Nestor Torio-Padron, M.D.

M.D. Nestor Torio-Padron

Board-certified plastic surgeon
Attending plastic surgeon: Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery University of Freiburg Medical Center
Head physician in lymph surgery at the Földiklinik in Hinterzarten
Member of the German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
Member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS)

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Curriculum Vitae

Education

1993: Abitur, (U.S = High School Diploma, GB = A Levels, Australia = HSC), from Instituto Poeta Viana Gymnasium, (Grammar School) in S/C Tenerife
1993 - 2000: Medical Studies at the University of La Laguna / Tenerife
1999-2000: Gained the ‘Erasmus-Sokrates-Scholarship’ for study at the Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Clinics, Freiburg University
2000-2003: Doctorate Thesis: ’Untersuchung zur angiogenen Wirksamkeit unmodifizierter und mit einem VEGF-Plasmid transfizierter Präadipozyten sowie verschiedener Wachstumsfaktoren in einer Fibrin-Matrix auf dem Zylinder-CAM-Modell’, (Investigation of the Angiogenic Efficacy of Unmodified and VEGF-Plasmid Transfected Preadipocytes in a Fibrin Matrix on the Cylinder CAM Model’), at Albert-Ludwig University, Freiburg, Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Magna cum laude. Supervisor: Prof. G. B. Stark M.D
2002: Research stay in Houston, Tx, USA. Laboratory work with Prof. Mikos at the Bioengineering Department, Rice University

Professional Background

2003-2009: Assistenzarzt, (U.S = Resident, GB = Senior House Officer), at the department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Medical Clinics, Freiburg University. Participant in numerous national and international science conferences and courses
2005-2009: Teaching Co-ordinator for the Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Medical Clinics, University of Freiburg
2009: Specialist in plastic and aesthetic surgery
2009: Attending plastic surgeon: Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery University of Freiburg Medical Center

Scientific Achievements and Involvements

2001: Awarded the Forum Prize at the 32nd Conference of the Association of German Plastic Surgeons (VDPC – Vereinigung der Deutschen Plastischen Chirurgen) in Frankfurt, 27.-30.09.2001 (Co-author)
2001 - 2003: Received scholarship under the State Graduate Assistance Act, (LGFG – Landesgraduiertenförderungsgesetz) for doctorate thesis
2002 - Present: Member of the European Tissue Engineering Society (ETES)
2004 - Present: Associate member of the German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, (DGPRÄC - Deutsche Gesellschaft der Plastischen, Rekonstruktiven und Ästhetischen Chirurgen) (DGPRÄC), and the German Society of Senology, (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Senologie)
2009 - Present: Member of the ‘International Society of Lymphology’
2009: Approval by the German Research Association for: ’Koimplantation autologer humaner Präadipozyten und endothelialer Progenitorzellen in Fibrin zur Verbesserung der Vaskularisierung von Fettgewebsequivalenten im Tissue Engineering’, (‘Co-implantation of Autologous Human Preadipocytes and Endothelial Progenitor Cells into Fibrin to Improve the Vascularisation of Fat Tissue Equivalents in Tissue Engineering.’)

Publications

Borges J., Tegtmeier FT., Torio-Padron N., Mueller MC., Lang EM., Stark GB, Chorioallantoic membrane angiogenesis model for tissue engineering: a new twist on a classic model. Tissue Engineering. 9(3):441-50, 2003.
Momeni A, Torio-Padron N, Bannasch H, Borges J, Björn Stark G, Endoscopic transaxillary subpectoral augmentation mammaplasty: a safe and predictable procedure, Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery. 59(10):1076-81, 2006
Ruhe PQ, Hedberg EL, Torio-Padron N, Spauwen PH, Jansen JA, Mikos AG, rhBMP-2 release from injectable poly(DL-lactic-co-glycolic acid)/calcium-phosphate cement composites, The Journal of bone and joint surgery. 85-A Suppl 3:75-81, 2003.
Borges J, Tegtmeier FT, Torio-Padron N, Mueller MC, Stark GB, Angiogenesis investigations in tissue engineering. The cylinder model on the chorioallantois membrane, Chirurg. 75(3):284-90, 2004.
Borges J, Mueller MC, Torio-Padron N, Tegtmeier F, Lang EM, Stark GB, Engineered adipose tissue supplied by functional microvessels. Tissue Engineering. 9(6):1263-70, 2003.
Ruhe PQ, Hedberg EL, Torio-Padron N, Spauwen PH, Jansen JA, Mikos AG, Biocompatibility and degradation of poly(DL-lactic-co-glycolic acid)/calcium phosphate cement composites, Journal of biomedical materials research. 74(4):533-44, 2005.
Momeni A, Torio-Padron N, Föhn M, Bannasch H, Borges J, Ryu SM, Stark GB, Safety, complications, and satisfaction of patients undergoing submuscular breast augmentation via the inframammary and endoscopic transaxillary approach, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 29(6):558-64, 2005.
Ruhe PQ, Hedberg-Dirk EL, Torio-Padron N, Spauwen PH, Jansen JA, Mikos AG, Porous poly(DL-lactic-co-glycolic acid)/calcium phosphate cement composite for reconstruction of bone defects. Tissue Engineering. 12(4):789-800, 2006.
Momeni A, Bannasch H, Torio-Padron N, Borges J, Stark GB, The application of endoscopy in aesthetic breast surgery, Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie. 38(3):144-8. 2006.
Finkenzeller G., Torio-Padron N., Momeni A., Mehlhorn AT., Stark GB. In vitro angiogenesis properties of endothelial progenitor cells: a promising tool for vascularization of ex vivo engineered tissues, Tissue Engineering. 13(7):1413-20, 2007.
Laschke MW., Harder Y., Amon M., Martin I., Farhadi J., Ring A., Torio-Padron N., Schramm R., Rucker M., Junker D., Haufel JM., Carvalho C., Heberer M., Germann G., Vollmar B., Menger MD. Angiogenesis in tissue engineering: breathing life into constructed tissue substitutes, Tissue Engineering. 12(8):2093-104, 2006.
Iblher N, Penna V, Momeni A, Torio-Padron N, Stark GB, The extended pectoralis major flap for reconstruction of the upper posterior chest wall and axilla, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 136(3):790-1, 2008.
Bannasch H, Iblher N, Penna V, Torio-Padron N, Felmerer G, Stark GB, Momeni A, A critical evaluation of the concomitant use of the implantable Doppler probe and the Vacuum Assisted Closure system in free tissue transfer, Microsurgery. 28(6):412-6. 2008.
Momeni A, Becker A, Torio-Padron N, Iblher N, Stark GB, Bannasch H, Nipple reconstruction: evidence-based trials in the plastic surgical literature, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 32(1):18-20, 2008.
Becker A, Blümle A, Antes G, Bannasch H, Torio-Padron N, Stark GB, Momeni A, Controlled trials in aesthetic plastic surgery: a 16-year analysis, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 32(2):359-62, 2008.
Momeni A, Heier M, Bannasch H, Torio-Padron N, Stark GB, The "rising-sun-technique" in abdominoplasty, Annals of Plastic Surgery. 60(4):343-8, 2008.
Momeni A, Torio-Padron N, Bannasch H, Borges J, Stark GB, A new method for reducing postoperative complications and scar length in abdominoplasty, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 121(4):227e-8e, 2008.
Momeni A, Heier M, Torio-Padron N, Penna V, Bannasch H, Stark BG, Correlation between complication rate and patient satisfaction in abdominoplasty, Annals of Plastic Surgery. 62(1):5-6, 2009.
Torio-Padron N, Borges J, Momeni A, Mueller MC, Tegtmeier FT, Stark BG, Adipose precursor cells (preadipocytes) induce formation of new vessels in fibrin glue on the newly developed cylinder chorioallantoic membrane model (CAM). Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies: Mitat. 15(4):246-52, 2006.
Borges J, Muller MC, Momeni A, Stark GB, Torio-Padron N, In vitro analysis of the interactions between preadipocytes and endothelial cells in a 3D fibrin matrix. Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies: Mitat. 16(3):141-8, 2007.
Torio-Padron N, Baerlecken N, Momeni A, Stark GB, Borges J, Engineering of adipose tissue by injection of human preadipocytes in fibrin. Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 31(3):285-93, 2007.
Torio-Padron N, Borges J, Momeni A, Mueller MC, Tegtmeier FT, Stark GB, Implantation of VEGF transfected preadipocytes improves vascularization of fibrin implants on the cylinder chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) model. Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies: Mitat. 16(3):155-62, 2007.
Torio-Padron N, Stark GB, Körperformende plastisch-chirurgische Eingriffe nach massiver Gewichtsreduktion, Zentralblatt für Chirurgie. 134(1):57-65, 2009 Feb.
Torio-Padron N, Huotari AM, Borges J, Stark GB, Comparison of preadipocyte yield, growth and differentiation characteristics from excised versus aspirated adipose tissue; Angenommen bei Cells Tissues Organs September 2009
Torio-Padron N, Bannasch H, Eisenhardt S, Stark GB, Surgical treatment of a basal cell carcinoma in the upper forehead area by combination of reconstructive and aesthetic surgical techniques, angenommen zur Publikation bei Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, Juni 2009.

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