Dr. Karim Ahmad Sarhane Consultant General Surgeon

Awards & Achievements

• 2021 Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery.
• 2020 Travel Scholarship American College of Surgeons - Leadership Conference and Advocacy Summit, DC, USA.
• 2019 Basic Science Grant - The Plastic Surgery Foundation Pilot Grant Project: Nanofiber Composite Carrier for IGF-1 Nanoparticle Delivery to Nerve and Muscle Role: Principal Investigator.
• 2015 Best Resident Poster 94th Annual Conference of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS), AZ, USA Project: Functional abdominal wall reconstruction using an innervated abdominal wall vascularized composite allografts.
• 2014 Basic Science Grant - American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand Project: Selectively permeable nanofiber construct for nerve repair and limb transplants Role: Principal Investigator.
• 2014 Best Basic Science Paper 6th Annual Resident Research Symposium of the Johns Hopkins/University of Maryland Departments of Plastic Surgery, MD, USA Project: Selectively permeable nanofiber construct for optimizing peripheral nerve repair.
• 2014 Best Paper Award 59th Annual Conference of the Plastic Surgery Research Council, NY, USA Project: Immunosuppression-free Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation across a Full MHC Mismatch Using Cadaveric Bone Marrow Infusion and Costimulation Blockade in a Translational Large Animal Model.
• 2014 Best Poster 8th Annual Research Poster Session of the Johns Hopkins Department of Surgery, MD, USA Project: Costimulatory Blockade in Combination with Donor Bone Marrow Infusion Induces Immune Tolerance Across a Full MHC Barrier in a Translational Large Animal Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Model.
• 2014 Best Paper Session 59th Annual Conference of the Plastic Surgery Research Council, NY, USA Project: Selectively Permeable Nanofiber Constructs to Prevent Inflammatory Scarring and Enhance Nerve Regeneration in Peripheral Nerve Injury.
• 2013 Highest Podium Presentation Score 99th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, DC, USA Project: Building a Clinical Risk Model to Predict Morbidity after Breast Surgery.
• 2013 Best Poster Award 58th Annual Conference of the Plastic Surgery Research Council, CA, USA Project: Cutaneous collateral axonal sprouting re-innervates the skin component and restores sensation of denervated swine osteomyocutaneous alloflaps.
• 2013 Best Poster 7th Annual Research Poster Session of the Johns Hopkins Department of Surgery, MD Project: Combined Co-Stimulatory Blockade and Donor Bone Marrow Cells Induce Robust Immune Tolerance in A Fully Sla-mismatched Swine Hind Limb Transplantation Model.
• 2013 Resident Research Award Annual Baltimore Academy of Surgery Resident Research Day, MD, USA Project: Combined Co-Stimulatory Blockade and Donor Bone Marrow Cells Induce Robust Immune Tolerance in a Fully MHC-Mismatched Swine Hind Limb Transplant Model 2013 Poster of Distinction.
• 2013 American Transplant Congress, WA, USA Project: Immune tolerance across a full MHC barrier in a swine hind limb transplantation model using a combined co-stimulatory blockade and donor bone marrow cell approach.

Research & Publications

• Translational bioengineering strategies for peripheral nerve regeneration: Opportunities, challenges, and novel concepts - Neural Regen Res - 18(6): 1129–1134 Sarhane KA, Qiu C, Harris TGW, Hanwright PJ, Mao HQM, Tuffaha S.
• Defining the relative impact of muscle versus Schwann cell denervation on functional recovery after delayed nerve repair - Exp Neurol – 339:113650. Sarhane KA, Slavin BR, Hricz N, Malapati H, Guo Y, Grezlak M, Chang IA, Shappell H, von Guionneau N, Wong AL, Mi R, Höke A, Tuffaha SH.
• Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Chondroitinase Promote Axonal Regeneration in a Chronic Denervation Animal Model - Neurotherapeutics – 16(4):1283-1295. Sarhane KA, Tuffaha SH, Ibrahim Z, Cashman CR, Krick K, Martin R, Broyles JM, Cooney DS, Lee WPA, Mi R, Mao HQ, Höke A, Brandacher G.
• Macroporous Nanofiber Wraps Promote Axonal Regeneration and Functional Recovery in Nerve Repair by Limiting Fibrosis - Acta Biomater – 88:332-345. Sarhane KA, Ibrahim Z, Martin R, Krick K, Cashman CR, Tuffaha SH, Broyles, JM, Prasad N, Yao ZC, Cooney DS, Mi R, Lee WA, Hoke A, Mao HQ, Brandacher G.
• Diagnosing Skin Rejection in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation: Advances and challenges - Clin Transplant 28(3):277-85. Sarhane KA, Khalifian S, Ibrahim Z, Cooney DS, Hautz T, Lee WPA, Schneeberger S, Brandacher G.
• Preoperative anemia and postoperative outcomes in immediate breast reconstructive surgery: a critical analysis of 10,958 patients from the ACS-NSQIP database - Plast Reconstr Surg, GO – 1(5):e30. Sarhane KA, Flores JM, Cooney CM, Abreu FM, Lacayo M, Baltodano P, Ibrahim Z, Alrakan M, Brandacher G, Rosson GD.
• Minimization of Immunosuppression and Tolerance Induction in Reconstructive Transplantation - Current Surgery Reports 1(1):40–46. Sarhane KA, Ibrahim Z, Leto Barone AA, Cooney DS, Lee WPA & Brandacher G.
• Robotic Harvest of the Latissimus Dorsi Muscle for Flap Reconstruction In: Operative Dictations in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Tran, Thaller, Panthaki and Hoballah (Ed), Springer International Publishing Sarhane KA, Selber JC, Ibrahim A.
• Robotic Harvest of the Rectus Abdominus Muscle for Flap Reconstruction In: Operative Dictations in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Tran, Thaller, Panthaki, and Hoballah (Ed), Springer International Publishing Sarhane KA, Selber JC, Ibrahim A.

Expertise

• Thyroid, parathyroid, and salivary glands surgery.
• Breast cancer surgery (including oncoplastic and Symmetrization surgery, and implant-based reconstruction).
• Surgery of the colon and rectum (including colorectal cancer).
• Soft tissue sarcoma surgery (with flap reconstruction).
• Hernia repair (including groin, ventral, and complex re-operative hernia surgery).
• Abdominal wall reconstruction.
• Adrenal surgery.
• Skin cancer surgery.
• Wound surgery.
• Surgery on the pregnant patient.
• Trauma surgery.
• Surgical critical care.