Board Certification

• American Board of Plastic Surgery
• Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand

Fellowship

• Boyes Hand Surgery Fellowship
  University of Southern California Medical School
  Los Angeles County Medical center
  Los Angeles, California

Residency

• Plastic Surgery Residency
  St. Louis University Health Sciences Center
  St. Louis, Missouri

Research Fellowship

• Research Fellow, Department of Surgery
  Duke University
  Durham, North Carolina

Residency

• Residency, General Surgery
  University of California
  San Diego Medical Center
  San Diego, California

Medical Degree

• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, School of Medicine
  Bethesda, Maryland

Undergraduate Degree

• Bachelor of Science (Biochemistry)
  University of California, Davis

Professional Appointments

• Chief of Plastic Surgery, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center

Committee Member

• California Society of Plastic Surgeons
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons

Academic Appointments

• Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
  University of Southern California School of Medicine, Division of Plastic Surgery
• Clinical Instructor of Surgery
  Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, School of Medicine

National Society Memberships

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• American College of Surgeons, Fellow
• American Medical Association
• Association for Academic Surgery
• American Medical Womens Association

Local Society Memberships

• Cleft Palate Team, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
• California Society of Plastic Surgeons
• L.A. County Medical Association
• L.A. County Womens Medical Association

Research Activities

• Duke University,
  Department of Surgery, Durham, North Carolina
• National Institutes of Health
  National Cancer Institute, Surgery Branch, Bethesda, Maryland

Publications

1. Powers MA, and Pappas TN
   Physiological Approaches to the Control of Obesity.
   Annals of Surgery, 109: 255-250
2. Powers M, Schiffman S., Lawson C., Pappas T, Taylor I
   The Effect of Taste on Gastric and Pancreatic Response in Dogs.
   Physiology and Behavior, 47: 1295-1297
3. Pappas TN, Powers M, Gottfried MR, Cotton PB
   Balloon dilatation of the sphincter of Oddi facilitates passage of glass beads in from the canine biliary tract.
   Journal of Laparoendoscopic Surgery, 4(65): 413-417

Abstracts / Presentations

1. American Gastroenterological Association
   "Galanin is a potent inhibitor of pancreatic exocrine function"
   "Balloon dilation of the sphincter of Oddi facilitates passage of glass beads from the canine gall bladder."
2. Brain-Gut Symposium, Cambridge University, U.K.
   "Cephalic phase of gastric acid secretion in dogs: Impact of smell, sight, memory and taste."
3. Surgical Forum
   "Galanin: A neuropeptide inhibitor of the exocrine pancreas."
4. American Gastroenterological Association
   "The impact of total parenteral nutrition and taste on sham feeding in dogs."
5. American Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Association Missouri Medical Association
   Senior Residents Meeting, ASPRS, Boston MA
   "Polysomnogram results in eighteen patients prior to pharyngeal flap for velopharyngeal incompetence."
6. American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Panel Moderator
7. American Association for Hand Surgery, Poster Presentation "An unusual cause of pectoralis muscle tear."
8. University of Southern California School of Nursing, Wound Healing Symposium
9. University of Southern California, Annenberg School of Communications Guest Speaker.