Dr. Gabriel’s Curriculum Vitae

Practice limited to Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and Surgery of the Hand and Wrist

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY SERVICE, UCLA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Fellow in Hand and Microvascular Surgery, August 1993 to July 1994

PLASTIC SURGERY SERVICE, UCLA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Plastic Surgery Resident, July 1991 to June 1993

Honors:

• UCLA Division of Plastic Surgery Outstanding Clinical Research Award, 1993

SURGICAL SERVICE, UCLA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
General Surgical Resident, July 1985 to June 1991

Honors:

• Division of General Surgery Golden Scalpel Award for teaching Excellence, 1990-1991
• California Society of Plastic Surgeons First Place Award for Best Resident Paper, 1989.
• American College of Surgeons Trauma Research Competition: Southern California Region Winner, 1989.

UCLA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
M.D., June 1985

Honors:

• Alpha Omega Alpha, 1984
• William P. Longmire Medal: Most Distinguished Record in Department of Surgery during 4 years of Medical School
• Student Representative of American College of Surgeons 70th Clinical Congress
• Award in Recognition of best three short term NIH Research Abstracts, 1981-198
• Lewis A. Eldridge Medical Scholarship (two time award)
• William Adams-Eileen Dongray-David Baxter Scholarship
• Quon Medical Scholarship
• Bicknell Scholarship

YALE UNIVERSITY
B.A. in Biochemistry and History, May 1981

Honors:

• Summa cum laude
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Scholar of the House (11 Members of Senior Class selected to pursue fully independent, University supported, original research)
• Distinction in the Major

Activities:

• Chairman-Trumbull College Rooming Committee
• Chairman-Yale Freshman Planner Advertising Department
• Yale Political Union
• Yale Charities Drive
• Trumbull College Social Committee

GUEST PHYSICIAN REVIEWER, NEVADA STATE MEDICAL BOARD

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SIERRA SURGERY HOSPITAL, January 2004 – December 2006

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CARSON AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER, September 2001-January 2004

CARSON TAHOE HOSPITAL 501 3(C) FEASIBILITY COMMITTEE

CARSON TAHOE HOSPITAL GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, UCLA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, August 1993-July 1994

RESEARCH FELLOW July 1987-June 1988
Plastic, Reconstructive and Microsurgical Research Laboratory, Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, California. Dr. John Reinisch, Head, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine.

NIH SHORT TERM TRAINING GRANT Summer 1982
Studied Corticosteroid influence on the viability of ischemic tissues in the laboratory of Dr. Harvey Zarem, Head, Div. of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCLA. Ischemic model utilized rabbits’ ears transected and reattached surgically at the base with preservation of the neurovascular bundle.

VISITING SCHOLAR, ST. CATHERINE’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, ENGLAND, Winter 1981
Conducted Nobel Laureate interviews for senior thesis on the history of oxidative phosphorylation research.

High School Valedictorian
Student Body President
Varsity Letter in Tennis (2 years)
Junior Class President
Interests: Sport fishing, Trap and Target Pistol Shooting, Hunting

NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, 1986

DIPLOMATE, AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY, 1993

DIPLOMATE, AMERICAN BOARD OF PLASTIC SURGERY, 1996 RE-CERTIFICATION 2006

CERTIFICATE OF ADDED QUALIFICATION IN SURGERY OF THE HAND, 1996 RE-CERTIFICATION 2005

CALIFORNIA MEDICAL LICENSE September 1986

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES RADIOGRAPHY AND FLUOROSCOPY X-RAY SUPERVISOR AND OPERATOR PERMIT, November 1993

NEVADA MEDICAL LICENSE September 1994

DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION REGISTRATION October 1994

FELLOW, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, 1998

MEMBER, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS, 1998

MEMBER, AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND, 1999

MEMBER, LONGMIRE SURGICAL SOCIETY

UCLA DIVISION OF PLASTIC SURGERY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

UCLA DIGITARIANS HAND CLUB

UCLA DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

PRESIDENT, ARTEMIS PLASTIC SURGERY SOCIETY 2002-2003

Gabriel, KW, and Reinisch JF. Influence of stress on skin flap survival. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons, Palm Springs, April 1988.

Sloan GM, Miller JH, Barton DJ, Gabriel KW, Bindinger A, Nichter LS, and Reinisch JF. Direct assessment of microvascular blood flow by radionuclide emission vascular (REV) scans. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Council, San Francisco, May 1988.

Sloan GM, Barton DJ, Gabriel KW, Miller JH, Bindinger A, Nichter LS, Reinisch JF. Direct assessment of microvascular blood flow by radionuclide emission vascular (REV) scans. Presented at the 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Toronto, October 1988.

Sloan GM, Barton DJ, Gabriel KW, Miller JH, Nichter LS, Reinisch JF. Direct assessment of microvascular blood flow by radionuclide emission vascular (REV) scans. Presented at the 39th Annual Forum on Fundamental Surgical Problems, Clinical Congress. American College of Surgeons, Chicago, October 1988.

Gabriel KW, Nichter LS, Sloan GM, Reinisch JF. Histologic analysis of wounds following debridement: A comparison of ultrasound to traditional debridement methods. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons, Maui, Hawaii, March 1989. First Place Award: Resident Papers Competition.

Orloff G, Nichter LS, Gabriel KW, Wass C, Sloan GM, Reinisch JF, Gupta RB. Ultrasonication: Better than the traditional surgical scrub? Presented at the Annual Meeting of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons, Maui, Hawaii, March 1989. Second Place Award: Resident Papers Competition.

Orloff G, Nichter LS, Gabriel KW, Reinisch JF. Advances in Wound management. 30th National Research Forum, Galveston, Texas, April 1989.

Orloff G, Nichter LS, Gabriel KW, Reinisch JF. Ultrasound:Better than the surgical scrub? Presented at the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, San Francisco, November 1989.

Gabriel KW, Nichter LS, Sloan GM, Reinisch JF. Histologic analysis of wounds following debridement:: A comparison of ultrasound to traditional debridement methods. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Council, Washington, D.C., May 1990.

Orloff G, Nichter LS, Gabriel KW, McDonald S. Ultrasound Wound Debridement: A scientific comparison to current wound debridement techniques. Presented at the International Symposium on Wound Healing and Wound Management. Sponsored by the International Society for Burn Injuries and the World Health Organization. San Francisco, October, 1990.

Gabriel KW, Kobayashi MR, Ahn CY, Shaw WW. Free tissue transfer for breast reconstruction in high risk patients. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern California chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Newport Beach, California, 1994.

Gabriel KW, Kobayashi MR, Ahn CY, Shaw WW. Free tissue transfer for breast reconstruction in high risk patients. Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons,San Diego, September 1994.

Panelist/Discussor, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Resident and Fellows Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 1994.

Gabriel KW. Selected Contributions Leading to the Recognition of Mitochondrial Sub-Structure and Its Importance in Oxidative Phosphorylation. Scholars of the House Thesis. Copyright 1981. Analysis of Scientific Style based upon Interviews with Albert Lehninger, Peter Mitchell, George Palade and others.

Zarem HA, Hayden B, Soderberg R, Ringham JM, Gabriel KW. Effect of corticosteroid administration in ischemia-ischemic injury. Plast Reconst Surg, 82:865-871, 1988.

Sloan GM, Barton DJ, Gabriel KW, Miller JH, Nichter JS, Reinisch JF. Direct assessment of microvascular blood flow by radionuclide vascular (REV) scans. Surgical Forum, Vol. 39, 595-597, 1988.

Sloan GM, Barton DJ, Gabriel KW, Miller JH, Nichter LS, Reinisch JF. Direct assessment of microvascular blood flow by radionuclide emission vascular (REV) scans. Plastic Surgical Forum, 11:59-61, 1988.

Nichter LS, McDonald S, Gabriel KW, Sloan GM, Reinisch JF. Efficacy of debridement and primary closure of contaminated wounds: A comparison of methods. Ann Plast Surg, 3:224-230, 1989.

Orloff G, Nichter LS, Gabriel KW, Reinisch JF. Ultrasound: Better than the surgical scrub? Plastic Surgical Forum, 11, 233-234, 1989.

Gabriel KW, Kobayashi MR, Ahn CY, Shaw WW. Free tissue transfer for breast reconstruction in high risk patients. Plastic Surgical Forum, Vol. 17, 135, 1994.

Workplace Injuries and Cumulative Trauma Disorders. Seminar Instructor. Reno, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada.