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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. American Board of Plastic Surgery/American Society of Plastic Surgeons Regulations
  2. Medicolegal
  1. Same; version3.0, 2013
  2. 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

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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

  1. Shareholder #813, The Library Company of Philadelphia (founded by Benjamin Franklin) 2011- present

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