Curriculum Vitae - Edward Ray, MD
last updated 10/2011
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CERTIFICATIONS
Diplomate, American Board of Surgery
Diplomate, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Certified ATLS Instructor
BLS & ACLS Certified
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Active Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Member, North Carolina Society of Plastic Surgeons
Member, American Society for Surgery of the Hand
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA) 2005 - 2008
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship Chief Resident 2007 - 2008
ASMS Maxillofacial Principles & Techniques Training
Certificate of Microsurgery Technique Training
University of Rochester (Rochester, NY) Strong Memorial Hospital, Department of Surgery 1998 - 2005
General Surgery Internship, Residency, Chief Residency
Mayo Medical School (Rochester, MN) 1994 - 1998
Doctor of Medicine
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) 1990 - 1994
Artium Baccalarius cum laude, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Graduated with Honors and Distinctions
Deans Scholars Program, Honors Thesis
HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Board of Governors, Operation Smile Carolinas Chapter 2009-2011
Winner, Best Paper, ASPS/PSEF Senior Residents Conference Feb 2008 (Hand Surgery Session), Washington D.C.
Regan Fellow, Operation Smile 25th Mission (Philippines) Nov 2007
Webmaster, USC Division of Plastic Surgery website Nov 2006 - 2008
Photography Exhibition at Nazareth College (Pittsford, NY) Jan 2005
URMC Graduate Medical Education Committee Member 2003 - 2005
ACS Certified ATLS Instructor 2000 - 2008
Harry N. Hoffman II Humanitarian Scholarship Recipient,1997
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society (Theta Chapter) 1994 - present
Biochemistry Honors Research Program 1993 - 1994
Cornell Dean's Scholars Program 1990 -1994
EXPERIENCE
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship Jul 2000 – Jun 2002
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642
Studied glutamine transporters and adaptation in a rabbit short bowel model
Student Research Fellowship Nov 1996 – May 1998
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902 Studied arginine/NO effects on canine coronary arteries and femoral artery grafts
Research Assistant May 1992 - July 1994
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Studied the role of alanine in the structure of spider silk using NMR and MRI
PUBLICATIONS
Ray EC, Wu T, Nazarian-Mobin S, Reinisch J, Urata M, “Review of Options for Burned Ear Reconstruction” accepted for publication in J. Craniofacial Surg. 2011.
Ray, EC, Stevanovic, M, “Immediate Thumb Reconstruction With Great Toe Transfer After Acute Injury,” presented at the ASPS Senior Resident Conference, January 31, 2008 in Washinton D.C., Plast. Recon. Surg., 123(1) :259-267, January 2009.
Lehfeldt, M, Ray, EC, Sherman R, “Flexor Tendon Repair” (CME article for ‘Self Assessment for Evaluations in Plastic Surgery’ Plast. Recon. Surg., 121(4) Supplement:1-12, April 2008.
Ray, EC, Schoeniger LO, “The Cost of Minimally Invasive Surgery,” (Invited Chapter for Minimally Invasive Surgery).
Ray, EC, Avissar, NE, Salloum, R, and Sax, HC, “Growth Hormone (GH) and Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Upregulate Specific Sodium Dependent Glutamine (Gln) Uptake Systems in Human C2BBe1 Cells,” J. Nutr., 135(1): 14-18 (Jan 2005).
Avissar, NE, Ziegler, TR, Toia, L, Gu, LH, Ray, EC, Berlanga-Acosta, J, Sax, HC, “ATB0/ASCT2 Expression in Residual Rabbit Bowel Is Decreased after Massive Enterectomy and Is Restored by Growth Hormone Treatment,” J. Nutr. 134: 2173-2177 (Sep 2004).
Ray, EC, Schoeniger, LO, “Hepatocellular Carcinoma,” Prob. Gen. Surg. 21(1): 1-15 (2004).
Ray, EC, Nickels, MW, Sayeed, S, Sax, HC, “Predicting Success After Gastric Bypass: Role of Psychological and Behavioral Factors,” Surgery 134(4): 555-563 (2003).
* Ray, EC, Avissar, NE, Vukcevic, D, Toia, L, Ryan, CK, Berlanga-Acosta, J, Sax, HC, “Growth Hormone and Epidermal Growth Factor Together Enhance Amino Acid Transport Systems B0,+ and A in Remnant Small Intestine after Massive Enterectomy,” J. Surg. Res. 113(2): 257-263 (2003).
(*): Selected for Year Book of Surgery; (Copeland, EM, ed.) Mosby. Manchester, U.K., September 2004.
Ray, EC, Avissar, N, Sax, H, “Methods Used to Study Intestinal Nutrient Transport: Past and Present,” [Review], J. Surg. Res. 108: 180-190 (2002).
Ray, EC, Avissar, NE, Sax, HC, “Growth factor regulation of enterocyte nutrient transport during intestinal adaptation,” [Review], Am. J. Surg. 183(2): 361-371 (2002). Landis, ME,
Ray, EC, Gloviczki, P, Miller, VM, “Effects of Dietary L- arginine on Structure and Function of Flow-Restricted Vein Grafts,” J. Vasc. Surg. 33(4): 829-839 (2001).
Ray, EC, Landis, ME, Miller, VM, "Effects of Dietary L-arginine on Reactivity of Canine Coronary Arteries," Vasc. Med. 4(4): 211-217 (1999).
Ray, EC, “NMR of Spider Silk” Cornell University Biochemistry Honors Program Thesis, Ithaca, New York (1994).
Simmons, A, Ray, E, Jelinski, LW, "NMR Studies of Spider Dragline Silk," Polym. Prepr., Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Polym. Chem. 35(2): 421-422 (1994). Simmons, A,
Ray, E, Jelinski, LW, "Solid State 13C NMR of Nephila clavipes Dragline Silk Establishes Structure and Identity of Crystalline Regions," Macromolecules, 27: 5235-5237 (1994).
Xia, Y, Farquhar, T, Burton-Wurster, N, Ray, E, Jelinski, LW, "Diffusion and Relaxation Mapping of Intact Cartilage and Cartilage Explants Using MR Microscopic Imaging," Magn. Reson. Med. 31: 273-282 (1994).
McNamee, SG, Ober, CK, Jelinski, LW, Ray, E, Xia, Y, Grubb, D, "Toward Single Fiber Diffraction of Spider Dragline Silk from Nephila clavipes," in Silk Polymers: Materials Science and Biotechnology, ACS Symp. Ser. 544 (Kaplan, D, Adams, WW, Farmer, B, and Viney, C, eds.) 176-184 (1994).
ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS
Ray, EC, Stevanovic, M, “Immediate Thumb Reconstruction With Great Toe Transfer After Acute Injury,” presented at the 25th Annual Bernard G. Sarnat Plastic Surgery Conference in Los Angeles, CA. (June 28, 2008).
Ray, EC, Stevanovic, M, “Immediate Thumb Reconstruction With Great Toe Transfer After Acute Injury,” presented at the ASPS SeniorResident Conference in Washinton D.C. (January 31, 2008).
Ray, EC, Magee W, Kulber D, “Use of Alloderm in First Webspace Reconstruction” presented at the Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Meeting in Santa Barbara, California (January 21, 2007).
Ray, EC, Nickels, MW, Sayeed, S, Sax, HC, “Predicting Success After Gastric Bypass: Role of Psychological and Behavioral Factors” presented atthe 60th Annual Central Surgical Association Meeting in Toronto, Ontario (March 20, 2003).
Ray, EC, Avissar, NE, Vukcevic, D, Toia, L, Ryan, CK, Berlanga-Acosta, J, Sax, HC, “Growth Hormone and Epidermal Growth Factor Together Enhance Amino Acid Transport Systems B0,+ and A in Remnant Small Intestine after Massive Enterectomy,” presented at the 36th Annual Association for Academic Surgery Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts (November 7, 2002).
Salloum, R, Avissar, NE, Patel, S, Ray, EC, Hamilton, DE, Sax, HC, “Modulation of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor phosphorylation in hypoxic colon cancer cells in vitro” poster presented at the Society of Surgical Oncology 55th Annual Cancer Symposium in Denver, Colorado (March 2002).
Ray, E, Avissar, N, Sax, H, “Growth Hormone and Epidermal Growth Factor Alter the Relative Contribution of Intestinal Glutamine Transport Systems,” presented at the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons 87th Surgical Forum in New Orleans, Louisiana (October 8, 2001).
Ray, E, Sax, H, Avissar, N, “Growth Hormone and Epidermal Growth Factor Upregulate Specific Sodium-Dependent Glutamine Transport Systems in C2BBe1,” presented at the Summer 2001 FASEB Meeting on Transporter Biology in Tucson, Arizona (July 23, 2001).
Ray, EC, Landis, ME, Miller, VM, "Effects of Dietary L-arginine on Reactivity of Canine Coronary Arteries," poster presented at the International Symposium on Mechanisms of Vasodilation in Maastricht, Netherlands (July 1997).
