Curriculum Vitae

Reuben A. Bueno, Jr, MD
Assistant Professor, Program Director, Division of Plastic Surgery
E-mail: plastics@siumed.edu
Institute For Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
SIU School of Medicine
P.O. Box 19653
Springfield, IL 62794-9653
Phone: 217-545-6314
Fax: 217-545-2588

Brief Biography

Dr. Reuben A. Bueno, Jr. is an assistant professor and Program Director in the Division of Plastic Surgery at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. He is fellowship trained in pediatric plastic surgery and hand and upper extremity surgery. His practice includes general plastic surgery with special interests in adult and pediatric hand surgery, congenital hand and facial anomalies, microsurgery, brachial plexus reconstruction, and facial reanimation surgery.

He completed fellowships in pediatric plastic surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and hand and upper extremity surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He received his plastic surgery residency training at SIU School of Medicine. Prior to joining SIU, Dr. Bueno was at the Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He is a graduate of Yale University and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

He is a Candidate for Membership in the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society for Surgery of the Hand and the American Association for Hand Surgery.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Pediatric plastic surgery, pediatric and adult hand surgery, general reconstructive surgery, congenital hand anomalies, adult and obstetrical brachial plexus injury, cleft lip and palate surgery, microsurgery, facial reanimation surgery

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Tissue engineering, outcomes studies, molecular basis of disease

MEDICAL STAFF

2006 Plastic Surgery Staff
SIU School of Medicine
Spingfield, IL

2005-2006 Plastic Surgery Staff
Co-Director, Pediatric Hand Service
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO

2005-2006 Plastic Surgery Staff
Children’s Mercy South Hospital
Overland Park, KS

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING

2004-05 Paediatric Plastic Surgery Fellowship
Hospital for Sick Children
University of Toronto School of Medicine
Toronto, ON

2003-04 Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship
Hospital for Special Surgery
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY

1997-2003 Plastic Surgery Residency
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, IL

EDUCATION

1993-97 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
M.D., May 1997

1986-90 Yale College, New Haven, CT
B.A., May 1990, cum laude

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2003-04 Senior Clinical Associate in Orthopaedic Surgery
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY

MEMBERSHIPS

Member-at-Large, Midwest Association of Plastic Surgery, 2007-present
Candidate Member, American Society of Plastic Surgery, 2005-present
Candidate Member, American Society of Surgery of the Hand, 2004-present
Candidate Member, American Association for Hand Surgery, 2004-present
Active Member, Plastic Surgery Research Council
Active Member, American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
Active Member, American Burn Association
Candidate Member, American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery
Candidate Member, American Society of Peripheral Nerve

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

Medical license, Kansas, 2005-06
Medical license, Missouri, 2004-06
Postgraduate Education Certificate, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2004-05
Medical license, New York, 2003-05
Medical license, Illinois, 1997-2003

RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS

Project: Cadaveric study to locate the nerve branch to masseter for facial reanimation surgery
Department of Surgery Basic Research Grant, 2007
Role: Resident Mentor

Project: Tissue-engineered bone in a prefabricated capsular flap
Plastic Surgery Education Foundation Basic Research Grant, 2003
Role: Principal Investigator

Project: Osteoinduction in a prefabricated capsular flap
Department of Surgery Basic Research Grant, 2002
Role: Principal Investigator

Project: The role of caspase 3 in skin cancer
Department of Surgery Basic Research Grant, 2002
Role: Principal Investigator

PUBLICATIONS

French B, Bueno RA, Russell RC, and Neumeister MW. “Utilization of arteriovenous fistula in facial reanimiation surgery” (submitted for publication).

Bueno RA, Berry N, Herron M, Zuker RM, and Neumeister MW. “Anatomic landmarks to locate the nerve branch to the masseter muscle in facial reanimation surgery” (submitted for publication).

Cooney D, Bueno RA, Neumeister MW. Pronator syndrome: A cadaveric study of the true sites of compression. Hand 2:71, 2007.

Medling B, Bueno RA, Russell RC, and Neumesiter MW. Replantation outcomes. Clin Plast Surg 34:177-85, 2007.

Athwal GS, Bueno RA, Bansal M, Mintz DN, Athanasian EA. Intra-articular fibroma of tendon sheath involving the scapholunate and radiocarpal joints. Skeletal Radiol 35:599-602, 2006.

Carlson MG, Athwal GS, Bueno RA. Treatment of the wrist and hand in cerebral palsy. J Hand Surg Am 31:483-90, 2006.

Athwal GS, Bueno RA, Wolfe SW. Radiation exposure in hand surgery: mini versus standard C-arm. J Hand Surg Am 30:1310-6, 2005

Cunningham ME, Bueno R, Potter HG, Weiland AJ. Closed partial rupture of a common digital nerve in the palm: a case report. J Hand Surg Am 30:100-4, 2005.

Bueno RA and Neumeister MW. Outcomes following mutilating hand injuries: review of the literature and recommendations for assessment. Hand Clinics 19:193-204, 2003.

Bueno RA, Wilhelmi BJ, and Neumeister MW. Aggressive digital adenocarcinoma presenting as finger infection. Ann Plast Surg 49:326-7, 2002.

Bueno RA and Wilhelmi BJ. Thumb reconstruction. E-medicine online medical journal.

Russell RC, Bueno RA, and Wu TW. Secondary procedures after mutilating hand injuries. Hand Clinics 19:149-163, 2003.

Neumeister MW, Wilhelmi BJ, and Bueno RA. Flexor tendon lacerations. E-medicine online medical journal .

Wilhelmi BJ, Mowlavi A, Neumeister MW, Bueno RA, Ketchum J, Lee WPA. Surface landmarks to locate the thenar branch of median nerve: an anatomical study. Plast Reconstr Surg 111:1612-15, 2003.

Wilhelmi BJ, Neumeister MW, Mowlavi A, Bueno RA, Lee WPA. Safe treatment of trigger finger with longitudinal and transverse landmarks: an anatomic study of the border fingers for percutaneous release. Plast Reconstr Surg 112:993-99, 2003.

Nanney LB, Mueller SG, Bueno RA, Peiper SC, and Richmond A. Distributions of melanoma growth stimulatory activity or growth-regulated gene and the interleukin-8 receptor b in human wound repair. American Journal of Pathology 147:1248-60, 1995.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Bueno RA, Zuker RM, and Alman BA. Generalized systemic conditions. In Principles and Practice of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Eds M Bentz, B Bauer, RM Zuker (in press).

Bueno RA and Zook EG. Nail matrix repair, reconstruction, and ablation. In Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery. (in press)

Bueno RA and Zook EG. Finger nail reconstructive techniques. In Hand and Upper Extremity Reconstruction. (in press)

Bueno RA. Cleft lip and palate. In Lin SJ and Hijjawi JB (Eds.) Pearls of Wisdom: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. Pp. 353-58.

Bueno RA. Congenital ear deformities. In Lin SJ and Hijjawi JB (Eds.) Pearls of Wisdom: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. Pp. 381-84.

Bueno RA. Obstetrical brachial plexus palsy. In Lin SJ and Hijjawi JB (Eds.) Pearls of Wisdom: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. Pp. 237-38.

MENTORED RESEARCH PROJECTS

“Salvage procedure after Burton’s arthroplasty complicated by infection.”

“Sensory recovery after digital nerve repair in the pediatric population.”

“Use of Integra in wounds with exposed tendon.”

“The effect of adipocyte derived stem cells in the proliferation of cultured nerve cells: an in vitro study.”

PRESENTATIONS AT MEETINGS

“Advances in the management of brachial plexus injuries“ presented at American College of Surgeons, Illinois Chapter, Springfield, IL, May 2007.

“Anatomic landmarks to locate the nerve branch to the masseter muscle in facial reanimation surgery” presented at Midwest Association of Plastic Surgeons, Chicago, IL, May 2007.

“Surgical management of extensor tendon injuries” presented at Hand Surgery Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, March 23, 2004.

“Tissue-engineered bone in a capsular flap” presented at the American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, January 18, 2004.

“Compression of the median nerve in the proximal forearm” presented at the American Association for Hand Surgery Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, January 16, 2004.

“Outcomes following pronator release” presented at Southern Illinois University Department of Surgery Resident Research Day, May 15, 2003.

RESIDENT AND MEDICAL STUDENT LECTURES

“Basic suturing techniques” presented at surgical resident skills curriculum, 07.12.07.

“Management of the cleft lip and palate patient” presented at Central Illinois Speech Pathologist Meeting, 05.08.07.

“Difficult hand cases” presented at Hand Conference, 03.15.07.

“Wound healing and burns” presented at Third year Core Curriculum, 02.06.07.

“Abdominal wall reconstruction” presented at Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, 02.01.07.

“Excision of lesions and tissue dissection” presented at surgical resident readiness course, 01.11.07.

“Reconstruction after skin cancer surgery” presented at Department of Family Medicine Resident Conference. 12.20.06

“Pediatric plastic surgery” presented at Department of Family Medicine Faculty Meeting, 12.12.06.

“Hand anatomy and conditions” presented at Third year Core Curriculum, 10.24.06.

“Advanced tissue handling and flap closure” presented at surgical resident skills curriculum, 10.13.06.

“Brachial plexus reconstruction” presented at Hand conference, 09.21.06

“Skin grafting techniques” presented at surgical resident skills curriculum, 09.27.06.

“Pediatric plastic surgery” presented at Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds, 08.17.06.

“Common hand problems in adults and children” presented at Lunch with the Doctor Series, 07.17.06.

“Emergency room procedures” presented at Resident readiness course, 04.07.06.

“Management of brachial plexus injury” presented at Hand Conference, 03.16.06.

PRESENTATIONS

“Pediatric finger tip injuries” presented at Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds, Hospital for Sick Children, October 2004.

“Nerve repair and grafting” presented at Hand Therapy Lecture Series, Hospital for Special Surgery, April 2004.

“Surgical management of extensor tendon injuries” presented at Hand Surgery Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, March 23, 2004.

“Tissue-engineered bone in a capsular flap” presented at the American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, January 18, 2004.

“Compression of the median nerve in the proximal forearm” presented at the American Association for Hand Surgery Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, January 16, 2004.

“Outcomes following pronator release” presented at Southern Illinois University Department of Surgery Resident Research Day, May 15, 2003.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Operation Smile International Trujillo, Peru, May 2003

Operation Smile International Barinas, Venezuela, September 1996