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Joey S. Kurtzman, MD

Joey Kurtzman
Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine Undergraduate: Tulane University

About Dr. Kurtzman

Dr. Kurtzman earned her BA in Communications from Tulane University and worked in the technology sector before completing the Postbac Premedical Program at Columbia University. She then earned her MD at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Her clinical and academic interests include microsurgery, nerve regeneration, and breast reconstruction. During residency at Penn, she looks forward to continuing her research with the long-term goal of pursuing an academic career in plastic surgery.

Education

2021 - 2025
MD - Wake Forest University School of Medicine

2018 - 2020
Postbaccalaureate Pre-Medical Program, Columbia University

2013 - 2017
BA - Tulane University

Societies

  • American Society of Plastic Surgery: Resident Member

Awards

2023
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open Top 20 Most-Cited Articles in 2023

2023
Plastic Surgery The Meeting Top Medical Student Abstract (Breast)

2023
Plastic Surgery The Meeting Top Medical Student Abstract (Hand and Nerve)

2022
American Association of Plastic Surgeons Cannon Student Scholarship Recipient

2022
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open Top 20 Most-Cited Articles in 2022

2021
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open Top 40 Most-Cited Articles in 2021

2021
New York Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Residents and Fellows Research Conference Overall 3rd Place Poster Presentation

2020
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open Top 40 Most-Cited Articles in 2020

2019
Columbia University Dean’s List

2019
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open Top 40 Most-Cited Articles in 2019

Research

Dr. Kurtzman’s research spans microsurgery, peripheral nerve regeneration, breast reconstruction, and surgical education. She has experience in both clinical outcomes and translational research, including studies on brachial plexus reconstruction, rabbit models of nerve regeneration, microsurgical training techniques, patient-reported outcomes in breast reconstruction, and innovations in hand surgery. Her research has been conducted across multiple institutions, including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the Columbia University Microsurgery Training Laboratory, Montefiore Medical Center, and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. She plans to continue expanding her research portfolio as a plastic surgery resident at Penn.

Publications

  1. Kurtzman JS, Barnett J, Feng R, Taub PJ, Margetis K. Meralgia Paresthetica: An Anatomical Review and Surgical Case Presentation Utilizing a Robotic Exoscope. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – Global Open. 2024 Dec 13;12(12):e6352. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000006352.
  2. Kurtzman JS, Khabyeh-Hasbani N, Ferretti A, Meisel E, Koehler SM. Technique of Adolescent Shoulder Reanimation in Brachial Plexus Birth Injury. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2025 Apr;34(4):e214-e226. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2024.07.023.
  3. Fearon NJ, Kurtzman JS…Mehrara B, Nelson JA. Reducing Opioid Prescribing After Ambulatory Breast Surgery. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2023 Aug 31. doi: 10.1002/jso.27427.
  4. Kurtzman JS, Pinkasovic E, Preminger BA. Treatment Options for the Clinical Management of Axillary Breast Tissue. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open. 11(8):p e5189, August 2023. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005189
  5. Kurtzman JS, Sioshansi PC. Infectious Causes and Mimickers of Meniere’s Disease. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery. 2023 Oct 1;31(5):332-339. doi: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000909.
  6. Wang H, Huddleston HP, Kurtzman JS, Gedailovich S, Deegan L, Aibinder WR. Subpectoral Proximal Humeral Anatomy: Guidance to Decrease Risk of Fracture Following Subpectoral Biceps Tenodesis. Shoulder and Elbow. Shoulder & Elbow. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/17585732231159392
  7. Connors KM, Kurtzman JS, Koehler SM. Successful Use of WALANT in Local and Regional Soft Tissue Flaps: A Case Series. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open. 2023 January. 11(1):p e4756 doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000004756.
  8. Avoricani, A, Dar QA, Rompala A, Levy K, Eldib H, Shah NV, Kurtzman JS, Koehler, SM. The Impact of Perceived Upper Extremity Severity and Prior Surgery on Patient-Reported Outcomes. Journal of Hand Surgery (APV). 2022 December. vol. 27,6: 957-965. doi:10.1142/S2424835522500898.
  9. Huddleston HP, Kurtzman JS, Deegan L, Hayes W, Austin K, Carter J, Aibinder W, Koehler, SM. Negative Ulnar Variance Lessens DRUJ Instability after DRUJ Disruption: A Biomechanical Analysis. HAND. 2022 Oct. 7. doi:10.1177/15589447221124233.
  10. Rompala A, Dar QA, Avoricani A, Levy KH, Kurtzman JS, Koehler SM. Sexual Dissatisfaction after Hand Surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2022 Oct 24;10(10):e4600. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000004600. PMID: 36299820; PMCID: PMC9592528.
  11. Huddleston HP, Connors K, Levy K, Kurtzman JS, Hayes WT, Koehler SM. Proximal Row Carpectomy Does Not Alter Contact Pressures of the Lunate Fossa: A Cadaveric Study. HAND. 2022 Jul 9. doi:10.1177/15589447221105542.
  12. Levy K, Kurtzman JS, Horowitz E, Dar QA, Hayes WT, Koehler, SM. Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Congruity: A Biomechanical Study. HAND. 2022 Feb 13. doi: 10.1177/15589447211060419.
  13. Huddleston HP, Kurtzman JS, Connors KM, Koehler, SM. A Retrospective Case Series of Peripheral Mixed Nerve Reconstruction Failures Using Processed Nerve Allografts. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open. December 2021 - Volume 9 - Issue 12 - p e3983 doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003983.
  14. Huddleston HP, Shah, NV, Kurtzman JS, Dar QA, Wang H, Carter J, Hayes WT, Avoricani A, Dua K, Koehler SM. Effect of Collagen Nerve Wrapping in a Rabbit Peripheral Neuropathy Model. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open. November 2021 - Volume 9 - Issue 11 - p e3919 doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003919.
  15. Huddleston HP, Kurtzman JS, Gedailovich S, Koehler SM, Aibinder WA. The Rate and Reporting of Fracture after Biceps Tenodesis: A Systematic Review. Journal of Orthopaedics. 2021 November. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2021.11.014.
  16. Huddleston HP, Kurtzman JS, Rahimzadeh J, Koehler, SM. Journal Discipline Plays a Significant Role in Academic Attention but Not in Social Media Attention in the Peripheral Nerve Literature. Orthopedics. 1-6. 25 Jul. 2022. doi:10.3928/01477447-20220719-09.
  17. Huddleston HP, Kurtzman JS, Koehler, SM. Free Fibular Flap Utilizing an Arteriovenous Vascular Loop of Two Peroneal Venae Comitantes in a Patient with a Peronea Arteria Magna. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2021 Sep 13;9(9):e3790. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003790. PMID: 34522567; PMCID: PMC8432636.
  18. Huddleston HP, Kurtzman JS, Levy KH, Connors KM, Hayes WT, Koehler SM. Radiocarpal Contact Pressures Are Not Altered After Scapholunate Ligament Tears. Journal of Wrist Surgery. 2021 July. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1731817.
  19. Oleru O, Shah NV, Zhou PL, Sedaghatpour D, Mistry Jaydev, Wham B, Kurtzman JS, Mithani SK, Koehler SM. Recent Smoking History is Not Associated with Adverse 30-Day Standardized Postoperative Outcomes following Microsurgical Reconstructive Procedures of the Upper Extremity. Plastic Surgery. 2021 June 17. https://doi.org/10.1177/22925503211024755.
  20. Wang H Jr, Kurtzman JS, Aibinder WR, Koehler SM. The top 50 most cited articles in both-bone forearm open reduction internal fixation in the skeletally mature patient. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2021 Apr 11. doi: 10.1007/s00590-021-02967-5. PMID: 33839929.
  21. Levy KH, Sedaghatpour D, Avoricani A, Kurtzman JS, Koehler SM. Outcomes of an aseptic technique for Kirschner wire percutaneous pinning in the hand and wrist. Injury. 2021 Apr;52(4):889-893. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2021.02.060. 2021 Feb 20. PMID: 33691947.
  22. Avoricani A, Dar QA, Levy KH, Kurtzman JS, Koehler SM. WALANT Hand and Upper Extremity Procedures Performed With Minor Field Sterility Are Associated With Low Infection Rates. 2021. Plastic Surgery, 229255032110038. https://doi.org/10.1177/22925503211003840.
  23. Kurtzman JS, Etcheson JI, Koehler SM. Wide-awake Local Anesthesia with No Tourniquet: An Updated Review. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2021 Mar 26;9(3):e3507. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003507. PMID: 33786267; PMCID: PMC7997095.
  24. Levy KH, Huddleston H, Kurtzman JS, Aibinder WA, Koehler SM. The 50 most cited papers in chronic scapholunate reconstruction: a bibliometric analysis. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology. 2021. doi:10.1007/s00590-020-02864-3.
  25. Preminger BA, Kurtzman JS, Dayan E. A Systematic Review of Nonsurgical Vulvovaginal Restoration Devices: An Evidence-Based Examination of Safety and Efficacy. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020 Nov;146(5):552e-564e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000007236. PMID: 33141529.
  26. Zheng YD, Nicolas CF, Corvi JJ, Kurtzman JS, Park KH, Coley SM, Marboe CC, Akelina Y, Strauch RJ. Large and Uneven Bites in End-to-End Anastomosis of the Rat Femoral Artery. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2020 Sep;36(7):486-493. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1709453. Epub 2020 Apr 17. PMID: 32303103.
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