WarrenCBreidenbachMD

Plastic Surgery • Tucson, AZ

Hand, Plastic & Reconstructive Microsurgery

Professor of Plastic Surgery, University Ariz College of Medicine

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Office
Po Box 245062
1501 N Campbell Ave
Tucson, AZ 85724
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Education & Training

Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolResidency, Plastic Surgery - Integrated, 1981 - 1983
University of Calgary Faculty of MedicineClass of 1975

Certifications & Licensure

AZ State Medical License 2010 - 2016
KY State Medical License Active through 2013
American Board of Plastic Surgery Plastic Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Peripheral nerve repair is associated with augmented cross-tissue inflammation following vascularized composite allotransplantation.
Ashti M Shah, Ruben Zamora, Nitin Gharpure, Fayten El-Dehaibi, Yalcin Kulahci, Huseyin Karagoz, Derek A Barclay, Jinling Yin, Warren Breidenbach, Dmitry Tuder, Vijay S...> ;Frontiers in Immunology. 2023 Jan 1
4 citations
A Call to Accountability: Reporting Outcomes in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation.
James L. Benedict, Nicholas L. Robbins, Bruce Kaplan, Warren C. Breidenbach> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open. 2019 Jun 1
8 citations
Is Skin the Most Allogenic Tissue in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation and a Valid Monitor of the Deeper Tissues
Nicholas L. Robbins, Matthew J. Wordsworth, Bijaya K. Parida, Bruce Kaplan, Vijay S. Gorantla, Erik K Weitzel, Warren C. Breidenbach> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2019 Apr 1
2 citations
A Flow Dynamic Rationale for Accelerated Vascularized Composite Allotransplant Rejection.
Nicholas L. Robbins, Matthew J. Wordsworth, Bijaya K. Parida, Bruce Kaplan, Vijay S. Gorantla, Col Erik K. Weitzel, Warren C. Breidenbach> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2019 Mar 1
Discussion: A Methodology for Determining Standard of Care Status for a New Surgical Procedure: Hand Transplantation.
Shepard P. Johnson, Kevin C. Chung> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2016 Jan 1
27 citations
A Statistical Comparative Assessment of Face and Hand Transplantation Outcomes to Determine Whether Either Meets the Standard of Care Threshold.
Warren C. Breidenbach, Edward A. Meister, G. W. Becker, Tolga Turker, Vijay S. Gorantla, Kareem Hassan, Bruce Kaplan> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2016 Jan 1
16 citations
A Methodology for Determining Standard of Care Status for a New Surgical Procedure: Hand Transplantation.
Warren C. Breidenbach, Edward A. Meister, Tolga Turker, G. W. Becker, Vijay S. Gorantla, L. Scott Levin> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2016 Jan 1
1 citations
Discussion: perceptions of the risks and benefits of upper limb transplantation among individuals with upper limb amputations.
Warren C. Breidenbach, Edward A. Meister, Kareem Hassan> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2014 Nov 1
6 citations
Composite Tissue Allotransplantation and Dysregulation in Tissue Repair and Regeneration: A Role for Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Anuja K. Antony, Katherine A. Rodby, Matthew K. Tobin, Megan Ida O'Connor, Russell K. Pearl, Luisa A. DiPietro, Warren C. Breidenbach, Amelia Bartholomew> ;Frontiers in Immunology. 2013 Jul 9
7 citations
Surgical aspects of donor hand recovery for transplantation.
Rodrigo Banegas, Rodrigo Moreno, Anil Duggal, Warren C. Breidenbach> ;Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. 2012 Jan 1
51 citations
World experience after more than a decade of clinical hand transplantation: update from the Louisville hand transplant program.
Christina L. Kaufman, Warren C. Breidenbach> ;Hand Clinics. 2011 Nov 1
26 citations
The History and Evolution of Hand Transplantation
Abtin Foroohar, River M. Elliott, Tae Won Benjamin Kim, Warren C. Breidenbach, Abraham Shaked, L. Scott Levin> ;Hand Clinics. 2011 Nov 1
4 citations
An evaluation of the information gained from the use of intraoperative nerve recording in the management of suspected brachial plexus root avulsion
James H. W. Clarkson, Tuna Ozyurekoglu, Mirsad Mujadzic, Vasudeva Iyer, Warren C. Breidenbach> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2011 Mar 1
17 citations
Alemtuzumab: key for minimization of maintenance immunosuppression in reconstructive transplantation?
Stefan Schneeberger, Luis Landin, C. Kaufmann, Vijay S. Gorantla, Gerald Brandacher, P. Cavadas, WP Lee, Warren C. Breidenbach, Raimund Margreiter> ;Transplantation Proceedings. 2009 Mar 1
30 citations
The history of human composite tissue allotransplantation.
Gordon R. Tobin, Warren C. Breidenbach, Suzanne T. Ildstad, M.M. Marvin, Joseph F. Buell, Kadiyala V. Ravindra> ;Transplantation Proceedings. 2009 Mar 1
29 citations
Chronically deafferented sensory cortex recovers a grossly typical organization after allogenic hand transplantation.
Scott H. Frey, Sergei V. Bogdanov, Jolinda Smith, Scott Watrous, Warren C. Breidenbach> ;Current Biology. 2008 Oct 14
65 citations
Hand transplantation in the United States: Experience with 3 patients
Kadiyala V. Ravindra, Joseph F. Buell, Christina L. Kaufman, Brenda Blair, Michael R. Marvin, R Nagubandi, Warren C. Breidenbach> ;Surgery. 2008 Oct 1
67 citations
Science of composite tissue allotransplantation
Bruce J Swearingen, Kadiyala V. Ravindra, Hong Xu, S. Wu, Warren C. Breidenbach, Suzanne T. Ildstad> ;Transplantation. 2008 Sep 15
90 citations
Outcomes of the first 2 American hand transplants at 8 and 6 years posttransplant.
Warren C. Breidenbach, N. Ruben Gonzales, Christina L. Kaufman, M M. Klapheke, Gordon R. Tobin, Vijay S. Gorantla> ;The Journal of Hand Surgery. 2008 Sep 1
46 citations
Composite tissue transplantation: a rapidly advancing field.
Kadiyala V. Ravindra, S. Wu, Larry D. Bozulic, He Xu, Warren C. Breidenbach, Suzanne T. Ildstad> ;Transplantation Proceedings. 2008 Jun 1
65 citations
Atypical acute rejection after hand transplantation.
Stefan Schneeberger, Vijay S. Gorantla, R. P. Van Riet, Marco Lanzetta, P. Vereecken, C. Van Holder, Sandrine Rorive, Myriam Remmelink, A. Le Moine, Daniel Abramowicz,...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2008 Mar 1
5 citations
Past, present, and future prospects for inducing donor-specific transplantation tolerance for composite tissue allotransplantation.
Larry D. Bozulic, Warren C. Breidenbach, Suzanne T. Ildstad> ;Seminars in Plastic Surgery. 2007 Nov 1
118 citations
Second report (1998-2006) of the International Registry of Hand and Composite Tissue Transplantation.
Marco Lanzetta, Palmina Petruzzo, Jean-Michel Dubernard, Raimund Margreiter, Frederic Schuind, Warren C. Breidenbach, Roberta Nolli, S. Schneeberger, Carlo Van Holder,...> ;Transplant Immunology. 2007 Jul 1
17 citations
Creating a hand transplant program.
Bardia Amirlak, Ruben Gonzalez, Vijay S. Gorantla, Warren C. Breidenbach, Gordon R. Tobin> ;Clinics in Plastic Surgery. 2007 Apr 1
36 citations
Transplantation of the hand, face, and composite structures: evolution and current status
Gordon R. Tobin, Warren C. Breidenbach, Diane J. Pidwell, Suzanne T. Ildstad, Kadiyala V. Ravindra> ;Clinics in Plastic Surgery. 2007 Apr 1
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