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Employment

April 2005 - PresentThe Center for Breast and Body Contouring, PA

Suite 304, 5575 Warren Parkway

Frisco, Texas 75034

August, 2001-Kenneth E. Salyer & Associates / Genecov Plastic Surgery

April 2005International Craniofacial Institute and Cleft Lip and Palate Treatment Center

The Genecov - Salyer Group

Residency Training

1995-June, 2001The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, PA

Resident in Integrated Plastic Surgery PGY6

1992-1995The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,Philadelphia ,PA

Resident in Pediatrics

Education

1988-1992State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, N.Y.

M.D., Magna Cum Laude, May 1992

1984-1988Manhattan College, Riverdale, N.Y.

Presidential Scholar

B.S. in Biology, Magna Cum Laude, May 1988

Honors and Awards

Residency

2000Pennsylvania Orthopedic Society Resident and Fellow Competition: First Prize – Treadmill injuries to the upper extremity in pediatric patients.

Medical School

1992Dr. Gordon S. Ehrlich Award for Pediatric Research

1991Cornell University College of Medicine Research Grant

Women's Physicians Association Grant for Presentation of Research

Second Place Poster Presentation Award at the 1991 Eastern Student Research Forum, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL.

1990Third Place Poster Presentation Award at the 1990 SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine Student Research Forum, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Dean's Letter of Commendation for Research

Cornell University College of Medicine Summer Research Grant

Betty Ford Rehabilitation Center at Eisenhower Medical Center Professionals in Residence Scholarship

1989Health Research Training Program Fellowship, New York City Department of Health

Undergraduate

1988Dean's Letter of Commendation for Excellence in Biology

Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Chi Epsilon Chapter

Sigma Xi Society for Scientific Research, Chi Epsilon Chapter

Beta Beta Beta Biology Society, Chi Epsilon Chapter

Alpha Theta History Society, Chi Epsilon Chapter

Epsilon Sigma Chi Honor Society of Manhattan College

Women's Tennis Award for Academic Excellence

1987Pen and Sword Society for student contribution to Manhattan College

1984-1988First Honor's Dean's List, Manhattan College

1984Manhattan College Presidential Scholarship

Certification

2004Board certification, American Board of Plastic Surgery

1995 - 2002Board certification, American Board of Pediatric Medicine

1993Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners

Research Experience

1991Investigation of "Combined therapy with enalapril and lovastatin to potentiate amelioration of experimental focal segmental glomerulosclerosis," under Melinda McVicar, M.D., Depart. of Pediatric Nephrology,

North Shore University Hospital, Cornell University College of Medicine.

1990Investigation of "Spontaneous growth hormone secretion and body composition in children with constitutional and familial short stature," under Fima Lifshitz, M.D. and Jose' Abdenur, M.D., Dept. of Pediatric Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, North Shore University Hospital, Cornell University College of Medicine.

1989Investigation of "Neuropsychological consequences of an apparent life threatening event," under Anne C. Cornwell, Ph.D., Dept. of Pediatrics, Division of Growth and Development, Flushing Hospital and Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

1988Investigation of "The effects of cell cycle regulators on protein profiles in cultured root meristems of Pisum sativum," under William Tramontano, Ph.D., Laboratory of Plant Morphogenesis, Manhattan College.

Presentations

2004Use of the Vacuum-Assisted Closure Device in Ischiopagus Twin Separation

Use of the Vacuum-Assisted Closure Device in Craniopagus Twin Separation

2nd World Union of Wound Healing Societies’ Meeting, Paris France

Insights to Vascular Anomalies for the Pediatrician

Medical City Dallas Hospital Specialty Pediatrics for the Primary Care Physician, Dallas Texas

Treadmill Injuries to the Upper Extremity in Pediatric Patients

2000Pennsylvania Orthopedic Society, “Sports Medicine 2000”, Orlando Florida

American Association for Surgery of the Hand, Seattle, Washington

Combined Therapy with Enalapril and Lovastatin to Potentiate Amelioration of Experimental Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis.

1991SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine Student Research Forum, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Spontaneous Growth Hormone Secretion and Body Composition in Children with Constitutional and Familial Short Stature.

1991National Student Research Forum, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX.

1991Eastern Student Research Forum, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL.

1990SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine Student Research Forum, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

Neuropsychological Consequences of an Apparent Life Threatening Event.

1990Eastern Student Research Forum, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL.

1989SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine Student Research Forum, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.

The Effects of Cell Cycle Regulators on Protein Profiles in Cultured Root Meristems of Pisum sativum.

1988Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y.

Beta Beta Beta Science Conference, St. Lawrence University, St. Lawrence, N.Y.

Publications

2002Plastic Surgery Section of The APAEducational Guidelines for Pediatric Residency.

Diane Kittredge, ConstanceBaldwin, Miriam Bar-on, Patricia Beach, and Franklin Trimm (Eds.).Available at Ambulatory Pediatric Association website, www.ambpeds.org/guidelines

2001Carman, C.A. & Chang, B.

Treadmill injuries to the upper extremity in pediatric patients.Annals of Plastic Surgery 46(7):15-19.

1998Low, D.W., Carman-Dillon, C.A., Gaynor, J.W., Acker, M.A.

Management of sternal and abdominal wounds in a pediatric heart transplant patient.Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 102 (6), 2100-2107.

1994Abdenur, J. E., Solans, C. V., Smith, M., Carman, C., Pugliese, M., Lifshitz, F.

Body composition and spontaneous growth hormone secretion in normal short stature children.Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,78 (2), 277-282.

1993McVicar,M., Carman, C., Chandra, M., Abbi, R.J., Teichberg, S., Kahn, E.

Hypertension secondary to renin-secreting juxtaglomerular cell tumor: case report and review of 38 cases. Pediatric Nephrology,7, 404-412.

1990Tramontano, W., Phillips, D., Carman, C., Massaro, A. M.

Nuclear incorporation of [adenine 14C]NAD is altered by compounds which affect poly(ADP-ribose) formation.Phytochemistry,29(1), 31-33.

1989Tramontano, W., Carman, C., Sarrantonio, M. J., Massaro, A. M.

The effects of Cell cycle regulators on protein profiles in cultured rot meristems of Pisum sativum.Environmental and Experimental Botany, 29 (3), 317-322.

Affiliations

2005 Member of the Board of the Texas Medical Association Foundation

Editor, “Young Plastic Surgeons Perspective” of Plastic Surgery News

2002-presentAmerican Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons (ASMS)

2004ASMS alternate delegate to the Young Physicians Section of the American Medical Association

2003ASMS alternate delegate to the Young Physicians Section of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons

2001 – presentSusan G. Komen Foundation

Board member 2002 - 2003

1995-presentAmerican Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

1992-present American Academy of Pediatrics

1988-presentAmerican Medical Association

Phi Beta Kappa, Chi Epsilon Chapter

Sigma Xi Society for Scientific Research, Chi Epsilon Chapter