Dr. Joan Elizabeth Lipa MD
Plastic Surgeon | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
200 Medical Plaza Suite 465 Los Angeles CA, 90095About
Dr. Joan Lipa is a cosmetic medicine and surgery specialist practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Lipa specializes in the enhancement of appearance. Improving aesthetic, symmetry and proportion are key goals in cosmetic surgery. Cosmetic medicine has nothing to do with these specific areas not functioning properly; therefore, this elective field solely focuses on aesthetics and anti-aging.
Education and Training
The University of Western Ontario - Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry 1992
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Lateral thoracic artery as a vascular variant in the supply to the free serratus anterior flap.
- Effect of nicotine on vasoconstrictor and vasodilator responses in human skin vasculature.
- Vasoconstrictor effect and mechanism of action of endothelin-1 in human radial artery and vein: implication of skin flap vasospasm.
- Optimizing autologous breast reconstruction in thin patients.
- Enhancing the outcome of free latissimus dorsi muscle flap reconstruction of scalp defects.
- Patient-reported donor-site morbidity following anterolateral thigh free flaps.
- Inducing late phase of infarct protection in skeletal muscle by remote preconditioning: efficacy and mechanism.
- Complications associated with breast reconstruction using a perforator flap compared with a free TRAM flap.
- Intracapsular melanoma: a new pitfall for sentinel lymph node biopsy.
- Development of an in vitro model for study of the efficacy of ischemic preconditioning in human skeletal muscle against ischemia-reperfusion injury.
- Breast reconstruction with free flaps from the abdominal donor site: TRAM, DIEAP, and SIEA flaps.
- Complications and sexual function after vaginectomy for anorectal tumors.
- Free tissue transfer and deep vein thrombosis.
- Postconditioning for salvage of ischemic skeletal muscle from reperfusion injury: efficacy and mechanism.
- Na+/H+ exchange inhibitor cariporide attenuates skeletal muscle infarction when administered before ischemia or reperfusion.
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