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Chad A. Purnell, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor  |  Director, Plastic Surgery Research

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Neurosurgery

Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery

Contact

Building & Room:

515 Clinical Sciences North (MC 958)

Address:

820 S Wood St., Chicago, IL 60612

Office Phone:

(312) 996-9313

UI Health Craniofacial Center

Building & Room:

College of Dentistry (DENT), MC 588

Address:

811 S Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60612

Office Phone:

(312) 996-7745

Selected Grants

2010, Department of Defense, Sub-Award from Wake Forest Department of Plastic Surgery ($1,698,659), Structural Fat Grafting for Craniofacial Trauma: Effect of Concentrating Endogenous Stem Cells in the Fat Graft, Primary Investigator

2014-2015, KLS Martin Research Grant ($25,000), Genetic Response to Tissue Expansion in a Pig Model, Co-Primary Investigator

2016-2018, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering ($275,000), Determining the Biomechanical and Biological Response of Stretched Skin (NIH 1R21 EB021590-01A1), Key Person

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Education

College
Bachelor of Science, Biology (2005)
Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA

Bachelor of Science, Optometry, (2006)
Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University, Elkins Park, PA

Medical School
Doctor of Medicine (2011)
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Residency
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (2018)
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Fellowship
Plastic Surgery Research, Craniofacial Biology (2015)
Stanley Manne Research Institute, Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL

Craniofacial Surgery (2019)
University of Washington / Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA

Licensures and Certifications

American Board of Plastic Surgery

Professional Memberships

Current
American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Candidate
American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Plastic Surgery, Affiliate Member
American Association of Pediatric Plastic Surgeons, Affiliate Member
American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons, Candidate
American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, Associate Member
Alpha Omega Alpha
American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American College of Surgeons, Candidate
International Society of Craniofacial Surgeons, Candidate

Past
American Optometric Association
American Medical Association
American Medical Student Association
Oncology Patients and Loving Students
American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, Resident Member
Sir Charles Bell Facial Nerve Society member