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                                                         CURRICULUM VITAE

           

 

NAME:                                  Keith Alan Denkler, M.D.

 

PRACTICE:                         Private Practice, Larkspur, CA

Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery,

                                                Department of Surgery,

                                                University of California, San Francisco

 

OFFICE ADDRESS:           275 Magnolia Avenue

                                                Larkspur, CA  94939

                                                (415) 924-6010 Tel

                                                (415) 924-8083 Fax

           

MEDICAL SCHOOL:         Baylor College of Medicine

                                                1200 Moursand Ave.

                                                Houston, Texas 77030

                                                1976-1979: M.D.

 

COLLEGE:                           The University of Texas

                                                Austin, Texas

                                                1973-1976 (Three-Year Acceptance)

 

HIGH SCHOOLS:                American Field Service

                                                Foreign Exchange Scholarship

                                                Marist Brothers College

                                                Natal, South Africa

                                                1972-1973

                                                Westchester High School

                                                Houston, Texas

                                                1971-1973

                                                Acalanes High School

                                                Lafayette, California

                                                1970-1971

 

FELLOWSHIPS:                  Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery

                                                Dr. Paul Tessier

                                                26 Avenue Kleber

                                                75016 Paris, France

                                                August 1987-July 1988

 

                                                Hand Surgery Fellowship

                                                Drs. Kilgore and Newmeyer

                                                San Francisco, CA

                                                July 1984-January 1985

 

 

RESIDENCY TRAINING:            

 

             Plastic Surgery:          St. Joseph Hospital

                                                Dept. of Medical Education

                                                1919 La Branch

                                                Houston, Texas 77002

                                                1985-1987                                                      

            General Surgery:         St. Joseph Hospital

                                                Dept. of Medical Education

                                                1919 La Branch

                                                Houston, Texas 77002

                                                1981-1984

            Internship                    St. Joseph Hospital

                                                Dept. of Medical Education  

                                                1919 La Branch

                                                Houston, Texas 77002

                                                1979-1980

 

MEDICAL LICENSE:        California, C 041409, issued 1984

                                                Texas, F 5516, issued 1979

 

BOARD CERTIFICATION:          American Board of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 1991-Present

                                                           

Certification of Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand, 1992-2002

 

TEACHING POSITIONS:              Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery, UCSF 2009-Present

                                                            Associate Clinical Professor, Plastic Surgery, 1996-2009

                                                            Clinical Instructor, Plastic Surgery, 1989-1996

                                                            University of California at San Francisco

                                                            San Francisco, CA  94143

 

HONORS:                                          Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, 1974-1976

                                                            Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society, 1976-present

                                                            Albert Schweitzer Memorial Scholarship, 1976

 

 

HOSPITAL LEADERSHIP:           Marin General Hospital

Bylaws Committee 2005-Present

Executive Medical Board, Marin General Hospital

1998-2009

Chief of Staff Marin General Hospital 2003-2005

Vice-Chief of Staff Marin General Hospital 2001-2003

                                                            Secretary/Treasurer Marin General Hospital 1999-2001

           

 

UCSF LEADERSHIP:         Executive Medical Board UCSF 2005-2006

Association of Clinical Faculty UCSF

President 2005-2006, Vice President 2004-2005,

Secretary 2003-2004, Delegate 1997-2003

Member 1992-present

 

ORGANIZATIONS:                                    American Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

                                                                        Active Member, 1991-present

California Society of Plastic Surgery

            Active Member 1999-present

California Medical Association, 1989-present

Marin Medical Society, 1989-present                                                 Assistant Editor, 1989-1999 Marin Medical Society Journal

Texas Medical Association, 1979-present

                                                                        Resident Physician Section, Chairman, 1985-1986   

                                                            American Medical Association

                                                                        National Delegate Resident Physicians section 1984                                                

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:    Active Medical Staff Marin General Hospital, 1989-present

                                                            250 Bon Air Road

                                                            Larkspur, CA 94939                                                  

                                                            Courtesy Staff Novato Community Hospital

                                                            Novato, CA 1989-Present

                                                            Active Staff Moffitt-Long Hospital UCSF 2003-present

                                                            Active Staff San Francisco General Hospital 1989-2003

 

PUBLICATIONS:                            Correction of contracture and recurrence rates of Dupuytren contracture following invasive treatment: the importance of clear definitions. Werker PM, Pess GM, van Rijssen AL, Denkler K. J Hand Surg Am. 2012;37(10):2095–2105.

Nerve and arterial supply to the hand in Vesalius's De Humani Corporis Fabrica. Denkler, K., and Norman, M. A.  Hand 2012,1-5.

Needle fasciotomy for stage IV Dupuytren's: A wide-awake approach. Denkler K.  J Hand Surg. 2011;Vol 36(Suppl):15–16.

2011Variation in Strategies to Achieve Successful Cord Release Following Collagenase Clostridium Histolyticum Injection for Dupuytren’s Contracture. Poster Presentation #21 American Society for Surgery of the Hand Las Vegas, September, 2011Keith A. Denkler, MD;Eric N. Britton, MD;Joel L. Frazier, MD Joseph E. Kutz, MD Robert N. Hotchkiss, MD ;Paul Skodny, PharmD

Myth of not using lidocaine with epinephrine in the digits.  Denkler K.  Am Fam Physician. 2010 May 15;81(10):1188.

Surgical Complications Associated with Fasciectomy for Dupuytren’s Disease: A 20-Year Review of the English Literature.  Denkler, K Eplasty Journal Vol. 10, 2010.  Link:  http://eplasty.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=413&catid=15&Itemid=116

Vacuum Breast Expansion:  A look back at the history of this technique.  Denkler, K Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 Sep;122(3):989-90.

Fitzcharles-Bowe C, Denkler, K and LaLonde D.  Finger Injection with High-Dose (1:100,000) Epinephrine:  Does it Cause Finger Necrosis and Should it be Treated?  Hand Volume 2, number 1 March 2007 p. 5-11

 

Thompson, CJ, LaLonde DH, Denkler K, and Feich AJ.  A critical look at the evidence for and against elective epinephrine use in the finger.Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 Jan;119(1):260-6

 

Denkler, K., and Kivett, W.F.  Topical treatment of nasal keratoacanthoma.Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006 Jun;117(7):2516-7.        

 

                                                            Gruber, R, Denkler, K. and Hvistendahl, Y.  Extended crescent mastopexy with augmentation. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2006 May-Jun;30(3):269-74; discussion 275-6.           

 

Lalonde, D., Bell, M., Benoit, P., Sparkes, G., Denkler, K, and Chang, P. A multicenter prospective study of 3,110 consecutive cases of elective epinephrine use in the fingers and hand: the Dalhousie project clinical phase. J Hand Surg [Am]. 2005 Sep;30(5):1061-7.

 

Denkler, K, Sir Percivall Pott, Sir James Paget, and soot cancer of the hand.  Lancet. 2004 Aug 14; 364(9434):582.

 

Denkler, K.  Helpful Hints for Injections of the Wrist and Hand Region    American Family Physician, Nov. 15, 2003, 10:1912.

           

Denkler, K.  Dupuytren's Fasciectomies in 60 Consecutive Digits Using Lidocaine with Epinephrine and no Tourniquet.  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 2005 Mar;11(3):802-10.

 

Wilhelmi, B, Blackewll, S. and Denkler, K.  Response to Epinephrine in the finger.  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.  September 2002, Vol. 110, No. 3: 999-1000.

                       

                                                            Denkler, K., Pain Associated With Injection Using Frozen vs. Room-Temperature Needles. JAMA October 3,2001, Vol. 286 No. 13:1578-9

 

                                                            Denkler, K., A Comprehensive Review of Epinephrine in the Finger: To Do or Not to Do. Review. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery July 2001, Vol. 108, No. 1:114-124

 

                                                            Denkler, K. and Hudson, R. Facial palsy after abdominal liposuction.  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2000, Vol. 106 No. 4: 945.

                                                                                                           

                                                            Denkler, K, Book Review:  Doctors Afield and Afar.  JAMA February 21, Vol. 285 No. 7 Page 945-6

 

                                                            Denkler, K, and Johnson, J. A Lost piece of Melanoma history. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, December 1999 Dec;104(7):2149-53

 

                                                            Denkler, K., Book Review Cutaneous Melanoma by Charles Balch et. al. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 1999, 104:578-579.

 

                                                            Denkler, K., History of Burns. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 1999, 104:308-309.

 

                                                            Denkler, K.  Subungual Melanoma.

                                                            Journal of Hand Surgery, May, 1998,23:556-557

                                                           

Denkler, K.  Repairing Lacerations in Children.

                                                            American Family Physician, Oct. 15, 1997, 6:1582.

 

                                                            Fye, K.H. and Denkler, K.  Gangrene as a Complication of

Topical Ice Therapy. Journal of Rheumatology, 1993,20:10.

                                               

Denkler, K. and Cohen, B.E.  Reversal of Dopamine Extravasation Injury with Nitroglycerin Ointment.  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 1989, 84:811-813.

 

                                                            Cronin, T.D. and Denkler, K.  Correction of the Unilateral

                                                            Cleft Lip Nose.  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 1988,                                                                                                      82:419-432.

 

 

 

BOOK CHAPTERS                        

Denkler, K. and Kivett, W. Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers in Plastic Surgery Vol. 5 by Mathes, Stephen and Hentz, Victor.  Philadelphia, Saunders, 2005 p. 391-464.

                                                           

Drs. Thomas Cronin, Keith Denkler, and Ernest Cronin. Correction of Secondary Unilateral and Bilateral Nasal Deformities, Cronin technique in Bardach, Zanusz and Morris, Hughlett.  Multi-disciplinary Management of Cleft Lip and Palate, 264-273. Philadelphia: Sanders, 1990.

 

 

INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Local anesthetic with epinephrine for the surgical treatment of Dupuytren’s contracture by presented at the International Confederation of Plastic Surgery 6/27/99, San Francisco, California.  Keith Denkler and Shapour Golshalini.

 

NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS   Needle Aponeurotomy for Stage IV Dupuytren’s Contracture: A Wide Awake First Step Approach.  American Society for Surgery of the Hand 66th annual meeting September  9th 2011.   Las Vegas, NV.  Keith Denkler, MD

 

                                                            Variation in Strategies to Achieve Successful Cord Release Following Collagenase Injection for Dupuytren's Contracture.  American Society for Surgery of the Hand 66th annual meeting September  9th 2011.   Las Vegas, NV.  Keith Denkler, MD

                                                                       

 

Needle Aponeurotomy for Stage IV Dupuytren’s Contracture: A Wide Awake First Step Approach American Association of Plastic Surgeons 88th Annual Meeting, March 23rd, 2009. Rancho Mirage, CA.  Keith Denkler, MD

 

Dupuytren’s and Alternatives.  Invited speaker at American Society for Surgery of the Hand, September 8, 2006 Washington DC. Keith Denkler, MD

 

American Association of Plastic Surgeons 84th Annual Meeting, May 11th, 2004.  Scottsdale, AZ.  A Multicenter Prospective Analysis of Over 3100 Consecutive Cases of Elective Epinephrine Use in the Fingers and Hand.  Donald H. Lalonde, MD, Michael Bell, MD, Keith Denkler, MD, Benoit Paul, MD, Peter Chang, MD, Gerald Sparkes, MD, Patrick Shoemaker, MD, Arthur Rideout, Frederick Watkins,MD.

 

Dupuytren's Fasciectomies in 60 Consecutive Digits Using Lidocaine with Epinephrine and no Tourniquet.  American Society of Plastic Surgery 2002 Meeting, San Antonio November 5, 2002.  Keith Denkler, MD

 

LOCAL PRESENTATIONS:

 

 

            Dupuytren’s Contracture:  Needle and XIAFLEX

UCSF Biennial Plastic Surgery Update

            June 2011

            San Francisco CA

 

            Dupuytren’s Contracture:  Needle Aponeurotomy

UCSF Biennial Plastic Surgery Update

            June  2009

            San Francisco CA

           

            American Association of Plastic Surgeons 89th Meeting

            Needle Aponeurotomy in Stage IV Dupuyten’s

            March 2009

            Indian Wells, CA 

 

            Botox Update December 2005

            Presented to:  Medical Grand Rounds

            Marin General Hospital                      

California Society of Plastic Surgery 2003 Meeting

            Sacramento, CA 4-4-03 1):  First Occupational Hand Cancer and 2):  Male Rhytidectomy

                                               

            U.C.S.F. Division of Plastic Surgery, 6-23-01

Postgraduate Course-Presentation:  Epinephrine in the digit

            San Francisco CA

 

            U.C.S.F. Division of Plastic Surgery, 6-24-95

            Postgraduate Course - Presentation on:

            Carpal Tunnel Surgery, Minimal Incision or Endoscopic      

 

            Hand Surgery, Grand Rounds:  Hand Tumors, 1-17-95

            Presented to:  University of California, San Francisco

 

            Melanoma, 12-14-93

            Presented to:  Medical Grand Rounds Marin General Hospital

 

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, 5-20-93

            Presented to:  Hand Surgery Grand Rounds

            U.C.S.F. Medical School

 

            Plastic Surgery Update, 1-22-91

            Presented to:  Family Practice Grand Rounds Marin General Hospital,

 

            Liposuction, 1-18-91

            Presented to:  Medical Grand Rounds

            Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital

 

            Surgical Treatments for Arthritis of the Hand, 5-3-90

            Presented to:  The Arthritis Foundation

            Greenbrae, CA

 

SYMPOSIUM FACULTY:

The Art of Rhinoplasty:  1997-2009 San Francisco, CA

            Local Anesthesia in the Hand, Plastic Surgery Meeting 2003 San Antonio, TX                  

            Presentation on Skin Cancer Margins, PSEF, November 6-8 2004, San Francisco, CA

 

COMMUNITY SERVICE:             Marin IJ Newspaper Editorial Board 2009

                                                            Current Marin Community Clinic Volunteer Physician

                                                            Operation Access Volunteer Physician

                                                            Editor Marin Medical Society Bulletin 1990-2000

 

 

 

KD (March 2013)

 

 






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