Susan E. Mackinnon, MD

Specialty Areas
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Peripheral Nerve Injury
Nerve Transplantation
Nerve Injury

Areas of Clinical Interest
Peripheral nerve surgery in hand/upper extremity and lower extremity, carpal tunnel syndrome, tarsal tunnel syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome, brachial plexus, cumulative trauma disorder, nerve transplant, nerve compression, facial palsy, hand and upper extremity disorders and injuries

Honors and Awards
Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2002-2013 (Best Doctors, Inc.)

Listed in America's Top Doctors, 2002-2012 (Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.)

Medal Award in Surgery, Royal College Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 1988

Outstanding Clinician - First Annual Washington University School of Medicine III Humanity Program Award

Honored Senior Professor for Surgery and Rehabilitation of the Hand, Thomas Jefferson University and Hand Rehabilitation Foundation, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, March 2004

Professional Leadership
American Association of Hand Surgery
Vice President, 2003
President Elect, 2004
President, 2005

American Association of Plastic Surgeons
Treasurer, 2003 – 2005
Vice President, 2005

Selected or Recent Journal Articles
Sun HH, Saheb-Al-Zamani M, Yan Y, Hunter DA, Mackinnon SE, Johnson PJ. Geldanamycin accelerated peripheral nerve regeneration in comparison to FK-506 in vivo. Neuroscience. 2012 Jul 24

Fox IK, Brenner MJ, Johnson PJ, Hunter DA, Mackinnon SE. Axonal regeneration and motor neuron survival after microsurgical nerve reconstruction. Microsurgery. 2012 Jul 18.

Barbour JR, Gontre G, Mackinnon SE. Delayed bilateral anterior interosseous neuritis: an atypical presentation. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2012 May 4

Lin KF, Sun HH, Macewan MR, Mackinnon SE, Johnson PJ. GDNF overexpression fails to provoke muscle recovery from botulinum toxin poisoning: A preliminary study. Microsurgery. 2012 Jul

Glaus SW, Johnson PJ, Mackinnon SE. Clinical strategies to enhance nerve regeneration in composite tissue allotransplantation. Hand Clin. 2011 Nov

Moore AM, Borschel GH, Santosa KA, Flagg ER, Tong AY, Kasukurthi R, Newton P, Yan Y, Hunter DA, Johnson PJ, Mackinnon SE. A transgenic rat expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) in peripheral nerves provides a new hindlimb model for the study of nerve injury and regeneration. J Neurosci Methods. 2012 Feb 15

Jesuraj NJ, Nguyen PK, Wood MD, Moore AM, Borschel GH, Mackinnon SE, Sakiyama-Elbert SE. Differential gene expression in motor and sensory Schwann cells in the rat femoral nerve. J Neurosci Res. 2012 Jan

Kale SS, Glaus SW, Yee A, Nicoson MC, Hunter DA, Mackinnon SE, Johnson PJ. Reverse end-to-side nerve transfer: from animal model to clinical use. J Hand Surg Am. 2011 Oct

Yan Y, Sun HH, Mackinnon SE, Johnson PJ. Evaluation of peripheral nerve regeneration via in vivo serial transcutaneous imaging using transgenic Thy1-YFP mice. Exp Neurol. 2011 Nov

Ray WZ, Pet MA, Nicoson MC, Yee A, Kahn LC, Mackinnon SE. Two-level motor nerve transfer for the treatment of long thoracic nerve palsy. J Neurosurg. 2011 Oct

Lipira AB, Mackinnon SE, Fox IK. Axillary arterial catheter use associated with hand ischemia in a multi-trauma patient: case report and literature review. J Clin Anesth. 2011 Jun

Moore AM, MacEwan M, Santosa KB, Chenard KE, Ray WZ, Hunter DA, Mackinnon SE, Johnson PJ. Acellular nerve allografts in peripheral nerve regeneration: a comparative study. Muscle Nerve. 2011 Aug

Ray WZ, Mackinnon SE. Nerve problems in the lower extremity. Foot Ankle Clin. 2011 Jun

Fox IK, Mackinnon SE. Adult peripheral nerve disorders: nerve entrapment, repair, transfer, and brachial plexus disorders. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 May

Pet MA, Ray WZ, Yee A, Mackinnon SE. Nerve transfer to the triceps after brachial plexus injury: report of four cases. J Hand Surg Am. 2011 Mar

Surgery / Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

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Surgery

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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Center

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Health Insurance Plans Accepted

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