Education
Professional Appointments
- 12/2009 - Clinical Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine
- 12/2009 - Member of the Editorial Board, Annals of Plastic Surgery
- 12/2007 - Member of the Editorial Board, Microsurgery Journal
- 8/2007 - 8/2009 Clinical Instructor, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Stanford University, CA - 8/2006 - 7/2007 Clinical Instructor, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Loma Linda University, CA
Board Certification
- 11/207 American Board of Plastic Surgery
Education
- 2007-2008 Microsurgery Fellowship
Stanford University, CA - 2000-2006 Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Program
Loma Linda University, CA - 1998-2000 Stanford University School of Medicine M.D. (6/2000)
- 1997-1998 Microsurgical Research Fellow, Buncke Microsurgical
Laboratory, San Francisco, CA - 1991-1997 Jagiellonian University Medical School, Krakow, Poland Medical Diploma
GPA- 4.83 ( 2-5 grade scale ) - 1987- 1991 King Jan Sobieski Gymnasium, Krakow, Poland
Final Examination GPA- 5.0 ( 2-5 grade scale )
Baccalaureate
Awards & Honors
- 2009 Doctorate Degree, Division of Plastic Surgery, Wroclaw Medical Academy, Wroclaw, Poland
- 2008 Clinical Presentation Prize at the Stanford Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery First Annual Resident and Fellow Research Day
- 2004 Lifecell Corporation Research Grant, "The role of Alloderm in radiation-induced peri-prosthetic capsule formation"
- 2004 The Frank R. Rogers, MD, MBA Academic Achievement Award
- 2003 Clinical Presentation Prize at the Loma Linda Department of Surgery First Annual Resident Research Day
- 2001 The Frank R. Rogers, MD, MBA Academic Achievement Award
- 2001 Resident Scientific Paper Prize at California Society of Plastic Surgeons 51st Annual Meeting
- 1999 Kosciuszko Foundation Scholarship
- 1999 Alumni Award at the Sixteenth Annual Stanford Medical Student Research Symposium
- 1998-1999 Medical Scholars Research Grant, Stanford University School of Medicine
- 1996-1997 Polish Ministry of Health Scholarship for Academic Excellence
- 1996-1997 Jagiellonian University Medical Faculty Scholarship for Academic Excellence
- 1996-1998 European Education Foundation Fellowship for Summer Study Abroad at Antwerpen University Medical School, Antwerp, Belgium
- 1995-1996 Jagiellonian University Medical Faculty Scholarship for Academic Excellence
- 1996-1997 European Education Foundation Fellowship for Summer Study Abroad at Lyon University Medical School, Lyon, France
- 1994-1995 Jagiellonian University Medical Faculty Scholarship for Academic Excellence
- 1994-1995 Jagiellonian University Exchange Fellowship for Summer Study at Bochum Medical School, Bochum, Germany
- 1994-1995 Polish Ministry of Health Scholarship for Academic Excellence
- 1993-1994 Jagiellonian University Medical Faculty Scholarship for Academic Excellence
- 1993 Elected to Independent Curriculum Study Track for Academic Excellence
- 1992-1995 Vice President, Student Scientific Society at the Jagiellonian University Department of Maxillo-Facial and Dental Surgery
- 1992 English Language Course Scholarship in Rybnik, Poland
Clinical Experience Abroad
- 5/96-7/96 Department of Plastic Surgery, Antwerpen University, Antwerp, Belgium
- 6/95-7/95 Department of Maxillo-Facial and Aesthetic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Lyon, France
- 9/94-10/94 Department of Face, Jaw and Oral Cavity Surgery, Bochum University, Bochum, Germany
Research
- 11/09 Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine
- 8/08-8/09 Stanford University Medical Center
- 7/04-7/07 Loma Linda University School of Medicine
- 9/97-6/00 Buncke Microsurgical Laboratory, California Pacific Medical Center, Davies Campus, San Francisco, CA.
- 1/98-6/98 Rehabilitation Research and Development Center, Palo Alto VA Hospital, Palo Alto, CA.
On-going projects
- "The use of injectable acellular dermal scaffold for correction of breast contour defects"
- "Correction of nipple ptosis after immediate breast reconstruction following mastectomy"
- "Evaluation of scar quality after reduction mammaplasty using different suture materials"
- "Preoperative determination of nipple position after breast augmentation with implants"
Posters
- 10/01 Komorowska-Timek E, Timek TA, Brevetti L, Szuba A, Struehlinger M, Hardesty R, Buncke H. Systemic and Intrapedicle Administration of L-arginine Decreases Necrosis of Rat Epigastric Skin Flap. Inaugural Congress of the World Society for Reconstructive Surgery, Taipei, Taiwan
- 6/01 Komorowska-Timek E, Timek TA, Szuba A, Zhang F, Lineaweaver W, Hardesty RA, Buncke HJ. The Effect of Single Intrapedicle Administration of Vascular Endothelial growth Factor on Necrosis and Pedicle Dependence of the Rat Island Flap. Plastic Surgery Research Council Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- 5/99 Komorowska-Timek E, Chen SG, Zhang F, Lineaweaver WC, Buncke HJ: Prolonged Topical Use of Verapamil and Lidocaine Decreases Skin Flap Necrosis. Presented at Sixteenth Annual Stanford Medical Student Research Symposium Stanford, California.
- 5/99 Komorowska-Timek E, Zhang F, Shi DY, Levin D, Lineaweaver WC, Buncke HJ: Long Term Follow-up Study of Cryopreserved Arterial Iso and Allografts in the Rat Model. Plastic Surgery Research Council Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Foreign Languages
Fluent in Polish
Good knowledge of Russian