Mary A. Powers, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Education / Residency / Fellowship

University:
Bachelor of Science (Biochemistry)
University of California, Davis

Medical School:
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, School of Medicine
Bethesda, Maryland

Residency:
Residency, General Surgery
University of California
San Diego Medical Center
San Diego, California

Research Fellowship:
Research Fellow, Department of Surgery
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

Residency:
Plastic Surgery Residency
St. Louis University Health Sciences Center
St. Louis, Missouri

Fellowship:
Boyes Hand Surgery Fellowship
University of Southern California Medical School
Los Angeles County Medical center
Los Angeles, California

Board Certification: American Board of Plastic Surgery November

Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand August

Professional Background

Current Academic Appointments:
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Southern California School of Medicine
Division of Plastic Surgery

Clinical Instructor of Surgery
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, School of Medicine

Society Memberships

National:
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American College of Surgeons, Fellow
American Medical Association
Association for Academic Surgery
American Medical Women's Association

Local:
Cleft Palade Team, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
California Society of Plastic Surgeons
L.A. County Medical Association
L.A. County Women's Medical Association

Research Activities

Duke University
Department of Surgery
Durham, North Carolina

National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute, Surgery Branch
Bethesda, Maryland

Publications

1. Powers MA, and Pappas TN:
Physiological Approaches to the Control of Obesity.
Annals of Surgery, 109:255-250

2. Powers M, Schiffman S., Lawson C., Pappas T, Taylor I:
The Effect of Taste on Gastric and Pancreatic Response in Dogs.
Physiology and Behavior, 47:1295-1297

3. Pappas TN, Powers M, Gottfried MR, Cotton PB:
Balloon dilatation of the sphincter of Oddi facilitates passage of glass beads in from the canine biliary tract.
Journal of Laparoendoscopic Surgery, 4(65):413-417