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'''LEIF LIU ROGERS., MD, F.A.C.S,

CONTACT 436 Bedford Drive, Suite 103 Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Tel: (310) 860-8915 drrogers@leifrogersmd.com 50 Bellefontaine suite 304 North Cotton Building Pasadena CA 91105

12265 Ventura Blvd.        #107 Studio City, CA 91604 Phone: 818-832-0140 Fax: 818-832-0141

RESIDENCY: 2003-2004 	   Fellowship Aesthetic Surgery Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY 2001-2003  	   Residency Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 2000-2001 	   Fellowship Research – Bone and Tissue Engineering Center Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA Clinical – VA Hospital University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Affiliate, Pittsburgh, PA 1998-2000 	   PGY2-3 General Surgery New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY Formerly – Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center 1997-1998 	   Internship General Surgery New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

POST-DOCTORATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP: 1996-1997 	   Research Coordinator and Laboratory Manager Division of Plastic Surgery Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons New York, NY David T.W. Chiu, MD, Professor and Division Chief of Plastic Surgery

MEDICAL EDUCATION: 1996 	           M.D. Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY ''' UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION''': 1992 	           B.S. Cell and Developmental Biology University of Rochester, '''                  Rochester, NY Cum Laude Founder – University of Rochester Chapter, Delta Upsilon Fraternity

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS''': Clinical Faculty, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California  HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS: >Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California >Beverly Hills Advanced Surgery Institute, Beverly Hills, California, >St Johns in Santa Monica CA, '''         >St Johns in Santa Monica CA,

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION:''' >Diplomate -American Board of Plastic Surgery - 2005 USMLE, Step 1-3 >Laser Surgery Symposium 1998 – certified ACLS and ATLS certified Federal DEA Pennsylvania Medical >Laser Surgery Symposium 1998 – certified ACLS and ATLS certified Federal DEA Pennsylvania Medical

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Fellow of American College of Surgeons American Society of Plastic Surgery Candidate Member American Medical Association American Society of Peripheral Nerve  RESEARCH: >Bone and Tissue Engineering Center, Carnegie Mellon University / Division of Plastic Surgery, University of              Pittsburgh Medical Center (Jeffrey Hollinger,PhD, DDS): 2000-2001  >Effect of Biocleanse process on allogeneic bone grafting. >Xenogenetic cartilage transplantation in a rabbit model. >Effect of PTH on calvarial bone regeneration in the rat. >Effect of –BSM and BMP on bone regeneration. >Xenogenetic cartilage transplantation in a rabbit model. >Biocompatible degradable and non-degradable synthetic polymer design for implantation in application of                permanent prosthesis and biological scaffold. >Captosphere and Micro sphere clinical use development in tissue engineering.

Division of Plastic Surgery, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons: 1994-1997  David T.W. Chiu, MD. Study of the pronator teres muscle and anomalous anatomy. David T.W. Chiu, MD. End-to-side nerve anastomosis using interpositional vein conduits for muscle re-innervation. Jeffrey Ascherman, MD. Palatal distraction in the dog. David T.W. Chiu, MD. Prolonged tolerance of allogeneic skin grafts with monoclonal antibody perfusion. David T.W. Chiu, MD. The effect of r-hGH on Achilles tendon healing time and tensile strength in the rat.

Department of Physiology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons: 1995-1996  David M. Stern, MD, Margaret Schwarz, MD. The effect of a novel anti-angiogenic mediator, EMAP II               on human breast carcinoma. 1994-1997  David M. Stern, MD, June Wu, MD. The effect of AGEs (Advanced Glycosylation End Products) on wound healing in               mice. Department of Mental Health Sciences, St. George’s Hospital Medical School, London, England: 1990       H. Crisp, MD. The clinical features of late onset anorexia nervosa. New York Academy of Sciences, Internship Program, New York Medical College: 1987       Regeneration of the spino-thalamic tract in the red-eared turtle.

PUBLICATIONS AND MANUSCRIPTS: >Rogers L, Azari K, Bidic S, Rabinowitz M, Hollinger J. A new method to sterilize bone allografts. >Publication pending Doll B, Rogers L, Hollinger J. Bone Healing in the Aging Skeleton. >Publication pending Howard J. Seeherman, PhD, VMD, Kodi Azari, MD, Sean Bidic, MD, Leif Rogers, MD, X. Jian Li, MD, Jeffrey O. Hollinger, DDS, PhD and John M. Wozney, PhD. rhBMP-2 Delivered in a Calcium Phosphate Cement Accelerates Bridging of Critical-Sized Defects in Rabbit Radii.

Published: >The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American). 2006;88:1553-1565        >Ascherman JA, Marvin VP, Rogers L, Prisant N. Palatal distraction in a canine cleft palate model. >Published: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, April 2000

Presented: >American Cleft Palate Association (lead abstract); Plastic Surgery Research Council (poster). Currently in clinical trials. >Ting J, Rogers L, Marin VP, Hu J, Ascherman JA, Chiu DT. End-to-side neurrorhaphies using autogenous vein grafts. >Published: American College of Surgeons, Surgical Forum 1998, October 18-21, 1998, Chicago, Illinois. Presented: American Society of Peripheral Nerve, Eighth Annual Meeting, May 22-28, 1998 Vancouver, BC, Canada. Rhee S,       >Rogers L, Gorlick N, Chiu DT. Extended rat-ear flap model: a new rodent model for studying the effects of vessel supercharging on flap viablility.. >Published: Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. 2002 August

GRANTS: 2000 	   NIST Grant, Private Funding (Alexion, Regenerative Technologies) 1997 	   Plastic Surgery Education Foundation 1996 & 1997 	   Columbia University Department of Surgery Start-up Fund 1995 	   National Institute of Health Student Research Fellowship

SKILLS/PERSONAL: 1995 	   Foreign Languages: Mandarin Chinese, Spanish Computer: PC and Macintosh

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