Please join us in welcoming Lindsey M. Korepta, MD, RPVI, as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.
Lindsey Korepta, MD, RPVI
Lindsey M. Korepta, MD, RPVI Associate Surgeon, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Member of the Faculty, Harvard Medical School
Lindsey M. Korepta, MD, RPVI, is a graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI and completed her medical degree at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in East Lansing, MI. She completed her postgraduate training in the Spectrum Health/Michigan State University Integrated Vascular Residency Program in Grand Rapids, MI.
Her clinical and research interests include: Aortic aneurysm repair, peripheral vascular disease and limb care preservation, arteriovenous fistula creation, venous insufficiency treatment and quality improvement.
Stephanie Nitzshke, MD, has been named medical director of the Burn Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Stephanie Nitzschke, MD
Stephanie Nitzschke, MD Associate Surgeon, Division of Trauma, Burn, Surgical & Critical Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Medical Director, Burn Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Stephanie Nitzschke, MD, is an acute care surgeon, trauma surgeon and surgical intensivist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and instructor in surgery at Harvard Medical School. She is a graduate of Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, IL and completed a General Surgery Residency at INOVA Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, VA. Dr. Nitzschke completed a Burn Surgery Fellowship at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research in Fort Sam Houston, TX and a Trauma & Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.
Dr. Nitzschke is an active participant in resident and medical student education. Her research interests include clinical outcomes for burn and trauma patients. She has authored over 15 peer-reviewed manuscripts, chapters and presented 20 abstracts and lectures regionally and nationally concerning surgical care.
Bohdan Pomahac, MD, has been appointed the inaugural Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner Distinguished Chair in Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Bohdan Pomahac, MD
Bohdan Pomahac, MD Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner Distinguished Chair in Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Director, Plastic Surgery Transplantation, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Bohdan Pomahac, MD, was born and raised in the Czech Republic where he graduated from Palacky University School of Medicine. He trained at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in General Surgery and completed a fellowship in the Harvard Plastic Surgery Program.
Dr. Pomahac established the Plastic Surgery Transplantation Program at BWH, one of the world’s leading centers in face and vascularized composite tissue allotransplantation (VCA). As a pioneer in the field of VCA transplantation, he led the teams that performed the second partial face transplant and the first three full face transplant procedures in the United Stated. In 2011, the team performed the first successful bilateral upper extremity transplantation in the Northeast. Under Dr. Pomahac’s leadership, the BWH VCA transplant team has performed a number of additional face and hand transplants, and expanded research protocols to include lower extremity and abdominal wall transplantation.
Dr. Pomahac’s research team is currently working on implementation of immunosuppression minimization strategies in clinical trials, development of technology to extend the viability of tissues and other research topics related to VCA transplantation and plastic surgery. His clinical interests include facial reconstruction, reconstruction of oncologic defects including breast, esthetic surgery and microsurgery.
