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Scott L. Hansen, M.D., FACS

Scott L. Hansen, M.D., FACS

  • Professor of Plastic, Reconstructive & Orthopedic Surgery
  • Chief, Hand and Microvascular Surgery, UCSF
  • Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
  • Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
  • Co-Director, UCSF Center for Reconstructive Microsurgery
  • Director, Plastic Surgery Residency Program
  • Director, UCSF Microsurgery Fellowship

Contact Information

Dept. of Surgery at  Zuckerberg San Francisco General
Ward 3A
1001 Potrero Avenue
San Francisco, CA  94110
(415) 206-8814 SFGH Asst.
Fax: (415) 206-5484 SFGH

UCSF Medical Center
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
(415) 353-4217 UCSF Asst.
(415) 353-4622 UCSF Fax
Scott.Hansen@ucsf.edu
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Education

  • Radford University, Radford, VA, Business Major, 1989
  • George Mason University,  Fairfax, VA, B.S., Biology, 1992
  • Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, M.D., Medicine, 1997

Residencies

  • UCSF, Intern, General Surgery, 1997-1998 
  • UCSF, Resident, General Surgery, 1998-2000
  • UCSF, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Resident, 2003-2005

Fellowships

  • University of California, Los Angeles, Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship, 2006-2007

Postdoctoral Training

  • UCSF, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Surgery, 2000-2003

Board Certifications

  • Diplomate, American Board of Plastic Surgery
  • Diplomate, American Board of Plastic Surgery, Surgery of the Hand

Clinical Expertise

  • Burn and Trauma Reconstruction
  • General Reconstructive Surgery and Complex Wounds
  • Hand Surgery
  • Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction
  • Microvascular Surgery
  • Post-Bariatric Body Conturing
  • Sports Related Injuries of the Hand and Wrist

Research Interests

  • Bone healing
  • Hemangioma
  • Limb development
  • Wound healing

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Biography

Scott L. Hansen, M.D., FACS is plastic and reconstructive surgeon with a primary appointment in the UCSF Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and a secondary appointment in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery. 

Dr. Hansen is a graduate of Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS).  He participated in basic Science research throughout his 4 years at EVMS studying wound healing and peripheral nerve regeneration.  He completed a combined General Surgery/Plastic Surgery residency at UCSF in 2005. Thereafter, he completed a 3-year post-doctoral research fellowship at UCSF. During this time, he was awarded a prestigious NIH-NRSA Grant that supported his work on heat shock proteins and cutaneous wound healing. He also completed a Hand and Microvascular Surgery Fellowship at UCLA.

Dr. Hansen was appointed Chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery of the then San Francisco General Hospital, now Zuckerberg San Francisco General, in 2007. He also serves as Chief of Hand and Microvascular Surgery at UCSF, co-director of the Hand and Upper Extremity Service at SFGH and, in 2014, Program Director of the UCSF Plastic Surgery Residency Program.

Dr. Hansen's clinical interests include reconstructive microsurgery (head and neck, breast, upper extremity, and lower extremity), general reconstructive plastic surgery and hand and upper extremity surgery--both congenital and traumatic. He is also the Hand and Microsurgery editor for both the Annals of Plastic Surgery and ePlasty (on-line Plastic Surgery Journal).

Research Overview

Dr. Hansen a principal investigator in the Surgical Research Lab at San Francisco General Hospital. (SFGH), maintaining a basic science lab.  His interests include diabetic wound healing, fracture healing, limb development and hemangiomas. He has collaborations with basic scientists in the areas of development, angiogenesis and the extracellular matrix. In conjunction with David Young's Lab and under the leadership of Nancy Boudreau, Dr. Hansen's lab has numerous primary and collaborative research projects:

  • Diabetic wound healing.  Evaluation of the effects of homeobox genes on normal and deficient (diabetic) wound healing; specifically, the group 3 homeobox genes which accelerate diabetic wound healing through a variety of mechanisms.
  • Hemangioma and Homeobox gene expression.  Evaluation of the expression of homeobox genes in hemangiomas.  Development of both an in vitro and in vivo model to evaluate the development and regression of these vascular tumors.
  • Fracture healing.  In collaboration with the Orthopedic Surgery Laboratory, Dr. Hansen's research group is  evaluating the expression of homeobox genes in stable vs. unstable bone fractures.  Investigation of diabetic bone healing as compared to normal bone healing.
    Nerve repair.  Development of  a nerve gap model to evaluate the effect of Hox genes on nerve growth and repair.
  • Stem cell biology.  Evaluation of the contribution that stem cells have on adult wound healing.  This will be compared to diabetic wound healing.

Research & Funding

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  • HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 32 AND ISCHEMIC WOUND HEALING
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    Jul 2001
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Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 40
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  1. Wallace AB, Kim EA, Holland M, Lee S, Orringer M, Piper ML, Hansen SL. Diagnosis and Treatment of Lymphatic Complications of the Groin Following Open Lower Extremity Revascularization with Plastic Surgery Closure. Ann Vasc Surg. 2022 May; 82:197-205. View in PubMed
  2. Denkler KA, Vaughn CJ, Park KM, Hansen SL. Collagenase Tenotomy for Dupuytren Boutonniere. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021 Nov 01; 148(5):764e-768e. View in PubMed
  3. Wallace AB, Piper ML, Holland M, Lee S, Orringer M, Eichler C, Kim EA, Hansen SL. Prophylactic Muscle Flaps in Primary Vascular Procedures of the Groin. Ann Vasc Surg. 2022 Jan; 78:77-83. View in PubMed
  4. Pathak N, Sides EE, Piper SL, Lee CK, Hansen SL, Terry MJ, Lattanza LL. Composite Vascularized Autograft Elbow Transplant: A Case Report. JBJS Case Connect. 2021 07 28; 11(3). View in PubMed
  5. Nguyen AB, Rosser M, Hansen SL. Mycotic aneurysm of the distal radial artery after cardiac catheterisation. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Jul 22; 14(7). View in PubMed
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In the News

  • Microvascular Surgery Key to Recovery of San Francisco Giants' Top Prospect Gustavo Cabrera

    UCSF Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery - Richard Barg - March 31, 2016
    The San Jose Mercury News reports on the remarkable recovery of Gustavo Cabrera from a potentially catastrophic injury to his right hand in 2013 sustained while at home in the Dominican Republic. Cabrera's injury threatened not only his baseball career, but the loss of function, if not the loss of the hand itself. A team comprised of Scott L. Hansen, M.D. (pictured right), Chief of Hand and Microvascular Surgery at UCSF,  Charles Lee, M.D., Director of Microsurgery at St. Mary's Medical [...]

  • Toe to Thumb Surgery Heals Beautifully

    UCSF Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery - April 30, 2009
    ABC7News.com in San Francisco reports in on a follow up on a story in which a patient underwent a  toe-to-thumb transplant, a complex microsurgery, to restore function in his hand. The team peforming the surgery included Scott L. Hansen, M.D. (pictured right), Chief of Hand and Microvascular Surgery at UCSF and Charles Lee, M.D, St. Mary's Microsurgery Director: A follow up on a story we first brought you a year ago. Garret Lafever lost his thumb in a woodworking accident. It was a [...]

  • Plastic Surgeons Team Up to Give a Helping Hand

    UCSF Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery - January 09, 2008
    ABC7News.com in San Francisco reports on a new surgery center at St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco that uses a teamwork approach to perform complex reconstructive surgeries. The team includes Scott L. Hansen, M.D. (pictured right), Chief of Hand and Microvascular Surgery at UCSF and Charles Lee, M.D, St. Mary's Microsurgery Director: Specialists from St. Mary's and UCSF are partnering to offer state-of-the-art treatment for patients like Garrett La Fever, who lost part of his hand in a [...]

Patient Stories

  • Garrett La Fever

    Man Replaces Severed Thumb With Toe

    UCSF Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery -  by Sarah Krumholz - June 05, 2009
    The Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at UCSF provides service to patients from literally head to toe. Surgeons have the technical expertise to perform a wide array of cosmetic procedures and also provide highly specialized surgical procedures for a host of other problems including craniofacial and cleft lip surgery, microvascular reconstruction, and treatment of complex wounds. For patients like Garrett La Fever, who lost his thumb in a woodworking accident, this expertise can mean all the difference. Using a novel technique, Dr. Scott Hansen collaborated with Dr. Charles Lee[...]
    Story Categories: Microvascular Surgery

 

 
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