VIEWPOINT INTERVIEWS

Kyle Chepla, MD, is a Plastic Surgeon at MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, and Associate Professor of Surgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Chepla’s special interests include surgery of the hand and wrist, peripheral nerve surgery, upper extremity reconstruction, and surgical treatment of tetraplegia.

Dr. Raj Vyas is a board-certified plastic surgeon at CHOC Hospital in Orange, California. As an expert in plastic surgery, Dr. Vyas cares for babies, kids and teens with a wide variety of conditions. He specializes in adult and pediatric facial reconstruction of congenital, traumatic and oncologic conditions. His clinical interests include cleft and craniofacial surgery, airway surgery, migraine surgery, rhinoplasty, and facial reanimation procedures.

Kurt Garren, MD, is a board-certified otolaryngologist and a head and neck surgeon with offices in Dover and Millersburg, Ohio. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of allergy and sinus issues, disorders of the ear, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, and voice and swallowing disorders, in pediatric and adult patients. Dr. Garren is currently on staff at Joel Pomerene Hospital in Millersburg.

Dr. Thomas Freier talks about the history and properties of chitosan and its use in NeuroShield nerve repair products.

Dr. Shawn Diamond is Director of Limb Restoration at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, Texas. He developed the region’s first multi-disciplinary Brachial Plexus Birth Injury center at El Paso Children’s Hospital. His special interests include pediatric hand surgery, brachial plexus birth injury and reconstructive microsurgery.