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Benhaim, Prosper M.D.
Associate
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
and
Division of Plastics Surgery
Hand Surgery
Contact Information
100 UCLA Medical Plaza,
Suite
755
Los Angeles
,
CA
90095-6902
(310) 206-4468
Education (including locations, dates, and degrees obtained):
9/79-6/83
University
of
California
,
San Diego
B.A.
Animal Physiology
9/83-6/87
University
of
California
, San Francisco M.D.
Doctor of Medicine
Hospital Training (including dates of
internships, residencies, etc.):
7/87-6/95
University
of
California
,
San Francisco
Residency, General Surgery
7/95-6/97
University
of
California
,
Los Angeles
Residency, Plastic
Surgery
8/97-7/98
University
of
California
,
Los Angeles
Fellowship, Hand
& Microsurgery
Current Professional
Appointments:
University
of
California
,
Los Angeles
Medical
Center
(Center for Health Sciences)
Olive
View-UCLA
Medical
Center
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
Certification
(including dates):
1996 American
Board of Surgery
1999 American
Board of Plastic Surgery
2000 Certificate
of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand
Licensure:
1989 – present Medical license,
State of
California
Current Professional
Activities/Committees:
Associate Editor, Journal of the American Society for Surgery of the
Hand
Member, Research Committee and Institutional Review Board;
Los Angeles
Orthopedic Hospital
Member, Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Scholarship Essay
Committee
Member, Steering Committee, UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Auditor,
Southern California
region, California Society of Plastic Surgeons (2001-2002)
Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Representative to the
Association for Surgical Education
Member, American Society for Surgery of the Hand – Residents and
Fellows Conference Committee
Chair, Plastic Surgery Operative Log Subcommittee, UCLA Division
of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Role in Fellowship
Program:
Attending Physician, UCLA Hand Surgery Fellowship – direct
fellow training in clinic and operating room, weekly hand conference, monthly
hand journal club, hand fellowship admissions committee.
Selected
Publications in Refereed Journals in the Last Five Years:
Zuk
PA, Zhu M, Mizuno H, Huang JI, Futrell JW, Katz AJ, Benhaim P, Lorenz HP,
Hedrick MH. Multi-lineage cells from human adipose tissue: implications for
cell-based therapies. Tissue Engineering 2001,
7(2): 211-226.
Mizuno
H, Zuk PA, Zhu M, Lorenz HP, Benhaim P, Hedrick MH. Myogenic differentiation by
human processed lipoaspirate stem cells. Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery 2002, 109(1): 199-209; discussion 210-211.
Huang
JI, Beanes SR, Zhu M, Lorenz HP, Hedrick MH, Benhaim P. Rat extramedullary
adipose tissue as a source of osteochondrogenic progenitor cells. Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery 2002, 109(3): 1033-1041; discussion 1042-1043.
Zuk
PA, Zhu M, Ashjian P, DeUgarte DA, Huang JI, Mizuno H, Alfonso ZC, Fraser JK,
Benhaim P, Hedrick MH. Human adipose tissue is a source of multipotent stem
cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell 2002 December, 13(12): 4279-95.
Morizono
K, De Ugarte D, Zhu M, Zuk P, Elbarbary A, Ashjian P, Benhaim P, Chen ISY,
Hedrick MH. Multi-lineage cells from
adipose tissue as gene delivery vehicles. Human
Gene Therapy 2003, 14:59-66.
Ashjian
PH, Elbarbary AS, Edmonds B, DeUgarte D, Zhu M, Zuk PA, Lorenz HP, Benhaim P,
Hedrick MH. In vitro differentiation of human processed lipoaspirate cells into
early neural progenitors. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2003 May,
111(6):1922-1931.
Dragoo
JL, Choi JY, Lieberman JR, Huang JI, Zuk PA, Zhang J, Hedrick MH, Benhaim P.
Bone induction by BMP-2 transduced stem cells derived from human fat. Journal
of Orthopaedic Research 2003, 21: 622-629
Dragoo
JL, Samimi B, Zhu M, Hame SL, Thomas BJ, Lieberman JR, Hedrick MH, Benhaim P.
Tissue-engineered cartilage and bone using stem cells from human infrapatellar
fat pads. Journal of Bone and Joint
Surgery
,
Br.
2003 July; 85(5): 740-7.
De
Ugarte DA, Morizono K, Elbarbary A, Alfonso Z, Zuk PA, Zhu M, Dragoo JL, Ashjian
P, Thomas B, Benhaim B, Chen I, Fraser J, Hedrick MH.
Comparison of multi-lineage cells from human adipose and bone marrow.
Cells,
Tissue, and Organs 2003;
174(3):101-9.
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