Kenneth
W. Anderson, MD
Dr.
Kenneth Anderson is a facial plastic surgeon who
joined New Hair Institute in 2003. He brings with
him an energy and passion for patient care, and
for meticulous, exacting surgery. He has a background
and formal training in the fine arts, and has published
several medical illustrations in medical textbooks
and journals. Dr. Anderson has combined his artistic
talents with seven years of world-class surgical
subspecialty training at the University of Michigan
to bring NHI patients a blend of talents rarely
seen in the field of cosmetic surgery.
Dr. Anderson graduated from the University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine. After medical school, he was
accepted into the University of Michigan surgical
subspecialty training program in otolaryngology-head
and neck surgery, regarded by the medical field
as one of the top programs worldwide. While at the
University of Michigan, Dr. Anderson was 1st or
2nd surgeon on over 2,500 surgical procedures involving
the face, head and neck, including highly specialized
procedures such as cancerous tumor resection and
pediatric airway reconstruction. During his six
years on staff at the University of Michigan Hospitals,
guided by his background and training in the fine
arts, he took a keen interest in the subspecialty
of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. He
worked with giants in the field of facial plastic
surgery including Dr. Carol Bradford, MD, FACS,
and Dr. Lawrence Marentette, MD, FACS, who each
conferred their surgical expertise and patient care
philosophy to Dr. Anderson.
He completed the otolaryngology-head and neck surgery
training program in 2002. Although he was board
certified by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head
and Neck Surgery, and could have gone out into practice,
he elected to pursue additional surgical training
in his area of highest interest. He was awarded
a Fellowship accredited by the American Board of
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS);
one of just 30 surgeons nationwide to receive this
honor. For the full course of the Fellowship he
worked with an acknowledged master in the field,
Dr. Shan Baker, MD, FACS. During his 12 month Fellowship
with Dr. Baker he performed many different cosmetic
and reconstructive facial plastic surgery procedures,
including face lifts, brow lifts, blepharoplasty
(eyelid surgery), and facial laser resurfacing.
He also performed reconstructive procedures using
skin and muscle flaps to repair tissue defects of
the face following skin cancer removal. Dr. Anderson
was also proud to care for the heroes of this country
by serving as a staff physician at the Veteran's
Administration (VA) Hospital in Ann Arbor for the
full duration of his Fellowship. At the VA Hospital
he was the head surgeon of a 3 surgeon team that
performed primarily nasal and facial reconstruction
procedures on our nation's veterans.
During his residency at the University of Michigan,
he was very active in scientific research. He spent
over three years working with David Mooney, Ph.D.,
a world renowned authority in the field of tissue
engineering. Dr. Anderson's research work focused
on the difficulties of facial reconstruction following
injuries in which loss of facial bones prevents
a normal facial appearance-even after extensive
surgery. Along with Dr. Mooney and a team of scientists,
Dr. Anderson developed a tissue engineered cartilage
implant that could be placed anywhere on the facial
skeleton without incisions -- in essence "injectable
cartilage." His NIH-supported work was recognized
and portions were published by the editors of several
peer-reviewed medical journals, including the prestigious
journal Nature. For his discoveries he was awarded
the premier otolaryngology award at the University
of Michigan, the Merle Lawrence Research Award,
for his manuscript "Tissue Engineering of Injectable
Cartilage."
Dr. Anderson has authored and published thirteen
scientific papers and book chapters in various peer-reviewed
journals and texts. He has presented over ten scientific
papers before national and international audiences
including the American Academy of Facial Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery, the Canadian Society
of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the American
Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery,
and the Plastic Surgery Research Council.
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