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Aldona J. Spiegel, MD

  • Houston Methodist plastic surgeon
  • Director, Houston Methodist Center for Breast Restoration
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Plastic Surgery, Houston Methodist Institute for Academic Medicine
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
Media Contact: Amy Rose , 412.613.1428

Aldona J. Spiegel, MD

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Media Contact: Amy Rose , 412.613.1428

Areas of Expertise

  • Advanced breast implant reconstruction and fat grafting
  • Breast cancer
  • Breast correction and revision surgery
  • Breast enhancement
  • Breast microsurgery
  • Breast microsurgery
  • Breast reconstruction
  • Breast reduction
  • Breast sensation restoration
  • Cancer clinical trials
  • Direct to implant reconstruction
  • Lymph node transfer for lymphedema
  • Sensory nerve innervation procedure
  • Specialized perforator flaps (DIEP, SIEA, SGAP flaps)
  • TAP flaps

Credentials

BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Plastic Surgery
MEDICAL SCHOOL
University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Canada | 1994
RESIDENCY
General Surgery | John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland | 1997
Plastic Surgery | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas | 2001
FELLOWSHIP
Microsurgery | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas | 1998

Publications

Staged breast reconstruction utilizing primary nipple repositioning surgery prior to nipple-sparing mastectomy
Shih, L, Doval, A, Burns, HR, Kaplan, J, Ellsworth, WA, Chevray, PM, Spiegel, AJ & Friedman, JD 2024, , Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, vol. 91, pp. 249-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2024.02.042

Strategic Approaches to Intraflap Anastomosis: Navigating Conjoined DIEP Flap Reconstruction-A Comprehensive Roadmap
Parikh, JA, Bombardelli, J, Doval, A & Spiegel, AJ 2024, , Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. E5627. https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000005627

Separating Myth from Reality in Breast Implants: An Overview of 30 Years of Experience
McGuire, PA, Glicksman, C, McCarthy, C & Spiegel, A 2023, , Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, vol. 152, no. 5, pp. 801E-807E. https://doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0000000000010488

Modern Approaches to Breast Neurotization
ONeill, RC & Spiegel, AJ 2023, , Clinics in Plastic Surgery, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 347-355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cps.2022.10.003

Preoperative Imaging Mapping of DIEP Perforators and Intraoperative Selection: Does It Correlate?
Gravina, P, Singh, A, Conlon, C & Spiegel, A 2023, , Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 205-210. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2110-0350

Telomerase mRNA Enhances Human Skin Engraftment for Wound Healing
Chang, DF, Court, KA, Holgate, R, Davis, EA, Bush, KA, Quick, AP, Spiegel, AJ, Rahimi, M, Cooke, JP & Godin, B 2023, , Advanced Healthcare Materials, vol. 13, no. 2, 2302029, pp. e2302029. https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202302029

Medial Retraction for Internal Mammary Vessel Exposure: The Struggle Is No Longer Real
Shuck, JW, Ellsworth, WA, Echo, A & Spiegel, AJ 2022, , Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, vol. 150, no. 6, pp. 1357E-1358E. https://doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0000000000009706


Antitumor Immunity from Abdominal Flap-Embedded Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine
Liu, X, Mai, J, Meng, C, Spiegel, AJ, Wei, W & Shen, H 2022, , International Journal of Nanomedicine, vol. 17, pp. 203-212. https://doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S341394

Efficacy of Closed Incision Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Abdominal Donor Site After Free Flap Breast Reconstruction
Doval, AF, Chegireddy, V, Beal, L, Arroyo-Alonso, C, Zavlin, D, Spiegel, AJ & Ellsworth, WA 2021, , Wounds, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 81-85.

Efficacy of Closed Incision Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Abdominal Donor Site After Free Flap Breast Reconstruction
Doval, AF, Chegireddy, V, Beal, L, Arroyo-Alonso, C, Zavlin, D, Spiegel, AJ & Ellsworth, WA 2021, , Wounds, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 81-85.

Post-mastectomy sensory recovery and restoration
Hamilton, KL, Kania, KE & Spiegel, AJ 2021, , Gland Surgery, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 494-497. https://doi.org/10.21037/gs.2020.03.22

Post-mastectomy sensory recovery and restoration
Hamilton, KL, Kania, KE & Spiegel, AJ 2021, , Gland Surgery, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 494-497. https://doi.org/10.21037/gs.2020.03.22

Breast Implant Utilization Trends in USA versus Europe and the Impact of BIA-ALCL Publications
Jalalabadi, F, Doval, AF, Neese, V, Andrews, E & Spiegel, AJ 2021, , Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. E3449. https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000003449

Safety of Routine Pedicle Division during Delayed Breast Augmentation following Free Flap Breast Reconstruction
Rose, JF, Doval, AF, Zavlin, D, Ellsworth, WA, Echo, A & Spiegel, AJ 2021, , Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, vol. 147, no. 6, pp. 1271-1277. https://doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0000000000007956

Refining the Rib-sparing Approach in Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction: Keys to Success
Hamilton, K, Zavlin, D, Doval, AF & Spiegel, AJ 2022, , Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 263-269. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1731762

How to Maximize Aesthetics in Autologous Breast Reconstruction
Wagner, RD, Hamilton, KL, Doval, AF & Spiegel, AJ 2020, , Aesthetic surgery journal, vol. 40, no. Suppl 2, pp. S45-S54. https://doi.org/10.1093/asj/sjaa223

2020 special issue: Twenty years of breast reconstruction: Past, present, and future
Spiegel, A, Kania, K & Hamilton, KL 2020, , Breast Journal, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 39-41. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbj.13716

Incidental Findings in CT and MR Angiography for Preoperative Planning in DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction
Wagner, RD, Doval, AF, Mehra, NV, Le, HB, Niziol, PA, Ellsworth, WA & Spiegel, AJ 2020, , Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open, vol. 8, no. 10, pp. e3159. https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000003159

Delayed Oncoplastic Repair-After Radiotherapy Surgical Technique: My Approach
Spiegel, A & Jessica, R 2020, . in S Kronowitz, J Benson & N Maurizio (eds), Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Management of the Breast., 2.1, CRC Press, pp. 171-175. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003005476

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • Polish