Eric J. Culbertson, M.D. Curriculum Vitae

American Board of Plastic Surgery
Certification
Expiration: December 31, 2028

American Board of Surgery
Certification: Surgery, #058792
Expiration: December 31, 2024

California Physician and
Surgeon License, #125460
Expiration: February 28, 2019

Drug Enforcement
Administration Controlled
Substance
Registration Expiration: August
31, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL
CENTER

Aesthetic Fellow / Assistant
Instructor , Dallas, Texas

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES

Independent Plastic Surgery
Resident, Los Angeles,
California

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
ANN ARBOR

Categorical General Surgery
Resident , Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO

Preliminary General Surgery
Resident , San Francisco,
California

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
MEDICAL SCHOOL

Doctor of Medicine, May 2006,
Madison, Wisconsin

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
— MADISON

Bachelor of Science with
Honors – Biochemistry, With
Distinction, 2001 Madison,
Wisconsin

Revisiting breast pocket
irrigation: the BIA-ALCL era ,
Aesthetic Surgery Education
and Research Foundation grant,
Department of Plastic Surgery,
University of Texas
Southwestern Dallas, Texas

Role of mechanical strain in
incisional hernia fibroblast
function, National Institutes of
Health – General Medical
Sciences F32 Fellowship ,
Department of Surgery,
University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, Michigan

Neuron-specific enolase as a
quantitative measure of
neuroendocrine tumor burden in
mouse liver, Shapiro summer
research program, Department
of Surgery, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Biochemical study of the
structure and function of hERG
potassium channels, Research
Experience for
Undergraduates, Department of
Physiology, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

23Na and 29Si NMR study of the
insulating and metallic phases
of NaxSi136 clathrates ,
Research Experience for
Undergraduates , Center for
Solid State Sciences, Arizona
State University, Tempe,
Arizona

UCLA Plastic Surgery Resident
Research Award, University of
California Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, California

ASAPS Resident Travel
Scholarship American Society
for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Frederick A. Coller Surgical
Society Traveling Fellowship,
University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, Michigan

Outstanding Poster award,
Moses Gunn Research
Conference, Ann Arbor,
Michigan

Shapiro Foundation Excellence
in Student Research Award,
University of Wisconsin School
of Medicine and Public Health,
Madison, Wisconsin

Shapiro summer research
program, University of
Wisconsin School of Medicine
and Public Health, Madison,
Wisconsin

Excellence in Teaching award,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wisconsin

Research Experience for
Undergraduates — Physiology,
University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wisconsin

Undergraduate Research
Scholars Program, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Research Experience for
Undergraduates — Physics,
Arizona State University,
Tempe, Arizona

Dean's Honor List

National Merit Scholar

Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of
America

American College of Surgeons
Advanced Trauma Life Support
Instructor, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Post-Doctoral Research
Training Program, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Member, California Medical
Association / Sonoma County
Medical Association

Member, Active 20-30 Club of
Santa Rosa #50

Resident member, American
Society of Plastic Surgeons

Resident Program member,
American Society for Aesthetic
Plastic Surgery

House Officer Quality and
Safety Council, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

National Standing Committee on
Issues, Resident and Associate
Society, American College of
Surgeons

Association for Academic
Surgery

Culbertson EJ, Adams WPA, Jr.
Revisiting breast pocket
irrigation: the BIA-ALCL
era. ASERF Research and
Innovative Technology
Forum, The Aesthetic Meeting
of the American Society for
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and
Aesthetic Surgery Education
and Research Foundation, San
Diego, CA

Culbertson EJ, Hackbarth A,
Clarke R, et al. Hospital direct
variable costs of autologous free
tissue versus implant based
breast reconstruction, Plastic
Surgery Resident Research
Conference , University of
California Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, California

Culbertson EJ, Hackbarth A,
Clarke R, et al. Direct variable
costs of autologous versus
implant based breast
reconstruction, Plastic Surgery
Resident Research
Conference, University of
California Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, California

Culbertson EJ, Granzow JW et
al. Functional outcomes of
supraclavicular artery island
flaps (SCAIFs) versus
microsurgical free flaps in head
and neck reconstruction, Plastic
Surgery Resident Research
Conference , University of
California Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, California

Granzow JW, Culbertson EJ et al.
Functional outcomes of
supraclavicular artery island
flaps (SCAIFs) versus
microsurgical free flaps in head
and neck reconstruction,
American Society for
Reconstructive Microsurgery
Annual Meeting, Kauai, Hawaii

Culbertson EJ, Xing L, Wen Y,
and Franz MG. Reversibility of
abdominal wall atrophy and
fibrosis following primary or
mesh herniorrhaphy , Michigan
Chapter of the American
College of Surgeons 60th Annual
Residents Surgeons
Competition, Grand Rapids,
Michigan

Culbertson EJ, Xing L, Wen Y,
and Frang MG. Mesh
herniorrhaphy reverses internal
oblique muscle atrophy and
partially restores abdominal wall
compliance while primary repair
does not. Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery
2011;127(5S):S26, Plastic
Surgery Research Council, 56th
Annual Meeting, Louisville,
Kentucky

Culbertson EJ, Xing L, Wen Y,
and Frang MG. Mesh hernia
repair partially restores
abdominal wall compliance
while primary repair does not.
Hernia 2011;15(S1):S46, 14th
Annual Hernia Repair, American
Hernia Society, San Francisco,
California

Culbertson EJ, Xing L, Wen Y,
and Franz MG. Reversibility of
abdominal wall atrophy following
hernia repair, William W. Coon
Resident Research Symposium,
University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, Michigan

Culbertson EJ, Xing L, Wen Y,
and Franz MG. Loss of
mechanical strain impairs
abdominal wall fibroblast
proliferation and function,
Academic Surgical Congress,
Huntington Beach, California

Culbertson EJ, Xing L, Wen Y,
and Franz MG. Loss of
mechanical strain impairs
abdominal wall fibroblast
proliferation and function in
fibroblast populated collagen
lattice (FPCL), Frederick A.
Coller Surgical Society,
University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, Michigan

Culbertson EJ, Napolitano LM.
ACS COT PIPS program:
maximal impact in a mature
trauma system, Michigan
Chapter of the American
College of Surgeons 59th Annual
Resident Surgeons Competition,
Thompsonville, Michigan

Culbertson EJ, Xing L, Wen Y,
and Franz MG. Proliferative and
cell morphology changes to
abdominal wall fibroblasts with
strain and following strain
removal, Moses Gunn Research
Conference, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Culbertson EJ, Robertson G.
Neuron specific enolase as a
quantitative measure of
neuroendocrine tumor burden in
mouse liver, University of
Wisconsin Student Summer
Research Forum , Madison,
Wisconsin

Culbertson EJ, Robertson G.
Biochemical study of the
structure and function of hERG
potassium channels, University
of Wisconsin Undergraduate
Symposium, Madison,
Wisconsin

Culbertson EJ, Marzke RF. ²³Na
and ²⁹Si NMR study of the
insulating and metallic phases
of Na_xSi₁₃₆ clathrates, Materials
Research Science and
Engineering Center Research
Experience for Undergraduates
Symposium, Arizona State
University, Tempe, Arizona