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Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Medical School: Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
  • Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency: West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
  • American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery-endorsed Aesthetic Fellowship: Aesthetic Center for Plastic Surgery (ACPS), Houston, TX

Research Fellowships

  • Neurobiology: Stroke and Neurovascular Regulation Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, 2010-2011
  • Transplant Biology: Transplantation Biology Research Center, NIH T 32 Training Grant, Harvard Medical School, 2011-2014
  • Tissue Engineering: Tissue Engineering and Wound Healing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, 2014-2016

Faculty Position

  • Instructor in Surgery/Investigator Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital 2016-2017

Awards/Honors

  • 2023 Plastic Surgery Resident Award, Division of Plastic Surgery, West Virginia University
  • 2020 Plastic Surgery Resident Award, Division of Plastic Surgery, West Virginia University
  • 2016 Innovation Discovery Recognition, Partners Healthcare for Commitment to Innovation
  • 2013 Young Innovator Award, Cutting Edge of Transplantation, American Society of Transplantation
  • 2009 Special Prize for paper-presentation, co-author, Congressis 2009, International Congress for Medical Students and Young Doctors
  • 2008 Special Prize for paper-presentation, co-author, Medicalis 2008, International Congress for Medical Students and Young Doctors
  • 2008 First prize for best oral presentation, MedEspera, International Medical Congress

Publications

Research Investigations

  • Zamfirescu DG, Owen E, Lascar I, Molitor M, Zegrea I, Popescu M, Bishop GA, Lauer CA, Simionescu M, Climov M, Lanzetta M. Sentinel skin allograft-a reliable marker for monitoring of composite tissue transplant rejection – Transplantation proceedings 2009 Mar;41(2):503-8.
  • Climov M, Maciuceanu Zarnescu MB, Stefanescu A, Zamfirescu D, Lascar I. Learning curve in hemifacial transplantation in rats. – Chirurgia (Bucur). 2013 Mar-Apr; 108(2):234-40.
  • Lee J, Radhakrishnan H, Wu W, Daneshmand A, Climov M, Ayata C, Boas DA, Quantitative imaging of cerebral blood flow velocity and intracellular motility using dynamic light scattering optical coherence tomography – J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2013 Jun;33(6):819-25
  • Srinivasan VJ, Mandeville ET, Can A, Blasi F, Climov M, Daneshmand A, Lee JH, Yu E, Radhakrishnan H, Lo EH, Sakadžić S, Eikermann-Haerter K, Ayata C. Multiparametric, Longitudinal Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging Reveals Acute Injury and Chronic Recovery in Experimental Ischemic Stroke, PLoS One. 2013; 8(8): e71478.
  • Eikermann-Haerter K, Arbel-Ornath M, Yalcin N, Yu ES, Kuchibhotla KV, Yuzawa I, Hudry E, Lattarulo CR, Thyssen D, Climov M, Keles F, Belcher AM, Sengul B, Negro A, Rosen I, Arreguin A, Charles AC, Ferrari MD, Van den Maagdenberg AM, Bacskai BJ, Ayata C. Abnormal synaptic Ca2+ and morphology provide a candidate mechanism for migraine – Ann Neurol. 2015 Aug;78(2):193-210
  • Srinivasan V, Yu E, Radhakrishnan H, Can A, Climov M, Leahy C, Ayata C, Eikermann-Haerter K. Micro-Heterogeneity of Flow in a Mouse Model of Chronic Cerebral Hypoperfusion Revealed by Longitudinal Doppler Optical Coherence Tomography and Angiography – J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2015 Oct;35(10):1552-60
  • Climov M, Medeiros E, Farkash EA, Qiao J, Rousseau CF, Dong S, Zawadzka A, Racki WJ, Al-Musa A, Sachs DH, Randolph M, Huang CA, Bollenbach T. Bioengineered self-assembled skin as an alternative to skin grafts – Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2016 Jun 10;4(6):e731
  • Climov M, Bayer L, Moscoso AV, Matsumine H, Orgill DP. The Role of Dermal Matrices in Treating Inflammatory and Diabetic Wounds – Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Sep;138(3 Suppl):148S-57S
  • Climov M, Matar AJ, Farkash EA, Medeiros E, Qiao J, Harrington E, Gusha A, Al-Musa A, Sachs DH, Randolph MA, Bollenbach TJ, Huang CA. Survival of Allogeneic Self-Assembled Cultured Skin. Transplantation. 2016 Oct;100(10):2071-8
  • Matsumine H, Numakura K, Tsunoda S, Wang H, Matsumine R, Climov M, Giatsidis G, Sukhatme VP, Orgill DP. Adipose-derived aldehyde-dehydrogenase-expressing cells promote dermal regenerative potential with collagen-glycosaminoglycan scaffold-Wound Repair Regen. 2017 Jan;25(1):109-119
  • Matsumine H, Numakura K, Climov M, Giatsidis G, Orgill D. Facial-nerve regeneration ability of a hybrid artificial nerve conduit containing uncultured adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction – Microsurgery. 2017 Oct;37(7):808-818
  • Climov M, Panayi AC, Borah G, Orgill DP. The life-cycles of skin replacement technologies. PLoS ONE 2020 March;15(3):e0229455

Reviews, chapters, monographs and editorials

  • Climov M, Leavitt T, Molnar J, Orgill D. book chapter: ‘Natural Biomaterials in Skin Tissue Engineering’ in Albana et Holmes-Skin Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Elsevier Science, 2016
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