Alex N. Lechtman, M.D.
Plastic Surgery
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Internship
General Surgery
University of California Medical Center, Davis
Sacramento, California
1991-92
Residency
General Surgery
University of California Medical Center, Davis
Sacramento, California
1992-96
Chief Resident, General Surgery
University of California Medical Center, Davis
Sacramento, California
1996-97
Plastic Surgery
University of California Medical Center, Davis
Sacramento, California
1997-99
Work Experience
08/01/99 to present
Visalia Medical Clinic, Inc.
5400 W. Hillsdale, Visalia, California
Professional Affiliations
- Tulare County Medical Society
- California Medical Association
- California Society of Plastic Surgeons
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Chief Resident of the Year
UC Davis Surgical Association
Sacramento, California
1997
Plastic Surgery Education Foundation Scholarship Award;
Clinical Research, Junior Award
1995
Alpha Omega Alpha
School of Medicine, University of California, Davis
Davis, California
1995
Outstanding Teaching Award - Resident Medical Staff
Department of Surgery
University of California, Davis, Medical Center
Sacramento, California
1994
A. Baird Hastings Society
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California
1989-91
Medical Spanish - Certificate of Proficiency
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California
1989
Graduating Honors - Department of Genetics
Distinction in General Scholarship - Letters and Sciences
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
1987
Publications
1. Whetzel, TP, Lechtman, AN. The gracilis myofasciocutaneous flap: vascular anatomy and clinical application. Plast Recon Surg, 99;6: 1997
2. Lechtman, AN, Follette, DM, Berkoff, H. Cardiopulmonary bypass used in the resuscitation of eventual organ donors: a case report. J Heart Lung Transplant, 13;1: 1994.
3. Hatton, JD, Lechtman, AN, U, HS. Formation of PC12 tumors after transplantation into rat brains: dependence of time course on host age. Can Res. 52: 1992.
Published Abstracts
1. Whetzel, TP, Lechtman, AN. The gracilis myofasciocutaneous flap: vascular anatomy and clinical application. 1998, The Year Book of Surgery. Mosby-Year Book, Inc, Chicago, Illinois. pp. 383-6
Abstracts
1. U, HS, Lechtman, AN, Finkelstein, JP, Hatton, JD. Modulation of PC12 cell behavior in the developing rat brain. Third Intl. Conf. On Neurotranspl., 23p, 1989
2. Lechtman, AN, U, HS, Hatton, JD. Genesis and expansion of PC12 tumors in the brains of neonatal rats. J. cell Biol. 107:41a. 1988.
Presentations
1. Lechtman, AN, Whetzel, TP, Stevenson, TR. Rectus abdominus flap for coverage of median sternotomy wounds. Plastic Surgery Senior Residents Conference, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas. April 1999.
2. Lechtman, AN, Soft tissue trauma and infection in the hand. Grand rounds. University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento, California. April 1997
3. Wong, GB, Lechtman, AN, Whetzel, TP. Lower extremity reconstruction: free flap coverage of contaminated hardware. California Society of Plastic Surgeons, Indian Wells, California. May 1996
4. Lechtman, AN, Fungal sepsis. Grand Rounds. University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento, California. May 1996.
5. Whetzel, TP, Lechtman, AN. The gracilis myofascio-cutaneous flap; vascular anatomy and clinical application.64th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons/Plastic Surgery Education Foundation/American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons, Montreal, Canada. October 1995
6. Lechtman, AN, Whetzel, TP. Improved skin viability with the gracilis myocutaneous flap: an anatomical and clinical study. Surgical Residents Research Day. Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California. June 1995
7. Lechtman, AN, Whetzel, TP. Improved skin viability with the gracilis myocutaneous flap: an anatomical and clinical study. California Society of Plastic Surgeons, Napa, California,May 1995
8. Lechtman, AN. AIDS and the acute abdomen. Grand Rounds. University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento, California. February 1994.
9. Lechtman, AN, U, HS, Hatton, JD. Genesis and expansion of PC12 tumors in the brains of neonatal rats.(Poster) American Society of Cell Biology/American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Joint Meeting. San Francisco, California. January 1989.