Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
7033 Burnett-Womack, CB 7195
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7195
(919) 843-1087
(919) 966-3814 fax

TITLE
Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Pediatric and Craniofacial Plastic Surgery

SPECIALTIES
Pediatric plastic surgery, craniofacial surgery, cleft lip and palate, hemangiomas, vascular malformations, craniofacial distraction and adult trauma.

RESEARCH
Outcomes studies with craniofacial and cleft surgeries, tissue engineering with nanotechnology and stem cells

EDUCATION
Fellowship: Craniofacial: Indiana University
Plastic Surgery Residency: Indiana University
General Surgery Residency: Case Western Reserve University
MD: Vanderbilt University Medical School
Graduate School: Fine Arts in Creative Writing: Dartmouth College

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Plastic Surgery 2007, American Board of Surgery 2003

PUBLICATIONS
Search for publications on PubMed using John van Aalst as search criteria

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