Maria Margaret LoTempio, M.D., F.A.C.S.
308 East 79th Street
New York, New York 10075
Office number 212.427.2020
Office Fax: 917.591.7702
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TrainingMedical School:
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine
Buffalo, New York
Doctor of Medicine
Graduation May 1999
Undergraduate:
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Graduation May 1993
Residency:
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Program Director: Gerald S. Berke, MD
General Surgery Resident June 1999-2001
Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery Resident June 2001 to 2004
Chief Resident Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery 2004 to 2005
Board Certified June 2006
Residency:
Medical University of South Carolina
Plastic Surgery
Program Director: John H. Robinson, MD
Plastic Surgery Resident July 2005-June 2006
Chief Resident Plastic Surgery July 2006-June 2007
Fellowship: Microsurgery Breast Reconstruction
Medical University of South Carolina
Program Director: Robert J. Allen, MD
Fellowship Location: New York Eye and Ear Infirmary- New York, New York
Oschner Baptist- New Orleans, Louisiana, MUSC-Charleston, South Carolina
July 2007-December 2007
HonorsPresentation of an Outstanding Paper Award-American Association of Hand Surgery, American Society for Peripheral Nerve, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
Meeting Las Vegas, Nevada January 14,2012
Residency:
Resident Educational Grant Recipient – Annual American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Meeting New York, New York September 2004
Resident Poster Presentation Award- Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meeting (COSM) May 2004 for Curcumin Suppresses Growth of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinonoma Poster Presentation Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meeting (COSM) Triological Society Scottsdale, Arizona May 2004
Resident Oral Presentation Award –Triological Society (Western Section)
February 2002 for Treatment of Advanced Oral Cancers with Chemotherapy and Radiation
Resident Educational Grant Recipient – Annual American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Meeting September 2002
UCLA Star Award Recipient-Given to the clinician providing outstanding patient care
UCLA January 2005
Resident Educational Grant Recipient- Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Meeting June 2006
Medical School:
President of Iota Epsilon Alpha-International Medical Honor Society-member since 1995
Magna Cum Laude- Medical School
Graduate Dean’s list (eight quarters)
Oxford UniversitySurgical Externship January 1997 to June 1997
Undergraduate:
Sigma Theta Tau –International Nursing Honor Society- member since 1991
Magna Cum Laude- Nursing 1993
Undergraduate Dean’s List (four quarters)
Undergraduate First Honors (two quarters)
Undergraduate Second Honors (two quarters)
National Dean’s List 1990-1993
Dean’s Citation Award- May 1993
Senior Class Representative: White House - President Clinton’s National Health Care Week- May 1993
Ice Skating Champion:
North American Precision Ice Skating Champion 1984
United States National Precision Ice Skating Champion 1983 & 1984
PublicationsLoTempio MM, Wang MB, Sadeghi A
Treatment of Advanced Oropharyngeal Cancers with Chemotherapy and Radiation.
Ears Nose Throat Journal 2003 May;82(5):367-70.
LoTempio MM, Shapiro NL
Tracheotomy Tube Placement in Children Following Cardiothoracic Surgery: Indications & Outcomes. American Journal of Otolaryngology 2002 Nov-Dec;23(6):337-40.
LoTempio MM, Veena MS, Steele, HL, Ramamurthy B, Ramalingam TS, Cohen An, Chakrabarti R,Srivatsan Es, Wang MB
Curcumin suppresses growth of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
Clin Cancer Res. 2005 Oct 1;11(19 Pt 1):6994-7002.
LoTempio, MM, Wang KF, Sadeghi A, DeLacure MD, Juilliard GF, Wang MB
Comparison of quality of life outcomes in laryngeal cancer patients following chemoradiation versus total laryngectomy. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 132:948-953.2005.
Ba BM, LoTempio, MM, Wang MB
Pharyngeal diverticulum as a sequela of anterior cervical fusion.
Am J Otolaryngol. 2006 Jul-Aug;27(4):295-7.
Mowry SE, Ho A, LoTempio, MM, Sadeghi A, Blackwell KE, Wang MB
Quality of Life in Advanced Oropharyngeal Carcinoma After Chemoradiation Versus Surgery and Radiation. Laryngoscope. 2006 Sep;116(9):1589-1593.
Allen RA, LoTempio MM, Granzow JW
Inferior Gluteal Artery Perforator Flaps for Breast Reconstruction. Seminars in Plastic Surgery.2006 May:20(2): 89-94.
Allen RA, LoTempio MM
Stragegies and Options for Free TRAM Flap Breast Reconstruction in Patients with Midline Abdominal Scars-Annotated bibliography. Breast Disease: A Year Book Quarterly. 2006 July-September:17(2):192.
Allen RA, LoTempio MM
Comparison of Donor-Site Complications and Functional Outcomes in Free Muscle Sparing TRAM Flap and Free DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction-Annotated bibliography. Breast Disease: A Year Book Quarterly. 2006 October-December:17(3):293-294.
Allen RJ, LoTempio, MM.
New View for Breast Reconstruction: DIEP
The American Breast Cancer Guide
2006 Edition
Mowry SE, LoTempio, MM, Sadeghi A, Wang KH, Wang MB
Quality of life outcomes in laryngeal and oropharyngeal cancer patients after chemoradiation.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2006 Oct;135(4):565-70.
Gautam AK, Allen RJ, LoTempio MM, Moutcastle TS, Levine JL, Allen RJ, Chiu ES
Congenital Breast Deformity Reconstruction Using Perforator Flaps.
Ann Plast Surg. 2007 Apr;58(4):353-358.
LoTempio MM, Allen RJ
Microvascular free superior and inferior gluteal artery perforator(S/IGAP) flaps
Grabb’s Encyclopedia of Flaps-3rd Edition
Allen RJ Jr., LoTempio MM, Allen, RJ Sr.
Transplantation in Identical Twins: Another Option for Breast Reconstruction
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 Oct;122(4):1019-23.
LoTempio MM, Allen, RJ
Superior and inferior gluteal artery perforator flaps for breast reconstruction
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Aug;126(2):392-401
LoTempio MM, Allen, RJ, Blondeel, P
Alternative Flaps for Breast Reconstruction Chapter
Perforator Breast Flaps 2011.
Allen, RJ Sr., Mayo, JL, Allen,RJ, Jr., LoTempio, MM
Ch 33: Superior Gluteal Artery Perforator Flap
Blondeel, Hallock, Morris, & Neligan: Perforator Flaps: Anatomy, Technique, and Clinical Applications, 2E 2010.Pending
Allen, RJ Sr., Mayo, JL, Allen,RJ, Jr., LoTempio, MM
Ch 33: Inferior Gluteal Artery Perforator Flap
Blondeel, Hallock, Morris, & Neligan: Perforator Flaps: Anatomy, Technique, and Clinical Applications, 2E 2010. Pending.
Chen CM, LoTempio M, and Allen RJ Sr.
The Inferior Gluteal Artery Perforator (IGAP) Flap for Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction.
In Spear SL (Ed.), Surgery of the Breast: Principles and Art, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010.
Chen CM, Craigie J, Erhard H, Greenspun D, Khoobehi K, Kline R, Levine J, LoTempio M, Sadeghi A, Spiegel A, Stolier A, Allen RJ.
Study Suggests Trend Toward Greater Donor-site Morbidity in TRAM Flap Patients
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 Feb;127(2):1007-8; author reply 1008-9.
LoTempio, MM.. Gerald, GL, Allen, RJ
Breast Reconstruction with Free Flaps Chapter
Salgarello, M. Breast Reconstruction. 2012.
Levine JL, Vasile JV, Greenspun DG, LoTempio MM, Allen RJ.
Breast reconstruction- GAP Flaps. Book chapter: Boyd JB and Jones NF, ed.
Operative Microsurgery, 1st ed, McGraw Hill 2012.
Chen C, LoTempio MM, and Allen RJ Sr.
Profunda Artery Perforator(PAP) Flap for Breast Reconstruction. Book chapter:Spigel AJ, Breast Reconstruction: Current Perspectives and State of the Art Techniques.1st ed. Intech 2013.
Burke MS, Kaplan SE, Kaplowitz LJ, LoTempio MM, Hicks WL Jr, Rigual NR, Popat SR, Tomljanovich PI, Loree TR.
Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous Flap for Reconstruction of Circumferential Pharyngeal Defects.Ann Plast Surg. 2013 Dec;71(6):649-51.
Thimmappa ND, Prince MR, Colen K, Ahn C, Dutrel SP, Boddu SR, Greenspun DT, Vasile JV, Chen CM, Usal H, Rhode CH, Redstone JS, LoTempio MM, Lerman OZ, Allen RJ, Levine JL.
Breast Tissue Expanders with Magnetic Ports: Clinical Experience at 1.5 Tesla. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Dec;138(6):1171-1178.
AbstractsAllen RJ, LoTempio MM, Massey MF. January 2007, "Breast Reconstruction with Perforator Flaps", 23rd Annual Breast Surgery Symposium.
Allen RJ, Craigie JE, LoTempio MM, Massey MF, January 2007, "Nipple Areolar Complex Sparing Mastectomy with Perforator Flap Reconstruction", 23rd Annual Breast Surgery Symposium.
PresentationsMedical School:
Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous Flap with Prevertebal Fascia for Reconstruction of Total Pharyngectomy Defects
Poster Presentation
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Boston, Massachusetts
October 1998
Residency:
Tracheotomy Tube Placement in Children Following
Cardiothoracic Surgery: Indications and Outcomes
Poster Presentation
American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO)
Scottsdale, Arizona
May 2001
Treatment of Advanced Oral Cancers with Chemotherapy and Radiation
Oral Presentation
Western Section of the American Laryngological, Rhinological and
Otological (Triological Society)
Pasedena, Californa.
February 2002
Pediatric Neck Masses
Oral Presentation
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Division of Head & Neck Surgery Residency Teaching Conference,
Los Angeles, California
May 2003
In-Vitro Effects of Curcumin on Head and Neck Cancer Cell Lines
Poster Presentation
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Short Term Training Program
Los Angeles, California
July 2003
Facial Analysis
Oral Presentation
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Division of Head & Neck Surgery Residency Teaching Conference,
Los Angeles, California
November 2003
Curcumin Suppresses Growth of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma- Cell Line CAL 27
Poster Presentation
American Association for Cancer Research
Orlando, Florida
March 2004
Curcumin Suppresses Growth of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma- Cell Lines
Cal 27& CCL 23
Poster Presentation
Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meeting (COSM) Triological Society
Scottsdale, Arizona
April 2004
Suppression on the Growth of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma using
the Spice Tumeric
Oral Presentation
Paul Ward Society Meeting
Los Angeles, California
June 2004
Quality of Life Outcomes in the Evaluation of Laryngeal Cancer Treatments
Podium Presentation
6th International Head and Neck Society Meeting
Washington, DC
August 2004
Curcumin Suppresses Growth of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma -Cell Lines Cal 27,
CCL 23, UM-SCC1
Poster Presentation
6th International Head and Neck Society Meeting
Washington, DC
August 2004
Curcumin Suppresses Growth of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma -Cell Lines Cal 27,
CCL 23, UM-SCC1, UM-SCC14
Poster Presentation
American Academy of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
New York, New York
September 2004
Pharyngeal Diverticulum as a Sequela of Anterior Cervical Fusion
Poster Presentation
American Academy of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
New York, New York
September 2004
Quality of Life Outcomes in the Evaluation of Laryngeal Cancer Treatments
Podium Presentation
American Academy of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
New York, New York
September 2004
Mid Face Fractures: Diagnosis and Treatment
Oral Presentation
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Division of Head & Neck Surgery Residency Teaching Conference,
Los Angeles, California
November 2004
Quality of Life Outcomes in Laryngeal and Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients following Chemoradiation
Poster Presentation
Annual Meeting of the American Head and Neck Society
Boca Raton, Florida
May 2005
Quality of life outcomes in patients with advanced oropharyngeal carcinoma following
Chemoradiation versus surgery and radiation
Oral Presentation by Sara Mowry
Annual Meeting of the Triological Society
Chicago, Illinois
May 2006
Scarless Breast Reconstruction with Perforator Flaps
Oral Presentation
Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Sea Island, Georgia
June 2006
Breast Reconstruction with Autologous Tissue, II International Practical & Theoretical
Course on Breast Reconstructive Surgery
Written Presentation
Rome, Italy
June 2006
DIEP Breast Reconstruction: Step by Step
Oral Presentation
The Fifth National Mexican Congress of Mastology
Leon, Mexico
September 2006
Nipple Areolar Sparring Mastectomy with Breast Reconstruction using Perforator Flaps
Oral Presentation
The Fifth National Mexican Congress of Mastology
Leon, Mexico
September 2006
Breast Reconstructive Options with Perforator Flaps
Oral Presentation
5th National Congress of Mexican Association
Leon, Mexico
September 2006
Nipple Areolar Sparring Mastectomy with Breast Reconstruction using Perforator Flaps
Oral Presentation
5th National Congress of Mexican Association
Leon, Mexico
September 2006
IGAP-SGAP Step by Step
Written Presentation
5th National Congress of Mexican Association
Leon, Mexico
September 2006
Breast Reconstruction using Perforator Flaps
Written Presentation
5th National Congress of Mexican
Leon, Mexico
September 2006
First Transplant Bilateral Breast Reconstruction with Perforator in Identical Twins
Oral Presentation
American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery
Puerto Rico
January 2007
Breast Reconstruction with Perforator Flaps
Written Presentation
Breast Symposium
Atlanta, Georgia
January 2007
Nipple Sparing Mastectomy with Perforator Reconstruction
Written Presentation
Breast Symposium,
Atlanta, Georgia
January 2007
Nipple Areolar Sparring Mastectomy with Perforator Perforator Breast Flaps
Oral Presentation
Senior Residents Conference
Pasadena, California
February 2007
Nipple Areolar Sparring Mastectomy with Perforator Perforator Breast Flaps
Oral Presentation
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
New York, New York
April 2007
Nipple Areolar Sparring Mastectomy with Perforator Perforator Breast Flaps
Oral Presentation
The Group for Advancement of Breast Reconstruction
Paris, France
May 2007
First Transplant Bilateral Breast Reconstruction with Perforator in Identical Twins
Oral Presentation- 2nd place for best case presentation
Greater Advancement for Breast Reconstruction
Paris, France
May 2007
Transplantation in Breast Reconstruction using perforator flaps on Identical Twins
Poster Presentation
American Association of Plastic Surgeons
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
May 2007
Transplantation in Identical Twins: Another option for Breast Reconstruction
Written Presentation
WSRM
Athens, Greece
June 2007
Breast Reconstruction with Perforator Flaps
Written Presentation
International Confederation for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
Berlin, Germany
June 2007
Nipple-Areola Complex Sparing Mastectomy with Perforator Flap Reconstruction
Written Presentation
QMP Symposium
St. Louis, Missouri
September 2007
S/IGAP Instructional Course
Written Presentation
ASPS Meeting
Baltimore, Maryland
October 2007
Problem Cases in Perforator Flap Reconstruction
Written Presentation
4th Annual Perforator Meeting
Barcelona, Spain
November 2007
Form and Function-Lymphedema
Written Presentation
Harvard University
Boston, Massachusetts
February 2008
Advancement of Breast Reconstruction
Written Presentation
Harvard University
Boston, Massachusetts
February 2008
Form and Function- Treatment for Lymphedema
Oral Presentation
National Lymphedema Network
San Diego, California
August 2008
Lymph Node Transplantation in Breast Reconstruction using Perforator Flaps
Oral Presentation
American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery
Maui, Hawaii
January 2009
Septocutaneous Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Flap for Breast Reconstruction
Oral Presentation
American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery
Maui, Hawaii
January 2009
History of Breast Reconstruction with Perforator Flaps
Written Presentation
1st International Breast Surgery Workshop
Rome, Italy
January 2009
Restoring Form and Function with Breast Reconstruction
Oral Presentation
1st European Meeting of Young Surgeons
Rome, Italy
June 2009
Neurotube and Coupler Uses
Oral Presentation
1st European Meeting of Young Surgeons
Rome, Italy
June 2009
Restoring Form and Function with Breast Reconstruction
Oral Presentation
GIT Meeting
Sardinia, Italy
June 2009
Lymph node Transplantation in Breast Reconstruction using Perforator Flaps
Poster Presentation
Breast Symposium
San Antonio, TX
December 2009
Transverse Upper Gracilis Flap Breast Reconstruction without the Gracilis Muscle
Oral Presentation
American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgeons
Boca Raton, FL
January 2010
Comparative Outcomes of Non-abdominal Based Free Flap Breast Reconstruction
Written Presentation
American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgeons
Boca Raton, FL
January 2010
Restoring Form and Function in Breast Cancer Patients
Oral Presentation
Medical University of South Carolina Plastic Surgery Conference
Charleston, SC
April 2010
Breast reconstruction using the DIEP flap with lymph node transfer in patients with Lymphedema
Oral Presentation
Baptist Memorial Hospital- breast cancer awareness seminar
Memphis, TN
April 2010
Superior and Inferior Gluteal Artery Perforator Flaps for Breast Reconstruction
Written Presentation
Modern Concepts: Breast Aesthetics and Reconstruction
Conventry, England
July 2010
Emerging Field of Septocutaneous Flaps in Breast Reconstruction
Written Presentation
Modern Concepts: Breast Aesthetics and Reconstruction
Conventry, England
July 2010
Restoring Form and Function with Lymph Node Transfer
Written Presentation
Modern Concepts: Breast Aesthetics and Reconstruction
Conventry, England
July 2010
Expanding Indications of Nipple Sparing Mastectomy
Written Presentation
Modern Concepts: Breast Aesthetics and Reconstruction
Conventry, England
July 2010
Septocutaneous Perforator Flaps
Written Presentation
13th International Course on Perforator Flaps
Mexico City, Mexico
October 2010
Secondary Procedures on Perforator Flaps for Breast Reconstruction
Written Presentation
13th International Course on Perforator Flaps
Mexico City, Mexico
October 2010
Gluteal Perforator Flaps: Step by Step
Written Presentation
13th International Course on Perforator Flaps
Mexico City, Mexico
October 2010
Breast Reconstruction: Additional options
Written Presentation
NYU Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds
New York, New York
March 2011
Introducing the Profunda Artery Perforator Flap (PAP): A New Technique for Breast Reconstruction
Written Presentation
University of Pennsylvania: Whitaker Lecture
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 2011
Breast Reconstruction with Perforator Flaps: A Review 2629 Cases
Written Presentation
University of Pennsylvania: Whitaker Lecture
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 2011
Lymph Node Transplantion: A Treatment Option for Post-Mastectomy Lymphedema Syndrome
Oral Presentation
World Society of Microsurgeons
Helsinki, Finland
June 2011
The Profunda Artery Perforator Flap (PAP): A New Technique for Breast Reconstruction
Written Presentation
World Society of Microsurgeons
Helsinki, Finland
June 2011
Introducing the PAP and TGAP Flaps for Breast Reconstruction
Written Presentation
14th International Course on Perforator Flaps
Seoul, Korea
October 2011
The Profunda Artery Perforator Flap (PAP): A New Technique for Breast Reconstruction
Oral Presentation
24th National Congress of the Italian Society for Microsurgery
Palermo, Sicily
October 2011
The Profunda Artery Perforator Flap (PAP): A New Technique for Breast Reconstruction
Oral Presentation
24th National Congress of the Italian Society for Microsurgery
Palermo, Sicily
October 2011
DIEP Breast Reconstruction
Written Presentation
Breast Reconstruction Sate of Art-NYU
New York, New York
November 2011
Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy with Free Flap Reconstruction
Written Presentation
Breast Reconstruction Sate of Art-NYU
New York, New York
November 2011
Introducing the PAP and TGAP Flaps for Breast Reconstruction
Written Presentation
Breast Reconstruction Sate of Art-NYU
New York, New York
November 2011
The PAP and TGAPS flaps for Breast Reconstruction
Oral Presentation
American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery
Las Vegas, Nevada
January 2012
Heaven and Hell- Fat Grafting and simultaneous DIEP for Breast Reconstruction
Oral Presentation
Group for Advancement in Breast Reconstruction
Sonoma, California
April 2012
Simutaneous ICAP and PAP flap for Breast reconstruction
Oral Presentation
Group for Advancement in Breast Reconstruction
Sonoma, California
April 2012
Focus on DIEP’s Made Easy
Oral Presentation
QMP Reconstructive Surgery Symposium
Chicago, Illinois
November 2012
Alternative Free Flaps for Breast Reconstruction
Oral Presentation
QMP Reconstructive Surgery Symposium
Chicago, Illinois
November 2012
Restoring Form and Function with Breast Reconstruction
Oral Presentation
Cornell/Columbia Department of Plastic Surgery
New York, New York
February 2013
Restoring Form and Function-Lymphedema Today