Personal Details
Born in Israel, 1972
Married+1
Army service
1991-92: Non-commissioned officer, Army spokesmen unit.
Higher Education
1997: Fall Semester Julius Gottlieb Exchange Fellow, student exchange program, Boston University School of Medicine
6.2000: M.D. Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
2005: ECFM certified.
10.2000 -11.2006: Residency in Plastic Surgery. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Unit, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tikva, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
11.30.2006: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Board certification.
Fellowship
1.7.2007 – 30.6.2008: Microsurgery fellowship. Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL, USA.
1.7.2008 –30.6.2009: Pediatric plastic surgery fellowship. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA.
Positions as a Senior Surgeon
11.30.2006 – 6.30.2007: Senior Surgeon, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Unit, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tikva, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
12.2010 – current: Senior Surgeon, Plastic Surgery Department, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem.
Honors and awards
2004: Outstanding resident award, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.
5.2008 Second best clinical presentation award - Pedicled Thoracodorsal Artery Perforator Flap in Breast Reconstruction: Clinical Experience and Review of Literature. Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons. 46th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, May, 2008.
2.2009: Best presentation award - Congenital Pigmented Nevi of the Auricle – Clinical Experience and Approach to Treatment. Aesthetic Facial Reconstruction in Adults and Children Symposium in San Diego, California, February, 2009.
11.2009: Best poster presentation award - Acute Wound Closure and Reconstruction Following Head Zygomycosis – Presentation of 2 Cases. The 36th Annual Conference of the Israeli Society of Plastic Surgery, Israel, Nov. 2009.
Research Grants
The APF (American Physicians Fellowship) grant for a clinical fellowship training in Plastic Surgery, 5000$. (Ref # 14, 16, 18).
Teaching at the Hebrew University
Teaching residents and 6th year medical students rotating at the department of plastic surgery.
Ad hoc reviewer
§ Journal Dermatologic Surgery
§ Eplasty
Publications
Chapters in Books
1.Adler N, Bauer BS. Treatment of Congenital Melanocytic Nevi. In: Textbook of Paediatric Dermatology, Third Edition, Blackwell. Editors: Alan Irvine, Peter Hoeger, Albert C.Yan. In press
2. Bauer BS, Adler N: Otoplasty. In: The Art of Aesthetic Surgery, Second edition, QMP. Editor: Foad Nahai. In press
Entry in book
3. Hauben DJ, Adler N: Breast Reduction. In: The Israeli Encyclopedia of Medicine. Editor: Prof. Yehuda Shoenfeld, Israel Medical Association, Yedioth Ahronoth.
Articles
Original Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals
1.Wolf Y, Adler N, Hauben DJ. Exploding microwaved eggs-revisited. Burns 2001; 27(8): 853-855.
2. Hauben DJ, Adler N, Silfen R, Regev D. Breast-areola-nipple proportion. Annals of Plastic Surgery 2003; 50: 510-513.
3. Azaria R, Adler N, Regev D, Silfen R, Hauben DJ. Earlobule measurements. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2003; 111: 2398-2402.
4. Adler N, Ad- El D, Azaria R. Reconstruction of nonhelix auricular defects with local flaps. Dermatologic Surgery, 2008; 34:501-507.
5. Adler N, Tsabari C, Sulkes J, Ad-El D, Feinmesser M. Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression in Dermatofibroma and Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, 2008; 35(6):532-5.
6. Adler N, Seitz IA, Song DH. Pedicled Thoracodorsal Artery Perforator Flap in Breast Reconstruction: Clinical Experience and Review of Literature. Eplasty. 2009; 9: e24.
7. Adler N, Dorafshar AH, Bauer BS, Hoadley S, Tournel M. Tissue Expanders Infections in Pediatric Patients: Management and Outcomes. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2009; 124(2):484-9.
8. Adler N, Dorafshar AH, Agarwal JP, Gottlieb LJ. Harvesting the Lateral Femoral Circumflex Chimera Free Flap:Guidelines for Elevation. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2009; 123(3):918-925.
9. Margulis A, Adler N, Bauer BS. Congenital melanocytic nevi of the eyelids and periorbital region. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2009;124(4):1273-83.
10. Agarwal JP, Agarwal BS, Adler N, Gottlieb LJ. Refining the Intrinsic Chimera Flap: A Review. Annals of Plastic Surgery, 2009; 63(4):462-7.
11. Adler N , Margulis A, Bauer BS. Congenital Pigmented Nevi of the Auricle – Clinical Experience and Approach to Treatment. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2009; 124(6): 1932-39.
12. Seitz IA, Adler N, Odessey E, Reid R , Gottlieb LJ. Latissimus Dorsi/Rib Intercostal Perforator Myo-Osseo-Cutaneous Free Flap Reconstruction in Composite Defects of the Scalp: Case series and Review of Literature. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. 2009; 25(9): 559-67.
Case Reports
13. Adler N, Amir A, Hauben DJ. Modified Von Bruns’ technique for total lower lip reconstruction. Dermatologic Surgery 2004;30(3): 433-437.
14. Azaria R, Adler N, Ad- El D. Nasolabial Hinge Flap with Simultaneous Cartilage Graft in Nasal Alar and Tip Reconstruction. Dermatologic Surgery 2007; 33(4):476-483.
15. Adler N, Azaria R, Ad- El D. Tragus Reconstruction after Tumor Excision with Preauricular Folded Flap. Dermatologic Surgery 2007; 33(6):723-726.
16. Adler N, Seitz IA, Gottlieb LJ. Acute Wound Closure and Reconstruction Following Head Zygomycosis – Presentation of 2 Cases and Review of Literature. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, 2008; 24(7):507-13.
Letters
17. Adler N, Yaffe B. Ectopic Bone Formation Following Temporalis Muscle Transposition for Facial Paralysis. A Rare Complication? Annals of Plastic Surgery 2005; 55(4):442.
18. Meshulam-Derazon S, Levin L, Adler N, Ad-El D, Hauben DJ.. Lip analysis and macrocheilia in young Jewish Israeli men. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008;122(6):220e-221e.
19. Adler N, Nachumovsky S, Meshulam-Derazon S, Ad-El D. Skin graft fixation with cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive in burn patients. Burns
2007; 33(6):803.
Active Participation in Scientific Meeting
The enigma of breast proportion. The 28th Annual Conference of the Israeli Society of Plastic Surgery, Israel, Nov. 2001.
Lower lip reconstruction for SCC. The 28th Annual Conference of the Israeli Society of Plastic Surgery, Israel, Nov. 2001.
Timinging and prognosis of sternoplasty. The 29th Annual Conference of the Israeli Society of Plastic Surgery, Israel, Nov. 2002.
Adopting advanced wound dressing products for burn care. Burn Conference, Sheba Medical Center, Israel, June 2006.
Breast expander-implant reconstruction: comparison of complications between subpectoral placement and total muscle coverage. The 33rd Annual Conference of the Israeli Society of Plastic Surgery, Israel, Oct. 2006.
Total and Subtotal Eyelid Reconstruction with Nasal Septal Cartilage-Mucosal Graft and Local Flaps. The 2007 PSEF/Fresh Start Aesthetic Facial Reconstruction in Adults and Children symposium in Tucson, Arizona, USA, February, 2007.
Non-helical auricular defects reconstruction. Plastic Surgery at the Red Sea International Symposium, Eilat, Israel, March, 2007.
Microsurgery Fellowship. American Israeli Plastic Surgery Fellowship Meeting, ASPS, Baltimore, USA, October, 2007.