

Paulina Le
Medical School
University of Virginia
Future Direction
Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Professional Interests
Cleft lip/ Palate and Craniofacial Surgery
Interests and Hobbies
Piano - Classically-trained. Took lessons for 8 years. Continues to play in various venues. Euphonium & Baritone. Painting – acrylic paintings, Cooking, reading, board games.
Selected Publications and Presentations:
Le PB, Martinez OP, Mujadzic T, Yturralde K, Gilstrap JN. Closed Incision Negative-Pressure
Therapy on Free Flap Donor Sites: A Meta-Analysis of Post-operative Outcomes. Plast Reconstr
Surg Glob Open. 2024;12(7):e5995. Published 2024 Jul 18.
doi:10.1097/GOX.0000000000005995. PMID: 39027894
Le PB, Kelly-Brown J, Yturralde K, McGreevy D, Lindler L, Hurley D, Friedman, H. Improving the
Care and Cost of Treating Community-Acquired Stage 3 and 4 Decubitus Ulcers. Ann Plast Surg.
2024;92(6S Suppl 4):S408-S412. doi:10.1097/SAP.0000000000003954.
Le PB, Kelly-Brown J, Desai K, Burish NM. How Comprehensive are Transgender Surgery
Fellowship Websites? Global Surg Educ 2, 116 (2023). | https://doi.org/10.1007/s44186-023-
00185-7.
Yoon JS, Rao M, Dunlow R, Wasicek P, Ha M, Le P, Rasko YM, Liang F, Grant MP, Nam AJ.
Patient-Specific Implant Customization for Treatment of Internal Orbital Fractures Using Office-
Based Three-Dimensional Printing. J Craniofac Surg. Published online February 6, 2024.
doi:10.1097/SCS.0000000000009941. PMID: 38330457
Yturralde KJ, Le PB, Martinez OP, Chen E. Brent Technique of Repair Versus Nagata Auricular
Reconstruction for Microtia Reconstruction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J
Craniofac Surg. 2024;35(1):43-45. | doi:10.1097/SCS.0000000000009709. PMID: 37669467
Martinez OP, Le PB, Martinez CR, Chen E. Autologous Fat Versus Hydroxyapatite Cement for
Use in Frontal Sinus Obliteration: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Annals of Plastic Surg.
2023;10.1097/SAP.0000000000003581. | DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003581. PMID:
37556560
Atwez A, Antosz K, Cooper L, Le P, Mujadzic T, Seagle J, Mujadzic M, Friedman H. Preoperative
Prophylactic Antibiotics in Mandibular Fractures and Surgical Site Infection. Annals of Plastic
Surgery. 2023;90(6S Suppl 4):S326-S331. doi:10.1097/SAP.0000000000003453. PMID:
37332207
Le PB, Bian, J, Leonhardt, JP, Yturralde, K, Burish, NM. The Landscape of Transgender Surgical
Fellowships in the United States. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 151(5):p 892e-893e, May
2023. | DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000010059. PMID: 36728951
Le PB, Mayan D, Mujadzic T, Mujadzic MM. Traumatic Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair with
Dermal Autograft within a Morel-Lavallée Lesion. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open.
2022;10(2):e4119. Published 2022 Feb 23. doi:10.1097/GOX.0000000000004119. PMID:
35223339.
Le P, Martinez R, Black J. Frontal Sinus Fracture Management Meta-analysis: Endoscopic Versus
Open Repair. J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Jun 1;32(4):1311-1315. doi:
10.1097/SCS.0000000000007181. PMID: 33181610.
Bradford PS, Shaffrey EC, Le P, Hoard M, Black JS. The Impact of Palatal Fistulae on the Success
of Alveolar Bone Grafting. J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Mar-Apr 01;32(2):e182-e184. doi:
10.1097/SCS.0000000000007030. PMID: 33705068.