CURRICULUM VITAE Tad E. Grenga, M.D, F.A.C.S. UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: Youngstown State University Youngstown, Ohio September 1972 - June 1976 B.A. Chemistry MEDICAL TRAINING: Medical School Ohio State University College of Medicine Columbus, Ohio July 1976 - June 1979 Internship: General Surgery Albany Medical Center Hospital Albany, New York July 1979 - June 1980 Residency: General Surgery Albany Medical Center Hospital Albany, New York July 1980 - June 1984 Residency: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio July 1984 - December 1986 Fellowship: Hand Surgery Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio January - June 1987 Registrar: Plastic Surgery Canniesburn Hospital Glasgow, Scotland April - June 1986 BOARD CERTIFICATION: Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1989 Certified, American Board of Surgery, 1985 National Board of Medical Examiners, 1980 Certification of Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand, 1990 LICENSE: Licensed in Virginia and New York Virginia License, July 1987 HOSPITAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS: Maryview Hospital Portsmouth General Hospital Louise Obici Memorial Hospital
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Sentara Leigh Memorial Hospital Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters DePaul Hospital Chesapeake General Hospital LOCAL COMMITTEES: Maryview Hospital Operating Room Committee Maryview Hospital Surgical Authorities Committee Louise Obici Memorial Hospital Emergency Room Committee Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Transfusion Committee LOCAL DEPARTMENTAL & SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS: Maryview Hospital/Portsmouth General Hospital Department of Surgery Portsmouth Academy of Medicine Medical Society of Virginia Virginia Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons Medical Society of Virginia Review Organization, Physician Reviewer SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS: American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (Active) American College of Surgeons (Fellow) American Medical Association American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Exhibit Committee American Association of Hand Surgery American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery TEACHING & EDUCATIONALAPPOINTMENTS: Assistant Clinical Instructor, Albany Medical College of Union University, 1983-1984 Junior Assistant Clinical Instructor, Albany Medical College of Union University, 1979-1983 Assistant Professor Dept. of Plastic Surgery, Medical College of Hampton Roads, 1988 - Present SPECIAL TRAINING: Microsurgery Course, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, February, 1985 Hand Review Course, ASSH, Cleveland, September, 1984 Flap Dissection Course, Canniesburn Hospital, Glasgow, April, 1986 Tunable Dye Laser Workshop, October, 1990, Boston University PUBLICATIONS: 1. Grenga, TE. CHAP versus Cranial Bone - Submitted to Annals of Plastic Surgery 2. Grenga, TE, Zins, JE, Bauer, TW. The Rate of vascularization of coralline hydroxyapatite. Plas Reconstr Surg, 84 (2): 245, 1989 3. Grenga, TE. Preserving the opening after repair of split earlobes, (Letter) Plas Reconstr Surg, 82 (4): 725, 1988 4. Grenga, TE. Intradendinous fibroma of flexor tendon. Journal of Hand Surg, 15A (1), 1990
5. Grenga, Jacobs, Zins. Calcium Hydroxyapatite vs. Endochondral Bone: Comparison of Resorption and Early Revascularization (Poster), Amer Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Asso, May 15-16, 1990 6. Grenga, TE. Elbow joint salvage with transverse rectus island flap, (Letter) Plas Reconstr Surg, 85 (5): 830, 1990 7. Grenga, TE, Dowden RV. Prophylactic mastectomy and the patient with Manchausen's syndrome. Accepted for publication. Plas Reconstr Surg 80 (1): 119, 1987 8. Grenga, TE, Yetman, R. Temporary arteriovenous shunt prior to free myoosseous flap transfer. Microsurg 8(1):2, 1987 9. Grenga, TE. Carbon dioxide vs air in pneumoperitoneum (letter). Arch Surg 122(6):736, 1987 10. Grenga, TE. Steroid induced colonic perforation in a patient with Behcet's disease. NY Med Quart 5(2): January, 1985 11. Grenga, TE, McShane, RH. Musculocutaneous flap for traumatic anal incontinence. Yearbook of Plastic Surgery, F.J. McCoy, ed. Yearbook Medical Publishers, Chicago, 1983 (abstract) 12. Grenga, TE, McShane, RH. Myocutaneous flap for traumatic and incontinence and reconstruction of a pararectal defect. NY ST J Med 82(7): 1067-1069, 1982 13. Grenga, TE, Pietrocola, DM. Subcutaneous injection of mercury mimicking nodular melanoma. NY ST J Med 82(8): 1231-1233, 1982 14. Grenga, TE. A new risk of lye ingestion by children. (Letter) NEJM 308(3): 157-157, 1983 15. Grenga, TE, Catfish spine envenomation of the hand. (Letter) Journal of Hand Surg 14A(6): 1035-1036, 1989 PRESENTATIONS: 1. Rate of Vascularization of Coralline Hydroxyapatite Onlay Grafts, Plastic Surgery Senior Resident's Conference; Houston, April, 1986; American Cleft Palate Association; San Antonio, March, 1987 2. Coralline Hydroxyapatite vs. Endochondral Bone: Comparison of the Rate of Resorption, OVSPRS, Akron, Ohio, June, 1987 3. Coralline Hydroxyapatite vs. Endochondral Bone: Comparison of the Rate of Resorption, American College of Surgeons; San Francisco, October, 1987 4. Sternotomy Wound Reconstruction - Experience at the Cleveland Clinic 1981-1986, Cleveland Surgical Society; April, 1987 5. Temporary Arteriovenous Shunt Prior to Free Myoosseous Flap Transfer; Society of Microsurgical Specialists, New Orleans, October, 1986 6. Prophylactic Mastectomy and the Patient with Munchausen's Syndrome; OVSPRS, June, 1985
7. Thyroglossal Duct Cyst in a 95 year-old Patient; OVSPRS, June, 1985 8. Mercury Injection Mimicking Nodular Melanoma; AAD, December, 1982 9. Albany Surgical Heritage: Hand Surgery 1885; Albany Medical College, December, 1985 10. Calcium Hydroxyapatite vs. Endochondral Bone: Comparison of Resorption and Early: Poster Presentation, National Cleft Palate Association Annual Meeting, May, 1990 11. Achilles Tendon, No Longer "The Achilles Tendon" of Plastic Surgery: Poster Presentation, The Medical Society of Virginia Annual Meeting, 1992. 12. Coralline Hydroxyapatite vs Cranial Bone: Comparison of Rate of Resorption, American Society of Plastic And Reconstructive Surgeons Annual Meeting, New Orleans, September, 1993 13. Algorithm for Management of Breast Implant Disorders, Virginia Society of Rheumatologists Annual Meeting, September, 1994 14. Miniaturized Radial Forearm Fasciocutaneous Flap for Digital Reconstruction, American Association for Hand Surgery Annual Meeting, Marco Island, Florida, January, 1995 15. Algorithm for Management of Breast Implant Disorders,International College of Surgeons, 58th Annual Surgical Update,Washington, DC May, 1996 16. Wound Care Management: Surgical and Non-Surgical Concepts, Mosby's Surgical Services Expo, Nashville, TN, October 1997 MEETINGS: 1. American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Washington, DC 1992 2. American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, New Orleans, 1993 3. American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Montreal, 1995 4. Plastic Surgical Education Foundation, Maxillo-Facial Trauma, Chicago, 1991 5. American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Boston, 1990 6. American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, San Francisco, 1989 7. AO/ASIF Maxillofacial, Williamsburg, October, 1988 8. American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Atlanta; November, 1987 9. American College of Surgeons, San Francisco; October, 1987 10. American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Annual Meeting, Kansas City; October, 1985
11. American College of Surgeons, Clinical Congress; New Orleans, 1986, and Atlanta, 1983 12. Ohio Valley Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Annual Meeting; June, 1985 and March, 1986; June, 1987 13. Upstate Chapter of American College of Surgeons, Annual Meetings; 1982, 1983, 1984 14. Third Endosurgery Symposium; Duke University Medical Center, May 1996 RESEARCH: 1. Coralline Hydroxyapatite vs Cranial Bone: Comparison of Rate of Resorption in a Maxillofacial Onlay Model 2. Rate of Vascularization of Coralline Hydroxyapatite Maxillofacial Onlay Grafts 3. Coralline Hydroxyapatite vs Endochondral Bone: Comparison of the Rate of Resorption in a Maxillofacial Onlay Model 4. Reconstruction of Sternotomy Wound Defects - Experience at the Cleveland Clinic, 1981-1986 5. Tests of a "Microvascular Graft Seeded with Endothelial Cells" AWARDS: Honored as Outstanding Italian-American for 1997, National Meeting of the Order - Sons of Italy of America