Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION & AWARDS
National Honor Society
National Merit Finalist
Undergraduate: University of Michigan 1959-1962 Ann Arbor, Michigan General Motors Scholar
Medical School: University of Chicago 1962-1966 Chicago, Illinois Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Graduated 3rd in class

INTERNSHIP
Stanford Medical Center 1966-1967 Palo Alto, California

RESIDENCY
General Surgery: University of Chicago Hospitals 1967-1972 Chicago, Illinois
Plastic Surgery: University of Chicago Hospitals 1971-1973 Chicago, Illinois

FELLOWSHIP
United States Public Health Service, 1968-1969
Microsurgical Research, University of Chicago Medical Center

BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Surgery 1973
American Board of Plastic Surgery 1974

ACADEMIC AND CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Clinical Professor, Plastic Surgery, U.C.L.A. Medical Center
Attending Physician, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Courtesy Staff, Midway Hospital, formerly Chairman of Surgery
Visiting Committee, University of Chicago, Division of Biological Sciences

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Member, Advisory Committee, University of Chicago Division of Biological Sciences
Chairman, A.M.A. Physician's Advisory Panel for Motion Picture, Television and Radio
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
California Society of Plastic Surgeons
Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgeons
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
American Medical Association
California Medical Association
Los Angeles County Medical Association
American Society of Outpatient Surgery

STATE LICENSURE
California G20174
Colorado 24498
Illinois 036-041376

PUBLICATIONS
Leaf, N.,and Zarem, H.A. 1970. Hand Injuries in Children. Pediatrics Digest 12: 29-39.
Leaf, N., and Zarem, H.A. 1970. Construction and use of a Miniaturized Rabbit Ear Chamber. Microvascular Research 2:72-85.
Leaf, N.,and Zarem, H.A.1970. Microsurgical Transplantation of Rabbit Ear with Mature Transparent Chamber. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 45:335-40.
Leaf, N., and Zarem, H.A. 1972. Correction of Contour Defects of the Face with Dermal and Dermal-fat Grafts. Archives of Surgery 105:715-719.
Zarem, H.A., Pearson, R.W., and Leaf, N. 1974. Surgical Management of Hand Deformities in Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa. British Journal of Plastic Surgery 27: 176-181.
Leaf, N., 1996 SMAS Autografts for the Nasal Dorsum. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 97: 1249-1252.
Leaf, N. and Firouz, J.S., 2002 Lip Augmentation with Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System Grafts: Report of 103 Cases. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 109: 319-326.

IN PROGRESS
Mueller, G., and Leaf, N., The Trampoline Platysmoplasty

PAPERS PRESENTED
Leaf, N., and Gurdin, M. Microscopically Controlled Excision of Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Face. Presented at California Society of Plastic Surgeons meeting, Monterey, California, March, 1979.
Leaf, N., and Elandt, K.R. The use of Transderm Scopalamine in the Prevention of Post-Operative Nausea. Presented at U.C.L.A.-University of Guadalajara Plastic Surgery Symposium, Ixtapa, Mexico, February, 1983.
Leaf, N., Control of Post-operative Facial Edema: a Double-Blind Study. Presented at the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, April, 1985.
Leaf, N. SMAS Autografts to the Nasal Dorsum. Presented at Cedars-Sinai Plastic Surgery Day, May 1995.
Leaf, N., Experience with LeJour Breast Reduction. Presented at UCLA Grand Rounds September 1999.
Leaf, N., Lip Augmentation. Presented at UCLA Grand Rounds, May 2002.
Leaf, N., Blepharoplasty: A 30 Year Work-in-Progress. Presented at UCLA Grand Rounds December, 2002
Leaf, N., It Doesn’t Have to Flow from These Two Hands, Chaired Panel annual meeting of California Society of Plastic Surgeons, May 2007.
Leaf, N., Non-invasive Treatments in Plastic Surgery, panelist at Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgeons, September, 2007