Dr. Courtney Carpenter graduated from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 2006 and comes to PRMA after moving her practice and family from Minnesota. She has over 8 years experience in microsurgery, head and neck reconstruction, facial trauma, juvenile breast deformities, and craniofacial surgery. Dr. Carpenter is passionate about utilizing her extensive expertise and experience to help transform lives through reconstructive plastic surgery.
Curriculum Vitae
| Craniofacial/Pediatric Plastic Surgeon Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare St. Paul, MN | September 2022 — May 2024 |
Education
| University of Notre Dame BS Chemistry, cum laude | August 1995 — May 1999 |
| University of Massachusetts Medical School MD | August 2001 — June 2006 |
Postgraduate Training
| Montefiore Medical Center General Surgery Residency | July 2006 — June 2011 |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine Translational Genetics Research | July 2008 — June 2010 |
| Montefiore Medical Center Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency | July 2011 — June 2014 |
| Albany Medical Center Microsurgery Fellowship | July 2014 — June 2015 |
| Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Craniofacial/Pediatric Plastic Surgery Fellowship | August 2015 — July 2016 |
Board Certification
| American Board of Plastic Surgery | November 2017 |
Medical Licensure
| Massachusetts | Active |
| Minnesota | Active |
| New Jersey | Active |
| New York | Active |
| Texas | Active |
| Georgia | Expired |
Hospital Appointments
| Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery Albany Medical College Albany, NY | October 2016 — August 2022 |
| Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare St. Paul, MN | September 2022 — May 2024 |
| Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX | Active |
| Methodist Landmark Hospital San Antonio, TX | Active |
| Landmark ASC San Antonio, TX | Active |
| North Central Baptist Hospital San Antonio, TX | Active |
Academic Appointments
| Assistant Professor of Surgery Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery Albany, NY | October 2016 — July 2021 |
| Associate Professor of Surgery Department Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery Albany Medical Center Albany, NY | August 2021 — August 2022 |
| Associate Professor of Pediatrics Department of Pediatrics, Secondary Appointment Albany Medical Center Albany, NY | August 2021 — August 2022 |
| Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery Department Surgery University of Minnesota Medical School Minneapolis, MN | June 2023 — May 2024 |
Leadership Positions
| Director, Cleft-Craniofacial Clinic Albany Medical Center Albany, NY | October 2019 — August 2022 |
Organize and lead monthly team clinic meetings
Recruit new team members, both employed and volunteer
Promote awareness of the clinic and its services throughout the community
and among local providers
Educate local providers on craniofacial topics
Manage clinic purchases and donorship funds
| Lead Physician, Pediatric Plastic Surgery Albany Medical Center Albany, NY | October 2019 — August 2022 |
| Residency Program Director Department Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery Albany Medical Center Albany, NY | January 2022 — August 2022 |
Maintain program compliance with ACGME and GME rules and
regulations
Organize weekly didactic curricula
Help resolve resident issues and complaints
Review resident performance and guide learning goals and objectives
Honors and Awards
| James G. Hoehn MD Award Excellence in teaching and mentoring as selected by the residents | June 2021 |
Professional Activities
Meeting Organization
| American Society of Plastic Surgeons annual meeting
Virtual Coordinator for the Alveolar Bone Graft lecture series Ensured timely submission of recorded lectures by the lecturers Previewed recorded lectures to check for technical and clinical accuracy Facilitated the question/answer process between the audience and lecturers during the month-long viewing duration |
October 2020 |
Professional Development
| Junior Development Program Project: Craniosynostosis: Diagnosis and Referral Patterns | August 2020 — June 2021 |
Memberships
| American Society of Plastic Surgeons Member | 2016 — Present |
| American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association Member | 2016 — Present |
Educational Activities
| Creation and implementation of a quarterly, interdisciplinary conference involving plastic surgery, ENT and OMFS | March 2021 |
| Development of an anatomy lab curriculum to teach the residents operative skills at graded levels, including basic operative approaches in trauma, basic and advanced orthognathic and craniofacial reconstruction, and reconstruction for head/neck cancer using local and distant flaps | April 2021 |
Teaching Activities
Medical Students
| Plastic Surgery Interest Group, Albany Medical College Family and Plastic Surgery: Time Management and Finances in Residency, Fellowship and Career | March 2017 |
| Plastic Surgery Interest Group, Albany Medical College Achieving Happiness, Health and Wealth in Plastic Surgery |
April 2021 |
Residents
| ENT Resident Educational Conference, Albany Medical Center Reconstructive Ladder of the Head and Neck | March 2017 |
| ENT Resident Educational Conference, Albany Medical Center Head and Neck Reconstruction | April 2021 |
| ENT Resident Educational Conference, Albany Medical Center Cleft Care | May 2020 |
| ENT Resident Educational Conference, Albany Medical Center Comprehensive Management of Cleft Lip and Palate Patients | March 2021 |
| PRS Resident Educational Conference, Regions Medical Center Management of Alveolar Bone Grafts |
March 2023 |
Grand Rounds
| Department of Pediatrics, Albany Medical Center Craniosynostosis: Diagnosis and Management | January 2021 |
| Department of Orthotics and Prosthetics, Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare Helmets for Craniosynostosis: A Counterintuitive New Standard-of-Care | February 2022 |
Community
| Capitol District Pediatric Society, Albany, NY Craniosynostosis: Diagnosis and Management |
April 2021 |
| Partners in Care: Connecting Primary and Specialty Care in the Treatment of Complex Pediatrics, virtual presentation, St. Paul, MN Craniofacial & Pediatric Plastic Surgery: When to Refer— Sooner or Later? | October 2022 |
Invited Lectures
| AAOP-Northern Plains Chapter, Fall Seminar
Bloomington, MN Innovation and Technology in the Treatment of Craniosynostosis: Endoscopic Strip Craniectomy with CranialOrthosis Treatment | October 2023 |
Clinical Service with Teaching Responsibilities
Residents
| Operative Cases and Inpatient Rounds: 2-3 days per week | Inpatient/OR October 2016 — August 2022 |
| Adult and Pediatric Plastic Surgery Clinic: 1-2 days per week Cleft-Craniofacial Clinic: 1 day per month | Outpatient October 2016 — August 2022 October 2019 — August 2022 |
Students
| 1:1 mentoring of 3rd year medical students in clinic and OR: 2 weeks at a time, 4-6 times per year | October 2016 — August 2022 |
| Division-wide mentoring of 4th year medical students in clinic and OR: 1 month at a time, averaging 2-3 times per year | October 2016 — August 2022 |
Academic Service
Committees
| Ethics Committee Member Albany Medical Center Assist in the development and maintenance of ethical institutional protocols Participate in emergency meetings of clinical situations requiring difficult ethical decision-making |
November 2020 — August 2022 |
| Surgical Performance Improvement and Patient Safety (SPIPS) Committee
Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare Attend monthly meetings to discuss safety data and proposed safety initiative throughout the hospital Educate plastic surgery team members of changes and protocols initiated by the SPIPS committee |
November 2022 — November 2023 |
Publications
Peer Reviewed
Aggarwal VS, Carpenter C, Freyer L, Liao J, Petti M, Morrow BE. Mesodermal Tbx1 is required for patterning the proximal mandible in mice. Dev Biol. 2010 Aug 15;344(2):669-81.
Guo T, McDonald-McGinn D, Blonska A, Shanske A, Bassett AS, Chow E, Bowser M, Sheridan M, Beemer F, Devriendt K, Swillen A, Breckpot J, Digilio MC, Marino B, Dallapiccola B, Carpenter C, Zheng X, Johnson J, Chung J, Higgins AM, Philip N, Simon TJ, Coleman K, Heine-Suner D, Rosell J, Kates W, Devoto M, Goldmuntz E, Zackai E, Wang T, Shprintzen R, Emanuel B, Morrow B; the International Chromosome 22q11.2 Consortium. Genotype and cardiovascular phenotype correlations with TBX1 in 1,022 velo-cardio-facial/DiGeorge/22q11.2 deletion syndrome patients. Hum Mutat. 2011 Nov;32(11):1278-89.
Herman SB, Guo T, McDonald-McGinn D, Blonska A, Shanske AL, Bassett AS, Chow EWC, Bowser M, Sheridan M, Beemer F, Devriendt K, Swillen A, Breckpot J, Digilio MC, Marino B, Dallapiccola B, Carpenter C, Zheng X, Johnson J, Chung J, Higgins AM, Philip N, Simon T, Coleman K, Heine-Suner D, Rosell J, Kates W, Devoto M, Zackai E, Wang T, Shprintzen R, Emanuel BS, Morrow BE and the International Chromosome 22q11.2 Consortium. Overt cleft palate phenotype and TBX1 genotype correlations in velo-cardio-facial/DiGeorge/22q11.2 deletion syndrome patients. Am J Med Genet A. 2012 Nov;158A(11):2781-7.
Kong P, Racedo SE, Macchiarulo S, Hu Z, Carpenter C, Guo T, Wang T, Zheng D, Morrow BE. Tbx1 is required autonomously for cell survival and fate in the pharyngeal core mesoderm to form the muscles of mastication. Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Aug 15;23(16):4215-31.
Kanth AM, Heiman A, Nair L, Giammarino A, Carpenter C, Ricci JA, Patel A. Current Trends in Management of Marjolin’s Ulcer: A Systematic Review. J Burn Care Res. 2020 Aug 17; Online ahead of print.
Srivatsa S, Heiman A, Gray M, Carpenter C, Patel A. Variations in Post-Operative Management of Pediatric Open Vault Craniosynostosis. J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Jan-Feb 01;32(1):305-309.
Rudolph C, Awad A, Adamo M, Carpenter C
Endoscopic strip craniectomy and helmet therapy for sagittal craniosynostosis: An analysis of cranial growth changes in the early post-operative period. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. 2022 [Online ahead of print].
Adetayo OA, Kanth AM, Ngyuen BN, Pasumarthi A, Adamski A, Carpenter C, Adamo MA.
Progressive Multisutural Craniosynostosis in Syndromic and Nonsyndromic Patients: Identification of Patterns and Risk Factors. Submitted for publication.
Book Chapters
DA Staffenberg, E Garfein and C Carpenter. “Upper Eyelid Defect”, Plastic Surgery: Clinical Problem Solving, P Taub and M Koch (eds): McGraw-Hill, New York, 2009, pp.33-38.
Adepoju A, Peris Celda M, Carpenter C, Pinheiro-Neto C. “Free Flap Reconstruction”, Key Points and Techniques in Endoscopic Cranial Base Reconstruction, Pinheiro-Neto CD and Peris Celda (eds): Thieme Publishers, New York, 2022, Chapter 20.
Abstract Presentations
C. Carpenter, R. Abbott, J. Goodrich and D. Staffenberg
Bilaminar Resorbable Fixation with a New Alignment Riveting Clamp (NARC)
ACPA 67th annual meeting, Fort Worth, TX, March 2010.
C. Carpenter and D. Staffenberg
A Muscle Sparing Technique for the Excision of Lip Pits
ACPA 67th annual meeting, Fort Worth, TX, March 2010.
C. Carpenter, V. Aggarwal, B. Morrow
Mesodermal Role in Mandibular Development
ACPA 67th annual meeting, Fort Worth, TX, March 2010.
Kanth AM, Nair L, Giammarino A, Carpenter C, Patel A
Current Trends in Management of Marjolin’s Ulcer: A Systematic Review
ASPS 87th annual meeting, Chicago, IL, September 2018.
Ngyuen BN, Kanth AM, Pasumarthi A, Adamski A, Carpenter C, Adetayo OA, Adamo MA
Progressive Multisutural Craniosynostosis in Syndromic and Nonsyndromic Patients: Identification of Patterns and Risk Factors
NESPS 37th annual meeting, virtual, September 2020.
ASPS 89th annual meeting, virtual, October 2020.
C. Rudolph, M. Adamo, C. Carpenter
Mitigating Risk in Calvarial Vault Remodeling for Craniosynostosis: the Modified Relaxed Beach-Chair Position as an Effective and Safe Positioning Approach
NYSSPS annual meeting, New York City, NY, October 2021.
First place award for best presentation.
Rudolph C, Awad A, Adamo M, Carpenter C
Endoscopic strip craniectomy and helmet therapy for sagittal craniosynostosis: An analysis of cranial growth changes in the early post-operative period
Association of Women Surgeons, virtual, April 2022.
Rudolph C, Patel A, Carpenter C
Management of Inpatient Pediatric Hand Infections at a Tertiary Care Center: Setting the Foundation for a Quality Improvement Study
ASPS 91st annual meeting, virtual presentation, Boston, MA, October 2022.
Posters
JL Rhodes, C Carpenter, JT Goodrich and DA Staffenberg
Suspension Grid Calvarial Vault Remodeling for Scaphocephaly Repair
ACPA 64th annual meeting, Broomfield, CO, April 2007.
C. Carpenter, J. Shin, O. Tepper
Recognizing Disparity Between Patient Complaints and Surgeon Diagnosis in Rhinoplasty
Montefiore Medical Center research day, Bronx, NY, May 2012.
Poster award winner.
C. Carpenter, A. Punj, D. Kerrigan, J. Shin, K. Kurtz, O. Tepper
Adopting the Novel Technique of Nasoalveolar Molding: Montefiore Medical Center’s Experience
Montefiore Medical Center research day, Bronx, NY, May 2013.
Poster award winner.
C. Carpenter, M. Mohajer, J. Shin, O. Tepper
3D Photography: A Novel Method of Analyzing Facial Asymmetry
Montefiore Medical Center research day, Bronx, NY, June 2014.
Poster award winner.
C Carpenter, M Adamo
Craniosynostosis: Diagnosis and Referral Patterns
JFDP Project Presentation, Albany, NY, June 2021.
Rudolph C, Patel A, Carpenter C
Management of Inpatient Pediatric Hand Infections at a Tertiary Care Center:
Setting the Foundation for a Quality Improvement Study
NYRSPS annual resident’s night, New York City, NY, May 2022
First place poster
Institute for Healthcare Improvement Forum, virtual poster, Orlando, FL,
December 2022.
Rudolph C, Drinane J, Carpenter C
Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface Surgery in a Neonate After an Above Knee Amputation: A Case Report
ASPN annual meeting, Miami, FL, January 2023.
Rudolph C, Adamo M, Carpenter C
Mitigating Risk in Calvarial Vault Remodeling for Craniosynostosis: The Modified Relaxed Beachchair Position as an Effective and Safe Positioning Approach
Resident Research Day, Albany, NY, April 2023.
Community Service Activities
Local
January 2021 — August 2021
Girl Scouts Project Advisor for Silver Award Candidate
Project of Mackenzie Kelly: Creation of a sustainable solution to a problem concerning children/families with cleft lip/plate
International
January 2000 — December 2000
Bolivia: Okinawa Uno Organization: Salesian Lay Missioners
Taught chemistry, English and basic computer skills to 450 high school students
Organized financial and material donations to the school and community
July 2004 — August 2004
India: Ladakh, Himalayas
Organization: Himalayan Health Exchange
Provided health care to Tibetan refugees in the Himalayas of northern India
Taught physical exam and diagnostic skills to pre-clinical medical students in clinics
September 2004 — October 2004
Ghana: Humjibre
Organization: GHEI
Taught English and public health to primary school children
October 2004 — January 2005
Tanzania: Nyamuswa
Organization: Malaika Project
Created and implemented a screening condom study in the village of Nyamuswa
Organized eye surgery for village inhabitants sponsored by Unite-for-Sight
Worked with the local youth drama group to create and perform plays with public health messages
Wrote grant proposals for SHDEPHA+, a local AIDS support group, and Zinduka, a local non-profit focused on providing education to primary school children
Taught English and math in a nursery school
February 2005 — March 2005
Ecuador: Salcedo, Salinas and the Amazon
Provided free surgeries with a University of Massachusetts-based plastic surgery team
Worked in the Ecuadorian Amazon on a boat functioning as a community hospital
