ABOUT DR. TSAO-WU

Dr. Tsao-Wu was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1966

EDUCATION:
Northwestern University, 1984-1988. Bachelor of Arts, Biochemistry, June 1988
Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, 1990-1994. Doctor of Medicine, May 1994.

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:
7/94-6/96: Resident, General Surgery, Penn State University, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
7/96-6/98: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Penn State University College of Medicine
7/98-6/01: Resident, General Surgery, Penn State University, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
7/01-6/03: Resident, Plastic Surgery, Penn State University, The Milton S. Hershey Medical

COSMETIC PROCEDURES

Otoplasty (for protruding ears)
Breast augmentation, lift and combination
Removal of excess skin and fat after weight loss (brachioplasty, thigh plasty, etc.)
Abdominoplasty
Liposuction of arms, back, abdomen, hips, thighs, legs (body contouring)
Botox injections for facial creases, mostly around eyes
Collagen (and other fillers) for facial creases, scars, lip enlargement

RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

Skin cancer, moles, birthmarks, vascular malformations, hemangiomas
Removal of cysts, lipomas, and other tumors of skin or subcutaneous tissues
Burns, scar contractures, scar revisions
Pressure ulcers, complex wounds
Abdominal wall hernia, if general surgeon feels a flap is necessary or otherwise complicated
Facial fractures and lacerations
Nose reconstruction, partial and total
Repair and revisions of cleft lip, but NOT cleft palate
Skin and skin/muscle flaps, both pedicled and free
Breast reduction
Breast reconstruction, both immediate and delayed, both implant and flap
Inverted nipples
Tissue expansion
Hand and finger fractures, but NOT wrist (phalanges and metacarpals, but not carpal bones or radius/ulna)
Tendon lacerations and transfers of the hand and wrist
Digital nerve and peripheral nerve repair of the upper extremity, nerve grafts
Carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, and other peripheral nerve compression syndromes of the upper extremity
Amputation of fingers
Fusion of finger joints (arthrodesis)
Fasciectomy for Dupuytren's disease of the hands
Repair of syndactyly of the fingers (fused fingers)
Bone graft, cartilage graft, skin graft