Education

• BS (Bioengineering) Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 1991
• MS (Bioengineering) Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 1993
• PhD, (Tissue Engineering/Biophysics) The University of Texas-Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2000
• MD, The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, 2001
• Surgical Residency in General Surgery/Plastic Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, 2007
• Pediatric Plastic Surgery Fellowship, Northwestern University/Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, 2008

Professional Activities

Dr. King is a member of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and an associate member of the American College of Surgeons.

Clinical Specialties

Dr. King’s practice focuses on plastic and reconstructive surgery for infants, children and adults. He has special interests in pediatric plastic surgery; cleft lip and palate surgery; microsurgery, orthognathic (jaw) surgery, and the treatment of birthmarks and vascular lesions. He also performs general reconstruction of the adult trunk, extremities, and head and neck as well as aesthetic and cosmetic surgery.

Dr. King provides a wide range of services including Botox, Breast Augmentation, Breast Implant Removal, Breast Lift, Breast Reduction, Earlobe Repair, Ear Surgery (Otoplasty), Filler Injections, Liposuction, Nose Surgery (Rhinoplasty), Scar Revision, and Tummy Tuck.

Research Interests

Dr. King’s research focuses on the development of tissue-engineered constructs for use in reconstructive plastic surgery. His research has focused on elucidating the regulatory mechanisms required for neovascularization into engineered tissues. He is also interested in merging stem cell biology with tissue engineering to create viable tissue constructs.

Dr. Chen's Lab

Recent Publications

• An infant with a unilateral mandibular fracture: when to consider nonaccidental trauma.
  Knoche JW, LeBlanc KK, King TW, Knox BL
  Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2012 Apr; 51(4):404-7.
  [PubMed ID: 22456490]
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• Reply: the presence of "ghost" citations in an applicant pool of an integrated plastic surgery residency program.
  Larson JD, Sisolak BB, King TW
  Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 2011 May; 127(5):2138.
  [PubMed ID: 21532460]
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• A 12-year anthropometric evaluation of the nose in bilateral cleft lip-cleft palate patients following nasoalveolar molding and cutting bilateral cleft lip and nose reconstruction.
  Garfinkle JS, King TW, Grayson BH, Brecht LE, Cutting CB
  Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 2011 Apr; 127(4):1659-67.
  [PubMed ID: 21460673]
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• The presence of "ghost" citations in an applicant pool of an integrated plastic surgery residency program.
  Larson JD, Sisolak BB, King TW
  Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 2010 Oct; 126(4):1390-4.
  [PubMed ID: 20885262]
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• Detection of flap venous and arterial occlusion using interstitial glucose monitoring in a rodent model.
  Sitzman TJ, Hanson SE, King TW, Gutowski KA
  Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 2010 Jul; 126(1):71-9.
  [PubMed ID: 20595858]
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