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Ray C. Hosein, MD, FACS

Associate Clinical Professor Division Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Associate Residency Program Director for Plastic Surgery

Currently seeking M.S. students

Rayaad Hosein MD, FACS is an associate professor in the Division of Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. He is the leader of the breast cancer reconstruction program at the Mays Cancer Center, home to the UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center. In addition, Dr. Hosein is the associate program director for the plastic surgery residency at UT Health San Antonio. He is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

He specializes in the multidisciplinary treatment of cancer, primarily of the breast but also in various other locations in the body. He emphasizes the use of complex free flap reconstruction in cancer care that requires the use of microsurgery and newer perforator flap techniques, such as the deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap (DIEP), resulting in better outcomes and a faster recovery after surgery. He also specializes in aesthetic breast and body surgery.

In addition, he is part of the lymphatic surgical team for the South Texas region, providing microsurgical care to prevent lymphedema in patients with cancer. He also provides reconstructive care in collaboration with other specialists for patients with traumatic, neurosurgical, colorectal, urological and extremity diseases.

He is an avid researcher in his field of plastic surgery with an interest in microsurgical outcomes and surgery for cancer. During his research fellowship, he was in charge of several projects examining surgical outcomes in breast cancer care for which he was also the principal investigator.

He completed his first residency training in general surgery at UT Health San Antonio and a second residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of Utah Health Sciences in Salt Lake City. He was the administrative chief resident in his final year of plastic surgery residency. In addition, he received advanced training in complex microsurgery, breast reconstruction and extremity reconstruction during his fellowship at the University of Utah Health.

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 2005 - MBBS - Doctoral of Medicine - University of West Indies
    • 1997 - BSc - Natural Sciences - University of the West Indies

    Training

    • Residency - General Surgery Residency - UT-Health Science
    • Residency - Plastic Surgery Residency - UT-Health Science
    • Fellowship - Microsurgery Fellowship - University of Utah

    Highlights

    Journal reviewer, Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, 2018
    UWI Development and Endowment Award for Academic Excellence, University of the West Indies

    Appointments

    • Associate Clinical Professor - UT-Health San Antonio

  • Research & Grants

    Grants

    University of Utah Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Research Grant (co-investigator): Prescription opioid use following breast reconstruction, 2018.

    Dr Ferdinand P Herff Chair in Surgery Endowment Grant, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: Breast Cancer research, 2014

  • Publications

      1. Harrah PC, Deering AJ, Chung MT, Hughes K, Hosein RC. Endometriosis in Patients Undergoing Plastic Surgical Procedures: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2024 Jun 17;12(6):e5904. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005904. PMID: 38911574; PMCID: PMC11191020.
      2. Malekpour M, Tozzi F, Walker J, Fries CA, Hosein RC. Bilateral Free Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flaps for Reconstruction following Mastectomy in Poland Syndrome Patients. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023;11(11):e5374. Published 2023 Nov 6. doi:10.1097/GOX.0000000000005374.
      3. Khan MTA, Rajesh A, Montorfano L, Lue M, Wong Won B, Wang HT, Hosein RC. Evaluation of modified frailty index for predicting post-operative outcomes after lower-extremity free-flap reconstruction. Microsurgery. 2023;43(7):657-664. doi:10.1002/micr.31092 PMID: 37464537.
      4. Pires GR, Moss WD, Hosein RC, Overschmidt BT, Magno-Padron DA, Agarwal JP, McFarland MM, Casucci T, Kwok AC. Comparison of Human, Porcine, and Bovine Acellular Dermal Matrix in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction: A Scoping Review. Ann Plast Surg. 2022 Dec 1;89(6):694-702. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003319. PMID: 36416706.
      5. Khan MTA, Won BW, Baumgardner K, Lue M, Montorfano L, Hosein RC, Wang HT, Martinez RA. Literature Review: Robotic-Assisted Harvest of Deep Inferior Epigastric Flap for Breast Reconstruction. Ann Plast Surg. 2022 Dec 1;89(6):703-708. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003326. PMID: 36416707.
      6. Pires GR, Moss WD, Hosein RC, Overschmidt BT, Magno-Padron DA, Agarwal JP, McFarland MM, Casucci T, Kwok AC. Complication and failure rates of human, porcine, and bovine acellular dermal matrix in prepectoral breast reconstruction: a scoping review." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 10, no. 10S (2022): 96.
      7. Van Boerum MS, Mann SL, Veith JP, Collier W, Hosein RC, Manum JS, Agarwal J, Kwok AC. Patient-reported opioid use for tissue expander-based breast reconstruction. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2021 Nov;74(11):2899-2905. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2021.03.114. Epub 2021 Apr 18. PMID: 34078588.
      8. Abbasi AMA, Hosein RC, Willis Jr RN, Lelkes VM, Jones KB, Agarwal JP. Modified rotationplasty as a composite free flap for femur and thigh reconstruction. World J Plast Surg. 2021;10(2):115-119. doi: 10.29252/wjps.10.2.115. PMID: 34307109; PMCID: PMC8290450.
      9. Choi Y, Tuncer F, Maglic D, Holoyda K, Hosein RC, Gociman B. The effects of sequential galeotomies and galea aponeurectomies on scalp flap advancement. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021 Feb 1;147:20:363e-364e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000007573. PMID: 33177452.
      10. Veith J, Johns D, Mehta ST, Hosein RC, Tuncer FB, Tyrell R, Kestle JRW, Siddiqi F, Gociman B. Serial Posterior Cranial Vault Distraction for the Treatment of Complex Craniosynostosis. J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Jan-Feb 01;32(1):32-35. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000006835. PMID: 33394631.
      11. Holoyda KA, Kim EN, Tuncer FB, Maglic D, Hosein RC, Kestle JR, Siddiqi FA, Gociman BR. Layered Closure of Lumbosacral Myelomeningocele Defects with Bilateral Paraspinous Muscle and Composite Fasciocutaneous Flaps. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2020 Jun 17;8(6):e2884. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000002884. PMID: 32766049; PMCID: PMC7339367.
      12. Hosein RC, Odobescu A, Goodwin IA. A Novel Technique for Microsurgery on Calcified Arteries: Venous Interposition Grafting. Eplasty. 2019 Jul 2;19:pb3. PMID: 31341527; PMCID: PMC6625752.
      13. Flores S, Maglic D, Moores N, Hosein RC, Siddiqi F, Gociman B. Successful reconstruction of bilateral oral commissure fusion secondary to Stevens Johnson syndrome. Plastic and Aesthetic Research. 2018; 5: 24. http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/2347-9264.2018.31.
      14. Hosein RC, Cornejo A, Wang HT. Postoperative monitoring of free flap reconstruction: A comparison of external Doppler ultrasonography and the implantable Doppler probe. Plast Surg (Oakv). 2016 Spring;24(1):11-9. doi: 10.4172/plastic-surgery.1000953. PMID: 27054132; PMCID: PMC4806750.

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    Board Certifications

    • American Board of Surgery (General Surgery)
    • American Board of Plastic Surgery
    • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)

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