Central Maine Cleft Palate & Craniofacial Team

CURRICULUM VITAE
OF
STEVEN C. BONAWITZ, M.D., FACS

Contact Address:

     Dr. Steven C. Bonawitz, M.D.
     Suite 302
     287 Main Street
     Lewiston, Me 04240
     (207)795-6543

Medical Licensure:

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
MD-038976-E
State of New York
187522
State of Wisconsin
34454
State of Maine
013854

Board Certification:

Diplomate: American Board of Plastic Surgery
Diplomate: American Board of Surgery
Diplomate: National Board or Medical Examiners

EDUCATION

State University of New York
Health Sciences Center at Syracuse
College of Medicine
155 Elizabeth Blackwell Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
M.D. Degree - 1986

State University of New York
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
B.S. - Mathematics/Chemistry - 1982
Phi Beta Kappa - National Honor Society
Signum Laudis - University Honor Society
Dean's List
Varsity Swim Team
School and Pool Records in Backstroke and Medley Relay
Team Captain

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Dean's List

FELLOWSHIP

July 1993 - June 1994

Craniofacial Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
9200 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Arlen D. Denny, M.D.
Director, Center for Craniofacial Surgery (414) 266-2825

David L. Larson, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Plastic Surgery (414) 454-5445

RESIDENCY TRAINING

July 1991 - June 1993

Plastic Surgery Resident
Department of Plastic Surgery
University of Rochester Medical Center
601 Elmwood Avenue
Rochester, NY 14642

R. Christie Wray, Jr. M.D.
Chairman (716) 275-5228

July 1986 - June 1991

General Surgery Resident

Department of Surgery
The Western Pennsylvania Hospital
4800 Friendship Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224

Albert D. Baffoni, Jr., M.D.
Director (412)578-6880

PRESENTATIONS

Central Venous Catheter Infection: A Prospective Randomized Trial

• Presented at: West Penn Surgeons' Day Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
   - June 28, 1989.
• Presented at: American College of Surgeons Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter Residents Day Competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
   - November 8, 1989.
     - Winner of Clinical Research Award
• Presented at Midwest Surgical Society in Mackinac Island, Michigan
   - August, 1990

Free Tissue Transfer in the Elderly

•Presented at the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery meeting in San Francisco, California
November 3, 1989
•Presented at West Penn Surgeons' Day Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
June 15, 1990

Free Innervated Tissue Transfer in Neurofibromatosis

•Presented at the Ohio Valley Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery meeting in Cleveland, Ohio
June 17, 1991

RESEARCH

January 1989 - February 1990

Designed and Conducted a Prospective Randomized Clinical Study of Central Venous Catheter Infection in Critically Ill Patients

October 1988 - February 1989

Designed and Completed a Retrospective Clinical Study of Free Tissue Transfer in Elderly Patients

December 1987 - January 1988

Participated in an Anatomic Study in Cadavers to Further Define the Vascular Anatomy of the Iliac Crest Region.

PUBLICATIONS

Free Tissue Transfer in Elderly Patients
- Published in "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery "
July, 1991, pages 1074-1079

Central Venous Catheter Infection: A Prospective Randomized Trial
- Published in "American Surgeon"
October, 1991, Pages 618-623

Clostridial Infection Following Severe Facial Trauma
- Published in "Annals of Plastic Surgery"
September, 1994, pages 313 -316

LeFort Type III Osteotomy for Midface Deficiency in Selected Cleft Palate Patients
- Published in "The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery"
November, 1994, pages 295-303>

LeFort III Midfacial Advancement in Cleft Palate Patients
- Published in "Proceedings of the International Society of Craniofacial Surgery"
1994

Revascularization of Free Mandibular Reconstruction After Early Emergency Arterial Ligation
- Published in "Annals of Plastic Surgery"
November, 1994, pages 552-556

Modified Orticochea Pharyngoplasty for Treatment of Unilateral Velopharyngeal Incompetence
- Published in " Annals of Plastic Surgery "
December, 1995, pages 607-611.

Secondary Alveolar Bone Grafting Using Milled Cranial Bone Graft: a Retrospective Study of a Consecutive Series of 100 Patients
- Published in "Cleft Palate CraniofacialJournal"
March, 1999, pages 144-153.
- Accepted for Publication in " Yearbook of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery"(Mosby-Year Book, Inc.), 2000

AWARDS

June 1991

Dunmire Award - Awarded Annually to the outstanding Surgery Resident at The Western Pennsylvania Hospital

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

•Tae Kwon Do - Black Belt Assistant instructor while in medical school.

•Okinawa Kenpo Karate - Black Belt.

•Certified Scuba Diver.

•Skiing, Rock Climbing, Running.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

•American College of Surgeons

•American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

•American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association

•New England Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

•Midwest Association of Plastic Surgeons

•Maine Medical Association

•Androscoggin County Medical Society
Vice President 1998-2000

•Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society

Personal:

Married with 2 children
DOB 10-24-60 in Lansing, MI

Central Maine Cleft Palate Team

501 Main Street
Lewiston, Maine 04240

1-800-400-4665