GregoryMilletteBunckeMD

Plastic Surgery • San Francisco, CA

Hand, Plastic & Reconstructive Microsurgery

Associate Clinical Professor, Plastic Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine

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Office
45 Castro St
Suite 121
San Francisco, CA 94114
Phone+1 415-456-5613

Fax+1 415-864-1654
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Education & Training

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Plastic Surgery - Integrated, 1984 - 1987
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1981 - 1984
Georgetown University School of MedicineClass of 1981

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1983 - 2025
American Board of Plastic Surgery Plastic Surgery
American Board of Plastic Surgery Surgery of the Hand

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Great Toe Transplantation.
Antonio J Forte, Karla C Maita, Ricardo A Torres-Guzman, Francisco R Avila, Bauback Safa, Gregory Buncke, Rudolph Buntic, Andrew Watt> ;Seminars in Plastic Surgery. 2022 Nov 1
History of Microsurgery: The Legacy of Harry J. Buncke, MD.
Gregory M Buncke> ;Seminars in Plastic Surgery. 2022 Nov 1
4 citations
Clinical Outcomes of Symptomatic Neuroma Resection and Reconstruction with Processed Nerve Allograft.
Sonu A. Jain, Jason A. Nydick, Fraser J. Leversedge, Dominic Power, Joseph F. Styron, Bauback Safa, Gregory M. Buncke> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open. 2021 Oct 1
2 citations
Narrative review of the history of microsurgery in urological practice.
Mang L Chen, Gregory M Buncke, Paul J. Turek> ;Translational Andrology and Urology. 2021 Apr 1
7 citations
Evidence-Based Approach to Timing of Nerve Surgery: A Review.
Brendan J. MacKay, Cameron Cox, Ian L. Valerio, Jeffrey A. Greenberg, Gregory M. Buncke, Peter J. Evans, Deana Mercer, Desirae M. McKee, Ivica Ducic> ;Annals of Plastic Surgery. 2021 Mar 24
9 citations
A Multicenter Matched Cohort Study of Processed Nerve Allograft and Conduit in Digital Nerve Reconstruction
Fraser J. Leversedge, Jozef Zoldos, Jason A. Nydick, Dennis S. Kao, Wesley P. Thayer, Brendan J. MacKay, Desirae M. McKee, Harry A. Hoyen, Bauback Safa, Gregory M. Buncke> ;The Journal of Hand Surgery. 2020 Dec 1
25 citations
Chronic postoperative complications and donor site morbidity after sural nerve autograft harvest or biopsy.
Ivica Ducic, Joshua Yoon, Gregory M. Buncke> ;Microsurgery. 2020 Apr 10
46 citations
Peripheral nerve repair throughout the body with processed nerve allografts: Results from a large multicenter study.
Bauback Safa, Sonu A. Jain, Mihir J. Desai, Jeffrey A. Greenberg, Timothy R. Niacaris, Jason A. Nydick, Fraser J. Leversedge, David M. Megee, Jozef Zoldos, Brian D. Ri...> ;Microsurgery. 2020 Feb 26
2 citations
Use of the subscapular system by maintaining unilateral decubitus placement without repositioning in microvascular free tissue transplantation
Antonio J. Forte, Jeremie D. Oliver, Matthew McRae, Cesar Colasante, Annica C Eells, Andrew J. Watt, Rudolph Buntic, Gregory M. Buncke, Bauback Safa> ;Microsurgery. 2020 Feb 1
31 citations
Recovery of Motor Function after Mixed and Motor Nerve Repair with Processed Nerve Allograft.
Bauback Safa, Jaimie T. Shores, John V. Ingari, Renata V. Weber, Mickey S. Cho, Jozef Zoldos, Timothy R. Niacaras, Leon J. Nesti, Wesley P. Thayer, Gregory M. Buncke> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open. 2019 Mar 13
11 citations
Digit Tip Injuries: Current Treatment and Future Regenerative Paradigms.
Travis J. Miller, Peter L. Deptula, Gregory M. Buncke, Zeshaan N. Maan> ;Stem Cells International. 2019 Jan 21
10 citations
Initial Management of Traumatic Digit Amputations: A Retrospective Study of Functional Outcomes.
Ledibabari M. Ngaage, Georgette Oni, Rudolph Buntic, Charles M. Malata, Gregory M. Buncke> ;Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. 2018 Mar 6
49 citations
Outcomes of short-gap sensory nerve injuries reconstructed with processed nerve allografts from a multicenter registry study.
Brian Rinker, John V. Ingari, Jeffrey A. Greenberg, Wesley P. Thayer, Bauback Safa, Gregory M. Buncke> ;Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. 2015 Apr 20
62 citations
Use of Processed Nerve Allografts to Repair Nerve Injuries Greater Than 25 mm in the Hand.
Brian Rinker, Jozef Zoldos, Renata V. Weber, Jason H. Ko, Wesley P. Thayer, Jeffrey A. Greenberg, Fraser J. Leversedge, Bauback Safa, Gregory M. Buncke> ;Annals of Plastic Surgery. 2017 Jun 1
3 citations
Fluoroquinolone-Associated Tendinopathy of the Hand and Wrist: A Systematic Review and Case Report:
Israel Berger, Isak A. Goodwin, Gregory M Buncke> ;Hand. 2017 Apr 3
17 citations
Microsurgical ear replantation—is venous repair necessary?—A systematic review
Arash Momeni, Xiangxia Liu, Michael Januszyk, Derrick C. Wan, Gregory M. Buncke, Rudolf F. Buntic, Brian M. Parrett> ;Microsurgery. 2016 May 1
89 citations
Autograft Substitutes: Conduits and Processed Nerve Allografts
Bauback Safa, Gregory M. Buncke> ;Hand Clinics. 2016 May 1
1 citations
Cross-leg flaps: preferred alternative to free flaps?
Arash Momeni, Rudolf F. Buntic, Gregory M. Buncke> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2014 Feb 1
48 citations
Long-term results and costs of muscle flap coverage with Ilizarov bone transport in lower limb salvage.
David W. Lowenberg, Rudolf F. Buntic, Gregory M. Buncke, Brian M. Parrett> ;Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2013 Oct 1
27 citations
Ultrasound-guided carpal tunnel release using the manos CTR system.
Gregory M. Buncke, Bruce Mccormack, Marko Bodor> ;Microsurgery. 2013 Jul 1
144 citations
Functional outcome following nerve repair in the upper extremity using processed nerve allograft.
Mickey S. Cho, Brian Rinker, Renata V. Weber, Jerome D. Chao, John V. Ingari, Darrell Brooks, Gregory M. Buncke> ;The Journal of Hand Surgery. 2012 Nov 1
34 citations
Microvascular approach to scalp replantation and reconstruction: a thirty-six year experience.
Fernando Herrera, Rudolf Buntic, Darrell Brooks, Gregory M. Buncke, M.P.H. Anuja K. Antony M.D.> ;Microsurgery. 2012 Nov 1
213 citations
Processed nerve allografts for peripheral nerve reconstruction: a multicenter study of utilization and outcomes in sensory, mixed, and motor nerve reconstructions.
Darrell Brooks, Renata V. Weber, Jerome D. Chao, Brian Rinker, Jozef Zoldos, Michael R. Robichaux, Sebastian B. Ruggeri, Kurt A. Anderson, Ekkehard E. Bonatz, Scott M....> ;Microsurgery. 2012 Jan 1
5 citations
Subdivision of the sural nerve: step towards individual facial reanimation.
Rik Osinga, Harry J. Buncke, Gregory M. Buncke, Claudia Meuli-Simmen> ;Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery. 2011 Mar 9
39 citations
From simple interrupted to complex spiral: a systematic review of various suture techniques for microvascular anastomoses.
Mohammed S. Alghoul, R D O Chad Gordon, Randal Yetman, Gregory M. Buncke, Maria Siemionow, Ahmed M. Afifi, Wong K. Moon> ;Microsurgery. 2011 Jan 1
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Press Mentions

Antibiotic-Resistant Infections Appeared After Surgery. Were They Transmitted by Leeches?July 24th, 2018
AxoGen to Participate at AAHS ASPN ASRM Joint 2017 Annual MeetingJanuary 3rd, 2017
AxoGen Inc.’S Avance® Nerve Graft Data Presented During Best Clinical Papers Session at the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the HandSeptember 10th, 2015
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