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Medical School:
George Washington University Washington, D.C.
Doctor of Medicine, 1994
Undergraduate Education:
Stanford University Palo Alto, CA
Bachelor of Science, 1989
Internships, Residencies and Notable Positions:
2005-present Private Practice General Surgery/Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery Long Beach, CA
2003 - 2005 University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Miami, FL
Resident/Chief Resident, Division of Plastic Surgery
2004 Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery
2002 - 2003 UCLA Center for Health Sciences
Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery
2001 - 2002 UCLA Center for Health Sciences
Los Angeles, CA
Chief Resident, Division of General Surgery
Administrative Chief Resident, Division of General Surgery
1999 - 2001 UCLA Center for Health Sciences
Los Angeles, CA
Senior Resident, Division of General Surgery
1994-1996 UCLA Center for Health Sciences
Los Angeles, CA
Intern/Junior Resident, Division of General Surgery
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Heffel, D.F., Thaller, S. 2005 Congenital Melanosis: An Update. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 16(5): 940-944.
Heffel, D.F., Miller, T.A. Chapter 31: Lymphedema of the Extremity in Plastic Surgery: Indications, Operations, and Outcomes. Bruce M. Achauer et al., Eds. 2000 St. Louis: Mosby
Heffel, D.F., Miller, T.A. Chapter 158: Excisional Operations for Chronic Lymphedema in Vascular Surgery. Robert B. Rutherford, Ed. 5th Edition. 2000. Philadelphia: Saunders
Heffel, D.F., Miller, T.A. 1998 Treatment of photo-damaged skin with topical tretinoin: An update-discussion. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 102(N5): 1672-1675.
Cohen, J.I., Heffel, D.F, Seidel, K. 1993 The transcriptional activation domain of Varicella-Zoster open reading frame 62 protein is not conserved with its Herpes Simplex Virus homologue. Journal of Virology. 67:4246-4251.
Heffel, D.F., Costa, A.K., Schieble, T.M., Trudell, J.R. 1989 Neutrophil-mediated cytotoxicity in confluent monolayers of rat hepatocytes. Biochemical Archives. 5:229-235.
Schieble, T.M., Costa, A.K., Heffel, D.F., Trudell, J.R. 1988. Comparative toxicity of halothane, isoflurane, and phenobarbital induction in monolayers of rat hepatocytes. Anesthesiology. 68:485-494.
Costa, A.K., Heffel, D.F., Schieble, T.M., Trudell, J.R. 1988. Toxicity of t-Butyl hydroperoxide in hepatocyte monolayers exposed to hypoxia and re-oxygenation. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology. 23(7) 501-506.
Costa, A.K., Schieble, T.M., Heffel, D.F., Trudell, J.R. 1987. Toxicity of Calcium ionophore in monolayers of hypoxic hepatocytes. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 87:43-47.
Cohen, J.I., Heffel, D.F., Seidel, K. 1992 The transcriptional activation domain of Varicella-Zoster open reading frame 62 protein is not conserved with its Herpes Simplex Virus homologue. 17th International Herpes Workshop. Glasgow, Scotland. August 1-6, 1992.
Heffel, D.F., Yamaguchi, D.T., Miller, T.A. All-trans retinoic acid increases connexin 43 messenger RNA steady state levels in murine-derived calvarial osteoblast-like cells. Plastic Surgery Research Council 44th Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. May 22-25, 1999.
Heffel, D.F., Miller, T.A. All-trans retinoic acid increases connexin 43 mRNA levels in MC3T3-E1 cells. ASBMR-IBMS Second Joint Meeting. San Francisco, California. December 1-6, 1998.
Heffel, D.F., Miller, T.A. Type I BMP-receptor mRNA expression in MC3T3-E1 cells over time. American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 19th Annual Meeting. Cincinnati, Ohio. September 10-14, 1997.
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