Our Doctors
Frank J. DellaCroce, MD, FACS
Curriculum Vitae
Biographical Information:
Co-Founder: Center for Restorative Breast Surgery
1717 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Education:
Undergraduate:
Bachelor of Science 1990
Northeast Louisiana University
Graduate:
Doctor of Medicine 1994
Louisiana State University Health Science Center
Postgraduate Training:
Internship 1994-1995:
General Surgery
University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston
Hermann Hospital
Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital
Residency 1995-1999:
Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery University of Texas Health
Science Center - Houston
Hermann Hospital
Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital University of Texas M.D. Anderson
Hospital
Residency 1999-2001
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Louisiana State University Health Science Center
Certification:
Diplomate National Board of Medical Examiners
1996 Texas State Medical License
#J9488 Louisiana State Medical License
#13291R Louisiana State Controlled Substances License
#27362 Diplomate American Board of
Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery
Diplomate American Board of Plastic Surgery
Academic Appointments:
Clinical Instructor:
Tulane University Department of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Clinical Instructor:
LSU Department of Surgery Division
of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Professional Organizations:
Member American Society of Plastic SurgeonsTexas Medical Association
Texas Association of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery
Harris County Medical Society Houston Society of
Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery
American Society of Plastic Surgery Fellow
American College of Surgeons Fellow
American Academy of Otolaryngology / Head & Neck Surgery
Member American Academy of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery
Member American Academy of Facial Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery
Member Louisiana Society of Plastic Surgeons
Member Louisiana State Medical Society
Member American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
Honors & Awards:
T.H. Harris Merit Scholarship, Northeast Louisiana University
Luffey Memorial Merit Scholarship, Northeast Louisiana University
Who's Who of American College Students
Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Northeast Louisiana University
Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society, Northeast Louisiana University
Mortar Board, Northeast Louisiana University
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
Nathan Bernstein Merit Scholarship, LSU Health Science Center
Executive Council Representative, LSU Health Science Center
Second place resident research competition 1996, "Auricular Framework Growth Following Grade III Microtia Reconstruction; Is It Real and What are the Implications"
Outstanding resident in training examination score award 1997 & 1998 Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery UT Houston
Third place resident research competition 1999, "Manifestations of Factor VIII Inhibitor in the Head and Neck" American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Outstanding Scientific Poster Presentation Award 1998 ASPRS annual meeting Boston, MA
Outstanding resident in training examination score 2000 & 2001 Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery LSU Health Science Center - New Orleans, LA
American Society of Plastic Surgery Scientific Paper of the Year
Award 2005
Annual Meeting American Society of Plastic Surgery 5/2005
Scottsdale Arizona
Publications:
Lorio JJ, DellaCroce FJ, Ho YC, et al: Conformational Changes in Transferrin Following Iron Binding as Detected by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Journal Louisiana State Medical Society. Nov 1993; Vol 145; p 473.
DellaCroce FJ, Aguilar EA: Auricular Framework Growth Following Microtia Reconstruction; Is It Real and What are the Implications. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Nov 2001; Vol 108 Num 6; pp 1479-84.
DellaCroce FJ, Kountakis S: Bleeding Complications in the Head and Neck Associated with Factor VIII Inhibitor. Archives of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery Nov 1999; Vol 125 Num 11; pp 1258.
Allen R.J., Dupin C.L., DellaCroce F.J.: Perforator Flaps in Breast Reconstruction. Perspectives in Plastic Surgery, Shenaq SM, Hollier LH (ed), Thieme Medical Publishers, New York; Vol 14 Num 2; pp 37-54.
DellaCroce FJ, Allen RJ, Sullivan SS: Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction. Seminars in Plastic Surgery. Feb 2002; Vol 16 No 1; pp 7-17.
Sullivan SK, DellaCroce, FJ:Management of Significant Venous Discrepancy with Microvascular Venous Coupler. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. Aug 2003; Vol 19(6); pp 377-80.
Craigie JE, Allen RJ, DellaCroce FJ, Sullivan SK: Autogenous Breast Reconstruction with the Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap. Clinics in Plastic Surgery. Jul 2003; 30(3): 359-69.
Gill PS, Hunt JP, Guerra AB, DellaCroce FJ, et. al: A 10
Year Retrospective Review of 758 DIEP Flaps for Breast
Reconstruction. Plas Recon Surgery. April 2004; Vol
113 No 4;
pp1153-1160.
DellaCroce FJ, Sullivan SK: Application and Refinement of the Superior Gluteal Artery Perforator Free Flap for Bilateral Simultaneous Breast Reconstruction. Plas Recon Surgery. July 2005; Vol116 No 1; pp 97-105
Sullivan SK, DellaCroce FJ: Aesthetic Considerations of In Situ Flap Contouring and Donor Contouring of GAP Flap Breast Reconstructions. Journal of Recon Microsurg 2005;21.
Breast Reconstruction, Perforator Flap
EMedicine: February 2007
Professional Presentations:
"Parathyroid Localization"
University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston
Department of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery
Grand Rounds
9/95
"Blepharoplasty"
University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston
Department of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery
Grand Rounds
5/96
"Local Anesthesia of the Head and Neck"
University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston
Department of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery
Grand Rounds
4/96
"Carotid Body Tumors"
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Department of Head and Neck Surgery
Grand Rounds
2/96
"Local Flaps of the Head and Neck"
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Department of Head and Neck Surgery
Grand Rounds
10/96
"Peritonsillar Abscess"
University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston
Department of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery
Grand Rounds
1/97
"Rhytidplasty"
University of Texas Health Science
Center - Houston Department of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery
Grand Rounds
5/97
"Framework Growth Following Grade III Microtia Reconstruction; Is
It Real and What are the Implications"
Robert A. Jahrsdoerfer Lectureship
Department of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery and The
Division of Plastic Surgery
University of Texas - Houston Medical School
7/97
"Lip Reconstruction"
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Department of Head and Neck Surgery
Grand Rounds
8/97
"Pediatric Facial Fractures"
University of Texas Health Science
Center - Houston Department of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery
Grand Rounds
10/98
"Complications of Otitis Media"
University of Texas Health Science
Center - Houston Department of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery
Grand Rounds
7/99
"Complications of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery"
University of Texas Health Science
Center - Houston Department of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery
Grand Rounds
10/98
"Framework Growth Following Grade III Microtia Reconstruction; Is It Real and What are the Implications" Poster Presentation 1998 American Society of Plastic Surgery annual meeting Boston, MA
"Complications Associated With Hydroxyapatite Cement Use in the
Frontal Sinus"
American Society of Plastic Surgery Senior Resident's
Conference Providence, Rhode Island
3/01
"Breast Reconstruction - A Woman's Right to Know Her
Options"
Memorial Medical Center Annual Symposium
New Orleans, LA
10/01
"Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction State of the Art"
Women's Expo Ponchartraine Center
New Orleans, LA
5/03
"Advances in Breast Reconstruction"
Gulfport, Mississippi
11/03
"Application and Refinement of the Gluteal Artery Perforator Free
Flap for Bilateral Simultaneous Breast Reconstruction"
American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual
Meeting
Palm Springs, CA
1/19/2004
"State of the Art Advances in Breast Reconstruction"
Lieselotte Tansey Breast Center Health Symposium
New Orleans, LA
11/16/04
"A 10 Year Retrospective Review of 758 DIEP Flaps for Breast
Reconstruction."
American Society of Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting
Scottsdale Arizona
5/2005
"Aesthetic Considerations for the Superior Gluteal Artery
Perforator Free Flap Donor Site"
American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual
Meeting
Miami, FL
1/2005
"Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction, Modern Advances and State
of the Art"
American College of Surgeons Meeting
Buena Vista, FL
2/18/2006
"Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction:State of the Art"
FORCE Annual Conference
Tampa, FL
5/18/2006
"Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction Modern Advances and State
of the Art: Brass and Brellies"
Annual Meeting Society of Surgical Technologists
New Orleans, LA
5/24/2007
"Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction"
Annual Meeting Occupational Health Nursing Association
Indianapolis, IN
10/12/2007
"Breast Reconstruction: A New Day"
Susan B. Komen Foundation Honorary Speaker
New Orleans, LA
10/18/07
"Chimeric Stacked Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap
Breast Reconstruction: A New Solution to an Old Problem"
American Society for Rectonstructive Microsurgery Annual
Meeting
Beverly Hills, CA
1/08
Postgraduate Courses:
Temporal Bone Anatomy Course
University of Texas Health Science Center -
Houston Department of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery
4/96, 4/97, 4/98, 4/99
Soft Tissue Surgery Course
University of Texas Health Science Center -
Houston Department of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery
1/96
AO/ASIF Maxillofacial Course on the Operative Treatment of
Fractures and Nonunions
San Antonio, TX
4/97
Laser Safety and Cosmetic Applications of the Carbon Dioxide
Laser
University of Texas Health Science Center Dental Branch - Houston
6/97
Reflux in Otolaryngology: State of the Art Diagnosis and
Treatment
Sponsored by the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest
University
Houston, TX
10/97
Hand Fracture Management Course
LSU Health Science Center
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
New Orleans, LA
9/99
Ultrasonic Liposuction Course
New Orleans, LA
10/99
Basic Craniomaxillofacial Surgery Symposium
New Orleans, LA
10/00
Meetings Attended:
Annual Meeting American Academy of Facial Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery
San Francisco, CA 1997
Annual Meeting American Society of Plastic Surgery
Boston, MA 1999
Craniofacial/Cleft Palate Mission
Faith in Practice
Antigua, Guatemala 1999
American Society of Plastic Surgery Senior Resident's
Conference
Providence, Rhode Island 3/2001
Annual Meeting American Society of Plastic Surgery
New Orleans, LA 2001
Louisiana Society of Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting
New Orleans, LA 2002
Annual Meeting American Society of Plastic Surgery
Palm Springs, CA 1/2004
