Dr. Daniel Del Vecchio
Curriculum Vitae
NAME: Daniel Alexander Del Vecchio
OFFICE ADDRESS:
Back Bay Plastic Surgery
38 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116
TELEPHONE: (617) 262 8528
Fax: (617) 262 2256
ddelvecchio@partners.org
PLACE OF BIRTH: Massachusetts, USA
EDUCATION:
1976-1980 B.A. Biology, Yale University
1980-1984 M.D., Harvard Medical School
1996-1998 M.B.A. Corporate Finance, Columbia University School of Business
POST-GRADUATE TRAINING:
Internship and Residencies:
1984-1985 Surgical Intern
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
1985-1989 General Surgical Resident
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
1989-1991 Plastic Surgery Resident
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
SUBSPECIALTY FELLOWSHIPS:
1991-1992 Aesthetic and Craniofacial Fellowship
Children’s Hospital, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
1992-1993 Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery (Plastic)
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut
2000-2002 Assistant Professor of Surgery
Tufts Medical School
Boston, MA
2007- Consultant in Plastic Surgery
Department of Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
HOSPITAL and ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
1992-1993 Attending Surgeon
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
University of Connecticut Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT
1993-2001 Attending Surgeon
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Stamford Hospital
Stamford, CT
2001-present Attending Surgeon
Division of Plastic Surgery
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Boston, MA
2001-present Attending Surgeon
Division of Plastic Surgery
North Shore Medical Center
Salem, MA
2001-present Attending Surgeon
Division of Plastic Surgery
Quincy Medical Center
Quincy, MA
2001-present Attending Surgeon, Division of Plastic Surgery
Department of Surgery
Cape Cod Hospital
Hyannis, MA
2007- present Consultant in Surgery
Department of Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
ADDITIONAL HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCE:
1997-present Consultant
Ferrer Freeman and Company, Greenwich, CT
Healthcare investment firm focused on health care industry
1989-1990 Volunteer Surgeon
Viet Duc Hospital
Saigon, Vietnam
SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION:
American Board of Surgery, Certificate #35394
1996 American Board of Plastic Surgery, Certificate #4824
2005 American Board of Plastic Surgery, Renewal #4824
LICENSURE:
Active Massachusetts Registration. #56436
Inactive Pennsylvania. Certificate #MD-045251L
Inactive Connecticut #032024
AWARDS AND HONORS:
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa Society. Yale University, New Haven CT.
1980 Recipient, Francis Gordon Brown Prize. Yale University, New Haven, CT.
1980 summa cum laude. Yale University, New Haven CT.
Honors in Surgery. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
1992 Research award for American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons Best Scientific
Paper: "Fetal Bone Repair. An Experimental Animal Model" Presented at the
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Annual Meeting. San
Diego, California.
1996 Elected to Beta Gamma Sigma Society. Columbia Business School, New York.
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES:
National Societies:
American Medical Association
1996 American Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons
1996 American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons
1998 American Society Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Candidate
2003 Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgery
2006 National Italian American Foundation
Local Societies:
Massachusetts Medical Society
1992 Connecticut Medical Society
1993 Fairfield County Medical Society
1998 New York Regional Society of Plastic Surgeons
COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
1993-4 Young Plastic Surgeons Committee, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
1995-6 Device Assessment Committee, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
1997 Ethics Committee, American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons
1998 Videotape Committee, Plastic Surgery Education Foundation
1999 Development Committee, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
1999 Marketing Committee, American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons
2000-3 Videotape Committee, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
2004-7 Abstract Committee. American Society of Plastic Surgeons
ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH INTERESTS:
1989-1992 1) fetal bone repair and infant grafting viability
2) microfixation of the craniofacial skeleton
1996- Present 1) surgical device technology translocation in plastic surgery
2) Safety combining volume liposuction and abdominoplasty
3) Erythema reduction with growth factors after skin resurfacing
4) Increasing yield and predictability in fat transfer
5) Clinical potential for permanent biologic fillers
6) Non invasive methods of volume enhancement in the face
GRANTS:
1991 Plastic Surgery Education Foundation
The role of microfixation in malar fractures
1991 Plastic Surgery Education Foundation
Fetal bone repair
PUBLICATIONS:
O’Hara, D Del Vecchio, DA, Bartlett SP. Fetal Bone Repair: An experimental animal model. Surgical Forum, 40, 1992
Zager EL, Del Vecchio DA, Bartlett SP. Temporal muscle microfixation in pterional craniotomies. Journal of Neurosurgery (United States), Dec 1993, 79(6) p946-7
Del Vecchio DA, Whitaker LA. Pediatric Plastic Surgical Trauma. In Pediatric Emergency Medicine,3rd Edition, Williams and Wilkins 1993
Yaremchuk MJ, Del Vecchio DA, Fiala TG, et al. Microfixation of acute orbital fractures.
Annals of Plastic Surg (United States), May 1993, 30(5) p385-97
O'Hara DE, Del Vecchio DA, Bartlett SP, et al. The role of microfixation in malar fractures: a quantitative biophysical study. Plastic and Reconstructive Surg (United States), Feb 1996, 97(2) p345-50; discussion 351-3
DelVecchio, DA Plastic Surgery Physician Practice Management Companies: Value Added or House of Cards? Plastic Surgery News, February 2000.
PRESENTATIONS:
Craniofacial Trauma. Presented at Surgical Grand Rounds, Viet Duc Hospital, Saigon, Vietnam, June 1991.
Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds, Massachusetts General Hospital, June 1991.
Rigid Fixation in Orbital Fractures Presented at the ASPRS Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington September, 1991.
Fetal Bone Repair, an Experimental Animal Model. Presented at Plastic Surgical Research Council Meeting, Toronto, Canada, June, 1992.
Microfixation in Malar Fractures. Presented at the Pennsylvania Ivy Society Meeting June, 1992
Regional Anticoagulation in Free Tissue Transfer – Results in 15 Consecutive Free Flap Patients at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Presented at the Northeastern Meeting of Plastic Surgery Bermuda, 1992.
Intravelar Veloplasty. (Videotape presentation with Michael Lewis MD). Presented at the American Cleft Lip Cleft Palate Annual Meeting, 1992.
The Approach to the Unilateral Cleft Lip (Videotape presentation with Michael Lewis MD).
Presented at the American Cleft Lip Cleft Palate Annual Meeting, 1992.
The Role of Microfixation in Malar Fractures. An Experimenta