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William G. Austen

William G. Austen

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Medicine

D-Index
86
Citations
28737
World Ranking
14079
National Ranking
7144

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William G. Austen is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and conducts research primarily in Medicine, with a focus on Surgery. Their publication record includes significant contributions to subfields such as Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, and Neurology.

The main research topics covered by their work include:

  • Breast Implant and Reconstruction
  • Migraine and Headache Studies
  • Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments
  • Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation
  • Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders
  • Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments

Recent publications highlight research on breast reconstruction and headache disorders. Selected papers include:

  • Evaluation of capsular contracture following immediate prepectoral versus subpectoral direct-to-implant breast reconstruction, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Prepectoral Direct-to-Implant Breast Reconstruction: Safety Outcome Endpoints and Delineation of Risk Factors, 2020, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • The Use of Absorbable Mesh in Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction: A 7-Year Review, 2020, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • Muscle Fascia Changes in Patients with Occipital Neuralgia, Headache, or Migraine, 2020, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • OnabotulinumtoxinA alters inflammatory gene expression and immune cells in chronic headache patients, 2021, Brain

William G. Austen has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
  • Journal of Surgical Research
  • Scientific Reports

Collaborations form a substantial part of their research activity. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Lisa Gfrerer
  • Katya Remy
  • Ian L. Valerio
  • Katherine H. Carruthers
  • Jonathan M. Winograd

An award received by William G. Austen is the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 1996.

Best Publications

  • A reporting system on patients evaluated for coronary artery disease. Report of the Ad Hoc Committee for Grading of Coronary Artery Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Surgery, American Heart Association

    WG Austen;JE Edwards;RL Frye;GG Gensini

  • CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE TO LARGE DOSES OF INTRAVENOUS MORPHINE IN MAN

    E. Lowenstein;P. Hallowell;F. H. Levine;W. M. Daggett

  • Intestinal alkaline phosphatase is a gut mucosal defense factor maintained by enteral nutrition

    Ross F. Goldberg;William G. Austen;Xiaobo Zhang;Gitonga Munene

  • Unstable angina pectoris: National cooperative study group to compare surgical and medical therapy: II. In-Hospital experience and initial follow-up results in patients with one, two and three vessel disease

    R.O. Russell;R.E. Moraski;N. Kouchoukos;R. Karp

  • Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Analysis of 38 Cases

    W E Dismukes;A W Karchmer;M J Buckley;W G Austen

  • Etiology, incidence, and prognosis of renal failure following cardiac operations. Results of a prospective analysis of 500 consecutive patients.

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  • Clinical and Hemodynamic Results of Intraaortic Balloon Pumping and Surgery for Cardiogenic Shock

    W. Bruce Dunkman;Robert C. Leinbach;Mortimer J. Buckley;Eldred D. Mundth

  • Breast reconstruction following nipple-sparing mastectomy: predictors of complications, reconstruction outcomes, and 5-year trends.

    Amy S. Colwell;Oren Tessler;Alex M. Lin;Eric Liao

  • Surgery for Post-Myocardial Infarct Ventricular Septal Defect

    Willard Daggett;Robert Guyton;Eldred Mundth;Mortimer Buckley

  • Retrospective review of 331 consecutive immediate single-stage implant reconstructions with acellular dermal matrix: indications, complications, trends, and costs.

    Amy S. Colwell;Branimir Damjanovic;Bita Zahedi;Laura Medford-Davis

  • Vascular laboratory criteria for the management of peripheral vascular disease of the lower extremities.

    J K Raines;R C Darling;J Buth;D C Brewster

  • Acute traumatic disruption of the thoracic aorta: a ten-year experience.

    Cary W. Akins;Mortimer J. Buckley;Willard Daggett;Joseph B. McIlduff

  • Long-term survival of patients with treated aortic dissection

    Robert M. Doroghazi;Eve E. Slater;Roman W. DeSanctis;Mortimer J. Buckley

  • Mitral valve reconstruction versus replacement for degenerative or ischemic mitral regurgitation.

    Cary W. Akins;Alan D. Hilgenberg;Mortimer J. Buckley;Gus J. Vlahakes

  • Identification of a specific self-reactive IgM antibody that initiates intestinal ischemia/reperfusion injury

    Ming Zhang;William G. Austen;Isaac Chiu;Elisabeth M. Alicot

  • A study of 136 patients with mesenteric infarction.

    L W Ottinger;W G Austen

  • Late prosthetic valve endocarditis: Clinical features influencing therapy

    Adolf W. Karchmer;William E. Dismukes;Mortimer J. Buckley;W.Gerald Austen

  • Clinical experience with intraaortic balloon pump support in 728 patients

    M T McEnany;H R Kay;M J Buckley;W M Daggett

  • Intraaortic Balloon Pumping for Ventricular Septal Defect or Mitral Regurgitation Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Herman K. Gold;Robert C. Leinbach;Charles A. Sanders;Mortimer J. Buckley

  • Quantitative segmental pulse volume recorder: a clinical tool.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Mortimer J. Buckley
Mortimer J. Buckley Harvard University
Martin L. Yarmush
Martin L. Yarmush Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Francis D. Moore
Francis D. Moore Brigham and Women's Hospital
Barbara L. Smith
Barbara L. Smith Harvard University
Herbert B. Hechtman
Herbert B. Hechtman Brigham and Women's Hospital
Herman K. Gold
Herman K. Gold Harvard University
Robert W. Redmond
Robert W. Redmond Harvard University
Lester Kobzik
Lester Kobzik Harvard University
Martin C. Mihm
Martin C. Mihm Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brett E. Bouma
Brett E. Bouma Harvard University

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