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Erfanian, Kamil, MD

Assistant Professor, Director of the UNC Hand Rehabilitation Center

Curriculum Vitae

Department of Surgery
    Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Surgery of the Hand

Services:
Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Surgery of the Hand, Reconstructive Surgery

Procedures/Research:
Hand surgery, nerve decompression, microsurgery, breast reconstruction, lower and upper extremity reconstruction, head and neck reconstructions, reconstruction of oncologic defects, facial trauma.
 
Clinical Appointment Phone:  919-966-6461
Assistant Name:  Natalle Hatfield
Assistant Phone:  919-966-7729
Assistant Email:  natalle_hatfield@med.unc.edu

Website: http://www.med.unc.edu/plastic/faculty
Kamil Erfanian, MD

Certifications
Plastic Surgery - Board Certified  (2008)
American Board of Surgery - Board Certified  (2005)
North Carolina Medical License - Board Certified  (2004)

Education and Training
M.S.: University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 1993 - 1995
Area: Electrical Engineering
Medical School: MD, Tufts University, Boston, MA, 1995 - 1999
Residency and Chief Resident: Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, 1999 - 2004
Area: General Surgery
Visiting House Officer: Tenwek Hospital, Kenya, 2001 - 2001
Area: General Surgery
Residency and Chief Resident: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2004 - 2006
Area: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Fellowship: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2006 - 2007
Area: Hand & Microsurgery

Professional Positions
  1. Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2007-present

  2. Associate Director of the UNC Hand Rehabilitation Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2007-present

Honors
  1. Outstanding Teacher Award for Excellence in Resident Education, UNC Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 2009

  2. Humanitarian Award, Brown University School of Medicine/Rhode Island Hospital, 2004

  3. Young Investigator's Award, Rhode Island Hospital, 2002

  4. Brian A. Dorman, MD, Surgical Education Award in Recognition of Best Clinical Paper, Brown University School of Medicine/Rhode Island Hospital, 2001-2002

  5. Alpha Omega Alpha, Tufts University School of Medicine

  6. Martin J. Loeb Memorial Prize in Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine

Presentations
  1. Management of Small Bowel Obstruction
    Authors: Kamil Erfanian, MD
    Resident Conference, General Surgery, Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, 1999

  2. In-Line Image Projection Improves Task Performance in Laparoscopic Appendectomy
    Authors: Kamil Erfanian, Francois I. Luks, Arlet Kurkchubasche, Conrad Wesselhoeft, Thomas Tracey
    Rhode Island Hospital, Finalist in Young Investigator's Poster Presentation, Providence, RI, 2001

  3. Current Management of Achalasia
    Authors: Kamil Erfanian, MD
    Resident Conference, General Surgery, Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, 2001

  4. Surgical Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
    Authors: Kamil Erfanian, MD
    Grand Rounds, General Surgery, Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, 2002

  5. In-line Image Projections Improves Task Performance in Laparoscopic Appendectomy
    Authors: Kamil Erfanian, Francois I. Luks, Arlet Kurkchubasche, Conrad Wesselhoeft, Thomas Tracy
    Annual Pediatric Surgical Meeting, Poster Presentation, Phoenix, AZ, 2002

  6. Hand Flaps for Coverage of Dorsal Hand Injuries
    Authors: Kamil Erfanian, MD
    Grand Rounds, Plastic Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2004

  7. Acute Lower GI Bleeding: Management & Treatment Strategies
    Authors: Kamil Erfanian, MD
    Grand Rounds, General Surgery, Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, 2004

  8. Local Anesthesia For Facial Plastic Procedures
    Authors: Kamil Erfanian, MD
    Plastic Surgery Conference, Carolinas Medical Center/Charlotte Plastic Surgery, Charlotte, NC, 2005

  9. Management of Common Hand Injuries
    Authors: Kamil Erfanian, MD
    Grand Rounds, Plastic Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2005

  10. Compartment Syndrome of the Upper Extremity
    Authors: Kamil Erfanian, MD
    Hand Surgery Conference, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2006

  11. Treatment of Phalangeal Fractures
    Authors: Kamil Erfanian, MD
    Hand Surgery Conference, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2007

  12. Acute Hand Infections
    Authors: Kamil Erfanian, MD
    Hand Surgery Conference, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2008

  13. Treatment of Extensor Tendon Lacerations
    Authors: Kamil Erfanian, MD
    Hand Surgery Conference, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2008

  14. Treatment of Dupuytren's Disease
    Authors: Kamil Erfanian, MD
    Hand Surgery Conference, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2008

Publications
  1. The Use of Closed Suction in the Treatment of Necrotizing Fasciitis: Report of a Case and Review of Literature
    Authors: Kamil Erfanian, Steven D. Schwaitzberg
    Contemporary Surgery, 1999

  2. In-Line Image Projection Improves Task Performance in Laparoscopic Appendectomy
    Authors: Kamil Erfanian, Francois I. Luks, Arlet Kurkchubasche, Conrad Wesselhoeft, Thomas Tracy
    Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2002

  3. Comprehensive management of hot-press hand injuries: long-term outcomes following reconstruction and rehabilitation.
    Authors: Hultman CS, Erfanian K, Fraser J, Thornton SJ, Calvert CS, Cairns BA
    Annals of Plastic Surgery, May 2010; 64(5):553-8., 2010


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