CURRICULUM VITAE
ARON D. WAHRMAN, MD, MBA, MHCDS, FACS, FCPP
PERSONAL
HOME ADDRESS:7 Penarth Rd.
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
HOME TELEPHONE:(610) 668-6415
BUSINESS ADDRESS:Parkinson 4
Division of Plastic Surgery
Temple University School of Medicine
3401 N. Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA 19140
MOB Suite 36
Chestnut Hill Hospital
8815 Germantown Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19118
BUSINESS TELEPHONE:(215) 707-7657 (215)-242-5300
CELLULAR TELEPHONE (215)-316-6332 (preferred)
BIRTHPLACE:Dayton, Ohio
CITIZENSHIP STATUS: USA
EDUCATION AND TRAINING: (Chronological order)
DATESDEGREE/YR/SUBJECT
UNDERGRADUATESCHOOLMONTH/YEAR
Columbia University
New York, NYAug1976- May1980 BA 1980, Literature
GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL
School of Medicine
Yale University
New Haven, CT Aug 1980- May 1984 MD 1984
Fox School of Business & Mgmt
Temple University Aug 2009-Sept 2011 MBA 2011
Dartmouth Institute/Geisel School of Medicine/Tuck School of Business
Dartmouth College July 2013-Feb 2015 MHCDS 2015
Hanover, NH (Master of Healthcare Delivery Science)
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GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
Residency, General Surgery June 1984- June 1988
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Residency, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery July 1988- June 1990
Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship, Hand Surgery July 1990- June1991
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship, Pediatric Plastic Surgery July 1991- Dec 1991
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship, Breast and Aesthetic Surgery Jan 1992- June 1992
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
LICENSURE (State, year, number)
PennsylvaniaMD-035472- E 1986-present
Delaware C10007986 2003-present
BOARD CERTIFICATION (Specialty, subspecialty, year, number)
National Board of Medical Examiners 1985
American Board of Plastic Surgery 1996
Recertification 2006-16
Maintenance of Certification (MOC) 2000-16
Recertification 2016-26
ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS
Phi Beta KappaColumbia University 1980
Philadelphia Hand Society, 2nd Prize, Residents and Fellows Competition 1991
Grolier Club New York, NY Elected 2008
Examiner, American Board of Plastic Surgery, Oral Certifying Examinations Invited 2010-15
Phoenix, AZ Accepted 2010,12,13,14,15
Philobiblon Philadelphia, PA Elected 2013
APPOINTMENTS
ACADEMIC
University of Pennsylvania
Section Chief, Plastic Surgery,
Philadelphia Veterans Administration Med Ctr 10/2016-present
Assistant Professor of Surgery 10/2016-present
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery 8/2015-9/2016
Temple University
Professor of Clinical Surgery 5/2014-present
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery 11/2008 – 4/2014
Adjunct Instructor, Fox School of Business 10/2106-present (tentative)
Drexel University
Adjunct Professor of Surgery 5/2015- present
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery 7/2003- 4/2015
HOSPITAL (include type of appointment, directorships, etc.)
Attending Physician Nov1992 – present
Roxborough Memorial Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Attending Physician Nov 1992--present
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Attending Physician Aug1992-May 1997
Lower Bucks Hospital
Bristol, PA
Attending Physician July 1996-present
Abington Memorial Hospital
Abington, PA
Attending Physician Jan 2003-present
Hahnemann University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Attending Physician Jan 2002- present
Lankenau Hospital
Wynnewood, PA
Attending Physician Nov 2007-October 2016
Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Attending Physician October 2016-present
Michael J Crescenz Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA
Attending Physician October 2016-present
Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania (CPUP)
Hosp Univ PA/Penn Presbyterian/Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
EDUCATIONAL
Residency Program Director December 2015- October 2016
Assistant Division Chief/ Asst Residency Director July 2008- March 2013
Interim Division Chief March 2013- Nov 2013
Residency Program Director March 2013- June 2014
Associate Program Director July 2014- December 2015
(Approximately 15-20% time)
PLASTIC SURGERY RESIDENTS TRAINED/ADVISED ( TEMPLE UNIVERSITY)
(Name, Current Position, Year Graduated, Post-Temple Fellowship)
Rene Jesperson MD- ---Georgetown/GW 2008 Fellow Georgetown, CHOP
George Min MD----Private Practice Seattle 2008
David Cangelo MD-- Private Practice NYC 2009
Gaby Doumit MD–Cleveland Clinic 2009 Fellow MassGenHosp
Mark Tseng, MD—Private Practice Seattle 2010 Fellow Mt Sinai NY
Carlos Medina MD—Private Practice Ft Lauderdale 2010
Greg Guilfoyle MD---Private Practice Bethlehem 2011 Fellow U of P (declined)
Julie Toto MD– Private Practice/ Clinical UCONN 2011 Fellow Univ Minnesota
Michael Friel MD—University of Mississippi 2012 Fellow Indiana Univ
Azra Ashraf, MD—Priv Pract NJ/Clinical RWJ 2102 Fellow Harvard/Beth Israel
Hamid Abdollahi, MD 2014
Fellowship-- Manhattan Eye and Ear (NYU)2014-5
Regan Fellow/ Operation Smile INDIA 2014
ASAPS Scholarship 2014
Dallas Buchanan, MD 2014
Private Practice (either Spokane, Northampton)
AO/Stryker Scholarship 2014
Lynn Jing, MD 2015
ASMS Scholarship 2013
Craniofacial Fellow, Univ Tenn 2015-16
Dev Vibhakar, DO 2015
Regan Fellow/Operation Smile 2014
Craniofacial Fellow Mass Gen Hosp 2015-16
CURRENT TEMPLE PLASTIC SURGERY RESIDENTS
Matthew Jenkins, MD 2016
Marc Everett, MD 2016
Aesthetic Surgery Fellow Univ Texas/Houston 2016-7
Chirag Mehta, DO 2017
Tutu Cheng, MD 2017
Jose Munoz, MD 2018
John Gillespie, MD 2018
CLINICAL (List all clinical activities: in-patient and ambulatory, and approximate time spend on each)
Roxborough Memorial Hospital
Co-Director Comprehensive Wound Healing Center July1998 –Sept 2011
10 % clinical time
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Consultant, Comprehensive Wound Healing Center Sept 2011—present
5-10% clinical time
ADMINISTRATIVE
Section Chief, Plastic Surgery
Michael Cresencz Philadelphia VA Med Ctr 10/2016- present
Division Chief, Plastic Surgery
Roxborough Memorial Hospital 1995-present
Division Chief, Plastic Surgery
Chestnut Hill Hospital 2013-present
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PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Science(studenteditor) 1982-4
Diseases of the Colon and Rectum (reviewer) 2009
Journal of the American College of Surgeons (reviewer) 2013- present
Journal of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (reviewer) 2014-present
Annals of Plastic Surgery (Associate Editor) 2016
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES/MEETINGS (past 8 years)
Northeast Society of Plastic Surgeons Baltimore 2008
American Society of Plastic Surgeons 2008
Abdominal Wall Reconstruction 2009
Business of Surgery 2010
Getting Our Patients Walking Home 2011
Surgical Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2011
American Association Of Plastic Surgeons 2012
American Society of Plastic Surgeons 2012
Comprehensive Facial Reconstruction 2012
American Association of Plastic Surgeons 2012-4
Appearance & Identity 2013
American Association of Plastic Surgeons 2014
American Society of Plastic Surgeons 2014/15
Hyperbaric Medicine (retraining) 2015
Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons 2015
Robert Ivy Society of Plastic Surgeons 2016
American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons 2016
PRESENTATIONS (since 2008)
“Collecting Antiquarian Books in the History of Medicine and Surgery”. Acorn Club. Philadelphia, PA 10/18/16
Instructional Course. “ Shift Happens--Transitioning to Private Practice Mid- Career & Vice Versa”. American Society of Plastic Surgeons (Annual Meeting) Los Angeles CA 9/25/16
Instructional Course. “Developing Exit Strategies from Active Medical Practice”. American Society of Plastic Surgeons (Annual Meeting) Los Angeles, CA 9/23/16
“Introduction to Health Care Policy:. Penn Plastic Surgery Resident Conference 9/22/16 Philadelphia, PA
“Behavioral Economics”. Temple/Fox School of Mgmt MBA/MHA Lecture 9/14/16. Philadelphia, PA
Visiting Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, Hershey/Penn State Medical School, Hershey PA 9/7-/9/16
Visiting Lecturer Division of Plastic Surgery & Dept of Surgery. University of Iowa May 2-3, 2016. Iowa City, IA
“Health Economics”. Temple Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds. January 6, 2016
“Doctoring II—Introduction to Health Care Finance”. Second Year Medical School Curriculum Thread. CX;ass of 2018. Temple University, Lewis Katz School of Medicine. November 30, 2015
“ Doctoring I--Introduction to Health Care Policy”. First year Medical School Curriculum Thread, Class of 2019, Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine. November 2, 2015
“Surviving and Thriving in a Post- ACA World”, Instructional Course, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, annual meeting, Boston 10/16/15
Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds. Harvard/MGH Combined Plastic Surgery Program. “Gathering Dust; Collecting Old Books in the Digital Age”.Boston. 10/7/2015
”Wound Healing” Temple General Surgery Grand Rounds and Resident Teaching Conference. Philadelphia, 8/12/15
“ The History of Plastic Surgery”. Temple Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds. Philadelphia 7/15/15
Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Medical Center.” The Business of Plastic Surgery”, Dept of Plastic Surgery, 6/18/15
“Recent Acquisitions In The History of Plastic Surgery (& A Book About Fishing)”. 10th Annual Linton Whitaker MD Lectureship/Penn Plastic Surgery Alumni Reunion. Philadelphia 06/13/15
Visiting Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Dept of Plastic Surgery, “Business and Medical Education”;
“Touching History—Collecting Antiquarian Books in Plastic Surgery” 5/20/15
Careers in Medicine & Surgery. Lower Merion Township, PA. Harriton High School Career Day. 4/20/15
“History of Cancer Care” Philadelphia, PA. JK Masterman High School, Careeers in Medicine Interest Group 12/11/14
“Challenges And Frontiers In Wound Care”. DSM Biomedical, Exton, PA 11/17/2014
“The ACA Effect On The Private Practice, Hospital Employed And Academic Plastic Surgeon”
Invited Instructor, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Annual Meeting, Chicago, 10/10/2014
“Diabetic Wounds & HBO” Albert Einstein Health System Comprehensive Wound Healing Center. Philadelphia. 10/08/14
“The Toyota Production System and Healthcare Delivery. Temple Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds. Philadelphia
9/7/14
“Abdominal Wall Reconstruction and Wound Considerations.” Jennersville Hospital, Grand Rounds.
Jennersville, PA 06/27/14
“Developing a Strategic Mindset”. Temple/ Fox School of Business Alumni Panel, Online MBA residency.
Philadelphia. (Invited Participant) 05/06/14
“Advances in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction”, Temple Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds, 02/18/14
“History of Medicine”. Philadelphia, PA. JK Masterman High School, Careers in Medicine Student interest Group.12/05/13
“ Skin Tumors”. Temple Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds.11/06/13
“ Recent Trends in HBO and Hyperbaric Medicine”. Wyomissing Family Practice Residency Grand Rounds, Wilkes Barre, PA. 5/22/13
“History of Medicine”, JK Masterman High School, Philadelphia, PA, inaugural lecture to Careers in Medicine Student Interest Group. 12/13/12
“A Brief History of Plastic Surgery” & “Financial Considerations and Plastic Surgery” given at The Role and Scope of Plastic Surgery. City-wide Medical Student Conference, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 11/03/12
“ Recent Experience with Allomax and Breast Reconstruction—Challenging Cases “. Buffalo (NY) Association of Plastic Surgeons 09/20/12
“ Wound Healing and HBO: The Basics”. Kimberton , PA. ChesMont Nurse Practitioner and Physicians Assts
Association 09/19/12
“Skin Ulcerations – Some Oncologic Aspect of Radiation Therapy and HBO” Grand Rounds,
Jennersville(Pa) Hospital 05/18/12
“Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction” Invited Lecture Harrisburg/Hershey General Surgeons 05/03/12
75th Anniversary-History of the American Board of Plastic Surgery Invited Author/Presenter, San
Francisco (American Association of Plastic Surgeons .) 04/14/12
“Breast Reconstruction with Tissue Expanders” (Invited Lecture) UMDNJ,Newark, NJ Division of Plastic Surgery. 03/12/12
“Biologics in Abdominal Reconstruction” & (Invited Lecture) University of California, Irvine,
Division of Plastic Surgery 11/19/11
“Medicine and Business”, Temple University, Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds. 06/15/11
Visiting Professor, University of Michigan, Division of Plastic Surgery 04/20-23/11
“Book Collecting for Fun (and Perhaps Later Profit)” Grand Rounds, Division
Plastic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania 12/09/10
“Hyperbaric Medicine”, Grand Rounds, Temple University Department of
Orthopedic Surgery 12/08/10
“Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction” invited lecture Greater Pittsburgh Plastic
Surgery Society 11/15/10
“Frederick Strange Kolle, MD- Brooklyn’s Elusive Renaissance Man and
Plastic Surgery at the Turn of the 20th Century”. Penn Plastic Surgery Alumni
Symposium and 5th Whitaker Lectureship, University of Pennsylvania06/12/10
“A Brief History of Plastic Surgery” Philadelphia Citywide Medical Student Seminar on Careers in
Plastic Surgery 09/29/09
“The Life of Harvey Cushing” Temple University Neurosurgery/Neurology
Grand Rounds .12/19/08
SERVICE (outside institution)
Aron D Wahrman, MD, PC ( Founder and Principle, private practice to 2008) 1992- present
Main Line Reform Synagogue; Wynnewood, PA Torah 2000-present
SERVICE ( Industry)
Associate Medical Director (National) Praxis Clinical Services 2002-05
Panel Physician, independent claim review (Plastic Surgery) Aetna/USHealthcare 2002-05
Speaker Panel, Organogenesis Inc. (Apligraf) 2004-06
Consultant, Kensey-Nash Corp ( Now DSM Corp) 2008,2012-4
Speaker Panel/Consultant, Bard/Davol Corp 2010-15
Consultant,The Center for Wound Healing, Inc.(now Restorix, Inc) 2011-present
Appointed, Clinical Advisory Board (National) 2015
Chief Scientific Officer, Wadsworth Medical Technologies 2011-present
Consultant, Arteriocyte 2014-present
Medical Advisory Board, Allevion/Surgeo 2014-present
Consultant, DermaClip LLC 2015
Medical Advisory Panel, HealthTrust Purchasing Group 2015-present
Formulary Management Committee, Community Health Systems 2015-present
Director, Health Sciences Advisory, Initbridge 2015-present
Consultant, Bailey Brand Mgmt 2016
Non-Faculty Advisor, OVOTE, Yale MBA project 2016
COO Calregen Inc 2016
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (Societies, committee, offices held. Note whether elected to membership)
LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL
Fellow,American College of Surgeons ID# 03048551 (elected) 1998-present
Elected to Executive Council, Member-at-Large,
Metro Philadelphia Chapter 2008-2013
Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, ID# 5202 (elected) 2002-present
Archives Committee 2005-6
Curriculum Development Committee 2012-13
Employed Plastic Surgeon Task Force 2014-5 (all by invitation)
Practice Management Committee 2015-16
Member, Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons 2004-present
Member, The Robert H. Ivy Society (elected) 2004-present
2012- Elected to Nominations Committee
2014-Elected Secretary and Chair, Membership Committee (Executive Board)
2015- Elected Treasurer ( Executive Board)
2016- Elected Vice President (Program Chair for 2017 Annual Meeting)
Contractor Advisory Committee (Midatlantic Region) CMS/Novitas/Medicare 2015-present
Member, American Association for the History of Medicine 2008-present
Member, Philadelphia Academy of Surgery (elected) 2009-present
Member, American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons (elected) 2010-present
Curriculum Committee, 2011- present
Member, American Association of Plastic Surgeons (elected) 2012-present
Strategic Planning Committee)
Technology Committee 2015
Fellow, Philadelphia College of Physicians (FCPP) (elected) 2012-present
Appointed to Oversight Committee- Mutter Museum & Library,
Wood Institute for the History of Medicine 2016
Member , American College of Healthcare Executives 2013-present
COMMITTEES
UNIVERSITY
Library Committee, Temple Faculty Senate appointed 2013
Co-Chair, Class of 2015 Gift, MHCDS, Dartmouth elected 2014
MEDICAL SCHOOL/HOSPITAL
Temple University/Health System
Graduate Medical Education Committee 2013-present
Resident Health and Wellness Subcommittee
Chair, Educational Competency Subcommittee (both appointed)
Temple Center for Population Health Advisory Council 2014-15
Temple Patient Value Team 2014-present
Health Policy Curriculum Committee 2014-present
Surgery Working Group, Epic EMR Implementation 2015-present
LCME Curriculum Group, Thread Leader-Health Policy and Advocacy 2015- present
Admissions Committee (Interviewer) Temple University Medical School 2015-present
Student Learning Environment & Appeals Committee 2016
(Appointed by the Dean of the Medical School)
HOSPITAL
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Credentials Committee 2002-6 Disaster Planning Committee 2000-2
DEPARTMENTAL
Temple University, Department of General Surgery
Strategic Planning Committee 2013-present
PUBLICATIONS:
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
- Wahrman, A. The Philadelphia Physician Factory.Chromolithograph by James Albert Wales. . J.Hist.Med Allied Sci. 1983:38(3):334-5
2. Wahrman, A., Mitra, A. Evaluation of Wrist Injuries.
Trauma Quarterly1990:6:60
3. Teimourian, B., Delia, S., Wahrman, A.The Multiplane Face Lift
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery1994:93:78
BOOKS, MONOGRAPHS, CHAPTERS
- Wahrman, A. Angiographic Patterns of Arteriosclerosis Obliterans in the Legs of Diabetics and Nondiabetics . 58pp. New Haven, CT, Yale University M.D. Thesis, 1984
AUDIOVISUAL TEACHING AIDS
- Plastic Surgery Education Network,Resident Education Section. ( A Collaboration of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons/American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons)
Modules contributed, version 2.0, 2011
- American Board of Plastic Surgery/American Society of Plastic Surgeons Regulations
- Medicolegal
- Same; version3.0, 2013
- BOOK/DVD REVIEW; Vibhakar, Bharat . “Yoga & U”. drbharatvibhakar.com 2015
RESEARCH
Joint project with Dr Leslie Gold (NYU), Mark Solomon, MD (Shriners Hospital), Stefanos Boukovalas, MD (UTMB) regarding properties of Calreticulin protein.
ABSTRACTS
- Wahrman, A., Cronin, J.,Peiler,L.,Westervelt, K.,Stephens, G. Microsystem Profile:Chestnut Hill Hospital/Restorix Comprehensive Wound Healing Center.Poster Presentation, Dartmouth Institute, MHCDS Program, Hanover, NH 1/27/14
- Wahrman, A, Cronin, J, Brown-Nichols, S., Barton, J., McDonnell, L. Action Learning Project;Claims and EMR Data. Dartmouth College, MHCDS Program. In Process 2013-15
- Abstract accepted, Calreticulin stimulation of soft tissues (Northeast Society of Plastic Surgeons 2016)
MEDIA
“Where Surgery & Strategy Intersect”. Fox Focus. ( Fox School of Business Alumni Magazine)
Spring 2015
Featured in “Surgeon Spotlight”, The Last Stitch; Plastic Surgery News(Official News Outlet of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons) April/May 2016 issue
COMMUNITY
- Shareholder #813, The Library Company of Philadelphia (founded by Benjamin Franklin) 2011- present
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