Publications

Journal Articles

Park YJ, Derderian C, Oppedisano M. Interdisciplinary approach for treatment of complex bilateral cleft lip and palate with missing premaxilla. Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal. 2021 Jun 23. Epublication ahead of print

Ramamurthi A, Hallac RR, Kenyon LE, Derderian CA. Three-dimensional treatment outcomes of a virtual helmet design protocol for sagittal strip craniectomy. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021 Mar 1;147(3):436-443

Derderian, CK, Derderian, CA, et al. The Pediatric Craniofacial Collaborative Group (PCCG) Consensus Conference Methodology. Pediatric Anesthesia. 2021 Feb;31(2):145-149.

Harrison L, Hallac R, Derderian C. Three-dimensional analysis of bilateral cleft lip and palate nasal deformity: Presentation to completion of nasal growth. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. 2021 Jan;58(1):105-113.

Dickey RM, Geisler E, Derderian, CA. Congenital Inverted Conchal Bowl Deformity: Proposed Technique in 2 Patients. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. J Craniofac Surg 2020 Sep; 31(6):1831-1832.

Dumas BM, Nava A, Law HZ, Smartt J, Derderian C, Seaward JR, Kane AA, Hallac RR. Three-Dimensional Printing for Craniofacial Surgery: A Single Institution’s 5-Year Experience. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2019 Jul;56(6):729-734

Warne CN, Hallac RR, Kane AA, Derderian CA, Seaward JR. Eye Tracking as a Proxy for Perceptual Evaluation of Repaired Cleft Lip. J Craniofacial Surgery 2019. Mar/Apr;30(2):395-399.

Alford J, Derderian CA, Smartt JM Jr. Surgical Treatment of Nonsyndromic Unicoronal Craniosynostosis. J Craniofac Surg. 2018 Jul;29(5):1199-1207.

Glover CD, Fernandez AM, Huang H, Derderian C, Binstock W, Reid R, Dalesio NM, Zhong J, Stricker PA; Pediatric Craniofacial Collaborative Group. Perioperative outcomes and management in midface advancement surgery: a multicenter observational descriptive study from the Pediatric Craniofacial Collaborative Group.Paediatr Anaesth. 2018 Jun 19.

Derderian CA. Letter to the Editor: An Appraisal of the Cephalic Index in Sagittal Craniosynostosis, and the Unseen Third Dimension. Plast Reconstr Surg. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Mar;141(3):459e

Derderian CA. Invited Discussion: Minimally Invasive, spring-assisted correction of sagittal suture synostosis. Technique, outcome and complications in 83 cases. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Feb;141(2):434-436.

Derderian CA. Invited Video Discussion: Polethylene Ear Reconstruction: A State-of-the-Art Surgical Journey. Plast Reconstr Surg. February 2018.

Srinivas M. Susarla, Gerhard S. Mundinger, Hitesh Kapadia, Mark Fisher, James Smartt, Christopher Derderian, Amir Dorafshar, Richard A. Hopper. Subcranial and orthognathic surgery for obstructive sleep apnea in achondroplasia. Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery. 2017 Dec;45(12):2028-2034.

Smartt, James M. Jr MD, Campbell, Carey MD, Hallac, Rami PhD, Alford, Jake BS, Derderian, Christopher A. MD. A Three-Dimensional Study of Midfacial Changes Following Le Fort II Distraction With Zygomatic Repositioning in Syndromic Patients. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 2017 Nov;28(8):e728-e731.

Derderian, CA, Szmuk P, Derderian CK. Beyond the Black Box: The evidence for the FDA warning about the risk of general anesthesia in children under 3 years. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Oct;140(4):787-792. 

Pang-Yun Chou MD, Rami R Hallac PhD, Shitel Patel MD,  Min-Jeong Cho MD, Neil Stewart MS, James M Smartt MD, James R Seaward MD, Alex A Kane MD, Christopher A Derderian MD. Three Dimensional Changes in Head Shape after Extended Sagittal Strip Craniectomy with Wedge Ostectomies and Helmet Therapy. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 2017 Jun;19(6):684-689.

Derderian CA, Kenkel JM. Remediation as a Road to Competency:  Strategies for Early Identification of the Struggling Resident and Generating the Remediation Plan. J Craniofac Surg. 2016 Jan;27(1):8-12

Derderian CA, Heppner C, Cradock MM, Woo AS, Patel KB, MD, Smyth MD, Weprin BE, Seaward J, Smartt JM, Kane AA. The effects of whole-vault cranioplasty versus strip craniectomy on long-term neuropsychological outcomes in sagittal craniosynostosis. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Mar 20 [Epub ahead of print]

Derderian CA, Wink JD, McGrath JL, Collinsworth A, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA. Volumetric Changes in Cranial Vault Expansion: Comparison of Fronto-orbital Advancement and Posterior Cranial Vault Remodeling. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Feb 20. [Epub ahead of print]

Bills J, BS, Derderian CA, MD, Jenny Barker, PhD, Alysia Lowe, PhD, Lawrence Lavery, DPM, MPH, Kathryn Davis, PhD. The Role of Estrogen in the Modulation of Autologous Fat Graft Outcomes. Plast Reconstr Surg. 35(1):103e-113e, January 2015.

Derderian CA, Wink JD, Cucchiara A, Taylor JA, Bartlett SP. The Temporal Region in Unilateral Coronal Craniosynostosis: A Volumetric Study of Short and Long-term Changes After Fronto-orbital Advancement. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Mar 11. 

McGrath J, Gerety PA, Derderian CA, Steinbacher DM, Vossough A, Bartlett SP, Nah HD, Taylor JA. Differential Closure of the Spheno-occipital Synchondrosis in Syndromic Craniosynostosis. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Nov;130(5):681e-689e

Derderian CA, Bastidas N, Bartlett SP. Posterior cranial vault expansion using distraction osteogenesis. Childs Nerv Syst. 2012 Sep;28(9):1551-6.

Derderian C, Seaward J. Syndromic craniosynostosis. Semin Plast Surg. 2012 May;26(2):64-75.

Taylor JA, Derderian CA, Bartlett SP, Fiadjoe JE, Sussman EM, Stricker PA. Perioperative Morbidity in Posterior Cranial Vault Expansion: Distraction Osteogenesis versus Conventional Osteotomy. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Apr;129(4):674e-80e.

Derderian, CA, Bartlett, SP. Open Cranial Vault Remodeling: The Evolving Role of Distraction Osteogenesis. J Craniofac Surg. 2012 Jan;23(1):229-34.

Derderian CA, Karp NS, Choi M. Wise-pattern breast reconstruction: modification using AlloDerm and a vascularized dermal-subcutaneous pedicle. Ann Plast Surg. 2009 May;62(5):528-32.

Derderian, Christopher A. MD; Bastidas, Nicholas BA; Lerman, Oren Z. MD; Bhatt, Kirit A. MD; Lin, Shin-E BA; Voss, Jeremy; Holmes, Jeffrey W. MD; Levine, Jamie P. MD; Gurtner, Geoffrey C. MD.  Mechanical Strain Alters Gene Expression in an in Vitro Model of Hypertrophic Scarring. Ann Plast Surg. 2005 Jul;55(1):69-75

Derderian, Christopher A. BA; Gurtner, Geoffrey C. MD; McCarthy, Joseph G. MD Reconstruction of a Large Mandibular Defect Utilizing Temporary Zygomatic-Ramal Fixation and Bilateral Risdon Incisions. J Craniofac Surg. 2004 Jan;15(1):16-9

Sergey V. Shmelkov, Lin Jun, Ryan St Clair, Deirdre McGarrigle, Christopher A. Derderian, Jaroslav K. Usenko, Carla Costa, Fan Zhang, Xinzheng Guo, and Shahin Rafii. Alternative promoters regulate transcription of the gene that encodes stem cell surface protein AC133. Blood. 2004 Mar 15;103(6):2055-61.

Christopher A. Derderian, Wendy-Ann M. Olivier, Germania Baux, Jamie Levine, Geoffrey C. Gurtner Microvascular Free-Tissue Transfer for Traumatic Defects of the Upper Extremity: A 25-Year Experience J Reconstr Microsurg. 2003 Oct;19(7):455-62.

Book Chapters

James M. Smartt, Jr, Christopher A. Derderian, Joseph S. Gruss. “Optimizing Timing and Refining Cleft Rhinoplasty.” In Secondary Rhinoplasty by the Global Masters. Eds. Rohrich and Ahmad. CRC Press. 2017

Christopher Derderian. “Ear Reconstruction with Temporoparietal Fascia Flap and Porous Polyethylene (Medpor) Construct.” In Atlas of Operative Maxillofacial Trauma Surgery – Volume 2 Post Traumatic Deformity, Ed. Michael Perry and Simon Holmes, Springer. 2018.

James Thornton and Christopher Derderian. "Ear Reconstruction." In Facial Reconstruction after Mohs Surgery. Ed James F. Thornton, Jourdan A Carboy. Thieme Publishing. 2018.

Samer Abouzeid, Christopher A. Derderian, M.D., John L. Burns, Jr. ,“Vascular Anomalies.” In Essentials of Plastic Surgery, Second Edition, Ed. Jeffrey E. Janis, M.D., Quality Medical Publishing, Inc. 2014

Carey Faber Campbell, Christopher A. Derderian, M.D., “Craniosynotosis”.  In Essentials of Plastic Surgery, Second Edition, Ed. Jeffrey E. Janis, M.D., Quality Medical Publishing, Inc. 2014

Samer Abouzeid, Christopher A. Derderian,M.D., Melissa A. Crosby, “Craniofacial  Clefts”, in Essentials of Plastic Surgery, Second Edition, Ed. Jeffrey E. Janis, M.D., Quality Medical Publishing, Inc. 2014

Christopher A. Derderian, M.D., Samer Abouzeid, Jeffrey E. Janis, Jason E. Leedy, “Distraction Osteogenesis”, in Essentials of Plastic Surgery, Second Edition, Ed. Jeffrey E. Janis, M.D., Quality Publishing, Inc. 2014

Christopher A. Derderian, M.D., Jamie P. Levine, M.D. “The Tibialis Anterior Muscle Flap.” in Reconstructive Surgery of the Lower Extremity. Ed. Lee L.Q. Pu, MD, PhD, FACS, Jamie P. Levine, MD, FACS, Fu-Chan Wei, MD, FACS. Quality Medical Publishing, Inc. 2013

Scott P. Bartlett, M.D., Christopher A. Derderian, M.D.,“Craniosynostosis Syndromes” in Grabb and Smith's Plastic Surgery, Seventh Edition. Ed. Charles H. Thorne. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a Wolters Kluwer. 2013

Christopher A. Derderian, M.D., Oksana A. Jackson, M.D., “Reconstruction of the Paralyzed Face” in Current Reconstructive Plastic Surgery. Ed. Joseph M. Serletti, M.D., Joseph E. Losee, M.D., Liz C. Wu, M.D. McGraw Hill. 2013

Abstracts & Presentations

Rami Hallac, PhD, Pang-Yun Chou, Christopher Warne, Neil Stewart, Alex Kane, Christopher Derderian. Three-dimensional Head Shape Changes after Extended Sagittal Strip Craniectomy and Helmet Therapy. Podium Presentation at the 17th Congress of the International Society of Craniofacial Surgery. Cancun, Q.R., Mexico. October 24-28, 2017

Christopher Derderian. Pang-Yun Chou, Christopher Warne, Neil Stewart, Alex Kane, Rami Hallac, PhD. Virtual Custom Helmet Design for Sagittal Strip Craniectomy. Poster Presentation at the 17th Congress of the International Society of Craniofacial Surgery. Cancun, Q.R., Mexico. October 24-28, 2017

Pang-Yun Chou, Rami R. Hallac, Jacqueline Wegge, Christopher Warne, Ana Nava, Paul Tiwana, Alex A. Kane, Christopher A. Derderian. Midline Bone Graft and Temporal Limb Bandeau Modification in Fronto-Orbital Advancement for Unicoronal Craniosynostosis: A 3D Assessment of Symmetry. Podium Presentation at the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Colorado Springs, CO. March 15, 2017

Christopher Warne, Rami R. Hallac, Pang-Yun Chou, Christopher A. Derderian, Alex A. Kane, James R. Seaward. Eye Tracking Technology: A Window Into How We Perceive Craniofacial Differences Using Analysis Of Eye Movement. Podium Presentation at the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Colorado Springs, CO. March 15, 2017

Shitel D. Patel, Rami R. Hallac, Pang-Yun Chou, Min-Jeong Cho, James M. Smartt, James R. Seaward, Alex A. Kane, Christopher A. Derderian. Location and Rate of Maximal Head Shape Change in Infants with Sagittal Craniosynostosis Treated with Limited Incision Strip Craniectomy, Barrel Staving and Helmet Therapy: A 2D and 3D Quantitative Analysis. Podium Presentation at the1st American Society of Craniofacial Surgery Symposium, Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, January 23-25, 2017.

Shitel D. Patel, Rami R. Hallac, Pang-Yun Chou, Min-Jeong Cho, James R. Seaward, Alex A. Kane, Christopher A. Derderian. Location and Rate of Maximal Head Shape Change in Infants with Sagittal Craniosynostosis Treated with Limited Incision Strip Craniectomy, Barrel Staving and Helmet Therapy: A 2D and 3D Quantitative Analysis. The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Los Angeles, CA. September 26, 2016

Law HZ, Cho MJ, Derderian CA, Seaward J, Hallac R, Kane AA, Smartt JM. 3D Printing for Craniofacial Surgery: A Single Institution’s Three Year Experience.” Presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Atlanta, GA. April 8, 2016.

Wink JD, Bauder AR, Swanson J, Derderian C, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA. An Analysis of Posterior Vault Distraction and Its Effects on the Posterior Fossa and Cranial Base. International Society of Craniofacial Surgery. Tokyo, Japan September 14-18, 2015

Smartt JM, Campbell C, Hallac R, Vieira P, Derderian CA. A 3D Study of Midfacial Changes Following Segmental Le Fort II/III Distraction in Syndromic Patients. Presented at the 16th Congress of the International Society of Craniofacial Surgery. Tokyo, Japan September 14-18, 2015

Christopher Derderian, Jason Wink, Amy Collinsworth, Jennifer McGrath, Scott Bartlett, Jesse Taylor. Volumetric Changes in Cranial Vault Expansion: Comparison of Fronto-orbital Advancement and Posterior Cranial Vault Distraction Osteogenesis. Presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Palm Springs, CA. April 24, 2015

Christopher A. Derderian, M.D., Jennifer L. McGrath, B.S., Scott P. Bartlett, M.D., Jesse A. Taylor, M.D. Volumetric Changes in Cranial Vault Expansion: Comparison of Fronto-orbital Advancement and Posterior Cranial Vault Distraction. Poster Presentation at the 91st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons. San Francisco, CA. April 14-17, 2012. 

Gerety, PA, Derderian CA, Bartlett, SP, Fiadjoe, JE, Sussman, EM, Stricker, PA, Taylor, JA. Perioperative Morbidity of Posterior Cranial Vault Expansion: Distraction vs Osteotomy. Presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. San Jose, CA April 17-21, 2012.

Derderian, CA, McGrath, JL, Bartlett, SP, Taylor, JA. Volumetric Changes in Cranial Vault Expansion: A Comparison of Frontoorbital Advancement and Posterior Cranial Vault Distraction. Presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. San Jose, CA April 17-21, 2012.

Bastidas, N, Newman, A, Derderian, CA, Mirzabeigi, M, Elliot, R, Jackson, O, Minugh-Pirvus, N, Bartlett, SP, Taylor, JA.  An Anthropometric Assessment of Mandibular Growth in Pierre Robin Sequence: Comparison of Treatment Modalities. Presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. San Jose, CA April 17-21, 2012.

Derderian, CA, Wink, J, Taylor, JA, Bartlett, SP. Volumetric Analysis of the Temporal Fossa in Unicoronal Craniosynostosis: Implications for Long-term Growth After Fronoto-orbital Advancement. Presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. San Jose, CA April 17-21, 2012.

McGrath JL, Derderian CA, Bartlett SP, Nah HD, Taylor JA.  Differential Closure of the Spheno-Occipital Synchondrosis: Insight Into Midface Hypoplasia? Accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Amelia Island, FL, October 2011.

Newman, A., Mirzabeigi, M., Derderian, C., Jackson, O. Taylor, J. An anthropometric assessment of mandibular growth in Pierre Robin Sequence. Accepted for presentation at Plastic Surgery 2011 – The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Denver, CO September, 2011

Derderian, CA, Wink, J., Steinbacher, D, Taylor, JA, Bartlett, SP. Volumetric Analysis of the Temporal Anatomy in Unicoronal Craniosynostosis: Implications for Long-term Growth. Accepted for presentation at the International Society of Craniofacial Surgery XIV International Congress, Livingstone, Zambia. August 27-September 1, 2011.

Derderian, CA, McGrath JL, Bartlett, SP, Taylor, JA. Quantitative Volumetric Analysis of Changes in Intracranial Volume after Fronto-orbital Advancement and Posterior Vault Expansion Using Distraction Osteogenesis in the Treatment of Syndromic Craniosynostosis. Accepted for presentation at the International Society of Craniofacial Surgery XIV International Congress, Livingstone, Zambia. August 27-September 1, 2011.

McGrath JL, Chin B, Derderian CA, Bartlett SP, Nah HD, Taylor JA. Fusion of the sphenooccipital synchondrosis in Apert and Muenke syndromes. Presented at the Combined Meeting of the Ohio Valley and Robert H. Ivy Societies of Plastic Surgeons. June 2-4, 2011

Christopher A. Derderian, M.D., Jason Wink, B.S., Derek Steinbacher, D.M.D, M.D., Jesse Taylor, M.D., Scott P. Bartlett , M.D. Anatomy of the Temporal Fossa in Unicoronal Craniosynostosis.  Presented at the Combined Meeting of the Ohio Valley and Robert H. Ivy Societies of Plastic Surgeons. June 2-4, 2011

Newman, A., Mirzabeigi, M., Derderian, C., Jackson, O. Taylor, J. An anthropometric assessment of mandibular growth in Pierre Robin Sequence. Presented at the Combined Meeting of the Ohio Valley and Robert H. Ivy Societies of Plastic Surgeons. June 2-4, 2011

Christopher A. Derderian, M.D., Pierre B. Saddeh, M.D., David L. Hirsch, D.D.S., M.D., and Jamie P. Levine, M.D. Computer-Aided Surgical Simulation in Mandibular Reconstruction: Maximizing Outcomes in Single-Stage Fibula Free Flap Reconstruction with Immediate Dental Implants. Plastic Surgery 2010 – The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Toronto, ON, Canada, October 1-5, 2010.

Christopher A. Derderian, M.D., Wojciech Dec, M.D., Hitesh Kapadia, D.D.S., Barry Grayson D.D.S., Joseph G. McCarthy, M.D. Mandibular Response to Verticle and Horizontal Vectors of Bilateral Distraction Osteogenesis in Patients with TMJ Ankylosis. Poster Presentation at The New York Regional Society of Plastic Surgeons Meeting, March 8th, 2010

Christopher A. Derderian, M.D., Mihye Choi, M.D. and Nolan S. Karp, M.D. Wise-Pattern Breast Reconstruction: Pocket Augmentation using Alloderm and a Vascularized Dermal-Subcutaneous Pedicle. Poster Presentation. 31st Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Dec 10-14, 2008.

Christopher A. Derderian, M.D., Mihye Choi, M.D., Nolan S. Karp, M.D. Wise-Pattern Breast Reconstruction: Pocket Augmentation using Acellular Dermal Matrix and a Vascularized Dermal-Subcutaneous Pedicle. Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons 25th Annual Meeting, October 3, 2008

Evan Garfein, MD, Nicholas Haddock, MD, Christopher Derderian, MD, Jamie Levine, MD, Pierre Saadeh. Soleal perforators: recipient options in lower extremity reconstruction. Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons 25th Annual Meeting, October 3, 2008 

Ashinoff, R, Galiano RD, Cetrulo C, Dobryanski M, Derderian CA, Bhatt K, Jensen J, Levine JP, Gurtner GC, McCarthy JG.  Gene Therapy with Bone Morphogenic Protein-2 in Mandibular Distraction Osteogensis. Presented at the International Society for Craniofacial Surgery Xth International Congress, 2003

 Derderian CA, Lerman OZ, Galiano RD, Pelo CR, Levine JP, Gurtner GC. Load-Dependent Changes in Gene Expression in Repsonse to Biaxial Mechanical Strain if Fibroblast-Populated Collagen Lattices. Presented at the Plastic Surgery Research Council, 2002

 Park S, Tepper OM, Galiano RD, Derderian CA, Pelo CR, Levine JP, Gurtner GC. Endothelial Progenitor Cells Selectively Home to Sites of Ischemia and Inflammation and Increase Neovascularization. Presented at the Plastic Surgery Research Council, 2002

Shin S, Tepper OM, Galiano RD, Derderian CA, Detch R, Pelo CR, Levine JP, Gurtner GC.  Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields Increase Endothelial Cell Proliferation and Promote In Vitro Angiogenesis. Poster Presentation at the Plastic Surgery Research Council, 2002  

Soltanian H, Hazen A, Derderian CA, Galiano RD, Levine JP, Gurtner GC.  The Effect of Solubilized dermal matrix on Contraction of Fibroblast-Populated Collagen Lattices. Poster Presentation at the Plastic Surgery Research Council, 2002

Chiu ES, Baharestani S, Galiano RD, Pelo CR, Derderian CA, Levine JP, Gurtner GC.  Three-Dimensional Matrix Contraction Analysis of Keloid and Normal Human Dermal Fibroblasts.  Poster Presentation at the Plastic Surgery Research Council, 2002