JB, Guerra CE, Morales CZ: The Center for Surgical Health (CSH): A surgical equity intervention in plastic surgery. Annals of Plastic Surgery 94(4S Suppl 2): S390-S394, Apr. 1 2025.

Kim M, Lin IC, Hui-Chou HG: The impact of leadership in gender diversity of annual meeting speakers in the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online 7(4): 100616, Apr. 22 2025 Notes: eCollection July 2025.

Kim M, Lin IC, Hui-Chou HG: The impact of leadership in gender diversity of annual meeting speakers in the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH). Poster presentation at the 2025 American Association of Hand Surgery Annual Meeting, Waikoloa Village, HI Jan. 2025.