EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
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1999 |
Diplomat, American Board
of Plastic Surgery, issued September
18th, 1999.* |
|
1997 |
Diplomat, American Board
of Surgery, issued February 11, 1997.* |
|
1986-1990 |
Columbia University, College
of Physicians and Surgeons - M.D.
Honors: Alpha Omega Alpha |
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1982-1986 |
The Johns Hopkins University
- B.A., Natural Sciences
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, National Merit Scholar
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TRAINING & EXPERIENCE
| 7/06-current |
Associate Clinical Professor,
UCLA Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |
| 7/99-7/06 |
Assistant Professor,
UCLA Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |
| 7/04-current |
Chief, Plastic Surgery
Section, Research/Surgery, VA Greater
Los Angeles Healthcare System at West Los Angeles
(attending staff at VA since 7/99) |
| 7/98-6/99 |
Clinical Instructor,
UCLA Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
and Attending Staff, Research/Surgery, VA Greater
Los Angeles Healthcare System at West Los Angeles
|
7/96-6/98 |
Residency, Plastic Surgery,
UCLA Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
W.W. Shaw, M.D., Chief |
7/92-6/94 |
Basic Research in Plastic
Surgery, with Dr. Timothy A. Miller,
UCLA Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Principle areas of research included bone growth
and regeneration, the development of bone graft
substitutes using growth factor and biomaterial
technology, chemical peeling and lymphedema |
6/90-6/96 |
Residency, General Surgery,
UCLA Department of Surgery, Division of General
Surgery, E. C. Holmes, M.D., Chairman |
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
| Plastic Surgery Research
Council: Active Member |
| American College of Surgeons:
Fellow, 2002. |
| American Society of Plastic
Surgeons: Active Member. |
| California Society of Plastic
Surgeons: Council Member (June, 2005-current);
Auditor, Southern Region (2003-5). Scientific
Program Committee member for 2003-2007; Chair,
Scientific Program Committee for the 2004 Annual
Meeting |
TEACHING AWARDS
| Plastic Surgery Junior
Faculty Teaching Award, “for exceptional
dedication to resident teaching,” presented
June 18, 1999. |
| Plastic Surgery Faculty
Teaching Award, “for excellence
in resident teaching,” presented June 15,
2001. |
PRESENTATIONS
| 1 |
Rudkin, G.H. and Miller, T.A.,
"Lymphedema," presented at the UCLA
Symposium: "A Review of Vascular Surgery,"
Santa Monica, California, September, 1992 |
| 2 |
Ashby, E.A., Rudkin, G.H. and Miller,
T.A., et al, "In Vitro Three-Dimensional
Model of Bone Formation," presented at the
Plastic Surgery Research Council, Houston, TX,
April, 1993 |
| 3 |
Rudkin, G.H., Ashby, E.A., Ishida,
K. and Miller, T.A., "Repair of Nonhealing
Cranial Defects Utilizing BMP in a Rabbit Model,"
presented at the Sun Valley Hard Tissue Workshop,
Sun Valley, ID, August, 1993 |
| 4 |
Rudkin, G.H., Turk, A.E., Ashby,
E.A., Hoh, C.K., Miller, T.A. and Shaw, W.W.,
"PET Scan Imaging in Bone Healing,"
presented at the Southern California Chapter of
the American College of Surgeons, Newport Beach,
CA, January, 1994 |
5 |
Rudkin, G.H., Ashby, E.A., Ishida,
K. and Miller, T.A., "Histology of Cartilage
Grafting in the Rabbit," presented at the
Plastic Surgery Research Council, Ann Arbor, MI,
June 1994 |
| 6 |
Rudkin, G.H., Thye, D., Ishida,
K., Yamaguchi, D.T. and Miller, T.A., "Effects
of TGF-*, Osteogenin and Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2
on Intercellular Communication in MC3T3-E1 Cells,"
presented at the Am. Soc. Bone/Mineral Res. Conf.,
Kansas City, MO, September, 1994 |
| 7 |
Rudkin, G.H. and Miller, T.A.,
"Staged Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Excision
for the Surgical Treatment of Lymphedema,"
presented at the National Lymphedema Network Conference,
San Francisco, CA, October, 1994 |
| 8 |
Ahn, S.S., Hiyama, D.T., Fuchs,
G.J., Concepcion, B., Ro, K.M., Rudkin, G.H.,
Johnson, P.J., Lacy, S., “Laparoscopic Aorto-Bifemoral
Bypass: A Case Report,” presented at the
sixth annual meeting of the Peripheral Vascular
Surgery Society in Park City, Utah, January, 1996 |
| 9 |
Wyatt, L.E., Rudkin, G.H., Ashby,
E.R., Brooks, S., Miller, T.A., “Staged
Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Excision for Lymphedema
of the Lower Extremities,” presented at
the seventy-sixth annual meeting of the American
Association of Plastic Surgeons in Portland, Oregon,
May, 1997 |
| 10 |
Rudkin, G.H., Gruber, R, Lesavoy,
M, “Manipulative Septoplasty for Airway
Obstruction,” presented at the So. CA Chapter
of the American College of Surgeons, Palm Springs,
CA, January, 1998 |
| 11 |
Rudkin, G.H. and Miller, T.A.,
“Temporalis Fascia Reconstruction of the
Lax Lower Eyelid,” presented at the Plastic
Surgery Senior Residents’ Conference, Birmingham,
Alabama, April, 1998 |
| 12 |
Rudkin, G.H., Gruber, R., Lesavoy,
M.A., “Closed Septal Osteotomy for Airway
Obstruction,” presented at the 1998 Global
Summit on Aesthetic Surgery, Los Angeles, CA,
May, 1998. Awarded “Best Resident Presentation.” |
| 13 |
Seifert, L.N. and Rudkin, G.H.,
“A Method to Harvest Partial Thickness Rib
Cartilage Grafts Using the Wood Carver’s
Gouge,” presented at the 1998 Global Summit
on Aesthetic Surgery, Los Angeles, CA, May, 1998 |
| 14 |
Rudkin, G.H. and Miller, T.A.,
“Effects of Retinoids on Skin Cancer,”
presented at the Wadsworth Physicians and Surgeons
Alumni Association 40th Annual Seminar, Los Angeles,
CA, March, 1999 |
| 15 |
Rudkin, G.H., Chung, C., Heffel,
D., and Miller, T.A., “Effects of Retinoids
on Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication
in BCCA/SCCA Cell Lines,” presented at the
Plastic Surgery Research Council, Pittsburgh,
PA, May, 1999 |
| 16 |
Rudkin, G.H., “Plastic Surgery
for Men,” presented at the Men’s Health
and Wellness Seminar, UCLA Medical Center, Los
Angeles, CA, May, 1999 |
| 17 |
Rudkin, G.H., “Plastic Surgery
for Women,” presented at the Total Health
for Women Seminar, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles,
CA, November, 1999 |
| 18 |
Ghasri, P, Huang, W., Rudkin, GH,
Yamaguchi, DT, and Miller, TA, "Effects of
BMP-2 Expression on Cell Communication, Growth
and Morphology of UMR Cells," presented at
the So. CA Chapter Meeting of the American College
of Surgeons, Huntington Beach, CA, January 2000 |
| 19 |
Huang, W, Rudkin, G.H., Ishida,
K, Yamaguchi, D, and Miller, TA, "Overexpression
of BMP-2 Modulates Morphology, Growth and Gene
Expression in Osteoblastic Cells," presented
at the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation
Meeting, Seattle, WA, May 2000 |
| 20 |
Chung, C, Rudkin, G.H., Ishida,
K, Yamaguchi, D, and Miller, TA, “Effects
of Retinoids on Connexin 43 Expression in Squamous
Cell Carcinoma,” presented at the Plastic
Surgery Educational Foundation Meeting, Seattle,
WA, May 2000 |
| 21 |
Carlsen, B., Chung, C., Huang,
W., Rudkin, G.H., Yamaguchi, D., and Miller, T.A.,
“Effects of Retinoids on Cell Growth and
Communication in Squamous Cell Carcinoma,”
presented at the So. CA Chapter Meeting of the
American College of Surgeons, Santa Barbara, CA,
January 2001 |
| 22 |
Rudkin, G.H., Chung, C., Carlsen,
B., Yamaguchi, D., Ishida, K. and Miller, T.A.,
“Retinoids Inhibit Cell Growth and Intercellular
Communication in Squamous Cell Carcinoma,”
presented at the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation
Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, June 2001. |
| 23 |
Carlsen, B., Huang, W., Rudkin,
G.H., Chung, C., Yamaguchi, D., and Miller, T.A.,
“Effect of Serial Passage on Gene Expression
in MC3T3-E1 Pre-Osteoblastic Cells – A Microarray
Study,” presented at the Plastic Surgery
Educational Foundation Meeting, Milwaukee, WI,
June 2001 |
| 24 |
Huang,W., Carlsen, B., Rudkin,
G.H., Ishida,K., Yamaguchi, D.T., Miller, T.A.
“Identification of Osteopontin as an Age-related
Gene in MC3T3-E1 Cells and Characterization of
its Function.” Presented at the American
Society of Bone and Mineral Research Meeting,
Phoenix, AZ. October 2001 |
| 25 |
Carlsen, B., Rudkin, G.H., Miller,
T.A., Farmer,D.G., “Skin Graft Closure of
Abdominal Wall Defects Following Intraabdominal
Organ Transplantation.” Presented at the
Southern California American College of Surgeons
Annual Scientific Meeting in Santa Barbara, CA.
January 2002 |
| 26 |
Carlsen,B.Berry, M., Rudkin,G.H.,
Huang, W., Ishida, K., Yamaguchi, D.T., Miller,
T.A. “Alteration of Gene Expression in Squamous
Cell Carcinoma.” Presented at the Southern
California American College of Surgeons Annual
Scientific Meeting in Santa Barbara, CA. January
2002 |
| 27 |
Huang, W., Carlsen, B., Rudkin,
G.H., Ishida, K., Yamaguchi, D.T., Miller, T.A.
“Over-Expression of Osteopontin in MC3T3-E1
Pre-Osteoblastic Cells Inhibits Osteogenic Capacity.”
Presented at the Southern California American
College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting
in Santa Barbara, CA. January 2002 |
| 28 |
Carlsen, B., Huang, W., Rudkin,
G.H., Ishida, K., Yamaguchi, D.T., Miller, T.A.
“Isolation and Characterization of Rabbit
Bone Marrow-Derived Stromal Osteoprogenitor Cells.”
Presented at the Plastic Surgery Research Council
in Boston, MA. April 2002 |
| 29 |
Carlsen, B., Rudkin, G.H., Huang,
W., Ishida, K., Yamaguchi, D.T., Miller, T.A.
“Alteration of Gene Expression in Squamous
Cell Carcinoma.” Presented at the Plastic
Surgery Research Council in Boston, MA. April
2002 |
| 30 |
Huang, W., Carlsen, B., Rudkin,
G.H., Ishida, K., Yamaguchi, D.T., Miller, T.A.
“Over-Expression of Osteopontin in MC3T3-E1
Pre-Osteoblastic Cells Inhibits Osteogenic Capacity.”
Presented at the Plastic Surgery Research Council
in Boston, MA. April 2002 |
| 31 |
Carlsen, B., Rudkin, G.H., Miller,
T.A. “Naslolabial Flap Reconstruction of
Large Lower Lip Defects.” Accepted for presentation
at the California Society of Plastic Surgeons
in Rancho Mirage, CA. May 2002 |
| 32 |
Huang, W., Carlsen, B., Rudkin,
G.H., Berry, M., Ishida, K., Yamaguchi, D.T.,
Miller, T.A. “Characterization of Autologous
Rabbit Bone Marrow Stromal Cells for Their Use
in Bone Tissue Engineering.” Presented at
the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research
Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. October 2002 |
| 33 |
Rudkin, G.H., Seifert, L., “Non-Endoscopic
Direct Access Medial Brow Modification.”
Presented at the 53rd Annual California Society
of Plastic Surgeons Meeting, Sacramento, CA. April,
2003 |
| 34 |
Sukkarieh, M., Huang, W., Carlsen,
B., Ishida, K., Rudkin, G.H., Miller, T.A., “3D
vs. 2D Scaffold: Effect on Development of Bone
Marrow Stomal Cells.” Presented at the 53rd
Annual California Society of Plastic Surgeons
Meeting, Sacramento, CA. April, 2003 |
| 35 |
Lee, G.K., Rudkin, G.H., Da Lio,
A., “Filet of Upper Arm Flap for Reconstruciton
of Shoulder and Chest Wall Defects.” Presented
at the 53rd Annual California Society of Plastic
Surgeons Meeting, Sacramento, CA. April, 2003 |
| 36 |
Huang, W., Rudkin, G.H., Ishida,
K., Yamaguchi, D.T., Miller, T.A., “Biphasic
Expression of Osteopontin in MC3T3-E1 Pre-Osteoblastic
Cells in Response to BMP-2.” Presented at
the Plastic Surgery Research Council 48th Annual
Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, April 2003 |
| 37 |
Gutierrez, J.G., Huang, W., Carlsen,
B., Rudkin, G.H., Ishida, K., Wulur, I., Wu, B.,
Yamaguchi, D.T., Miller, T.A., “BMP-2 is
Required for In Vitro Formation of Bony Tissue
in a 3-Dimensional PLGA Scaffold Using Bone Marrow
Stromal Cells.” Presented at the Plastic
Surgery Research Council 48th Annual Meeting,
Las Vegas, NV, April 2003 |
| 38 |
Huang, W., Rudkin, G.H., Sukkarieh
M., Ishida K., Yamaguchi, D.T., and Miller T.A.,
“Differentiation of MC3T3-E1 Pre-osteoblastic
Cells on Two-dimensional Poly(lactide-co-glycolide)
(PLGA) Films and Three-dimensional PLGA Scaffolds
– A Real-time RT-PCR Study.” Presented
at the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research
Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 2003 |
| 39 |
Sukkarieh, M., Huang, W., Ishida,
K., Miller, T.A. and Rudkin, G.H., “Fluid
Flow Upregulates Expression of Vascular Endothelial
Growth Factor.” Presented at the 54th Annual
California Society of Plastic Surgeons Meeting,
San Diego, CA. May 2004 |
| 40 |
Jarrahy, R., Sukkarieh, M., Huang,
W., Ishida, K., Rudkin, G.H., and Miller, T.A.,
“Osteogenic Differentiation in Three-Dimensional
Culture.” Presented at the 54th Annual California
Society of Plastic Surgeons Meeting, San Diego,
CA. May 2004 |
| 41 |
Jarrahy R., Rudkin G.H., Huang
W., Ishida K., Sukkarieh M., Berry M., Miller
T.A., “Three-dimensional (3D) structural
culture environments significantly alter gene
expression in MC3T3-E1 pre-osteoblastic cells.”
Presented at the Plastic Surgery Research Council
49th Annual meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, June 2004 |
| 42 |
Jarrahy R., Rudkin G.H., Huang
W., Ishida K., Sukkarieh M., Berry M., Miller
T.A., “Expression of vascular endothelial
growth factor (VEGF) is increased in MC3T3-E1
pre-osteoblastic cells cultured on three- dimensional
(3D) scaffolds.” Presented at the Plastic
Surgery Research Council 49th Annual meeting,
Ann Arbor, MI, June 2004 |
| 43 |
Huang, W., Rudkin, G.H., Ishida,
K., Yamaguchi, D.T., and Miller, T.A., “Knockdown
of Chordin Using siRNA Induces Osteoblastic Differentiation
in MC3T3-E1 Preosteoblastic Cells.” Presented
at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
(ASBMR) 26th Annual Meeting, October, 2004 |
| 44 |
Roostaeian J, Simhaee D, Jarrahy
R, Huang W, Rudkin GH, Miller TA, "NaOH-treatment
of PLGA Scaffolds and its Effects on Osteogenic
Differentiation." Presented at the California
Society of Plastic Surgeon Annual Meeting, June
2005 |
| 45 |
Rudkin, G.H., ‘Biomedical
Models and Heat-Cured PMMA Implants in Cranial
Reconstruction,’ presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Academy of Maxillofacial
Prosthetics, Los Angeles, CA, October, 2005 |
| 46 |
Huang W., Roostaeian J, Ishida
K, Rudkin GH, Yamaguchi DT, and Miller TA, "Enhancement
of Osteogenesis on NaOH-Treated PLGA Scaffolds."
Presented at the American Society of Bone and
mineral Research Meeting, October 2005 |
| 47 |
Heiden K, Huang W, Ishida K, Roostaeian
J, Rudkin GH, Miller TA "Pre-treatment of
Three-Dimensional PLGA Scaffolds of Varying Pore
Size with NaOH Enhances Differentiation of MC-3T3
Cells." The Plastic Surgery Research Council
51st Annual Meeting, May 2006 |
| 48 |
Rudkin, GH, “Surgical vs.
Nonsurgical Facial Rejuvenation,” International
Society of Cosmetic Laser Surgeons Symposium,
Beverly Hills, CA, August 2006 |
| 49 |
Jarrahy, R., Roostaeian J, Rudkin
GH, “Power Assisted Liposuction Treatment
of the Cervicodorsal Fat Pad in HIV-Associated
Lipodystrophy,” presented at The American
Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons’
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 2006 |
| 50 |
Darcy, S., Goldberg, R., MD, Villablanca,
P., Miller, T., and Rudkin, G.H., “Orbital
fat growth, not globe position, is the cause of
lower eyelid fatty pseudoherniation – an
MRI characterization,” presented at the
Southern CA meeting of the American College of
Surgeons, Santa Barbara, CA, January 2007 |
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