Shelley Brehm, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Shelley was born in San Diego, CA but grew up in Plano, TX. She graduated Cum Laude from Texas A&M University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Science. She then attended the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX and graduated in the summer of 2004 with a Masters in Physician Assistant Studies.

She worked from 2004 to 2010 in Houston, TX for a large orthopaedic surgery group and then moved to San Antonio and joined PRMA in the summer of 2010.

She is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

Personal Information

Private Practice
Plastic, Reconstructive and Microsurgical Associates of South Texas, P.A., 1994 – present

Office Address
9635 Huebner Road, San Antonio, TX 78240
Tel (210) 692-1181 Fax (210) 692-7584

Birth Place
Worcester, Massachusetts

Education Information

Undergraduate Education
Miami UniversityOxford, Ohio

Postgraduate Education
Internship: General Surgery, St. Agnes Hospital, Affiliated with Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, Maryland, July 1987 – June 1988

Residency: General Surgery, St. Agnes Hospital, Affiliated with Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, Maryland, July 1988 – June 1992

Residency: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center,
Houston, Texas, July 1992 – June 1994

GRADUATE EDUCATION
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
M.D., June 2, 1987

LICENSURE
Texas

Career Information

CERTIFICATION
American Board of Plastic Surgery, November 23, 1996 Recertified April 1, 2006

APPOINTMENTS
Chief, Plastic Surgery Section, Methodist Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, 2001-2003
Vice Chief, Clinical Review Committee, Special Surgery Section, Methodist Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, 2004
Chief, Clinical Review Committee, Special Surgery Section, Methodist Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, 2005
San Antonio International Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Secretary/Treasurer 2002
Vice President 2003, 2004
President 2005, 2006

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery
American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Texas Medical Association
Bexar County Medical Society
Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons
San Antonio International Society of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery

ACADEMIC
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1995-2004

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
Methodist Healthcare System, 1994 – present
Baptist Healthcare System, 1994 – present

PUBLICATIONS
Ochoa O, Chrysopoulo M, Nastala C, Ledoux P, Pisano S. Abdominal wall stability and flap complications after deep inferior epigastric perforator flap breast reconstruction: does body mass index make a difference? Analysis of 418 patients and 639 flaps. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Jul;130(1):21e-33e. Breast Reconstruction in Private Practice, A New Decade in Breast Reconstruction Seminars in Plastic Surgery, Volume 18, November 2, 2004