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 | Thomas H. Tung M.D.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Associate Professor, Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Board Certification
Plastic Surgery--Certified | Areas of Specialty and Clinical Interest
Dr. Tung specializes in oncologic reconstructive surgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery. His areas of clinical interest include breast reconstruction, major brachial plexus and peripheral nerve surgery (adults and children), microsurgery, hand surgery, and limb transplantation.
Dr. Tung also performs cosmetic surgery procedures at the Washington University Cosmetic Surgery Institute.
Also see Center for Nerve Injury & Paralysis. | Medical School
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, 1990 | Postdoctoral Education
Residency: Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1991
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland, 1998
Fellowship: Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, 1999 | Patients Seen At
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Center
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
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St Louis | | St Louis Children's Hospital | Awards/Honors
2007, Listed in Best Doctors in America (Best Doctors, Inc.) | Selected or Recent Publications
Rubinstein RE, Deem KC, Jensen J, MacKinnon SE, Tung TH. Strain differences in autotomy in mice after peripheral nerve transection or repair. Microsurgery. 2003;23(4):363-368.
Tung TH, Mackinnon SE. Brachial plexus injuries. Clinics in Plastic Surgery. 2003;30(2):269-287.
Tung TH, Mackinnon SE, Mohanakumar T. Long-term limb allograft survival using anti-CD40L antibody in a murine model. Transplantation. 2003;75(5):644-650.
Tung TH, Novak CB, Mackinnon SE. Nerve transfers to the biceps and brachialis branches to improve elbow flexion strength after brachial plexus injuries. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2003;98(2):313-318.
Doolabh VB, Tung TH, Wayne Flye M, Mackinnon SE. Effect of nondepleting anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody (Rib 5/2) plus donor antigen pretreatment in peripheral nerve allotransplantation. Microsurgery. 2002;22(8):329-34.
Brenner MJ, Tung TH, Jensen JN, Mackinnon SE. The spectrum of complications of immunosuppression: is the time right for hand transplantation? Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery [American]. 2002;84-A(10):1861-1870.
Novak CB, Mackinnon SE, Tung TH. Patient outcome following a thoracodorsal to musculocutaneous nerve transfer for reconstruction of elbow flexion. British Journal of Plastic Surgery. 2002;55(5):416-419.
Lowe JB 3rd, Tung TR, Mackinnon SE. New surgical option for radial nerve paralysis. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2002;110(3):836-843.
Tung TH, Mohanakumar T, Mackinnon SE. Effect of age on thrombosis and morbidity in the mouse-limb transplantation model. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. 2002;18(1):47-52.
Tung TH, Mohanakumar T, Mackinnon SE. A subcutaneous heterotopic limb transplantation model in the mouse for prolonged allograft survival. Microsurgery. 2001;21(7):298-305.
Tung TH, Mackinnon SE. Flexor digitorum superficialis nerve transfer to restore pronation: two case reports and anatomic study. Journal of Hand Surgery [American]. 2001;26(6):1065-1072.
Tung TH, Mohanakumar T, Mackinnon SE. Development of a mouse model for heterotopic limb and composite-tissue transplantation. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. 2001;17(4):267-273.
Tung TH, Mackinnon SE. Secondary carpal tunnel surgery. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2001;107(7):1830-1843; quiz 1844,1933.
Pub Med page for Thomas H. Tung, M.D. | Presentations
Lowe JB, Tung T, Mackinnon SE. Use of interposed nerve in conduit repairs of nerve gaps? Presented at the Plastic Surgery Research Council, Seattle, Washington, May 2000.
| | Tung T, Hussussian CJ, Mackinnon SE. Distal Anterior Interosseous Nerve as Donor Nerve Graft. Presented at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Seattle, Washington, October 2000. | Academic Office
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