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.

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Selected Publications

Minji Kim, Ines C. Lin, Helen G. Hui-Chou: The Impact of Leadership in Gender Diversity of Annual Meeting Speakers in the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH). Poster at the 2025 American Association of Hand Surgery Annual Meeting Jan 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. J Am Acad Dermatol Jan 2025.

Guest R, Kapadia K, Ledbetter K, Martinez C, Lin IC.: The Intersection of a Life Partner and Professional Wellness for the Plastic Surgeon. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 13: e6438, Jan 2025.

Stone BK, Kung TA, Abbed T, Lin I, Rao V.: Mentorship in Plastic Surgery: A Systematic Review of the Current Literature and Elucidation of Recurring Themes. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 13: e6444, Jan 2025.

Thompson Zhuang, Ellis Berns, Erin Hale, Ines C Lin, Andrew D Sobel: To Pin or to Fix? Secondary Procedures After Closed Reduction Percutaneous Pinning versus Open Reduction Internal Fixation of Phalanx Fractures. Poster at the 2025 American Association of Hand Surgery Annual Meeting Jan 2025.

Yoshiko Toyoda, Peyton H Terry, Mehdi Lemdani, Jennifer X Hong, Andrew D Sobel, Jason Wink, Ines C Lin: Perioperative factors in determining length of inpatient stay in digit replantation and revascularization. Poster at the 2025 American Association of Hand Surgery Annual Meeting Jan 2025.

Lin IC (as part of the ASSH Self-Assessment Examination Committee): ASSH Self-Examination 2025. Am Soc Surg Hand. LE Weiss (eds.). 2025.

Drs. Ines Lin and Damian Marucci: "Managing Upper Extremity Gunshot Wounds" With Ines Lin MD. PRS Global Open Keynotes Podcast. Dr. Damian Marucci (eds.). October 2024 Notes: Podcast.

Naidu K, Morales CZ, Card EB, Lin IC.: Increasing Prevalence of Xylazine and Worsening Upper-Extremity Wounds in Injection Drug Use: A Local Phenomenon With National Implications. J Hand Surg Am Sep 2024.

Morales CZ, Card EB, Lin IC.: Letter Regarding "Necrotic Upper Extremity Infections in People Who Inject Drugs: A Case Series" J Hand Surg Am 49(9): e7, Sep 2024.