Plastic Surgeon
Resume:
CURRICULUM VITAE
ANGEL FRANCISCO FARIÑAS CHOPITE
Marietta, GA 30064
E-mail:
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Education:
● Universidad Central de Venezuela. Facultad de Medicina, Escuela Luis Razetti. Caracas. Oct 1995-March 2002. Medical Doctor Degree. Post-Graduate Education: (Venezuela)
● “Methodologic Basics”. Public Health Department. Universidad Central de Venezuela. February-March 2003.
● “Bioestadistics”. Public Health Department. Universidad Central de Venezuela. . February-May 2003.
● Ophtalmologic Basics “Jesús Rhode”. Ophthalmology Department Hospital Universitario de Caracas. Universidad Central de Venezuela. January-April 2002. Experience:
● Internship. Hospital Military “Dr. Carlos Arvelo”. General Physician. 2001-2003.
● Teacher Assistant, KMI course, Kaplan Institute Chicago IL. June-Oct 2005. Surgical Training: (USA)
● Residency Training in General Surgery: Huron Hospital, Preliminary PGY1 July 2006- to June 30th 2007.
● Residency Training in General Surgery: Huron Hospital Cleveland OH, Categorical PGY1 & 2 July 2007- to June 30th 2009.
● Residency Training in General Surgery: Cleveland Clinic Cleveland OH, July 2009-June 2012
● Staff General Surgeon for Georgia Surgicare, July 2012 –December 2016
● Assistant Professor in Surgery, Augusta University, August 2012 –December 2016,
● Assistant Professor in Surgery, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine September 2015 –December 2016
● Robotic Surgeon, certified by Intuitive Surgical.
● Incisionless and Endoscopy Surgery Certified By EndoGastric Solutions.
● Fellow of American College of Surgeons, October 2015
● Research Fellow in the Department of Plastic Surgery of Vanderbilt University June 2017 to July 2019.
● Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Clinical Fellow at Oklahoma University from July 2019 to 2022
● Astra Plastic Surgery, Staff Plastic Surgeon from August 2022 to January 2023.
● Cosmopolitan Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Founder and owner. February 2023 to present.
● Lexington Plastic Surgeons, Independent Contractor Plastic Surgeon from April 2023 to present.
Hospital Privileges:
● Northside Hospital: Gwinnett and Duluth, GA
● Southern Regional Hospital, Riverdale, GA
License
● GA 068589: Active
Publications:
● “Spontaneous Retroperitoneal Hematoma”. Antonio León, Juan C. Vargas, Hernrique Arnal, Pedro Ojeda, Robert Vázquez, Carlos Rodríguez, Angel Fariñas, Francisco Fariñas. VITAE Academia Biomédica Digital. Vol 1, Junio-Agosto 1.999. Available: http//www.caibco.ucv.ve
● “Pancreatitis”. Angel Fariñas, Natalia Gonzales. VITAE Academia Biomédica Digital. # 14. January 2003. Available: http//www.caibco.ucv.ve
● “Cupric Implants in the treatment of Cavernous Hemangiomas”. Case report Dra. Yndira Oraa, Maria I Villanueva, Ramón L Zapata Sirvent, Nicomedes Fariñas, Luisa Oraa, Angel Fariñas Cir Plast Reconst Venez 1999;1(1):21-23.
● “Use of Tie Rap as an alternative for cutaneous closure”. Preliminary study. Yndira Oraa Oraa, María Isabel Villanueva, Ramón L Zapata Sirvent, Nicomedes Fariñas, Angel Fariñas, Luisa Oraa. Cir Plast Reconst Venez 1999;1(1):29-33
● "Does single-port laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy result in improved short-term perioperative outcomes compared to conventional multi-port laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy?” Charlene Lo, Ladoris Latin, Angel Fariñas, Christian X. Cruz Pico, Angelina Postoev, Christopher Ibikunle, Aliu Sanni. International Journal of Surgery. Volume 22, October 2015, Pages 67-71
● “Development of a Novel Sutureless Nerve Coaptation Device.” Angel F Farinas, Kevin Saladino, Alonda C Pollins MLI, Nancy L Cardwell BS and Wesley P Thayer. Biomed J Sci & Tech Res Volume 2 Issue 2 February 05, 2018.
● “Burn Wounds in the Young versus the Aged Patient Display Differential Immunological Responses” Angel F. Farinas, Ravinder Bamba, Alonda C. Pollins, Nancy L. Cardwell, Lillian B. Nanney, Wesley P. Thayer. Burns. 2018 Jun 9.
● “A Novel Repair for Comminuted Fractures in Metacarpals: Combing Cyanoacrylate with Demineralized Bone Matrix”. Michael Stephanides, Angel Farinas, S. Peir Johnson, Matthew Thayer, Wesley Thayer. Surgery and Rehabilitation Journal. 2018 Volume 2(4): 2-4
● “Sciatic Nerve Injury Model in Rabbits: What to Expect.” Michael Stephanides, Salam Al-Kassis, Patrick Keller, Juan M. Colazo, Angel F. Farinas, Wesley P. Thayer. February 2020 Laboratory Animals 54(6):002************
● “Diffusion MRI Predicts Peripheral Nerve Recovery in a Rat Sciatic Nerve Injury Model”. Angel F. Farinas, Isaac V. Manzanera Esteve, Alonda C. Pollins, Nancy L. Cardwell, Christodoulos Kaoutzanis, Marlieke E. Nussenbaum, Mark D. Does, Richard D. Dortch, Galen Perdikis, Wesley P. Thayer. January 2020 Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 145(4):1
● Improving Strength and Quality of Epitendinous Repairs. Angel Farinas, Michael Stephanides, Steven Schneeberger, Alonda Pollins, Nancy Cardwell, Wesley Thayer. Hand (N Y). 2018 Dec 5:1558944718813608.
● “Diffusion Tensor Tractography to Visualize Axonal Outgrowth and Regeneration in a 4-cm Reverse Autograft Sciatic Nerve Rabbit Injury Model” Angel F. Farinas; Alonda C. Pollins; Michael Stephanides; Dillon O’Neill; Salam Al-Kassis; Isaac V. Manzanera Esteve; Juan M. Colazo; Patrick R. Keller; Timothy Rankin; Blair A. Wormer; Christodoulos Kaoutzanis; Richard D. Dortch; Wesley P. Thayer. Neurol Res. 2018 Dec 24:1-8.
● “Tanzer Reduction for Ear Reconstruction” Angel F. Farinas, Vanessa Leonhard, Al Valmadrid, Juan Colazo, Christodoulos Kaoutzanis, Wesley P. Thayer. May 2020 WORLD JOURNAL OF PLASTIC SURGERY 9(2):179-185
● Applied Bioengineering in Tissue Reconstruction, Replacement, and Regeneration. Juan M. Colazo, Brian C. Evans, Angel F. Farinas, Salam Al-Kassis, Craig L. Duvall, Wesley P. Thayer. March 2019 Tissue Engineering Part B Reviews 25(4)
● Eosinophil infiltration of burn wounds in young and older burn patients.Brady Burns ; Kianna Jackson; Angel Farinas, Alonda Pollins, Leon Bellan, Galen Perdikis, Salam Kassis, Wesley Thayer. December 2019 Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries 46(5)
● Acellular Dermal Matrix Performance Compared with Latissimus Dorsi Myocutaneous Flap in Expander-Based Breast Reconstruction. James R. Patrinely, Angel Farinas, Bader Al-Majed, Antonio Jorge Forte, Servan TerKonda, Galen Perdikis. September 2019 PRS global. DOI:
10.1097/GOX.0000000000002414
● Reconstruction of Upper Third Ear Defects with a Limited Tanzer Reduction Angel F. Farinas; Vanessa Leonhard; Al C. Valmadrid; Juan M. Colazo, Christodoulos Kaoutzanis; Wesley P. Thayer. Submitted to the American Surgeon Journal.
● Probabilistic Assessment of Nerve Regeneration with Diffusion MRI: Validation in Rat Models of Peripheral Nerve Trauma. Isaac V. Manzanera Esteve, Angel F. Farinas., Alonda C. Pollins, Marlieke E. Nussenbaum, Nancy L. Cardwell, Hakmook Kang, Mark D. Does, Wesley P. Thayer and Richard D. Dortch. Scientific Reports. Nature research. December 2019 Scientific Reports 9(1):19686
● Diffusion Tensor Tractrography Visualizes Partial Nerve Laceration Severity as Early as 1 Week After Surgical Repair in a Rat Model Ex Vivo. Angel Farinas, Isaac V. Manzanera Esteve, Alonda C. pollins, Nancy L. Caldwell, Mark Does, Richard Dortch, Wesley P. Thayer. January 2020Military Medicine 185(Supplement_1):35-41
● Comparing maximal forces in resorbable poly-L-lactic acid and titanium plates for mandibular fracture fixation. Brady Burns, Joseph M. Fields, Angel Farinas, Alonda C. pollins, Galen Perdikis, Wesley P. Thayer. April 2020 Heliyon 6(4):e03705
● Comparison of Telfa Rolling and a Closed Washing System for Autologous Fat Processing Techniques in Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction. Al C. Valmadrid, Christodoulos Kaoutzanis, Blair A. Wormer, Angel F. Farinas, Salam Al Kassis, Galen Perdikis, Stephane A Braun, Kent K. Higdon. September 2020 Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 146(3):486-497
Posters:
● “Mandible Fractures in Hospital Carlos Arvelo 1998-2000”. Retrospective study. XXVIII Encuentro Nacional de Residentes de Cirugía Plástica. Caracas 27-28th of September 2002.
● “Augmentation Mammoplasty: A satisfactory surgery?”. XXVIII Encuentro Nacional de Residentes de Cirugía Plástica. Caracas 27-28th Of. September 2002.
● “Severe Emphysematous Pyelonephritis. Case Report.” III Jornada Científica Nacional para Publicación de Trabajos de Investigación. Hospital Domingo Luciani. Caracas, Abril 7th 2003.
● “Postoperative Outcomes of Surgical Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement
(SU-AVR) versus Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) for Severe Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis (SSAS)" Jane Chung, Anastasia Postoev, Asia Filatov, Latin Ladoris, Angel Farinas, Christian X. Cruz Pico, Angelina Postoev, Christopher Ibikunle, Aliu Sanni. Presented at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2015.
● “Perioperative outcomes of single-port laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy versus conventional multi-port laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy" Ladoris Latin, Charlene Lo; Aliu Sanni, Christopher Ibikunle, Angel Farinas, Christian Cruz Pico, Angelina Postoev. Presented poster presentation at Obesity Week Annual Meeting: American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and The Obesity Society (TOS) Nov 3-7, 2015, in Los Angeles, CA.
● “Placement of Routine Abdominal Drains for the Detection of Postoperative Leaks and Complications after Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery” Dicks, Farinas, Cruz, Postoev, Ibikunle, Sanni. Presented at the American College of Surgeons Meeting in October 2016, San Diego, CA.
● “Development of Sutureless Nerve Coaptation Device”. Angel F Farinas, Kevin Saladino, Alonda C Pollins MLI, Nancy L Cardwell BS and Wesley P Thayer presented Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons meeting in June 2018, Palm Beach, FL.
● “Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Excised Rat Nerve Following Transection and Surgical Repair”. Isaac V. Manzanera Esteve, Angel F. Farinas, Alonda C. Pollins, Marlieke E. Nussenbaum, Mark D. Does, Richard D. Dortch, Wesley P. Thayer. Presented at Joint Annual Meeting of the International Society for Resonance in Medicine and the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology. June 21st, 2018 in Paris, France.
● “Improving Epitendinous strength”. Angel Farinas, Michael Stephanides, Steven Schneeberger, Alonda Pollins, Nancy Cardwell, Wesley Thayer, presented at the Hand Society’s 73rd Annual Meeting in Boston, MA from September 13 - 15, 2018
Oral presentation:
● “Using DTI MRI to Predict Peripheral Nerve Recovery in a Rat Sciatic Nerve Model”. Angel F. Farinas, Isaac V. Manzanera Esteve, Alonda C. Pollins, Nancy L. Cardwell, Marlieke E. Nussenbaum, Mark D. Does, Richard D. Dortch, Wesley P. Thayer. Presented in American Society of Peripheral Nerve (ASPN) Jan 12-14, 2018, in Phoenix, AZ.
● “Development of Sutureless Nerve Coaptation Device”. Angel F Farinas, Kevin Saladino, Alonda C Pollins MLI, Nancy L Cardwell BS and Wesley P Thayer. Presented at Resident Sessions for the Thuss Lectures & Tennessee Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons meeting in June 2018, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN
● “Comparison of Telfa Rolling and a Closed Washing System for Autologous Fat Processing Techniques in Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction”, presented at Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons meeting in June 2018, Palm Beach, FL.
● “MRI DTI Tractography Can Identify Early Partial Injuries in a Rat Sciatic Nerve Model”. Angel F. Farinas, Isaac V. Manzanera Esteve, Alonda C. Pollins, Nancy L. Cardwell, Marlieke E. Nussenbaum, Mark D. Does, Richard D. Dortch, Wesley P. Thayer. Presented at Plastic Surgery Morning Conference at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, August 17, 2018
● “MRI DTI Tractography Can Identify Early Partial Injuries in a Rat Sciatic Nerve Model”. Angel F. Farinas, Isaac V. Manzanera Esteve, Alonda C. Pollins, Nancy L. Cardwell, Marlieke E. Nussenbaum, Mark D. Does, Richard D. Dortch, Wesley P. Thayer. Presented at Military Health Services Research Symposium. August 20-23, 2018, Kissimmee FL.
● “Early Assessment of Peripheral Nerve Injury and Surgical Repair using Diffusion MRI” Presented at ISMRM meeting 2019 in Montreal, QC, Canada.
● Developing a Fraction Anisotropy Cutoff Value to Diagnose Recovery in Peripheral Nerve Injury. Farinas, Manzanera Esteve, Pollins, Cardwell, Nussenbaum, Does, Dortch, Perdikis, Thayer. Presented at American Society of Peripheral Nerve (ASPN) February 2019 in Palm Desert, CA.
● “Diffusion Tensor Imaging Monitoring Peripheral Nerve Injury” Farinas, Manzanera, Pollins, Cardwell, Dorch,Thayer.Presented at Resident Sessions for the Thuss Lectures & Tennessee Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons meeting in April 13, 2018, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN.
● “Incidence of surgical site infection after irrigation of surgical pocket with 0.05% chlorhexidine compared to triple antibiotic solution in post-mastectomy breast reconstruction” Ngyuyen, Farinas, Schneeberger, Higdon. Presented at Resident Sessions for the Thuss Lectures & Tennessee Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons meeting in April 13, 2018, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN.
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