Midwest Center for Plastic Surgery

Education:

Loyola University of Chicago
Stritch School of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine, 1991

Northwestern University
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, 1987

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Concentration: Painting and Drawing

Medical Training:

Medical College of Ohio
Plastic Surgery Resident

University of Connecticut
Connecticut Combined Hand Surgery Program
Hand Surgery Fellow

Boston University
Aesthetic & Plastic Surgery Fellow

University of South Florida
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Breast and Cutaneous Oncology Research Fellow

University of South Florida
Plastic Surgery Resident

University of South Florida
Tampa Bay Regional Burn Center
Burn Fellow

University of Chicago
General Surgery Resident

Awards/Honors:

• Best Reconstruction/Burn paper award, Senior Residents Conference, RI 2001
• Best Paper Presentation, Toledo Surgical Society, 2001
• Senior Award for Clinical Research, Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation, Essay Scholarship Contest, 1998.
• Best Presentation in Clinical Science, 4th World Conference on Melanoma, Sydney, Australia, W.H.O. Melanoma Programme, 1997.
• International Society of Limb Salvage Support Scholarship, 1997.
• American Society of Clinical Oncology Merit Award, 1997.
• Washington Square Health Foundation Scholar, 1991.
• Chicago Medical Society Physician Art Show, Third Place Oil, 1990.
• Cook County Physician Association Auxiliary Board Scholarship, 1989.
• The National Society of Arts and Letters, Second Place Award, 1986.
• Grace & Walter Smith Scholarship-School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982-85.
• Scholastic Award for Achievement in Art, 1983.

Research:

• Principal Investigator, Noninvasive Imaging of Burn Wounds For The Determination of Burn Wound Depth. Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Medical College of Ohio, 2000.
• Principal Investigator, A Prospective Randomized Trial of Vacuum Assisted Closure Versus Standard Therapy of Chronic Nonhealing Wounds. Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, 1998-2000.
• Lymphatic Mapping For Breast Carcinoma, Lymphatic Mapping for Malignant Melanoma, RT-PCR for Cancer Staging, Hyperthermic Isolated Limb Perfusion and the Sunbelt Melanoma Trial, University of South Florida, Department of Surgery, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD and Charles E. Cox, MD, 1996-1997.
• Effects of Cardiac Agents in The Management of Pulmonary Embolism in the Dog Model. Loyola University, Departments of Surgery and Anesthesia. David J. Dries, MD, 1990.
• Laser Spot Heating of Nickel Titanium Metal. Northwestern University Department of Biomedical Engineering, under the direction of Hans I. Bjelkhagen, PhD, 1987.

Presentations:

• Secondary effect of rhinoplasty during Forehead Lifts. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, William O. Murtagh, MD, Michael Yanik. Abstract presented at the 34th annual meeting of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, May 2001.
• Noninvasive Determination of Burn Depth and Total Body Surface Area in Acute Burn Injury. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Stephen Sobol, MD, William O Murtagh, MD, Michael Yanik, MD. Abstract presented at The American Burn Association 33rd annual meeting, April, 2001, Boston, MA And at the 70th annual meeting of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, September, 2001.
• One Thousand Ganglions of the Wrist: An Early Manifestation of Carpal Pathology. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, H. Kirk Watson, MD. Abstract presented at The American Society of Plastic Surgeons/Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation/American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting, Los Angeles, CA October, 2000.
• A Prospective Randomzed Trial of Vacuum Assisted Closure Versus Standard Therapy of Chronic Nonhealing Wounds, Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Christine A. Hamori, MD, Susan Bergman, MD, Elizabeth Roaf, MD, Neil F. Swann, MD, Gaspar W. Anastasi, MD, Abstract to be presented at The American Society of Plastic Surgeons/Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation/American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting, Los Angeles, CA October, 2000.
• Safety of Suction Assisted Lipectomy, A Meta-Analysis of Fatal Case Reports and Surveys, Emmanuella Joseph, MD, C. Jeff Kesler, MD, William O. Murtagh, MD, Michael Yanik, MD. Abstract presented at the Ohio Valley Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cleveland, Ohio, June, 2000.
• Casting For Limited Wrist Arthodesis, Richard Manzo, BA, Emmanuella Joseph, M, Lois Carlson, OTR, H. .Kirk Watson, MD, Poster presented at the 30th annual meeting of the American Association for Hand Surgery, January, 2000.
• A Long Term Outcome Study of Scaphoid, Trapezium, Trapezoid Wrist Arthrodesis, Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Gerald T. Lionelli, MD, Richard Manzo, BA, H.Kirk Watson, MD. Abstract presented at the 30th annual meeting of the American Association for Hand Surgery, January, 2000.
• A Prospective Randomized Trial of Vacuum Assisted Closure Versus Standard Therapy of Chronic Nonhealing Wounds, Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Christine A. Hamori, MD, Susan Bergman, MD, Elizabeth Roaf, MD, Neil F. Swann, MD, Gaspar W. Anastasi, MD, Abstract presented at the 14th Annual Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin and wound Care, Denver, Colorado, October, 1999.
• A 25 year Experience with Glomus Tumors: A Dorsal Pedicle Approach For Sub-ungual Lesions. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Richard Manzo, BA, Gerald T. Lionelli, MD, Elizabeth T. McKinley, MD, H.Kirk Watson, MD, Abstract presented at the 54th Annual meeting, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Boston, MA September, 1999
• Upper Extremity Digital Necrosis In End Stage Renal Disease Patient. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Christine A. Hamori, MD, Poster presented at the 54th Annual meeting, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Boston, MA September, 1999.
• Triscaphe Limited Wrist Arthrodesis, A Long Term Follow-up. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, H. K. Watson, MD, Gerald T. Lionelli, MD, Duffield Ashmead IV, MD. New England Hand Society, 26th Annual Meeting, Stockbridge, MA December, 1998.
• Program Discussant, Adrian E. Flatt, Residents and Fellows Conference, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Minneapolis, MN September, 1998.
• Survival From Breast Carcinoma After Augmentation Mammoplasty. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Karen E.Wells, MD, Gaspar W. Anastasi, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD, Charles E. Cox, MD. Abstract presented at The American Society of Plastic And Reconstructive Surgeons/Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation/American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA. October, 1998.
• Lymphatic Mapping for Melanomas of the Upper Extremity. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Frank L. Glass, MD, Karen E. Wells, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen. Abstract presented at The American Association for Hand Surgery, Phoenix, AZ January, 1998.
• Experience With Hyperthermic Isolated Limb Perfusion For Locally Recurrent Malignant Melanoma of The Upper Extremities. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Frank Glass, MD, Karen E. Wells, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD. Abstract presented at The American Association for Hand Surgery, Phoenix AZ, January, 1998.
• Experience with Hyperthermic Isolated Limb Perfusion for Locally Recurrent Malignant Melanoma. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Andrea Brobeil, Claudia Berman, MD, C. Wayne Cruse, MD, Ronald DeConti, MD, Neil Fenske, MD, Frank Glass, MD, Jane Messina, MD, David P. Rapaport, MD, Karen E. Wells, MD, Alan Cantor, Ph.D., Douglas S. Reintgen, MD. Abstract presented at The International Society of Limb Salvage, Ninth International Symposium, New York, NY, September 10, 1997.
• Comparison of Techniques in Locating Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Patients with Malignant Melanoma. David P. Rapaport, MD, Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Frank L. Glass, MD, Jane Messina, MD, C. Wayne Cruse, MD, Karen E. Wells, MD, Ronald DeConti, MD, Claudia Berman, MD, Neil Fenske, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD. Abstract presented at The 4th World Health Organization Conference on Melanoma, Sidney, Australia, June 1997.
• A Minimal Incision Approach to Inguinal Lymphadenectomy. David P. Rapaport, MD, Emmanuella Joseph, MD, C. Wayne Cruse, MD, Karen E. Wells, MD, W.K. Stadlemann, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD. Surgical Course and abstract presented at The 4th World Health Organization Conference on Melanoma, Sidney, Australia, June 1997.
• Generation of a Mathematical Model to Predict Sentinel Node Involvement in Malignant Melanoma. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Frank Glass, MD, Jane Messina, MD, C. Wayne Cruse, MD, Claudia Berman, MD, Ronald DeConti, MD, Alan Cantor, Ph.D., Gary H. Lyman, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD. Abstract presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Denver, CO, May 1997, and at The 4th World Health Organization Conference on Melanoma. Sidney, Australia, June 1997. Merit Award Recipient (ASCO) and Best Presentation in Clinical Science (W.H.O. Melanoma Programme).
• Radioguided Surgery for The Ultrastaging of Breast Cancer Patients. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Frank Glass, MD, Jane Messina, MD, C. Wayne Cruse, MD, Claudia Berman, MD, Ronald DeConti, MD, Alan Cantor, Ph.D., Gary H. Lyman, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD. Abstract presented to American Society of Clinical Oncology. Denver, CO, Merit Award. May 1997.
• Radioguided Surgery for The Ultrastaging of The Patient With Melanoma. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, C. Wayne Cruse, MD, David P. Rapaport, MD, Frank Glass, MD, Jane Messina, MD, Claudia Berman, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD, Harvey Greenberg, MD. Presented at The American Radium Society, New York, NY, May 2, 1997.
• The Results of Complete Lymph Node Dissection in 83 Melanoma Patients with Positive Sentinel Nodes. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Frank Glass, MD, Jillian Glass, BS, Jane Messina, MD, Ronald DeConti, MD, C. Wayne Cruse, MD, David P. Rapaport, MD, Claudia Berman, MD, Neil Fenske, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD. Abstract presented at the 50th annual meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncologist, Chicago, IL, March, 1997.
• Breast Carcinoma After Augmentation Mammoplasty. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Karen E. Wells, MD, David P. Rapaport, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD, Charles E. Cox, MD. Abstract presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Orlando, FL, April, 1996.
• Treatment of Heterotopic Bone About The Elbow. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, C. Wayne Cruse, MD, Robert E. Kearney, MD, Thomas J. Krizek, MD. Abstract presented at the 8th Regional Burn Seminar of The Southern Medical Association, Miami, FL, December, 1995.
• Deep Venous Thrombosis and Thromboembolism In Burn Patients. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, C. Wayne Cruse, MD, Robert E. Kearney, MD, Thomas J. Krizek, MD. Abstract presented at the Eighth Regional Burn Seminar of The Southern Medical Association, Miami, FL, December, 1995.
• Predictors of Blinding or Serious Eye Injury In Blunt Trauma. Emmanuella Joseph, BS, Richard Zak, MD, William R. Best, MD, Richard Gamelli, MD, David J. Dries, MD. Abstract presented at the R. Adams Cowley, MD 13th National Trauma Symposium, Baltimore, MD, March 1991.
• A Patient Flow Study. Emmanuella Joseph, BS, Near North Health Services Center. Abstract presented at the National Conference of Community Responsive Practice: Values, Priorities and Strategies, Los Vegas, NE, April, 1990.

Publications:

• A Prospective Randomized Trial of Vacuum Assisted Closure Versus Standard Therapy of Chronic Nonhealing Wounds, Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Christine A. Hamori, MD, Susan Bergman, MD,, Elizabeth Roaf, MD, Neil F. Swann, MD, Gaspar W. Anastasi, MD, WOUNDS, 12(3):60-67, May-June, 2000 .
• Harvesting the FCR for Split Tendon Arthroplasty of the Thumb CMC Joint. HK Watson, MD, Emmanuella Joseph, MD. Correspondence. NEWSLETTER FOR THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND, December, 1998.
• Guidelines for Sentinel Node Biopsy and Lymphatic Mapping of Breast Cancer Patients. Charles E. Cox, MD, Salonge Pendas, MD, John M Cox, Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Alan R. Shons, MD, Timothy Yeatman, MD, Ni Ni Ku, MD, Gary H. Lyman, MD, Claudia Berman, MD, Haddi Fadad, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD. ANNUALS OF SURGERY 227(5):645-651, 1998.
• Lymphatic Mapping for Melanomas of the Upper Extremity. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Andrea Brobeil, BS, David Costello, MD Karen E. Wells, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD. J HAND SURG [AM] - 1999 Jul; 24(4): 675-81.
• Breast Carcinoma After Augmentation Mammoplasty. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Karen E. Wells, MD, David P. Rapaport, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD, Charles E. Cox, MD. in press, JOURNAL OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, 1999.
• RT-PCR of Sentinel Lymph Node Metastases In Malignant Melanoma Patients. Weiguo Li, MD, Steven C. Shivers, PHD, Xianing Wang, MD, Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD, MELANOMA RESEARCH, Suppl 1, 272; VOL 7:S78, June 1997.
• Generation of A Mathematical Model To Predict Sentinel Node Involvement In Malignant Melanoma. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Frank Glass, MD, Jane Messina, MD, C. Wayne Cruse, MD, Ronald DeConti, MD, Alan Cantor, PHD, Gary H. Lyman, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD, MELANOMA RESEARCH, Suppl 1, 272; VOL 7:S78, June 1997.
• The Results of Complete Lymph Node Dissection In 88 Melanoma Patients with Positive Sentinel Nodes. Frank Glass, MD, Jillian Glass, BS, Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Jane Messina, MD, Ronald DeConti, MD, C. Wayne Cruse, MD, David P. Rapaport, MD, Claudia Berman, MD, Neil Fenske, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD. MELANOMA RESEARCH, Suppl 1, 365;VOL 7:S104, June 1997.
• Lymphatic Mapping for Melanoma Before and After Wide Local Excision. Karen E. Wells, Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Merrick Ross, MD, C. Wayne Cruse, MD, David P. Rapaport, MD, Frank L. Glass, MD, Jane Messina, MD, Claudia Berman, MD, Alan Cantor, Ph.D., Douglas S. Reintgen, MD. MELANOMA RESEARCH, Suppl 1, 367;VOL 7:S104, June 1997.
• Comparison of Techniquesii in Locating Sentinel Lymph Nodes inPatients with Malignant Melanoma. David P. Rapaport, MD, Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Frank L. Glass, MD, Jane Messina, MD, C. Wayne Cruse, MD, Karen E. Wells, MD, Ronald DeConti, MD, Claudia Berman, MD, Neil Fenske, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD. MELANOMA RESEARCH, Suppl 1, 366;VOL 7:S105, June 1997.
• Molecular Staging of Malignant Melanoma-Correlation with Clinical Outcome. Steven C. Shivers, PHD, Xianging Wang, MD, Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Jane Messina, MD, Frank L. Glass, MD, Ronald DeConti, MD, C. Wayne Cruse, MD, David P. Rapaport, MD, Claudia Berman, MD, Neil Fenske, MD, Gary H. Lyman, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD. JAMA - Oct 28; 280(16): 1410-5; 1998.
• Evaluation of An Intensive Strategy for Follow-up And Surveillance of Breast Cancer. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Micheline Hyacinthe, MD, Gary H. Lyman, MD, MPH, Ni Ni Ku, MD, Robert Clark, MD, Carl Busch, PAC, LaTara Demps, BS, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD, Charles E. Cox, MD ANN SURG ONCOL, Jul-Aug;6(5):512; 1999.
• Efficacy of Hyperthermic Isolated Limb Perfusion for Extremity-Confined Recurrent Melanoma. Andrea Brobeil, Claudia Berman, MD, C. Wayne Cruse, MD, Ronald DeConti, MD, Cantor, Allen, PHD, Emmanuella Joseph, MD, David P. Rapaport, MD, Karen E. Wells, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen. ANNUALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, June 5(4):376-83, 1998.
• The Results of Complete Lymph Node Dissection in 63 Melanoma Patients with Positive Sentinel Nodes. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Frank Glass, MD, Jillian Glass, BS, Jane Messina, MD, Ronald DeConti, MD, C. Wayne Cruse, MD, David P. Rapaport, MD, Claudia Berman, MD, Neil Fenske, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD. ANNUALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY 5:119-125,1998.
• Radioguided Surgery for the Ultrastaging of the Patient with Melanoma. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, C. Wayne Cruse, MD, David P. Rapaport, MD, Frank Glass, MD, Jane Messina, MD, Claudia Berman, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD, Harvey Greenberg, MD. CANCER JOURNAL FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. 3(6):341-5, 1997.
• Radioguided Surgery for The Ultrastaging of Breast Cancer Patients. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Charles E. Cox, MD, Robert A. Clark, MD, Ni Ni Ku, MD, Gary Lyman, MD, Alan Cantor, PHD, Susan Minton, MD, Larry Balducci, MD, James Horton, MD, Ronald DeConti, MD, Walter Dinwoodie, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD. PROCEEDINGS OF ASCO, No. 466, Vol 16, May 1997.
• Tumor Markers in Malignant Melanoma, A Review. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Gary Lyman, MD, Jane Messina, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD. TUMOUR MARKER UPDATE 9:157-163, 1997.
• Screening Childhood Cancer Survivors for Breast Cancer. Emmanuella Joseph, MD. Robert Clark, MD, Claudia Berman, MD, Marcia Miller, MD, Charles E. Cox, MD, Harvey Greenberg, MD, Douglas S Reintgen, MD, THE ONCOLOGIST, 2:228-234, 1997
• Sentinel Node Localization Techniques for Malignant Melanoma. Douglas Reintgen, MD, Emmanuella Joseph, MD. THE MELANOMA NEWSLETTER. May, 1997; Vol 15, No.1:3-4.
• Deep Venous Thrombosis and Thromboembolism in Burn Patients. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, C. Wayne Cruse, MD, Robert E. Kearney, MD, Thomas J. Krizek, MD. Publication submitted Burns
• Lymphatic Mapping and Radioguided Surgery with Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy A New, Minimally Invasive Procedure for Cancer Staging. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Charles E Cox, MD, Douglas Reintgen, MD. NATIONAL LYMPHEDEMA NETWORK NEWSLETTER. April, 1997; Vol 9, No.2:1-6.
• Treatment of Malignant Melanoma, An Overview. Douglas S. Reintgen, MD, Emmanuella Joseph, MD. COPING MAGAZINE. April 1997.
• The Role of Selective Lymphadenectomy in Breast Cancer. Douglas S. Reintgen, MD, Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Gary H. Lyman, MD, MPH, Timothy Yeatman, MD et al. CANCER CONTROL, May 1997;Vol 4, No3:117-125.
• Predictors of Blinding or Serious Eye Injury in Blunt Trauma. Emmanuella Joseph, BS, Richard Zak, MD, William R. Best, MD, Richard Gamelli, MD, David J. Dries, MD. THE JOURNAL OF TRAUMA 33 (1) July 1992;19-24.

Book Chapters:

• Venous Malformations, Emmanuella Joseph, MD, William O. Murtagh, MD emedicine Plastic Surgery Book, On line textbook, http://www.emedicine.com/.
• Squamous Cell Carcinoma of The Head and Neck, Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Lawrence M. Baibak, MD, emedicine Plastic Surgery Book, On line textbook, http://www.emedicine.com/.
• Casting for Limited Wrist Arthrodesis. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Richard DeRosa, Lois Carlson, OTR. In the WRIST, Editor H. K. Watson, MD, Jeffery Weinzweig, MD, 1999. In PRESS.
• Surveillance Following The Treatment Of In-Situ, Stage I And Stage II Breast Cancer. Charles E. Cox, MD, Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD. In BREAST CANCER, Chapter 10, Editor: Daniel F. Roses, MD, New York, New York, 1997.
• Intraoperative Imprint Cytology. Charles E. Cox, MD, Ni Ni K. Ku, MD. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD, Harvey Greenberg, MD, Santo V. Nicosia, MD. THE BREAST, Chapter 58, Editor: Kirby I. Bland. Saunders Publishing Co., Inc., 1997.
• Malignant Melanoma. Emmanuella Joseph, MD, Douglas S. Reintgen, MD in PROGNOSIS AND OUTCOME EXPECTANCY OF SURGICAL DISEASES. Editors Ben Eisman, MD, Daniel Mckellar, MD. Quality Medical Publishing. 1997.

Art Exhibitions/Collections:

• Mercy Health Partners Employee Art Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, 2000.
• Portrait of Dr. Reintgen, Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Reintgen, 1997.
• Angel Pouring Water, Collection of Dr. William L. Carter, 1996.
• Light on the Flowers, Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Krizek, MD, 1993.
• Chicago Medical Society Physician Art Show, Third Place Oil, 1990.
• Evanston Art Center. Roots, A Contemporary Inspiration, 1986 - 1989.
• State of Illinois Art Gallery, 1989.
• College of DuPage Arts Center Gallery, 1988.
• North Park College, Carlson Tower Gallery, 1988.
• Parkland College Art Gallery, 1987.
• South Side Community Arts Center, 1987.
• Saint Xavier College, 1987.
• Department of Speech Pathology, Northwestern University, 100 Pronoun Illustrations, computer aided, 1985.
• St. Francis Hospital Cardiology Department. Drawings of an aneurysm in the aorta of a human heart, 1984.