MehmetCanUluerMD(he/him)

Plastic Surgery • Tacoma, WA

Aesthetic/Cosmetic Plastic Surgery, Hand, Plastic & Reconstructive Microsurgery

Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgeon

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Office
MultiCare Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
316 MLK Jr. Way, Suite 203
Tacoma, WA 98405
Phone+1 253-403-2120
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Summary

General Surgery - University of Maryland
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - University of Pittsburgh
Hand and Microsurgery - UC Irvine.

Education & Training

University of California (Irvine)Fellowship, Hand Surgery (Orthopaedic Surgery), 2022 - 2023
UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Plastic Surgery, 2019 - 2022
University of MarylandResidency, Surgery, 2014 - 2019
Pennsylvania State University College of MedicineClass of 2012
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthScM, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2006 - 2008
Johns Hopkins UniversityBS, Biomedical Engineering, 2001 - 2006

Certifications & Licensure

WA State Medical License 2023 - 2025
CA State Medical License 2022 - 2024

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Vascularized Bone Marrow Cellular Depletion or Discontinuity Abrogates Protection of Vascularized Composite Allografts in Nonhuman Primates.
Nicole Shockcor, Evan B. Buckingham, Wessam Hassanein, Urmil Dhru, Ali Khalifeh, Mehmet C. Uluer, Jhade D. Woodall, Philip S. Brazio, C. Drachenberg, Arthur J. Nam, Ro...> ;Transplantation Direct. 2021 Jan 26
3 citations
Liver Scaffolds Support Survival and Metabolic Function of Multilineage Neonatal Allogenic Cells.
Wessam Hassanein, Arielle Cimeno, Avraham Werdesheim, Bryan Buckingham, Joshua Harrison, Mehmet C. Uluer, Ali Khalifeh, Carlos Rivera-Pratt, Stephen Klepfer, Jhade D. ...> ;Tissue Engineering. Part A. 2017 Nov 22
18 citations
N-glycolylneuraminic acid knockout reduces erythrocyte sequestration and thromboxane elaboration in an ex vivo pig-to-human xenoperfusion model.
Arielle Cimeno, Wessam Hassanein, Beth M. French, Jessica M. Powell, Lars Burdorf, Olga Goloubeva, Xiangfei Cheng, Dawn Parsell, Jagdeece Ramsoondar, Kasinath Kuravi, ...> ;Xenotransplantation. 2017 Nov 1
9 citations
The validity and reliability of computed tomography orbital volume measurements.
Silviu C. Diaconu, David Dreizin, Mehmet C. Uluer, Corey Mossop, Michael P. Grant, Arthur J. Nam> ;Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery. 2017 Sep 1
25 citations
Recellularization via the bile duct supports functional allogenic and xenogenic cell growth on a decellularized rat liver scaffold.
Wessam Hassanein, Mehmet C. Uluer, John Langford, Jhade D. Woodall, Arielle Cimeno, Urmil Dhru, Avraham Werdesheim, Joshua Harrison, Carlos Rivera-Pratt, Stephen Klepf...> ;Organogenesis. 2017 Jan 19
11 citations
Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation: Medical Complications
Mehmet C. Uluer, Philip S. Brazio, Jhade D. Woodall, Arthur J. Nam, Stephen T. Bartlett, Rolf N. Barth> ;Current Transplantation Reports. 2016 Aug 15
2 citations
A rare cervical dystonia mimic in adults: congenital muscular torticollis (fibromatosis colli), a follow-up
Mehmet C. Uluer, Branko Bojovic> ;Frontiers in Neurology. 2016 Feb 1
Lost in translation? Microchimersim detection in experimental and clinical transplantation
Jhade D. Woodall, Mehmet C. Uluer, Matthew T. Chrencik, Arthur J. Nam, Stephen T. Bartlett, Rolf N. Barth> ;Chimerism. 2015 Oct 1
3 citations
Early Microchimerism After Face Transplantation Detected by Quantitative Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction of Insertion/Deletion Polymorphisms.
Benjamin D. Schultz, Jhade D. Woodall, Philip S. Brazio, Mehmet C. Uluer, Debra Kukuruga, Agnes M. Azimzadeh, Branko Bojovic, Eduardo D. Rodriguez, Stephen T. Bartlett...> ;Transplantation. 2015 Jul 1
69 citations
Complications in tissue expander breast reconstruction: a comparison of AlloDerm, DermaMatrix, and FlexHD acellular inferior pole dermal slings.
Sebastian Brooke, John Mesa, Mehmet C. Uluer, Brett Michelotti, Kurtis E. Moyer, Rogerio I. Neves, Donald R. Mackay, John Potochny> ;Annals of Plastic Surgery. 2012 Oct 1
13 citations
Translational research in pediatric extracorporeal life support systems and cardiopulmonary bypass procedures: 2011 update.
Feng Qiu, Jonathan Talor, Jeffrey D. Zahn, Linda B. Pauliks, Allen R. Kunselman, David A. Palanzo, Larry D. Baer, Karl Woitas, Robert K. Wise, Robert McCoach, Bonnie W...> ;World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery. 2011 Jul 1
17 citations
Impact of tubing length on hemodynamics in a simulated neonatal extracorporeal life support circuit.
Feng Qiu, Mehmet C. Uluer, Allen R. Kunselman, J. Brian Clark, John L. Myers, Akif Ündar> ;Artificial Organs. 2010 Nov 1
52 citations
Magnetic resonance imaging of chondrocytes labeled with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in tissue-engineered cartilage.
Sharan Ramaswamy, Jane B. Greco, Mehmet C. Uluer, Zijun Zhang, Zhuoli Zhang, Kenneth W. Fishbein, Richard G. Spencer> ;Tissue Engineering. Part A. 2009 Oct 7
18 citations
Noninvasive Assessment of Glycosaminoglycan Production in Injectable Tissue-Engineered Cartilage Constructs Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Sharan Ramaswamy, Mehmet C. Uluer, Stephanie Leen, Preeti Bajaj, Kenneth W. Fishbein, Richard G. Spencer> ;Tissue Engineering. Part C, Methods. 2008 Sep 9
6 citations
On the strong field dependence and nonlinear response to gadolinium contrast agent of proton transverse relaxation rates in dairy cream.
Robert V. Mulkern, Yin P Hung, Zaid Q. Ababneh, Stephan E. Maier, Alan B. Packard, Mehmet C. Uluer, Daniel F. Kacher, Giulio Gambarota, Stephan D. Voss> ;Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2005 Jul 1
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Turkish, French, German