Dr. Rahgozar's CV
APPOINTMENTS
Elevate Plastic Surgery 2/2024 — present
Reconstructive/ Cosmetic/ Hand Surgeon
Perform Cosmetic and Reconstructive Procedures
LINE Plastic Surgery Center 12/2021 — present
Cosmetic Surgeon
Perform Cosmetic and Reconstructive Procedures
Concentra Urgent Care 09/2021 — present
Hand/ Plastic Surgeon
Evaluate and care for patients with Hand, upper extremity, and plastic surgery work related injuries
Agile Occupational Medicine 12/2025 — present
Hand/ Plastic Surgeon
Evaluate and care for patients with Hand, upper extremity, and plastic surgery work related injuries
Certified Medical Evaluators 01/2022 — present
Qualified Medical Examiner
Serve as a Qualified Medical Examiner or Agreed Medical Examiner on contested Worker’s Compensation cases
Los Angeles Bone and Joint Institute 07/2021 — 03/2022
Hand Surgeon
Treat elective and traumatic hand conditions
Perform reconstructive procedures on extremities
University of California San Francisco 09/2017 — 07/2021
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery Step 4
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Responsible for Trauma, Head and Neck, Breast, Lower extremity, Hand, and Congenital Reconstructive Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Benioff Oakland Children’s Hospital, and UCSF Medical Center
Responsible for Resident education and teaching in the clinic, operating rooms, and regular weekly conferences
Started a multidisciplinary Peripheral Nerve Clinic with three other hand surgeons and physiatrist focusing on brachial plexus injuries, complex extremity nerve pathology, and upper extremity contractures
EDUCATION
University of Michigan Ann Arbor 08/2016-07 /2017
Hand, Upper Extremity, and Microsurgery Fellowship
Program Director: Kevin Chung, MD, MS
Assoc. Program Director: Steven Haase, MD
University of Southern California 07/2013-06/2016
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Categorical Resident
Chief: Mark Urata, MD, DDS
Program Director: Warren Garner, MD
Assoc. Program Director: Joseph Carey, MD
University of California Los Angeles
General Surgery Internship 06/2007-06/2008
General Surgery Residency 07/2008-06/2009
General Surgery Research Fellowship 07/2009-06/2010
General Surgery Residency 07/2010-06/2013
Chairman: Ron Busuttil, MD
Program Director: Joe Hines, MD
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine 08/2003-05 /2007
Medical Degree, Top 1/3 of class
University of California Los Angeles 09/1999-06/2003
Bachelors Science, Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics with Honors
Minor Spanish
Summa cum laude; Provost’s Honors List
CERTIFICATES AND LICENSURES
Qualified Medical Evaluator 2021
Certification in the Subspecialty of Hand Surgery 2019
Diplomate American Board of Plastic Surgery 2018
Diplomate American Board of Surgery 2014
Fluoroscopy X-Ray Supervisor and Operator Permit 2018 - current
Laser Safety/Biophysics of Laser Applications 2016
Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery Certification 2013
Michigan Medical License 2016 - 2018
California Medical License 2009 - current
HONORS AND AWARDS
- ASPS Plastic Surgery The Meeting Top 200 Tier 1 Abstract 2020
- ASSH Linscheid-Dobyns Excellence in Wrist Research Award 2017
- ASSH Top Paper Presentation: A Comparative Analysis of Resource Utilization Between Proximal Row Carpectomy and Partial Wrist Fusion: A Population Study 2017
- University of Michigan Plastic Surgery Annual Dingman Scientific Symposium Best Clinical Research Presentation 2017
- Outstanding Student Teaching Award 2010
- Cardiothoracic Surgery Junior Resident of the Year 2009
- Harvey Butcher Prize in General Surgery 2007
- Forum on International Health and Tropical Medicine (FTHTM) International Rotation Scholarship 2007
- NIH Summer Research Grant 2004
- American Heart Association Undergraduate Research Fellowship 2002
RESEARCH
University of California San Francisco Division of Plastic Surgery 2017 — 2021
Principal Investigator
Performing outcomes research in hand surgery using administrative databases. Examples include opioid use in wide awake hand surgery, use of CT scan for scaphoid healing, and comparison of opioid use in endoscopic vs. open carpal tunnel surgery
Creating Resident educational tools for hand procedures to better teach junior residents and using these tools to also help educate non-hand surgery trained physicians to perform basic procedures in rural and lower income countries
Awarded UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Supernova Grant with co-Investigator Igor Immerman, MD.
Mentoring multiple medical students, orthopaedic and plastic surgery residents
University of Michigan Ann Arbor Section of Plastic Surgery 2016 — 2017
Fellow
Mentor: Kevin Chung, MD. Used administrative databases to investigate outcomes analysis in Hand and Wrist surgery as well as economic utilization
University of Southern California, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 2014 - 2016
Research Fellow
Mentors: Milan Stevanovich, MD, PhD; Alidad Ghiassi, MD. Prospectively collected and analyzed data on patients with traumatic injuries such as distal radius fractures
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Dept. of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2014 - 2016
Research Fellow
Mentor: David Kulber, MD. Studied clinical series of patients treated with radiofrequency ablation with high grade scapholunate ligament injuries of the wrist.
University of California Los Angeles, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2010 - 2013
Research Fellow
Mentors: James Bradley, MD; Jaco Festekjian, MD. Participated in clinical studies on residency education and breast reconstruction as well as a basic science study using adipose derived stem cells to treat cleft palate and oronasal fistulas
University of California Los Angeles, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2009 — 2010
Research Fellow
Mentor: Richard Shemin, MD. Spent a year in the basic science lab investigating the effects of tissue engineering (stem cells) in heart failure using animal models. Explored alternatives to heart transplantation. Performed survival surgeries including thoracotomies and LAD ligations in rodents
Washington University in St. Louis, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006 — 2007
Research Assistant
Mentor: Nader Moazami, MD. Investigated clinical outcomes of cardiac failure patients with UNOS 2 status upgraded to status 1
Washington University in St. Louis, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2004 - 2007
Research Assistant
Mentor: Ralph Damiano Jr, MD. Used a porcine model to perform a modified Cox-Maze using a bipolar radiofrequency device without catdiopulmonary bypass
University of California Los Angeles, Cardiovascular Research Laboratory — 2000 — 2003
Research Assistant
Mentors: Kenneth P. Roos, PhD; Maria Jordan, MD. Studied catdiovascular consequences of stresses including trans-aortic banding, exercise, and pregnancy in mice over-expressing the cardiac sodium/calcium exchanger
PUBLICATIONS
Park KM, Immerman I, Rahgozar P. Trends in the Management of Pediatric Trigger Thumb in the United States. Hand (NY). 2021 Nov.
Gonzalez SR, Loomba V, Obi-Osuagwu O, Al-Nowaylati AR, Rahgozar P. Severe Craniofacial Morbidity from a Bean Bag Projectile. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open. 2021 May.
Park KM, Tai C, Rahgozar P. Early Recurrent Carpal ’ Tunnel Syndrome in Patients with Mucopolysaccharidoses. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open. 2021 Mat.
Withers JA, Lalchandani GR, Halvorson RT, Immerman I, Rahgozar P. Opioid Use following Open versus Endoscopic Carpal ‘Tunnel Release: A Population Study. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open. 2021 Feb.
Dayani F, Rahgozar P. Content Evaluation of Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Program Websites Regarding Sub-Internships. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open. 2020 Aug.
Reghunathan M, Rahgozar P, Sbitany H, Srinivasa DR. Breast Reconstruction Does Not Increase the Incidence of Postmastectomy Pain Syndrome: Results of a Meta-Analysis. Aun Plast Surg. 2020.
Lalchandani G, Halvorson R, Rahgozar P, Immerman I. Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia for Minor Hand Surgery Associated with Lower Opioid Prescriptions, Morbidity, and Costs: A Nationwide Database Study. Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online. 2019
Rahgozar P. Thumb Fractures. In Chung K, Lawton J eds. The University of Michigan's Upper Extremity Fracture Surgery. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2019.
Gould DJ, Rahgozar P, Nagengast ES, Kulber DA. Use of Acellular Dermal Matrix to Prevent Recurrence of Radioulnar Heterotopic Ossification. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global. 2019 Jan 14;7(6):e2257.
Rahgozar P, Chung KC. Common Congenital Hand Anomalies. In: Chung KC ed. Grabb and Smith’s Plastic Surgery 8 edition. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2019.
Wang E, Rahgozar P. The Pathogenesis and Treatment of the Stiff Digit. Cimies in Plastic Surgery. 2019 Jul;46(3): 339-345.
Giladi AM, Rahgozar P, Zhong L, Chung KC. Corticosteroid or hyaluronic acid injections to the catpometacarpal joint of the thumb joint are associated with early complications after subsequent surgery. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2018 Dec;43(10):1106-1110.
Zhu A, Rahgozar P, Chung KC. Advances in Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Arthroplasty: Biomechanics and Biomaterials. Hand Clinics, 2018 May;34(2):185-194.
Rahgozar Paymon. A fellowship week at the legendary Chang Gung Hospital in Taiwan. Plastic Surgery News. July/August 2017.
Rahgozar P, Zhong L, Chung KC. A Comparative Analysis of Resource Utilization Between Proximal Row Carpectomy and Partial Wrist Fusion. Journal of Hand Surgery. 2017 Oct;42(10):773-780.
Rahgozar P, Chung KC. Excision of Metacarpal Enchondroma. In: Chung K, Thorne C, Gosain A, Soltanian H, van Aalst J, Mehrara B, Disa J, Lee G, eds. Operative Techniques in Plastic Surgery. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2019.
Rahgozar P, Chung KC. Excision of Glomus Tumors. In: Chung K, Thorne C, Gosain A, Soltanian H, van Aalst J, Mehrara B, Disa J, Lee G, eds. Operative Techniques in Plastic Surgery. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2019.
Rahgozar P, Chung KC. Excision of Hemangioma of the Hand. In: Chung K, Thorne C, Gosain A, Soltanian H, van Aalst J, Mehrara B, Disa J, Lee G, eds. Operative Techniques in Plastic Surgery. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2019.
Rahgozar P, Chung KC. Lumps and Bumps of the Hand and Wrist. In: Chung K, Thorne C, Gosain A, Soltanian H, van Aalst J, Mehrara B, Disa J, Lee G, eds. Operative Techniques in Plastic Surgery. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2019.
Rahgozar P, Chung KC. Excision of Malignant Skin Tumors of the Upper Extremity. In: Chung K, Thorne C, Gosain A, Soltanian H, van Aalst J, Mehrara B, Disa J, Lee G, eds. Operative Techniques in Plastic Surgery. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2019.
Rahgozar P, Chung KC. Excision of Peripheral Nerve Schwannoma. In: Chung K, Thorne C, Gosain A, Soltanian H, van Aalst J, Mehrara B, Disa J, Lee G, eds. Operative Techniques in Plastic Surgery. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2019.
Rahgozar P, Chung KC. Procedures to Improve Elbow Extension in Spastic Conditions. In: Chung K, Thorne C, Gosain A, Soltanian H, van Aalst J, Mehrara B, Disa J, Lee G, eds. Operative Techniques in Plastic Surgery. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2019.
Rahgozar P, Chung KC. Correcting Flexion Contracture and Augmenting Finger Extension in Spastic Conditions. In: Chung K, Thorne C, Gosain A, Soltanian H, van Aalst J, Mehrara B, Disa J, Lee G, eds. Operative Techniques in Plastic Surgery. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2019.
Rahgozar P, Chung KC. Procedures to Improve Grasp in Patients with Spasticity. In: Chung K, Thorne C, Gosain A, Soltanian H, van Aalst J, Mehrara B, Disa J, Lee G, eds. Operative Techniques in Plastic Surgery. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2019.
Rahgozar P, Chung KC. Lateral Key Pinch Reconstruction for Spastic Conditions. In: Chung K, Thorne C, Gosain A, Soltanian H, van Aalst J, Mehrara B, Disa J, Lee G, eds. Operative Techniques in Plastic Surgery. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2019.
Rahgozar P, Chung KC. Augmenting Wrist Extension for Spastic Conditions. In: Chung K, Thorne C, Gosain A, Soltanian H, van Aalst J, Mehrara B, Disa J, Lee G, eds. Operative Techniques in Plastic Surgery. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2019.
Billig J, Rahgozar P, Chung KC. Rheumatoid Hand. In: Murphy Jr. R, Herman C, eds. Introductory Atlas of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery: A Procedural Manual. New York: Thieme (in production)
Roostaeian J, Yoon A, Rahgozar P, Tanna N, Crisera C, DaLio A, Festekjian J. Implant-Based Immediate Breast Reconstruction in The Previously Augmented Patient. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. 2015 Apt;68(4)e71-9.
Roostaeian J, Yoon AP, Sanchez IS, Rahgozar P, Galanis C, Herrera F, Tseng CY, Festekjian JH, Da Lio AL, Crisera CA. The Effect of Prior Abdominal Surgery on Abdominally Based Free Flaps in Breast Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Mar;133(3):247e-55e.
Roostaeian J, Fan K, Sorice S, Tabit CJ, Liao E, Rahgozar P, Tanna N, Bradley JP. Evaluation of Plastic Surgery Training Programs: Integrated/Combined vs. Independent. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Jul;130(1):157e-167e
Gluck JM, Rahgozar P, Ingle NP, Rofail F, Petrosian A, Cline MG, Jordan MC, Roos KP, Maclellan WR, Shemin RJ, Heydarkhan-Hagvall S. Hybrid coaxial electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds with limited immunological response created for tissue engineering. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part B, Applied Biomaterials. 2011 Oct;99(1):180-90
Kealey C, Rahgozar P, Kwon M. Mechanical Circulatory Support. In Culjat M, Singh R, and Lee H. Medical Devices: Surgical and Image-Guided Technologies. Hoboken: Wiley. 2012.
Roos KP, Jordan MC, Fishbein MC, Ritter MR, Friedlander M, Chang HC, Rahgozar P, Han T, Garcia AJ, Maclellan WR, Ross RS, Philipson KD. Hypertrophy and Heart Failure in Mice Overexpressing the Cardiac Sodium-Calcium Exchanger. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2007 May;13(4):318-29.
Melby SJ, Gaynor SL, Lubahn JG, Lee AM, Rahgozar P, Caruthers SD, Williams TA, Schuessler RB, Damiano RJ Jr. Efficacy and Safety of Right and Left Atrial Ablations on the Beating Heart Using Irrigated Bipolar Radiofrequency Energy: A Chronic Animal Study. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2006; 132(4):853-60.
Al-Dadah AS, Voeller RK, Rahgozar P, Lawton JS, Moon MR, Pasque MK, Damiano RJ Jr, Moazami N. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Improve Survival after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Impaired Left Ventricular Function. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2007 Jan 12;2:6.
PRESENTATIONS
Keon Min Park, Immerman, Igor, Paymon Rahgozar. U.S. Trends in Management of Pediatric Trigger Thumb. Plastic Surgery The Meeting 2021. Atlanta, GA (Podium) 2021
Keon Min Park, Immerman, Igor, Paymon Rahgozar. U.S. Trends in Management of Pediatric Trigger Thumb. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. San Francisco, CA. (Poster) 2021
Keon Min Park, Paymon Rahgozar. U.S. Trends in Management of Pediatric Trigger Thumb UCSF Dept of Surgery 34 Annual Research Symposium 2021
Webinar Panelista: Nuevas Técnicas En El Tratamiento De Las Pérdidas Cutaneas En Trauma 2021
Served as Panelist on Webinar with FEMECOT in Guadalajara discussing treatments of Traumatic Wounds. Lecture and discussion given entirely in Spanish: “Colgajos de rotacion” (Rotational Flaps) Attendance: 726 visitors from 10 different countries
Moderator Journal Club: Peripheral Nerve (UCSF) 2021
Moderator Journal Club: Hand and Wrist Arthritis (UCSF) 2020
Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Fracture Dislocations. Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds. 2020
UCSF (speaker)
Jacquelyn Withers, Gopal Lalchandani, Ryan Halvorson, Igor Immerman, Paymon Rahgozar. Opioid Use Following Open vs. Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release — A Population Study. Plastic Surgery The Meeting 2020. San Francisco (Podium). Top 200 Tier 1 Abstract 2020
Kucirek N, Lalchandani G, Rahgozar P, Immerman I. Method and timing of closure after forearm fasciotomies for compartment syndrome. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. San Antonio, TX. (Poster) 2020
Vascularized Bone Grafts (Flaps). Hand Education Lectures. UCSF (Zoom Virtual Podium) 2020
Moderator Journal Club: Pediatric Hand (UCSF) 2020
Fara Dayani, Paymon Rahgozar. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency Websites: A Critical Evaluation of Availability and Accessibility of Educational and Recruitment Information. Plastic Surgery Research Council; Toronto, Canada (Poster) 2020
Fara Dayani, Paymon Rahgozar. Availability and Quality of Online Information Regarding Sub-Internships in U.S. Integrated Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency Programs. Translational Science; Washington, DC (Poster) 2020
Fara Dayani, Paymon Rahgozar. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency Websites: A Critical Evaluation of Availability and Accessibility of Educational and Recruitment Information. Translational Science; Washington, DC (Poster) 2020
Fara Dayani, Paymon Rahgozar. Medical Students’ Perception of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Impact of Social Media Influencing their Opinion. Translational Science; Washington, DC (Poster) 2020
What Practice Model Works for me. University of Southern California Alumni and Resident Research Day (Panel) 2020
What Residency Didn’t Teach Me. University of Southern California Alumni and Resident Research Day (Panel) 2020
Rahgozar P. My [Im]Perfect Academic Plastic Surgery Practice. University of Southern California Alumni and Resident Research Day (Podium) 2020
Rahgozar P. Novel Techniques for Neuroma Management in Extremity Amputations: Targeted Muscle Reinnervation and Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interfaces. Southern California Chapter of American College of Surgeons; Santa Barbara (Speaker and Panelist) 2020
Jacquelyn Withers, Gopal Lalchandani, Ryan Halvorson, Igor Immerman, Paymon Rahgozar. Opioid Use Following Open vs. Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release — A Population Study. American Association of Hand Surgery; Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Poster) 2020
Neck and Thoracic Outlet Compression. Doctors Demystify Course for Occupational And Physical Therapists. San Francisco (Podium) 2019
Nerve Tumors. Doctors Demystify Course for Occupational and Physical Therapists. San Francisco (Podium) 2019
Lower Extremity Reconstruction. Resident Teaching Lecture. UCSF (Podium) 2019
Moderator: Journal Club Hand Surgery (UCSF) 2019
Course Instructor Lower Extremity Flaps Cadaver lab at Institute of Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Orthopaedic Trauma Institute. San Francisco Course 2019
Course Instructor Advanced Flaps Cadaver lab at Institute of Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Orthopaedic Trauma Institute. San Francisco Course 2019
Paymon Rahgozar. Reverse Sural and Cross Leg Flaps for Distal Third Coverage, San Francisco. (Podium) 2019
Paymon Rahgozar. Radial Forearm and Reverse Radial Forearm Flaps, San Francisco. (Podium) 2019
Gopal Lalchandani, Ryan Halvorson, Paymon Rahgozar, Igor Immerman. Wide Awake Hand Surgery Associated with Decreased Opioid Use and Morbidity. American Society for Surgery of the Hand; Las Vegas, NV (Poster) 2019
Jennifer Lane, Richard Craig, Gopal Lalchandani, Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Jane Green, Paymon Rahgozar, Igor Immerman, Dominic Furniss. Is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) two different diseases? A Joint Analysis of 2 Longitudinal Cohort Studies from USA and England Totalling 935,000 Cases. International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand/International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy Meeting. Berlin, Germany. (Podium) 2019
Course Instructor Lower Extremity Flaps Cadaver lab at Institute of Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Course 2019
Course Instructor Advanced Flaps Cadaver lab at Institute of Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Course 2019
Course Instructor Flap Design Hands on Session at Institute of Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Course 2019
Paymon Rahgozar. Skin Grafting. Institute for Global Orthopaedic Traumatology, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (Podium) 2019
Paymon Rahgozar. Gastrocnemius Flap. Institute for Global Orthopaedic Traumatology, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (Podium) 2019
Paymon Rahgozar. Local Fasciocutaneous Flaps. Institute for Global Orthopaedic Traumatology, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (Podium) 2019
Paymon Rahgozar. Radial Forearm Flap. Institute for Global Orthopaedic Traumatology, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (Podium) 2019
Paymon Rahgozar. Reverse Radial Forearm Flap. Institute for Global Orthopaedic Traumatology, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (Podium) 2019
Gopal Lalchandani, Ryan Halvorson, Paymon Rahgozar, Igor Immerman. Comparison of Opioid Use by Choice of Anesthesia in Hand Surgery. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Las Vegas, NV (Podium) 2019
Ryan Halvorson, Gopal Lalchandani, Igor Immerman, Paymon Rahgozar. Comparison of Opioid Use by Choice of Anesthesia in Hand Surgery. American Association for Hand Surgery, Palm Desert, CA (Poster) 2019
Meera Reghunathan, Hani Sbitany, Paymon Rahgozar, Dhyivya Srinivasa. Breast Reconstruction Does Not Increase the Incidence of Post-Mastectomy Pain Syndrome: Results of a Meta-Analysis. California Society of Plastic Surgeons (Podium) 2019
Ryan Halvorson, Gopal Lalchandani, Igor Immerman, Paymon Rahgozar. Wide-Awake Hand Surgery Associated with Decreased Opioid Use and Morbidity. Western Orthopaedic Association Meeting, Monterrey, CA (Podium) 2019
Paymon Rahgozar, Jeff Lawton, Jennifer Waljee, Kevin Chung. Linscheid-Dobyns Excellence in Wrist Instructional Course: The University of Michigan Grand Rounds on Wrist Ligament Injuries, Case-based Discussions, American Society for Surgery of the Hand Meeting, Boston, MA (Instructional Course) 2018
Jennifer Lane, Richard Craig, Gopal Lalchandani, Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Jane Green, Paymon Rahgozar, Igor Immerman, Dominic Furniss. Is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) two different diseases? A Joint Analysis of 2 Longitudinal Cohort Studies from USA and England Totaling 935,000 Cases. British Society for Surgery of the Hand; London, England (Podium) 2018
Meera Reghunathan, Hani Sbitany, Paymon Rahgozar, Dhyivya Srinivasa. Breast Reconstruction Effects on the Incidence of Post Mastectomy Pain Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis. Plastic Surgery The Meeting 2018; Chicago, IL (Podium) 2018
Meera Reghunathan, Paymon Rahgozar, Hani Sbitany, Dhyivya Srinivasa. Breast Reconstruction Effects on the Incidence of Post Mastectomy Pain Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis. American College of Surgeons; Boston, MA (Abstract) 2018
Breast Reconstruction Options at ZSFGH (Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital). Breast Patient Navigation Series, San Francisco (Podium) 2018
Course Instructor Advanced Flaps Cadaver lab at Institute of Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Orthopaedic Trauma Institute. San Francisco Course 2018
Course Instructor Lower Extremity Flaps Cadaver lab at Institute of Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology. San Francisco Course 2018
Paymon Rahgozar. Pressure Sore Treatment. Institute for Global Orthopaedic Traumatology, San Francisco (Podium) 2018
Rahgozar P. Outcomes Based Decision Making. UCSF Plastic Surgery Symposium, San Francisco 2018
Eric Nagengast, Paymon Rahgozar, Daniel Gould, David Kulber. Use of Acellular Dermal Matrix for to Prevent Recurrence of Radioulnar Heterotopic Ossification. American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Orlando, FL (Podium) 2017
Journal of Hand Surgery Podcast Episode 19: A Comparative Analysis of Resource Utilization Between Proximal Row Carpectomy and Partial Wrist Fusion: A Population Study 2017
Rahgozar P, Zhong L, Chung KC. A Comparative Analysis of Resource Utilization Between Proximal Row Carpectomy and Partial Wrist Fusion. University of Michigan Plastic Surgery Annual Dingman Scientific Symposium 2017
Rahgozar P. A Week at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Taiwan. Grand Rounds, Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan 2017
Rahgozar P, Zhong L, Chung KC. A Comparative Analysis of Resource Utilization Between Proximal Row Carpectomy and Partial Wrist Fusion. (Top Papers Category) ASSH, San Francisco, CA 2017
Paymon Rahgozar, Kevin Chung. Treatment of PIP Joint Fracture Dislocations. Grand Rounds: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan 2017
Paymon Rahgozar, Kevin Chung. How to Create a Research Idea, Experience from the Chung Lab. Grand Rounds: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan 2017
Paymon Rahgozar, Joshua Campbell, David Kulber. Use of Acellular Dermal Matrix to Prevent Recurrence of Radioulnar Heterotopic Ossification. Poster Session: American Association of Hand Surgery; Scottsdale, AZ 2016
Paymon Rahgozar, Joshua Campbell, David Kulber. Use of Acellular Dermal Matrix to Prevent Recurrence of Radioulnar Heterotopic Ossification. Poster Session: American Society of Surgery for the Hand; Seattle, WA 2015
Plastic Surgery Lecture to Medical Students 2015
As a Plastic Surgery Resident I gave a lecture to 3rd year medical students as part of their curriculum about basics and fundamentals of plastic and reconstructive surgery including multiple case presentations
Living in LA presentation to prospective residents 2013-2016
On multiple occasions, gave prospective residents a talk about the housing, extracurricular activities, and opportunities available when living in Los Angeles
Shawn Diamond, Paymon Rahgozar, Henry Gill Cryer. Successful Salvage: A 117 Patient Series of Complex Open Abdominal Wall Reconstructions. Pacific Coast Surgical Association Dana Point, CA 2014
Jason Roostaeian, Paymon Rahgozar, Ivan Sanchez, Christopher Crisera, Andrew Da Lio, Jaco Festekjian. Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction in Previously Augmented Patients. American Society of Plastic Surgeons, New Orleans, LA 2012
Jason Roostaeian, Paymon Rahgozar, Ivan Sanchez, Salazar Jones, Matthew Tamplen, Andrew Da Lio, Jaco Festekjian, Christopher Crisera. The Effect of Prior Abdominal Surgery on Abdominal Based Free Flaps in Breast Reconstruction. American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, Las Vegas, NV 2012
P. Rahgozar, C.J. Tabit, G. Slack, K. Fan, N. Ehsani-Chimeh, J P. Bradley. Alloderm-Adipose Derived Stem Cell Constructs to Optimize Cleft Palate and Oronasal Fistula Healing. Academic Surgical Congress, Huntington Beach, CA 2011
GC Slack, S Hagvall, P Zuk, P Rahgozar, A Yaghoubian, E Kruger, N Ehsani, C Tabit, J Bradley. Adipose Derived-Stem Cell Adherence, Proliferation, And Migration On Alloderm Matrix. Western Regional Meeting, Carmel, CA 2011
Paymon Rahgozar, Sepideh Hagvall, Murray Kwon, Richard Shemin. Biologic Scaffolds as a Potential Non-Immunogenic Source for Cell Delivery in Cardiac Tissue Engineering Therapies. American College of Surgeons 96% Annual Clinical Congress, Washington DC 2010
Paymon Rahgozar. Biologic Scaffolds Serve as a Potential Non-Immunogenic Source for Cell Delivery in Cardiac Tissue Engineering Therapies. Los Angeles Surgical Society, Los Angeles, CA 2010
Paymon Rahgozar, Darin Saltzman. Adrenergic Innervation of Skeletal Muscle Arterioles Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Santa Barbara, CA 2009
Sydney L Gaynor, Spencer J. Melby, Yosuke Ishii, Paymon Rahgozar, Anson M. Lee, Geneva R Baca, Richard B Scheussler, Ralph J. Damiano Jr. Performance of a Modified Cox-Maze Procedure On The Beating Heart Using Irrigated Bipolar Radiofrequency Energy: A Chronic Animal Study. The International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery. New York, NY. 2005
Paymon Rahgozar. Chronic Epicardial Bipolar Ablation on the Beating Heart: A Porcine Model. NIH Summer Research Poster Session. St. Louis, MO. 2004
Paymon Rahgozar, Helen Chang. Effects of Physiological and Pharmacological Stress on NCX1 Over-Expressing Mice. American Heart Association. Los Angeles, CA 2002
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
American College of Surgeons (Fellow)
American Society for Surgery of the Hand (Member)
American Society of Plastic Surgeons (Member)
COMMITTEE INVOLVEMENT
Hand Surgery Fellowship Clinical Competence Committee 2020-2021
Regularly Review Hand Fellowship program and ways to improve the fellowship teaching and clinical experience, as well as scoring the fellows on necessary milestones
American Society for Surgery of the Hand - Diversity Committee 2019-2021
Roles include promoting diversity in hand surgery and developing a symposium for the annual meetings
Plastic Surgery Residency Clinical Competence Committee 2018-2021
Regularly Review residents in the plastic surgery program and score them on a series of over 30 milestones
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Credentialing Committee 2018-2021
Participated in monthly meeting to evaluate credentialing of medical practitioners at the hospital
American Society for Surgery of the Hand - Resident Education Committee 2018-2021
Roles include coordinating ongoing ASSH policy on education of residents in hand surgery and updating the ASSH Pocket Manual of Hand Surgery
CLINICAL ACTIVITY
San Francisco General Hospital Hand Surgery Attending 2017 - 2021
Work with Plastic surgery and Orthopedic Surgery residents and NP/PAs to see, evaluate, and treat patients with Hand pathology
San Francisco General Hospital Plastic Surgery Attending 2017 - 2021
Work with Plastic Surgery residents and NP/PAs to see, evaluate, and treat patients with reconstructive needs
Benioff Oakland Children's Hospital Plastic/Hand Surgery Clinic 2017 - 2021
See pediatric patients with plastic surgical, reconstructive, or hand surgical needs
Benioff Oakland Children's Hospital Plastic/Hand Surgery 2017 - 2021
Operate on pediatric patients with plastic surgical, reconstructive, or hand surgical needs
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital — Taiwan 2017
Hands on experience scrubbed and participating in upper and lower extremity reconstruction, including brachial plexus and lymphatic surgery with the world’s experts in microsurgery. The experience also included two Grand Rounds presentations to all of the plastic surgery staff/residents and medical students
Administrative Chief in Plastic Surgery. 2015 — 2016
Performed administrative role including scheduling and organizing resident presentations at conferences, holding semi-annual meetings with residents to improve resident education, and handling other resident related issues
TEACHING ACTIVITY
Resident and Medical Student Research Advisor 2018 - 2021
Serve as advisor for multiple residents and medical students who took a designated year focused on research, including serving as an advisor for a Master’s Degree for one of our medical students
Institute for Global Orthopaedic Traumatology (IGOT) 2018 - 2021
Instructor for multiple international courses teaching orthopaedic surgeons from around the world how to perform limb saving surgery. Teaching includes lectures and hands-on cadaver dissections.
Resident and Medical Student Mentor 2017 - 2021
Serve as Mentor for multiple residents and medical students meeting with them regularly to provide career, education, and research advice
San Francisco General Hospital Hand Clinic Attending 2017 - 2021
Clinical supervision of Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery Residents and NP/PAs
San Francisco General Hospital Plastic Surgery Clinic Attending 2017 - 2021
Clinical supervision of Plastic Surgery Residents
San Francisco General Hospital Operative Attending 2017 - 2021
Clinical supervision of operative procedures performed with Plastic Surgery Residents
Hand Conference Moderator 2017 - 2021
Serve as a moderator for the weekly Hand teaching conference held at San Francisco General Hospital once a week. Discuss various hand topics with the plastic and orthopedic surgery residents including pathophysiology, presentation, and treatment options
Benioff Oakland Children’s Hospital Attending 2017 - 2021
Clinical supervision of Oral Surgery and Orthopaedic surgery residents for ER and OR based procedures
Journal Club Moderator 2017 - 2021
Moderate the monthly plastic surgery Journal Club where the residents present and discuss 8-10 plastic surgery journal articles
Resident Teaching Conferences 2017 - 2021
Participate in the weekly resident teaching conference where a topic of the residency curriculum is discussed, including board review questions
Cadaver Dissection 2017 - 2021
Proctoring of cadaver hand dissections for the plastic surgery residents at the anatomy lab
Resident Mentor 2009 — 2013
Participated in teaching activities for both medical students and PGY-1 residents involving important aspects of the physical exam, suturing, and knot tying. Also, served on a resident roundtable offering advice and guidance to students interested in General Surgery
Resident Representative 2007 — 2009
Met once a month with other Resident representatives and program director to address issues concerning my class
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY
- Advances and Best Practices for Extremity Nerve Management — Los Angeles 2025
- American Society for Aesthetic Surgery Meeting — Vancouver 2024
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand Meeting — Toronto 2023
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand Meeting — Las Vegas 2019
- Ametican Society of Plastic Surgeons The Meeting — San Diego 2019
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand Meeting — Boston 2018
- Biennial UCSF Plastic Surgery Symposium — San Francisco 2018
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand Meeting — Austin 2018
- American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons Course — UCSF 2016
- Laser Safety/Biophysics of Laser Applications — Los Angeles 2016
- Ametican Society of Plastic Surgeons The Meeting — Boston 2015
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand Meeting — Seattle 2015
- University of Southern California Microvascular Course 2013-2016
- University of Southern California Anatomy Lab 2013-2016
- Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery 2013
- American College of Surgeons Meeting 2010
PERSONAL
Fluent in Farsi and Spanish
