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Albert S. Woo M.D.


Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Assistant Professor, Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Board Certification
Plastic Surgery--Certified
Areas of Clinical Interest
Craniofacial/Cleft Surgery
Pediatric Plastic Surgery
General Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Cosmetic Surgery

In the News:
St. Louis Doctors Reconstruct Face Of Southwest Missouri Boy
Medical School
Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, 1999
Postdoctoral Education
Internship: General Surgery (1999-2000)
Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island

Residency: General Surgery (2000-2002)
Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island

Residency: Plastic Surgery (2002-2005)
Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island

Fellowship: Craniofacial Surgery (2005-2006)
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
Patients Seen At
St. Louis Children's Hospital (Pediatric)
One Children's Place, Suite 1A
St. Louis, MO 63110

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Center (Adult)
Center for Advanced Medicine
4921 Parkview Place, Suite G, Floor 6
St. Louis, MO 63110
Patient Appointments
(314) 362-7388 or (800) 283-5848
Hospital Affiliations
St. Louis Children's Hospital
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Selected or Recent Publications
Perlyn C, Nichols C, Woo AS, Becker D, Kane A. Le Premier Siècle: One hundred years of progress in the treatment of Apert syndrome. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. (in press)

Shah MM, Smyth M, Woo AS. Adverse facial edema associated with off-label use of rh-BMP2 in cranial reconstruction for craniosynostosis: A case report. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 2008:1(3):255-257.

Woo, AS. Naso-orbito-ethmoid fractures. CMF Hyperguide. May 15, 2007.

Zienowicz RJ, Karacaoglu E, Woo A. Massive diffuse congenital lipomatosis of the lower extremity. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2006;118(3):63e-66e.

Sullivan PK, Woo, AS. Discussion: Rhinoplasty with advancing age. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. (in press)

Sullivan PK, Salomon JA, Woo AS, Freeman MB. The importance of the retaining ligamentous attachments of the forehead for selective eyebrow reshaping and forehead rejuvenation. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2006;117(1): 95-104.
Selected or Recent Chapters
Woo AS, Pastrick GH, Gruss JS. Fractures of the Zygoma. In: Weinzweig (ed.). Plastic Surgery Secrets. 2nd Edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier. (in press)
Presentations
Woo AS, Omnell L, Williams B, Hopper RA. Cephalometric Changes Following Lefort III Midface Distraction in Syndromic Pediatric Patients. Presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association Conference in Vancouver, Canada on April 7, 2006.

Woo AS, Jang JL, Weinzweig J. Creation of a Vascularized Composite Graft with Acellular Dermal Matrix and Hydroxyapatite. Presented at the 2004 Plastic Surgery Research Council in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the 2005 Plastic Surgery Senior Residents Conference in Houston, Texas.

Woo AS, Zienowicz RJ. Massive Diffuse Congenital Lipomatosis of the Lower Extremity: A Case Report. Presented at the 2004 New England Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons in Lenox, Massachusetts.

Lee JS, Woo AS, Panter K, Seki J, Spangenberger A, Weinzweig J. Bony Palatal Fusion Following In Utero Repair of the Congenital Cleft Palate Model. Presented at the 2004 American Society of Plastic Surgeons National Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the 2004 New England Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons in Lenox, Massachusetts.

Woo AS, Jang JS, Weinzweig J. Increasing Viability of Bone Grafts through Vascularization of Isogeneic Bone in Lewis Rats. Presented at the 2004 Plastic Surgery Research Council in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Sullivan PK, Kim RY, Singer DS, Woo AS. The Anatomic Basis for the Tear Trough and Crescent Deformity at the Lower Eyelid-Cheek Junction. Presented at the 2003 American Society of Plastic Surgeons National Meeting in San Diego, California, and the 2003 New England Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons in Plymouth, Massachusetts.