Education

  • Undergraduate:
    - Duke University
  • Medical School:
    - University of South Alabama College of Medicine
  • Residency:
    - LSU Health Science Center
    - Plastic Surgery Cleveland Clinic
  • Fellowship:
    - LSU Health Science Center

Insurance Accepted

The Institute for Advanced Reconstruction participates in a wide range of insurance plans, including Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Horizon NJ Health, and Medicare. Each physician has their accepted insurance and hospital affiliations. For those out of network, our insurance specialists will work with you before your appointment to find the most coverage available for your treatment. We can often develop individual agreements with your insurance carrier for your personalized treatment plan.

Whitten Wise, MD

Dr. Whitten Wise is part of a world renowned team pioneering revolutionary breast reconstruction techniques at the St. Charles Surgical Hospital and Center for Restorative Breast Surgery.

Dr. Wise graduated with a B.S. in Biology from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina and received his Medical Degree from University of South Alabama in Mobile. He served both his internship and residency in general surgery at LSU Health Sciences Center, followed by an additional residency in plastic surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.

Dr. Wise has performed over 2500 advanced microsurgical and other reconstructive and aesthetic procedures in the New Orleans region since 2005. Dr. Wise has served as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery at LSU Health Sciences Center and as an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Tulane University Health Sciences Center. He oversaw the development and implementation of the plastic surgery curriculum at both LSU and Tulane, directed several programs for residents at LSU Health Sciences Center and the School of Medicine, as well as served as Site Director for the Interim LSU Public Hospital, LSU Plastic Surgery Residency Program.

Dr. Wise is a member of the Association of Academic Chairmen in Plastic Surgery and the Cohn-Rives Society. He has presented numerous papers and lectures at seminars and national conferences, and published book chapters, journal articles and abstracts.

Dr. Wise is married and raises his three children in New Orleans.

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Office Locations

New Orleans
New Orleans
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1717 St. Charles Avenue
Rear Entrance
New Orleans , Louisiana 70130
 
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Phone: 855-980-6981

Journals &
Articles

Piper, Merisa L; Amara, Dominic; Zafar, Sarosh N; Lee, Charles; Sbitany, Hani; Hansen, Scott L. ‘Free Tissue Transfer Optimizes Stump Length and Functionality Following High-Energy Trauma’ J Reconstructive Microsurgery Open; 2019, 4:e96-e101. Spiegel, Aldona J; Zafar, Sarosh N. ‘Partial Breast Reconstruction Using Distant Flaps’ Partial Breast Reconstruction: Techniques in Oncoplastic Surgery. Editors Albert Losken MD & Moustapha Hamdi MD, 2nd edition, 2017. Rose, Jessica F; Zafar, Sarosh N; Ellsworth, Warren A. ‘Does Acellular Dermal Matrix Thickness Affect Complication Rate in Tissue Expander Based Breast Reconstruction?’ Plast Surg Int; Epub 2016. Spiegel, Aldona J; Zafar, Sarosh N; Menn, Zachary K. ‘Chapter 7: Reconstruction of partial mastectomy defects’ Oncologic Breast Reconstruction. Editors Jiong Wu MD & Peirong Yu MD, 1st edition, 2016. Spiegel, Aldona J; Zafar, Sarosh N; Menn, Zachary K. ‘Chapter 21: Sensory reinnervation in breast reconstruction’ Oncologic Breast Reconstruction. Editors Jiong Wu MD & Peirong Yu MD, 1st edition, 2016. Zafar, Sarosh N; Ellsworth, Warren A. ‘Reduction and mastopexy of the reconstructed breast: special considerations in free flap reconstruction’ Semin Plast Surg; 2015, 29: 110-121. Zafar, Sarosh N; ‘Autologous Free Flap Breast Reconstruction with Simultaneous Implant’ American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgeons national meeting; Kauai, HI, January 2014. Levin, Lissa; Doyle, Alden; Zafar, Sarosh N; et al. ‘Delayed graft function in HIV+ kidney transplant recipients predicts worse long-term renal function’ American Journal of Kidney Diseases. Vol 55, April 2010. Stein, David E; Zafar, Sarosh N; Stein, Elisa. ‘Anusitis and Proctitis’ Emedicine. Sept 2008. Lin, Julie H; Zafar, Sarosh N; Fakharzadeh, Steven S. ‘Clinical and in vitro resistance to bexarotene in Adult Tcell leukemia: loss of RXR-alpha receptor’ Blood. June 2008. Summer 2004 University of Pennsylvania Dept of Dermatology Philadelphia, PA Graduate Research Investigated the role of cylindroma retinoic-X-receptor gene expressivity in the management of cylindromas