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Melinda L. Lacerna, M.D., FACS - Tampa















Credentials

Education:
Doctor of Medicine
University of California, Irvine College of Medicine (1994-1998)
Irvine, CA

Bachelor of Science Biological Sciences
California State University, Fullerton (1990-1994)
Fullerton, CA

Board Certifications:
Board Certified, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Board Certified, General Surgery

Professional Memberships:
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
California Society of Plastic Surgeons

Surgical Training:
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (2003-2005)

General Surgery
Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA (1998-2003)

Work Experience:
Attending Plastic Surgeon
Channel Islands Plastic Surgery Medical Group
Ventura County Medical Center (Current)

Attending Plastic Surgeon
Kaiser Permanente, Woodland Hills, CA (2005-2007)

Publications:
Lacerna, M, Spears, J, Mitra, A
Avoiding free nipple grafts during reduction mammaplasty in patients with gigantomastia.
Ann Plast Surg. 2005 Jul;55(1):21-4

Kaminski, A., Amr, D., Lacerna-Kimbrell, ML
Lymphatic Mapping in patients with breast cancer and previous Augmentation Mammaplasty. Am Surg. 2007 Oct;73(10);981-3

Puopong, D, Terasaki, K, Lacerna, M, Applebaum, H
Splenic artery embolization in the management of an acute immune thrombocytopenic purpura-related intracranial hemorrhage.
J Pediatr Surg. 2005 May;40(5):869-71.

ElTorai, I, Wong, Lacerna, M
Surgical aspects of autonomic dysreflexia.
J Spinal Cord Med. 1997 Jul;20(3):361-4.

Lacerna, M
Les Fleurs de La Chateau, original oil painting
Cover, The Kaiser Permanente Journal, Fall 2006 issue
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