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Dr. Courtney Carpenter comes to PRMA from Minnesota. She has over 8 years experience to include head and neck reconstruction, facial trauma, juvenile breast deformities, and craniofacial surgery. Dr. Carpenter is passionate about helping to transform lives thru plastic surgery. Dr. Carpenter graduated from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 2006.

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
Field all pediatric plastic surgery consultations 24/7 within the institution and the community Operate as the only pediatric trained plastic surgeon in the Capital Region with a focus mainly on the pediatric population Collaborate with and support other services on a regular basis
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 PatientsMarch 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-CareFebruary 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

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