Austin Hembd, MD
Bio
Dr. Hembd Hembd is a plastic, hand, and reconstructive microsurgeon. He joined The Buncke Clinic after completion of his hand and upper extremity fellowship training at the Curtis National Hand Center. His clinical interests include upper extremity trauma and fracture care, lower extremity salvage, treating Kienbock's disease and scaphoid non-unions with vascularized bone flaps, oncologic reconstruction, and peripheral nerve surgery including brachial plexus injuries and spasticity.
Board Certification
| Plastic Surgery |
American Board of Plastic Surgery |
Academic Bio
Dr. Hembd majored in Human Genetics and minored in Physics and Philosophy at the University of Texas. He received his medical degree at the University of Texas Southwestern. He completed his residency surgical training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern as well, where the high volume of traumatic injuries at Parkland Hospital sparked his interest in extremity reconstruction. He conducted his fellowship training in Hand Surgery at the Curtis National Hand Center in Baltimore, Maryland, and had extensive affiliated experience in nerve surgery and reconstruction at Johns Hopkins.
Academic Affiliations
| Attending Plastic, Hand and Microsurgeon | The Buncke Clinic |
Societies
| Member, American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery |
| Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons |
Education
| Type | School | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate | University of Texas, Austin | Human Genetics, Physics and Philosophy (BS) |
| Medical School | University of Texas, Southwestern | MD |
| Residency | University of Texas, Southwestern | Resident |
| Fellowship | Curtis National Hand Center Hand and Microsurgery |
Fellow |
Selected Recent Publications
- Effect of Lower Extremity Nerve Decompression in Patients With Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: The Diabetic Neuropathy Nerve Decompression Randomized, Observation Group and Placebo Surgery-Controlled Clinical Trial. Rozen S, Wolfe G, Vernino S, Raskin P, Hynan L, Wyne K, Fulmer R, Pandian G, Sharma S, Mohanty A, Sanchez C, Hembd A, Gorman A. Annals of surgery. V: 280, 35-45, 2024.
- Pedicled Pronator Quadratus Transposition for Functional Opponensplasty: A Cadaveric Anatomical Study for Feasibility. Cinclair T, Urquia L, Hembd A, Lies S. Hand (New York, N.Y.). V: 19, 800-804, 2024.
- Abandoning the SIEA Flap for the Dual-Plane DIEP Reduces Fat Necrosis and Flap Failure. Hembd A, Liu Y, Haddock N, Teotia S. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. V: 151, 958-968, 2023.
- Do Preoperative Depressor Anguli Oris Muscle Blocks Predict Myectomy Outcomes? A Single-Cohort Comparison in Postparetic Facial Synkinesis. Hembd A, Sanchez C, Halani S, Mohanty A, Krag A, Rozen S. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. V: 150, 163-167, 2022.
- Depressor Anguli Oris Myectomy versus Transfer to Depressor Labii Inferioris for Facial Symmetry in Synkinetic Facial Paralysis. Halani S, Sanchez C, Hembd A, Mohanty A, Reisch J, Rozen S. Journal of reconstructive microsurgery. V: 38, 328-334, 2022.
- Upper-Extremity Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens With Compartment Syndrome in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Sepsis. Hembd A, Kim H, Lahsaei P, Haddock N, Teotia S. The Journal of hand surgery. V: 47, 693.e1-693.e3, 2022.
- Reply: Intraoperative Assessment of DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction Using Indocyanine Green Angiography: Reduction of Fat Necrosis, Resection Volumes, and Postoperative Surveillance. Hembd A, Liu Y, Teotia S, Haddock N. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. V: 147, 691e-692e, 2021.
- The Effect of Depressor Anguli Oris Muscle Block on Facial Symmetry in Synkinetic Facial Paralysis Patients and Its Role in Preoperative Assessment. Krag A, Glick S, Hembd A, Rozen S. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. V: 147, 455-465, 2021.
- Topographic and Neural Anatomy of the Depressor Anguli Oris Muscle and Implications for Treatment of Synkinetic Facial Paralysis. Krag A, Dumestre D, Hembd A, Glick S, Mohanty A, Rozen S. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. V: 147, 268e-278e, 2021.
- Surgical Treatment of Upper Extremity Gunshot Injures: An Updated Review. Meade A, Hembd A, Cho M, Zhang A. Annals of plastic surgery. V: 86, S312-S318, 2021.
- Flap Monitoring Using Transcutaneous Oxygen or Carbon Dioxide Measurements. Halani S, Hembd A, Li X, Kirby B, Beard C, Haddock N, Suszynski T. Journal of hand and microsurgery. V: 14, 10-18, 2022.
- Intraoperative Assessment of DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction Using Indocyanine Green Angiography: Reduction of Fat Necrosis, Resection Volumes, and Postoperative Surveillance. Hembd A, Yan J, Zhu H, Haddock N, Teotia S. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. V: 146, 1e-10e, 2020.
- Orbicularis Oculi Muscle Reinnervation Confers Corneal Protective Advantages over Static Interventions Alone in the Subacute Facial Palsy Patient. Mohanty A, Perez J, Hembd A, Thrikutam N, Bartley J, Rozen S. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. V: 145, 791-801, 2020.
- Composite Tissue Preservation. Dickey R, Hembd A, Fruge S, Haddock N, Papas K, Suszynski T. Annals of plastic surgery. V: 84, 711-716, 2020.
- Reply: Optimizing Perforator Selection: A Multivariable Analysis of Predictors for Fat Necrosis and Abdominal Morbidity in DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction. Haddock N, Hembd A, Teotia S. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. V: 144, 141e-143e, 2019.
- Reply: Optimizing Perforator Selection: A Multivariable Analysis of Predictors for Fat Necrosis and Abdominal Morbidity in DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction. Haddock N, Hembd A, Teotia S. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. V: 143, 1308e-1309e, 2019.
- Early Masseter to Facial Nerve Transfer May Improve Smile Excursion in Facial Paralysis. Zhang S, Hembd A, Ching C, Tolley P, Rozen S. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open. V: 6, e2023, 2018.
- Reply: Optimizing Perforator Selection: A Multivariable Analysis of Predictors for Fat Necrosis and Abdominal Morbidity in DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction. Haddock N, Hembd A, Teotia S. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. V: 143, 888e-889e, 2019.
- Reuse of the Masseteric Nerve for Dynamic Reanimation in Facial Palsy Patients with Previously Failed One-Stage Dynamic Smile Reanimation. Mohanty A, Hembd A, Thrikutam N, Rozen S. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. V: 143, 567-571, 2019.
- Optimizing Perforator Selection: A Multivariable Analysis of Predictors for Fat Necrosis and Abdominal Morbidity in DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction. Hembd A, Teotia S, Zhu H, Haddock N. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. V: 142, 583-592, 2018.
- Facial Reanimation in the Seventh and Eighth Decades of Life. Hembd A, Harrison B, Rocha C, Rocha F, Chamseddin K, Labbé D, Cárdenas-Mejía A, Rozen S. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. V: 141, 1239-1251, 2018.
- Correlation between Facial Nerve Axonal Load and Age and Its Relevance to Facial Reanimation. Hembd A, Nagarkar P, Perez J, Gassman A, Tolley P, Reisch J, White C, Rozen S. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. V: 139, 1459-1464, 2017.
- Facial Nerve Axonal Analysis and Anatomical Localization in Donor Nerve: Optimizing Axonal Load for Cross-Facial Nerve Grafting in Facial Reanimation. Hembd A, Nagarkar P, Saba S, Wan D, Kutz J, Isaacson B, Gupta S, White C, Rohrich R, Rozen S. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. V: 139, 177-183, 2017.
- The Deep Temporal Nerve Transfer: An Anatomical Feasibility Study and Implications for Upper Facial Reanimation. Dauwe P, Hembd A, De La Concha-Blankenagel E, Saba S, White C, Cardenas-Mejia A, Rozen S. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. V: 138, 498e-505e, 2016.
- TTG2 controls the developmental regulation of seed coat tannins in Arabidopsis by regulating vacuolar transport steps in the proanthocyanidin pathway. Gonzalez A, Brown M, Hatlestad G, Akhavan N, Smith T, Hembd A, Moore J, Montes D, Mosley T, Resendez J, Nguyen H, Wilson L, Campbell A, Sudarshan D, Lloyd A. Developmental biology. V: 419, 54-63, 2016.
- A Murine Model of K-RAS and β-Catenin Induced Renal Tumors Expresses High Levels of E2F1 and Resembles Human Wilms Tumor. Yi Y, Polosukhina D, Love H, Hembd A, Pickup M, Moses H, Lovvorn H, Zent R, Clark P. The Journal of urology. V: 194, 1762-70, 2015.
- The beet Y locus encodes an anthocyanin MYB-like protein that activates the betalain red pigment pathway. Hatlestad G, Akhavan N, Sunnadeniya R, Elam L, Cargile S, Hembd A, Gonzalez A, McGrath J, Lloyd A. Nature genetics. V: 47, 92-6, 2015.