Brian Pridgen, MD
Dr. Pridgen is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon with subspecialization in microsurgery, hand, and upper extremity surgery. After graduating as valedictorian from North Carolina State University with a degree in chemical engineering, he attended medical school at Stanford University. He remained at Stanford for residency training in plastic and reconstructive surgery. He then completed a combined orthopedic and plastic surgery fellowship in hand and upper extremity surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle, a renowned center for hand and upper extremity fellowship training due to its high volume of complex hand trauma.
His clinical interests in hand and upper extremity surgery include fracture care from the distal radius to the fingers, wrist arthroscopy, arthritis, Dupuytren’s, tendon surgery, vascular disorders including Raynaud’s and scleroderma, and complex trauma requiring microsurgical reconstruction. Additionally, he has an interest in peripheral nerve surgery, including compression neuropathy, nerve transfer, nerve repair, and treatment of neuromas and painful amputation sites with targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) and regenerative peripheral nerve interface (RPNI).
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Undergraduate:
North Carolina State UniversityMedical School:
Stanford UniversityResidency (Plastic Surgery):
Stanford UniversityFellowship (Hand & Microsurgery):
University of Washington -
Plastic Surgery: American Board of Plastic Surgery
Hand Surgery: American Board of Plastic Surgery
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The Buncke Clinic:
Attending Plastic, Hand and Microsurgeon -
Li S, Sun Y, Liang CP, Thorp EB, Han S, Jehle AW, Saraswathi V, Pridgen B, Kanter JE, Li R, Welch CL, Hasty AH, Bornfeldt KE, Breslow JL, Tabas I, Tall AR. Defective hagocytosis of apoptotic cells by macrophages in atherosclerotic lesions of ob/ob mice and reversal by a fish oil diet. Circ Res. 2009 Nov 20;105(11):1072-82.
Thorfinn J, Angelidis I, Pridgen BC, Chang J. Tissue Engineering of Flexor Tendons. In Tissue Engineering for the Hand: Research Advances and Clinical Applications. Chang J, Gupta G (Eds.), World Scientific Publishing, 2010.
Pridgen BC, Chang J. Basic Science of Tendon Healing. In Hand Surgery Update V. Chung K, Murray P (Eds.), American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 2010.
Pridgen BC, Yao J, Chang J. Tendon Tissue Engineering & Bioactive Suture Repair. In Tendon Surgery of the Hand. Tang JB, Amadio PC, Guimberteau JC, Chang J (Eds.), Elsevier, 2011.
Woon CY, Pridgen BC, Kraus A, Bari S, Pham H, Chang J. Optimization of human tendon tissue engineering: peracetic acid oxidation for enhanced reseeding of acellularized intrasynovial tendon. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 Mar; 127(3):1107-17.
Pridgen BC, Woon CY, Kim M, Thorfinn J, Lindsey D, Pham H, Chang J. Flexor tendon tissue engineering: acellularization of human flexor tendons with preservation of biomechanical properties and biocompatibility. Tissue Eng Part C Methods. 2011 Aug; 17(8):819-28.
Zhou C, Pridgen B, King N, Xu J, Breslow JL. Hyperglycemic Ins2AkitaLdlr−/− mice show severely elevated lipid levels and increased atherosclerosis: a model of type 1 diabetic macrovascular disease. J Lipid Res. 2011 Aug; 52(8):1483-93.
Woon CY, Kraus A, Raghavan SS, Pridgen BC, Megerle K, Pham H, Chang J. Three- dimensional-construct bioreactor conditioning in human tendon tissue engineering. Tissue Eng Part A. 2011 Oct; 17(19-20):2561-72.
Raghavan SS, Woon CY, Kraus A, Megerle K, Choi MS, Pridgen BC, Pham H, Chang J. Human flexor tendon tissue engineering: decellularization of human flexor tendons reduces immunogenicity in vivo. Tissue Eng Part A. 2012 Apr; 18(7-8):796-805.
Bari AS, Woon CY, Pridgen B, Chang J. Overcoming the learning curve: a curriculum- based model for teaching zone II flexor tendon repairs. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Aug; 130(2):381-8.
Pridgen BC, Chattopadhyay A, Chang J. Syndactyly: Apert Syndrome. In Congenital Anomalies of the Upper Extremity. Laub DR (Ed.), Springer, 2015.
Sheckter CC, Pridgen B, Li A, Curtin C, Momeni A. Regional Variation and Trends in the Timing of Lower Extremity Reconstruction: A 10-Year Review of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Nov; 142(5):1337-1347.
Sheckter CC, Li A, Pridgen B, Trickey AW, Karanas Y, Curtin C. The impact of skin allograft on inpatient outcomes in the treatment of major burns 20-50% total body surface area - A propensity score matched analysis using the nationwide inpatient sample. Burns. 2019 Feb; 45(1):146-156.
Patel RA, Jablonka EM, Rustad KC, Pridgen BC, Sorice-Virk SS, Borrelli MR, Khosla RK, Lorenz HP, Momeni A, Wan DC. Retrospective cohort-based comparison of intraoperative liposomal bupivacaine versus bupivacaine for donor site iliac crest analgesia during alveolar bone grafting. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2019 Dec; 72(12):2056-2063.
Pridgen BC, Chang J. Treatment of Vascular Disorders of the Hand. In Grabb & Smith’s Plastic Surgery. Chung KC (Ed.), Wolters Kluwer, 2019.
Pridgen BC, Chang J. AI in Healthcare from an Academic Surgeon’s Perspective. In Intelligence-Based Medicine. Chang AC (Ed.), Elsevier, 2020
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