In 2008, Dr. Barry K. Douglas will begin his 17th year at the Long Island Plastic Surgical Group. Dr. Douglas obtained his M.D. degree from Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, North Carolina in 1980. After his internship he completed his General Surgical Residency at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City. Continuing his education at Mount Sinai Hospital, Dr. Douglas completed residencies in Microvascular Surgery and then Plastic Surgery. From 1986-87, he held the position of Chief Resident at this prestigious hospital. In 1987, Dr. Douglas completed a fellowship in Pediatric Plastic & Maxillofacial Surgery at Children's Hospital of Akron with the Northeastern Ohio School of Medicine.
Dr. Douglas has lectured on a wide range of topics including cosmetic surgery, cleft lip surgery and reconstruction for skin malignancies. His medical interests include cosmetic surgery, cleft lip and palate surgery, rhinoplasty and breast surgery. Dr. Douglas has also written many original papers in the field of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Douglas brings an extensive art background to Long Island Plastic Surgical Group; he enjoys painting, drawing, playing the piano and organ. He also participates in triathlons and weight trains.
Education
1972-1976: Trinity College; Hartford, CT: BA (studio arts and physics)
1976-1980: Bowman Gray School of Medicine, NC: MD
Training
1980-1981: Internship: Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital; New York, New York
1981-1983: Residency: General Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital; New York, New York
1983-1984: Residency: Microvascular Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital; New York, New York
1984-1986: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital; New York, NY
1986-1987: Chief Resident: Plastic Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital; New York, NY
1986-1987: Instructor: Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital; New York, NY
CW11: interviewed for feature article on prophylactic bilateral mastectomy (11/21/2007)
Newsday: Double mastectomies on the rise (10/24/2007)
Cosmetic Surgery Times: Physicians’ Profile: Practice Makes Perfect, Surgeons Meld Art, Science (12/2006)
Joint Press Conference with Nassau University Medical Center detailing the reattachment of a piano teacher’s arm: Holiday Miracle for Piano Teacher (12/1998)
Recent Artwork:
Annual Northeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Meeting program cover artwork 2001, 2002,2006, 2007
Inaugural John Knowles Swinburne, MD Memorial Lecture Series portrait 5/2001
Publications
Douglas, B.K. , Weinberg, H., Song, Y., Silverman, D., "Beneficial effects of ibuprofen on experimental micro-vascular free flaps: pharmacologic alternation of the no re-flow phenomenon." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 79:366, 1987.
Douglas, B.K. , Weinberg, H., Song, Y., "Enhancement of blood flow in experimental micro-vascular free flaps." Journal of Microsurgery 81:755, 1988.
Douglas, B.K. , Copeland, M., "Ganglion cyst of the temporomandibular joint. A case report and review of the literature." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 81:755, 1988
Douglas, B.K. , Weinberg, H., "Perfusion Washout: Increasing a micro-vascular free flap's tolerance to ischemia." J ournal of Reconstructive Microsurgery 5:125, 1989
Douglas, B.K. , Ho, W.C., Lehman, J.A. and Husami, T.W., "One stage closure of the entire primary palate." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 86:675, 1990.
Douglas, B.K. , Cohen, J., Lackner, R., Keller, A., "Surgical Implications of purpura fulminans." Annals of Vascular Surgery 4:276. 1990
Douglas, B.K. , Copeland, M., "An unusual fracture of the hamate bone." Contemporary Orthopedics , 20:61, 1992.
Husami, T.W., Douglas, B.K. , "Revascularization of an avulsed ear." A case report Journal of Microsurgery . 1992.
Douglas, B.K. , Gallagher, P.M., Deane, L.M., "A new technique in cleft lip nasal repair." (Submitted).
Presentations
Poster Presentation : 1984 Annual PSEF-ASPRS Convention for: "Beneficial effects of ibuprofen on experimental micro-vascular free flaps: pharmacologic alteration of the no re-flow phenomenon."
1987 Plastic Surgery Chief Residents Conference , Springfield, IL presented: "Perfusion Washout: Increasing a micro-vascular free flap's tolerance to ischemia."
Grand Rounds: Massachusetts General Hospital , Harvard Medical School. Co-presented research on: "Experimental studies in the survival of venous island flaps without arterial inflow."
Grand Rounds: Mount Sinai Hospital : "Current theories and techniques in micro-vascular reconstruction."
Grand Rounds: Long Island Jewish Hospital Department of Surgery: "Pediatric Plastic Surgery"
Grand Rounds: Long Island Jewish Hospital Department of ENT: "Pediatric Plastic Surgery."
Grand Rounds: Parker Geriatric Institute : "Histology and Treatment of cutaneous neoplasms."
Grand Rounds: Long Island Jewish Hospital Department of ENT : "History and reconstruction of facial neoplasms."
Grand Rounds: Long Island Jewish Hospital Department of Surgery : Flaps: "Anatomy and physiology. Tissue Expansion."
Northeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons presenting : "A new technique in cleft lip nasal repair." Pittsburgh, PA. September 1993.
Winthrop University Hospital , American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Nurses presents: "Flaps for Facial Reconstruction." April, 1994.
