 Richard S. Zeri, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor
Plastic Surgery
The Plastic Surgery Center
600 Medical Drive
Greenville, North Carolina 27848-4354
Telephone: 252-744-5291
Fax: 252-744-5291
zerir@ecu.edu
PRACTICE HISTORY:
2002 Present Assistant Professor
Division of Plastic Surgery
East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
Greenville, NC
1998 2001 Private practice
Aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery, hand and micro surgery
New Orleans, LA
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:
7/98 - 9/98 Aesthetic Surgery Fellowship
Norman Cole, M.D.
Louisville, KY
7/97 - 6/98 Fellow, Hand and Micro Surgery
C.M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Micro Surgery
Louisville, KY
7/95 - 6/97 Resident, Plastic, Reconstructive & Hand Surgery
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
7/94 - 6/95 Chief Resident, General Surgery
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Greenville NC
7/92 - 6/94 Senior Resident, General Surgery
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Greenville, NC
7/90 - 6/91 Junior Resident, General Surgery
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Greenville, NC
7/89 - 6/90 Internship, General Surgery
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Greenville, NC
EDUCATION:
1985 - 1989 Doctor of medicine, Georgetown University
Washington, DC
1980 - 1984 Bachelor of Science, Psychology, Georgetown University
Washington, DC
RESEARCH:
1991 - 1992 Research Fellow, Division of Cardio Thoracic Surgery
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Greenville, NC
Interests: Competitive Flow in the Coronary Circulation, Sequential
Vein Grafts
1984 - 1985 Research Assistant, National Institute of Mental Health,
N.I.H.
Bethesda, MD
Interests: Borderline Personality Disorder
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Bernard Vick, MD Resident Teaching Award June 2005
Alpha Omega Alpha
The John Hunter Award, Department of Surgery
East Carolina University School of Medicine, 6/92
PSI CHI, The National Honor Society in Psychology, 1984
First Honors, Second Honors, Deans List
Georgetown University, 1980-1984
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:
American Board of Surgery #41785, December 9, 1996
American Board of Plastic Surgery, #6125, September 9, 2000
Eligible, CAQ, Hand Surgery
MEDICAL LICENSES:
Louisiana #12878R, current
North Carolina #33931, current
Kentucky #33584
Indiana, Temporary Training
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
American College of Surgeons, Fellow
ASPS, candidate
North Carolina Medical Society
American Medical Association, Former Member
Jefferson County Medical Society, Kentucky, Former Member
Kentucky Medical Society, Former Member
SERVICE HISTORY:
Head, Wound Care Committee, Kindred Hospitals, New Orleans, LA,
1998-2001
Medical Malpractice Review Panelist, LAMMICO Insurance, LA ,
1999-2001
Medical Records Committee, Pitt County Memorial Hospital,
Greenville, NC, 1995
Curriculum Development Committee, Surgical Resident Curriculum,
Association of Program
Directors in Surgery, 5/92-2/94
Volunteer Medical Staff, Walstonburg Migrant Worker Clinic,
Walstonburg, NC, 1991-1992
United Nations, University Volunteer Internship Program, Banthad
Hospital Site 2 Refugee
Camp, Aranyaprathet, Thailand, 12/88-2/89
Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, Georgetown University,
Washington, DC 1982-
1984
CURRENT HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:
Greenville, NC:
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
PUBLICATIONS:
Zeri RS, Scheker LR. Dynamic Suspension Arthroplasty of the Thumb
Carpometacarpal Joint. Results in 150 patients.
Zeri, RS, Gupta A. PIN Spontaneous Recurrent Palsy. Case Report.
Chitwood Jr. WR, Chiang KS, Williams JM, Zeri RS, Semer DA.
Embolectomy of a Birds Nest Vena Caval Filter. Annals of Thoracic
Surgery 1994;58:1766-8.
Otaki M, Lust RM, Sun YS, Norton TO, Spence PA, Zeri RS, Hopson
SB, Chitwood Jr.. WR. Bilateral vs. Single Internal Thoracic Artery
Grafting for Left Main Coronary Artery Occlusion. Chest
1994;106:1260-3.
Zeri RS, Lust RM, Spence PA, Hopson SB, Sun YS, Otaki M, Jolly SR,
Mehta PM, Chitwood Jr. WR. Effects of Chronic Native Flow
Competition on Internal Thoracic Artery Grafts. Annals of Thoracic
Surgery 1994;57:45-50.
Spence PA, Lust RM, Zeri RS, Hopson SB, Paspa PA. Limited
Pericardial Closure to Reduce Paradoxical Anterior Wall Motion
Following Cardiac Surgery of Acute Infarction. International J.
Cardiac Surgery 1994.
Lust RM, Hopson SB, Zeri RS, Dattilo JR, Sun YS, Otaki M, Brinn JE,
Chitwood Jr. WR. The Effects of Wall Tension on the Development of
Intimal Hyperplasia in Vein Grafts. Cardiovascular Surgery 1995;
(Accepted for Publication, Pending Revision)
Shammas RL, Mehta PM, Jolly SR, Lust RM, Zeri RS, Spence PA.
Reversibility of the String Sign of the Left Internal Mammary
Artery Graft. Catherization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
1993;30:236-9.
Hopson SB, Lust RM, Dattilo JB, Zeri RS, Sun YS, Otaki M, Brinn JE,
Chitwood Jr. SR. The Effects of Intermittent Flow Patterns on
Vascular Reactivity and Hyperplasia in Aortocoronary Bypass Grafts.
Surgical Forum XLIV;283-285,1993.
Sun YS, Lust RM, Norto TO, Pabst SJ, Otaki M, Zeri RS, Hopson SB,
Chitwood Jr. WR. Systemic Glucose Intolerance Induced by
Extracorporeal Circulation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Surgical
Forum XLIV;260-263,1993.
Spence PA, Lust RM, Zeri RS, Jolly SR, Mehta PM, Otaki M, Sun YS,
Chitwood Jr. WR. Competitive Flow from a Fully Patent Coronary
Artery Does Not Limit Acute Mammary Graft Flow. Annals of Thoracic
Surgery 1992;54:21-26.
Zeri RS, Lust RM, Sun YS, Otaki M, Hopson SB, Chitwood Jr., WR.
Limitations of Sequential Vein Grafts Compared to Single Grafts.
Surgical Forum XLII;269-272, 1992.
Izzo L, Zeri G. Giunti R, Zeri RS, Blasi G. Ligi C. [Pulmonary
Leiomyoma] Policlinico Sez Chir 98:119-23, 1992.
Acquiring Proficiency in Surgical Robotics: A Comparison of Rat
Femoral Artery Anastomosis by and attending Plastic Surgeon and a
Surgical Resident using Robotic and Microscopic Techniques: by: D.
Brandon Chapman, MS2; Matthew R. Paszek, MS2; Curtis E. Bower, MD;
Richard S. Zeri, MD; You Su Sun, MD; L. Wiley Nifong, MD; Ronald P.
Mageau, MD; William A. Wooden, MD; W. Randolph Chitwood Jr., MD
Effect of negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Systemic Cytokine
levels in Swine, C.E. Bower, Md; D.dV. Lo;[ado, PhD; Clifton C.
Reade, MD; R. Zeri, MD; W. Wooden, MD; Committee of the second World
Union o Wound healing Societies Meeting, July 8, 2004, Paris, France
Robotic Versus microscopic Rat Fmoral Artery Repair: Comparison of
the Learning Curve. R. Mageau, MD; R. Zeri, MD; W.A Wooden, MD,
Committee of the second World Union O Wound Healing Societies
Meeting, July 8, 2004, Paris, France.
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS:
Zeri RS. Gracilis Muscle Flap. Lecture presented at the Flap
Course. C.M. Kleinert Institute, Louisville KY.
Zeri RS. Carpometacarpal Joint Arthritis. Lecture. C.M. Kleinert
Institute for Hand and Micro Surgery, Louisville KY.
Zeri RS. Replantation vs. Amputation. Lecture. C.M. Kleinert
Institute for Hand and Micro Surgery, Louisville KY. October 1997.
Zeri RS. Maxillofacial Trauma. Lecture presented at the Hampton
General Annual Trauma Symposium.
Allen M, Zeri RS., Woosley J. Mixed Merkel Cell and Squamous Cell
Carcinoma of the Skin. Presented at the American Society of
Dermatopathology. San Francisco, March 19, 1997.
Zeri RS, Lust RM, Spence PA, Hopson SB, Jolly SR, Mehta PM, Otaki
M, Sun YS, Chitwood Jr. WR. The Effects of Chronic Competitive Flow
From a Fully Patent Cornary Artery on ITA Graft Flow. Presented at
the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 1993.
Lust RM, Hopson SB, Zeri RS, Dattilo JB, Sun YS, Otaki M, Brinn JE,
Chitwood Jr., WR. The Effects of Walltension on the Development of
Intimal Hyperplasia in Vein Grafts. Presented before the
International Congress of the International Society for
Cardiovascular Surgery, September 1993.
Hopson SM, Lust RM, Dattilo JB, Zeri RS, Sun YS, Otaki M, Brinn JE,
Chitwood Jr, WR. The Effects of Intermittent Flow Patterns on
Vascular Reactivity and Hyperplasia in Aortocoronary Bypass Grafts.
Presented at the 79th Congress of the American College of Surgeons,
October, 1993.
Sun YS, Lust RM, Norton TO, Pabst SJ, Otaki M, Zeri RS, Hopson SB,
Chitwood Jr., WR. Systemic Glucose Intolerance Induced by
Extracorporeal Circulation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Presented
at the 79th Congress of the American College of Surgeons, October,
1993.
Zeri RS, Lust RM, Sun YS, Otaki M, Hopson SB, Chitwood Jr. WR.
Limitations of Sequential Vein Grafts Compared to Single Grafts.
Surgical Forum XLII:269-72, 1992. Presented at the 79th Annual
Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, 1992.
Spence PA, Lust RM, Zeri RS, Jolly SR, Mehta PM, Otaki M, Syn YS,
Chitwood Jr. WR. Competitive Flow from a Fully Patent Coronary
Artery Does not Limit Acute Mammary Artery Graft Flow. Presented at
the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 1992.
Hopson SB, Lust RM, Sun YS, Zeri RS, Morrison RF, Otaki M.
Chitwood Jr. WR. Allopurinol Improves Myocardial Reperfusion Injury
in a Xanthine Oxidase Free Model. Presented before the 97th
Scientific Assembly of the Surgical Secion, National Medical
Association, August 3, 1992.
Hopson SB, Lust RM, Zeri RS, Sun YS, Dennis KJ, Otaki M, Chitwood
Jr., WR. A Canine Model for Simultaneous Differential Evaluation of
Psychologic Factors Regulating Induction of Vascular Proliferation
in Arterializing Vein Grafts. J. Investigative Surgery
5(3):263,1992. Presented at the 8th Annual Scientific Session of the
Academy of Surgical Research, September, 1992.
Zeri RS, Lust RM, Hopson SB, Sun YS, Dennis KJ, Otaki M, Chitwood
Jr. WR. A Canine Model of Coronary Bypass By Local Occlusion Without
Cardiopulmonary Bypass or Cardioplegia Arrest. J. Investigative
Surgery 5(3)289, 1992. Presented before the 8th Annual Scientific
Session of the Academy of Surgical Research, September, 1992.
Effect of negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Systemic Cytokine
levels in Swine, C.E. Bower, Md; D.dV. Lo;[ado, PhD; Clifton C.
Reade, MD; R. Zeri, MD; W. Wooden, MD; Committee of the second World
Union o Wound healing Societies Meeting, July 8, 2004, Paris, France
Robotic Versus microscopic Rat Fmoral Artery Repair: Comparison of
the Learning Curve. R. Mageau, MD; R. Zeri, MD; W.A Wooden, MD,
Committee of the second World Union O Wound Healing Societies
Meeting, July 8, 2004, Paris, France.
REFERENCES:
Norman Cole, M.D.
Alliant Medical Pavillion
PO Box 1027
Louisville KY 40201
(502) 589-5544
Amit Gupta, M.D.
C.M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Micro Surgery
225 Abraham Flexener Way
Louisville KY 40202
(502) 562-0300
Gerald M. Sloan, M.D.
Professor and Chief
Division of Plastic, Reconstructive & Hand Surgery
University of North Carolina Hospitals
181 Medical School Wing D, CB # 7195
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7195
(919) 966-4446
Damon Anagnos, M.D.
Assistant Professor and Director of Hand Surgery
Division of Plastic, Reconstructive & Hand Surgery
University of North Carolina Hospitals
181 Medical School Wing D, CB # 7195
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7195
(919) 966-4446
Walter J. Pories, M.D.
Professor
Department of Surgery
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Greenville, NC 27858-4354
(252) 816-4749
W. Randolph Chitwood, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Surgery
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Greenville, NC 27858-4354
(252) 816-4822
Athina Giannopoulos, M.D.
Faces Plastic Surgery
6110 Falcon Bridge Road
Suite 100
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
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