Eric J. Culbertson, M.D. Curriculum Vitae
Body and Breast Cosmetic Surgeon
The Jacobs Center for Cosmetic Surgery
145 Foss Creek Circle
Healdsburg, CA
95448
(707) 473-0220 / FAX (707) 473-0990
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Nov 10, 2018 – Present
American Board of Plastic Surgery
Certification
Expiration: December 31, 2028
Jan 27, 2014 – Present
American Board of Surgery
Certification: Surgery, #058792
Expiration: December 31, 2024
April 24, 2013 – Present
California Physician and
Surgeon License, #125460
Expiration: February 28, 2019
March 17, 2016 – Present
Drug Enforcement
Administration Controlled
Substance
Registration Expiration: August
31, 2018
EDUCATION
July 2016 – June 2017
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL
CENTER
Aesthetic Fellow / Assistant
Instructor , Dallas, Texas
July 2013 – June 2016
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES
Independent Plastic Surgery
Resident, Los Angeles,
California
July 2007 – June 2013
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
ANN ARBOR
Categorical General Surgery
Resident , Ann Arbor, Michigan
June 2006 – June 2007
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO
Preliminary General Surgery
Resident , San Francisco,
California
June 2002 – May 2006
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Doctor of Medicine, May 2006,
Madison, Wisconsin
Aug 1998 – May 2001
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
— MADISON
Bachelor of Science with
Honors – Biochemistry, With
Distinction, 2001 Madison,
Wisconsin
RESEARCH GRANTS
April 2017
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
Sept 2009 – June 2011
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
Summer 2003
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
Summer 2000
Biochemical study of the
structure and function of hERG
potassium channels, Research
Experience for
Undergraduates, Department of
Physiology, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Summer 1999
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
HONORS AND AWARDS
RESIDENCY
June 2016
UCLA Plastic Surgery Resident
Research Award, University of
California Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, California
April 2015
ASAPS Resident Travel
Scholarship American Society
for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
2012
Frederick A. Coller Surgical
Society Traveling Fellowship,
University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, Michigan
April 2010
Outstanding Poster award,
Moses Gunn Research
Conference, Ann Arbor,
Michigan
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Oct 2003
Shapiro Foundation Excellence
in Student Research Award,
University of Wisconsin School
of Medicine and Public Health,
Madison, Wisconsin
Summer 2003
Shapiro summer research
program, University of
Wisconsin School of Medicine
and Public Health, Madison,
Wisconsin
UNDERGRADUATE / OTHER
Spring 2002
Excellence in Teaching award,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wisconsin
Summer 2000
Research Experience for
Undergraduates — Physiology,
University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wisconsin
Fall 1999 – Spring 2000
Undergraduate Research
Scholars Program, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Summer 1999
Research Experience for
Undergraduates — Physics,
Arizona State University,
Tempe, Arizona
1998 – 2001
Dean's Honor List
1998
National Merit Scholar
1998
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of
America
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
2010 – 2014
American College of Surgeons
Advanced Trauma Life Support
Instructor, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2009
Post-Doctoral Research
Training Program, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES
2017 – Present
Member, California Medical
Association / Sonoma County
Medical Association
2017 – Present
Member, Active 20-30 Club of
Santa Rosa #50
2014 – Present
Resident member, American
Society of Plastic Surgeons
2014 – Present
Resident Program member,
American Society for Aesthetic
Plastic Surgery
2012 – 2013
House Officer Quality and
Safety Council, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2010 – 2013
National Standing Committee on
Issues, Resident and Associate
Society, American College of
Surgeons
2008 – 2013
Association for Academic
Surgery
RESEARCH ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS
April 29, 2017
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
June 14, 2016
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
June 9, 2015
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
June 10, 2014
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
Jan 14, 2014
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
April 2011
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
April 2011
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
March 2011
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
March 2011
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
February 2011
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
September 2010
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
May 2010
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
April 2010
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
Oct 2003
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
April 2000
Culbertson EJ, Robertson G.
Biochemical study of the
structure and function of hERG
potassium channels, University
of Wisconsin Undergraduate
Symposium, Madison,
Wisconsin
Summer 1999
Culbertson EJ, Marzke RF. 23Na
and 29Si NMR study of the
insulating and metallic phases
of NaxSi136 clathrates, Materials
Research Science and
Engineering Center Research
Experience for Undergraduates
Symposium, Arizona State
University, Tempe, Arizona
PUBLICATIONS
[1] Jacobs SW, Culbertson EJ "Effects of Topical Mandelic Acid Treatment on Facial Skin Viscoelasticity." Facial Plast Surg. 2018 Dec 4. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1676048.
[2] Culbertson EJ, Adams WPA, Jr. Breast augmentation. Scientific American Plastic Surgery. In Press.
[3] Adams WPA, Jr, Culbertson EJ, Deva AK, Magnusson M, Layt C, Jewell M, Mallucci P, Hedén P. Macrotextured breast implants with defined steps to minimize bacterial contamination around the device – experience in 42,000 implants. Plast Reconstr Surg 2017;140(3):427-31.
[4] Culbertson EJ, Roostaeian J. Treating the narrow midvault. In Operative Techniques in Plastic Surgery. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer, In Press.
[5] Agarwal S, Culbertson EJ. Non-operative facial rejuvenation. In DL Brown, GH Borschel and B Levi (Eds.), Michigan Manual of Plastic Surgery (2nd ed., pp. 322-336). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014.
[6] Xing L, Culbertson EJ, Wen Y, Franz MG. Early wound failure as the primary mechanism for incisional hernia formation: a noninvasive method for studying laparotomy healing. J Surg Res 2013;182(1):e35-42.
[7] Culbertson EJ, Xing L, Wen Y, Franz MG. Reversibility of abdominal wall atrophy and fibrosis following primary or mesh herniorrhaphy. Annals of Surgery 2013;257(1):142-9.
[8] Culbertson EJ, Franz MG. Enterocutaneous fistula. Clinical Scenarios in Surgery. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012.
[9] Culbertson EJ, Xing L, Wen Y, Franz MG. Loss of mechanical strain impairs abdominal wall fibroblast proliferation, orientation and collagen contraction function. Surgery 2011;150(3):410-7.
[10] Xing L, Culbertson EJ, Wen Y, Franz MG. Impaired laparotomy wound healing in obese rats. Obes Surg 2011;21(12):1937-46.
