Biography

Paul S. Cederna, MD, serves as an Associate Professor in the Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Michigan School of Medicine. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery as well as a diplomate of the American Board of Surgery. He also serves as a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Cederna received his MD degree from the University of Michigan. He underwent General Surgery Residency training at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics followed by an additional one year fellowship in Microsurgery at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Thereafter, he completed his Plastic Surgery Fellowship training at the University of Michigan. He then received additional fellowship training as a post doctoral research fellow within the Muscle Mechanics Lab of the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Michigan. He has since joined the faculty at the University of Michigan where he has been a full time academic surgeon since 1999.

Dr. Cederna is an active member of many national specialty societies and holds many leadership positions within them. He is currently the secretary-treasurer of the Plastic Surgery Research Council, historian of the American Society for Peripheral Nerve, and the program chair for the Michigan Academy of Plastic Surgeons Scientific Meeting. He has authored over 70 scientific manuscripts and over 10 book chapters in the field of plastic surgery. He has presented his work at numerous regional and national meetings.

Clinical Focus

Dr. Cederna specializes in burn reconstruction, minimally invasive plastic surgery, and cosmetic surgery. He has a particular interest in finding new, innovative and minimally invasive approaches to treating clinically difficult problems. In addition, Dr. Cederna enjoys utilizing his microsurgical training in solving complex wound problems requiring free tissue transfer.

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