Latest scientific publications
Mr Pacifico has been extensively involved in the latest
scientific developments in plastic surgery throughout his training
period and continues to be at these frontiers. He is passionate
about research and his inquisitive mind is forever analysing the
challenges he faces as a plastic surgeon, trying to solve the
problems encountered.
During Mr Pacifico's undergraduate medical training he undertook
a further year of study to focus on a science degree (a Bachelor in
Science (BSc)) in physiology. In this year his research focused on
the reactions of blood vessels to variations in temperature,
particularly the cold. Blood vessel behaviour and response is
fundamental to all areas of plastic surgery. Mr Pacifico was
awarded a first class honours degree for the outstanding calibre of
his work.
Later during his specialist plastic surgery training Mr Pacifico
spent two years researching ways to improve outcomes in melanoma,
the most deadly form of skin cancer. To support his research he was
awarded a prestigious Royal College of Surgeons Research Fellowship
scholarship in 2003. After completion of his work on melanoma, Mr
Pacifico was awarded a Doctorate in Medicine (MD) by the University
of London.
Mr Pacifico has published extensively in the plastic surgery
medical literature, as well as presented at national and
international plastic surgery meetings. Below are a selection of Mr
Pacifico's latest scientific publications and presentations. For a
more extensive list, please see the Scientific Publications
page.
MD Pacifico. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2012
Mar;65(3):319-20
Latest Scientific
Publications
Should we be analysing breast reduction specimens? A
systematic analysis of over 1,000 consecutive cases
F Hassan, MD Pacifico.
Accepted for publication by Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Exploiting the perforator concept to minimise donor
site morbidity in harvesting the radial forearm free flap
MJ Hallam, D Butt, D Coombes, MD
Pacifico. Accepted for publication by The British
Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Invited Commentary on: Preliminary report on
the use of the SPECTRA implant for the correction of hypoplastic
breasts with small-volume asymmetry
MD Pacifico. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2012
Mar;65(3):319-20
The safety of autologous fat transfer in breast
cancer: Lessons from stem cell biology
Pearl RA, Leedham SJ, Pacifico
MD. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet
Surg. 2012 Mar;65(3):283-8
Refining trunk contouring with reverse
abdominoplasty
Pacifico MD, Mahendru S,
Teixeira RP, Southwick G, Ritz M.
Aesthet Surg J. 2010 Mar;30(2):225-34.
Fascial suspension mastopexy combined with
augmentation mammaplasty
Ritz M, Mahendru S, Goldan O, Teixeira RP, Pacifico MD.
Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2009 May;33(3):396-403.
Latest Scientific Presentations
Aesthetic breast contouring using autologous fat: a note of
caution.
RA Pearl, S Leedham, MD
Pacifico
Presented at the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
Annual Meeting, Royal College of Physicians, September 2011
Autologous fat grafting to the breast - lessons from stem cell
biology.
MD Pacifico, RA Pearl, S
Leedham
Presented at the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive
and Aesthetic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Royal College of Surgeons of
England, December 2011
Where is Breast Reconstruction Headed in the UK? Urgent Rethink
for the Future of our Specialty
MD Pacifico, E Sassoon, ME
Jones, C Nduka, RW Smith.
Presented at the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive
and Aesthetic Surgeons Annual Meeting,
Royal College of Surgeons of England, December 2010
Concepts in surgery on the tuberous breast
A Greensmith, MD Pacifico,
NV Kang.
Presented at the 8th Advanced Plastic Surgery Workshop, 2nd-6th
February 2009, Melbourne, Australia