Shai Rozen, M.D. Titles and Appointments Professor School Medical School Department Plastic Surgery You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Shai M. Rozen, M.D. has joined the Department of Plastic Surgery in UT Southwestern as an assistant professor. He completed his general surgical training at Johns Hopkins Hospital and then proceeded to complete his plastic surgery training at Johns Hopkins. He pursued a craniofacial fellowship with Dr. Kenneth Salyer and peripheral nerve surgery training with Dr. Lee Dellon from Johns Hopkins Hospital. His clinical interests in reconstructive surgery include solutions for clinical scenarios involving pain secondary to peripheral nerve problems after surgery, trauma or chemotherapy, treatment of pain and loss of sensation in patients suffering from diabetic neuropathy, facial paralysis, adult craniofacial reconstruction secondary to trauma or cancer. His cosmetic surgery interests include facial cosmetic surgery including facelift, brow lift, and nose surgery as well as body cosmetic surgery including breast augmentation, liposuction, abdominoplasty (tummy tuck. His research interests are investigating the role of nerve decompression in diabetic neuropathy, peripheral nerve surgery in the management of pain, peripheral nerve regeneration. Education Medical School Sackler School of Medicine (1997) Residency Johns Hopkins Hospital (2003), General Surgery Residency Johns Hopkins Hospital (2005), Plastic Surgery Fellowship International Craniofacial Institute (2006), Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship Johns Hopkins Hospital (2007), Peripheral Nerve Surgery Research Interest Dynamic solutions for the paralyzed face Pain problems related to the peripheral nervous system Peripheral neuropathy pain Publications Predictors of Facial Synkinesis Severity Rail B, Gault NA, Dragun AJ, Bhatia SS, Geltser CS, Lee MJ, Rozen SM Plastic and reconstructive surgery 2025 Jul 156 151-159 Clinical Perspectives on the Pathophysiology of Facial Synkinesis: A Narrative Review Rail B, Henn D, Wen YE, Tavares-Ferreira D, Rozen SM JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2025 Mar 151 268-275 Anatomy and Histology of Sensorimotor Connections Between the Facial and Trigeminal Nerve in the Buccinator Muscle Mohanty AJ, van Rooij JA, Miseré RM, Lataster A, Rozen SM, van der Hulst RR, Tuinder SM Head and Neck 2025 Mar 47 928-935 Facial reanimation in the setting of head and neck cancer: Diagnostic pitfalls, treatment challenges, and variable outcomes – Large cohort analysis and literature review Rail B, Sanchez CV, Wen YE, Tsui J, Rozen SM Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery 2025 Mar 102 384-395 The Natural Progression of Synkinesis Rail B, Bhatia SS, Dragun AJ, Geltser CS, Dang M, Lee MJ, Rozen SM Plastic and reconstructive surgery 2025 Upper Eyelid Postseptal Weight Placement for Treatment of Paralytic Lagophthalmos: Long-Term Outcomes Rail B, Bhatia SS, Rozen SM Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery 2025 Bell’s Palsy—Unclear Terminology and Definitions Impede Progress Gault NA, Gopalan TA, Rail B, Rozen SM Facial Plastic Surgery and Aesthetic Medicine 2025 When Bell's Palsy Is Cancer: Avoiding Misdiagnosis and Its Implications Wen YE, Rail B, Sanchez CV, Gorman AR, Rozen SM Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery 2024 Nov 41 495-507 Negative Impact of Synkinetic Mentalis Muscle on Smile Quality: Pathomechanism and Treatment with Mentalis-Targeted Selective Neurectomies Facchin F, Sanchez CV, Gault NA, Rail B, Rozen SM Plastic and reconstructive surgery 2024 Nov 154 1090-1103 Selective Myectomies Alone versus Selective Myectomies Combined with Neurectomies in Postparetic Synkinesis: Comparing Outcomes Sanchez CV, Gault NA, Gopalan TA, Rozen SM Plastic and reconstructive surgery 2024 Oct 154 859-869 Results 1-10 of 97 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Books Featured Books Craniofacial Syndromes.. In "Plastic Surgery Secrets", 2nd Edition By Jeffrey Weinzweig (Ed.) Shai M Rozen, Kenneth E Salyer. (2010). Philadelphia, PA., Mosby, Elsevier "Management of Lip Cancer". In "Decision Making in Plastic Surgery", 2nd Edition, by Jeffrey L. Marsh and Chad Perlyn (Eds.) Larry Myers, Shai M. Rozen. (2009). St. Louis, MO., QMP ?Management of Parotid Masses?. In "Decision Making in Plastic Surgery", 2nd Edition, by Jeffrey L. Marsh and Chad Perlyn (Eds.) Shai M. Rozen, Larry Myers. (2009). St. Louis, MO., QMP Management of Facial Fractures. In Selected Readings in Plastic Surgery Shai Rozen, Matthew Trovato (2012). Honors & Awards Pilot Grant AwardCollaborative Study Initiative Pilot Grant Award Program (2008) Primary Investigator (PI)Served as PI of a pilot study on the effect of Collagenese Santyl(R) ointment on healing and scarring of dermatome wounds. Healthpoint, Ltd. sponsored the study. (2008-2013) Primary Investigator (PI) - Diabetic Neuropathy Nerve Decompression StudyServed as PI for a controlled, randomized, double-blinded, prospective study on the role of surgical decompression of lower extremity nerves for the treatment of patients with symptomatic diabetic neuropathy with chronic nerve compression. The David Crowley Foundation and the National Institutes of Health provided financial support. (2008-2013) First Prize M.D. ThesisM.D. Thesis: Aspirin and Mortality in a Large Group of Patients With Coronary Heart Disease (1997) Intern of the YearTel Hashomer Hospital, Israel (1997) Professional Associations/Affiliations American College of Surgeons (2009) American Medical Association (2002) American Society of Peripheral Nerve Surgery (2009) American Society of Plastic Surgeons (2008) American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery (2011) The Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association (2003)
