Faculty

Steven L. Moran, M.D.

Location

Rochester, Minnesota

Contact

Moran.Steven@mayo.edu Clinical Profile

SUMMARY

The research interest of Steven L. Moran, M.D., focuses on the use of regenerative medicine for reconstruction of skin and tendon defects, vascularized composite allotransplantation of the hand and face, as well as the cause and treatment of wrist arthritis. Dr. Moran's clinical practice focuses on disorders of the upper extremity as well as microsurgical reconstruction of traumatic and oncologic defects, with primary interests in congenital hand surgery and wrist arthritis.

Dr. Moran is the present chair of the Division of Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery and the surgical director of hand transplantation at Mayo Clinic's Essam and Dalal Obaid Center for Reconstructive Transplant Surgery.

Focus areas

  • Research into wound and tendon healing, with specific focus on the role of cytokines and growth factors
  • Research examining biomechanics of the wrist following injury
  • Research into regenerative medicine, specifically the regeneration of skin and tendon with the use of spherically engineered bioscaffolds that accelerate wound healing
  • Research into the limb function following hand transplantation

Significance to patient care

Dr. Moran's research searches for ways to allow for healing of wounds without the need for skin grafting and tendon grafting. His research also looks for ways to maximize function following hand transplantation and upper limb surgery.

Professional highlights

  • Advisory council representative, The American Board of Plastic Surgery, 2012-present
  • Associate editor, Hand journal, 2010-present; Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery journal, 2009-present
  • Founding member and board member, The American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation, 2008-present
  • Recipient, Translational Science Award, "Regenerative Strategy for Volumetric Muscle Loss and Functional Recovery," Regenerative Medicine Minnesota, 2020-2022
  • Godina Traveling Fellowship, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, 2012
  • Director for research, American Association for Hand Surgery, 2009-2011
  • Associate editor, The Journal of Hand Surgery, 2007-2011; Year Book of Hand and Upper Limb Surgery, 2003-2010
  • Bunnell Fellowship, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 2008-2009

PROFESSIONAL DETAILS

Primary Appointment

  1. Consultant, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery

Joint Appointment

  1. Consultant, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  2. Consultant, Department of Anatomy

Academic Rank

  1. Professor of Orthopedics
  2. Professor of Plastic Surgery

EDUCATION

  1. Fellow - Clinical Fellow, Hand and Microvascular Surgery (Allen T. Bishop, MD) Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  2. Resident Hand Surgery, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  3. Chief Resident - Plastic Surgery (Joseph M. Serletti, MD) University of Rochester Medical Center
  4. Resident - Plastic Surgery (Joseph M. Serletti, MD) University of Rochester Medical Center
  5. Research Fellowship - Plastic Surgery (Joseph M. Serletti, MD) University of Rochester Medical Center
  6. Resident - Associate Resident, General Surgery (Seymour I. Schwartz, MD) University of Rochester Medical Center
  7. Resident - Assistant Resident, General Surgery (Seymour I. Schwartz, MD) University of Rochester Medical Center
  8. Internship - General Surgery (Seymour I. Schwartz, MD) University of Rochester Medical Center
  9. MD University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
  10. BA Williams College

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