Néha Datta, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Specialty Areas
- Plastic and reconstructive surgery
Conditions Treated & Procedures
- Abdominal hernia
- Bell’s palsy
- Bone tumors
- Cancer reconstruction
- Chest wall reconstruction
- Cleft lip & palate
- Craniofacial microsomia
- Craniosynostosis
- Facial gender confirmation
- Facial nerve surgery
- Facial palsy
- Head and neck cancer
- Jaw injury
- Limb salvage
- Lymphedema
- Ear reconstruction
- Melanoma
- Microvascular surgery
- Microvascular oncologic reconstruction
- Migraine
- Mohs reconstruction
- Nerve compression syndromes
- Nerve injuries requiring reconstruction
- Nerve transplants
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neuroma pain
- Neuropathy
- Nevi (moles)
- Oncologic reconstruction
- Orbital fracture
- Otoplasty (ear surgery)
- Palatoplasty (pediatric cleft palate)
- Pediatric moles (birth marks)
- Prominent ears
- Rhinophyma
- Cosmetic and functional rhinoplasty
- Sarcoma nerve compression
- Skin cancer
- Skin grafting
- Smile surgery
- Spinal cord injury
- Synkinesis
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Wound coverage and closure
- Ramsay Hunt Snydrome
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Eyelid and Brow procedures
- Eyelid Asymmetry
- Lip Asymmetry
- Midface reconstruction
- Palate surgery
Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery
Degrees
Medical School, Harvard Medical School, MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program, 2012
Residency
General Surgery Residency, Department of Surgery, University of California – Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2012-2019
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency (Shock Trauma), Johns Hopkins/University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 2019-2022
Fellowship
Graduate Research Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital/Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Boston, MA, 2009
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Microsurgery Teaching Laboratory/Reconstructive Transplantation Program, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2016
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dumont-UCLA Transplant Research Laboratories, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California – Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
Craniofacial, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship, SUNY Upstate Medical University/AO CMF North America, 2023
Professional Memberships
Gold Humanism Honor Society
American Society of Reconstructive Transplantation
American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
American Head & Neck Society
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
American Society for Peripheral Nerve
American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons
Awards and Honors
2016, Best Research Resident Paper, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
2015, Young Investigator Award, The Transplantation Society
2014 & 2015, Outstanding Student Teaching Award, UCLA
2015-2016, H&H Lee Surgical Resident Travel Grant, UCLA
2015 & 2016, Longmire Surgical Society Research Award, UCLA
2014-2016, H&H Lee Surgical Research Award, UCLA
2013, Gerald S. Levey Surgical Research Award, UCLA
2012, Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, Arnold P. Gold Foundation
Areas of Research Interest
Advanced Surgical Imaging and Photonics
Robotic Surgery
Reconstructive Transplantation
Publications
Hospital Affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Patients Seen At
Center for Advanced Medicine
4921 Parkview Place, Suite G, Floor 6
St. Louis, MO 63110
To request an appointment with Dr. Datta, please call (314) 362-7388.