EDUCATION:

7/1995 - 12/1998:

Towson University, Towson, MD

Degree: Bachelor of Science

7/1999 - 05/2003:

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

Degree: Doctor of Medicine

07/2006 - 05/2008:

University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, TX

Degree: Masters in Science and Clinical Investigation

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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

PGY1: Specialty: General Surgery Location: San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC) Dates: 07/2003 - 06/2004

Residency: Specialty: General Surgery
Location: San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC) Dates: 07/2004 - 06/2010

Fellowship: Specialty: Research, General Surgery Location: San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC) Dates: 07/2006 - 06/2008

Residency: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Location: University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) Dates: 07/2012 - 06/2015

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WORK HISTORY

Duty Title: General Surgery - Staff Surgeon
Duty Location: Travis Air Force Base, CA
Dates of Assignment: 07/2010 - 06/2012
Deployment : 11/2011 - 05/2012 Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany

Duty Title: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Staff Surgeon
Duty Location: Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), San Antonio, Texas Dates: 07/2015 – 05/2023

Duty Title: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon – Medical Director
Duty Location: Vita Sana Clinic 540 Madison Oak Drive Suite 565, San Antonio, TX 78258 Dates: 10/2016 - 07/2023

Duty Title: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Staff Surgeon
Duty Location: Texas Institute of Plastic Surgery, North Central Baptist, San Antonio TX 78258 Dates: 08/2023 - present

Duty Title: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon - Private practice Duty Location: 4114 Pond Hill Suite 100, San Antonio TX 78231 Dates: 10/2021 - present

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HONORS AND RECOGNITION:
Undergraduate: Golden Key National Honor Society Member

Summa Cum Laude
Towson University Honors College

Medical:

National Merit Scholarship

Aust Society 2007 – 3rd Place Clinical Science Research
Aust Society 2008 – 3rd Place Basic Science Research
Texas Society of Plastic Surgery Resident Presentations 2009 – 1st Place Basic Science
Texas Society of Plastic Surgery Resident Presentations 2014 – 1st Place Overall

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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) Department of Surgery Associate Professor
University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio Department of Plastic Surgery (UTHSCSA) – Associate Professor

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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

American Society of Plastic Surgery American Medical Association
American College of Surgeons
American Society of Medical Laser Surgery Texas Medical Association

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RESEARCH:
Peer Reviewed Publications

Chauviere MV, Schutter RJ, Steigelman MB, Clark BZ, Grayson JK, Sahar DE. Comparison of AlloDerm and AlloMax Tissue Incorporation in Rats, Annals of Plastic Surgery 2014 Sep;73(3):282-5

Chauviere M, Steigelman MB. Lymphangioma. Arch Surg. 2012 May;147(5):483-4

Cornejo A, Rodriguez T, Steigelman M, Stephenson S, Sahar D, Cohn SM, Michalek JE, Wang HT, The Use of Visible Light Spectroscopy to Measure Tissue Oxygenation in Free Flap Reconstruction, Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery 27(7):397-402, 2011.

Wang Q, Steigelman MB, Walker JA, Chen S, Hornsby PJ, Bohnenblust ME, Wang HT. InVitro osteogenic differentiation of adipose stem cells after lentiviral transduction with green fluorescent protein. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 20(6):2193-2199, 2009.

Steigelman MB, Norbury KC, Kilpadi DV, McNeil JD. Cardiopulmonary effects of continuous negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in swine. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 88:1277-1283, 2009.

Salazar JD, Coleman R, Griffith S, McNeil JD, Steigelman MB, Young H, Calhoon J, Serrano E, DiGeronimo R. Brain preservation with selective cerebral perfusion for operations requiring circulatory arrest: protection at 25 degrees C is similar to 18 degrees C with shorter operating times. European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 36:524-531, 2009.

Salazar JD, Coleman RD, Griffith S, McNeil JD, Steigelman MB, Young H, Hensler B, Dixon P, Calhoon J, Serrano F, DiGeronimo R. Selective cerebral perfusion: Real time evidence of brain oxygen and energy metabolism preservation. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 88(1):162-169, 2009.

Bohnenblust ME, Steigelman MB, Wang Q, Walker JA, Wang HT. An experimental design to study Adipocyte stem cells for reconstruction of calvarial defects. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 20(2):340-346, 2009.

Steigelman MB, Lopez PP, Dent D, Myers J, Corneille M, Stewart R, Cohn S. Screening cervical spine MRI after normal cervical spine CT scans in patients in whom cervical spine injury cannot be excluded by physical examination. American Journal of Surgery. 196(6):857-862, 2008.

S. Griffith, J.L. Caron, R. Coleman, M. Steigelman, J. Salazar, R. DiGeronimo. Invasive Versus Non-Invasive Monitoring Of Brain Tissue Oxygenation. Cerebrovascular Disease. 225(suppl 2):86, 2008

Wang HT, Barone CM, Steigelman MB, Kahlenberg M, Rousseau D, Berger J, Daum A, Ortegon DP. Aesthetic Outcomes in Breast Conservation Therapy. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 28(6): 1-6, 2008.

Corneille MG, Steigelman MB, Myers JG, Jundt J, Dent DL, Lopez PP, Cohn,SM, Stewart RM. Laparascopic Appendectomy is Superior to Open Appendectomy in Obese Patients. American Journal of Surgery, 194(6); 877-881, 2007.

Invited Presentations

Post Mastectomy Radiation Therapy in Immediate Reconstruction. Brooke Army Medical Center Breast Conference, November 2019

Immune Modulation During Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) Using H2S vs. Micoparticles to Combat Cold Ischemia Reperfusion in a Swine Model. Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons, August 2014

Useful Flaps in General Surgery. Grand Rounds UTHSCSA, April 2010
In Vitro Osteogenic Differentiation of Adipose Stem Cells after Lentiviral Transduction with

Green Fluorescent Protein. Texas Society of Plastic Surgery, September 2009, Grapevine, Texas Poly-N-Acetyl Glucosamine as a Wound Healing Agent in Split Thickness Skin Grafts in a Rabbit

Model. Aust Society Resident Research Meeting, June 2008, San Antonio, TX

The Utility of an MRI of the Cervical Spine to a Negative CT Scan of the Cervical Spine in a Patient Who Cannot Have the Spine Cleared by Physical Exam. Presented at the Society for Air Force Clinical Surgeons, April 2008, Cincinnati, Ohio.

The Utility of an MRI of the Cervical Spine to a Negative CT Scan of the Cervical Spine in a Patient Who Cannot Have the Spine Cleared by Physical Exam. Presented at the Southwest Surgical Congress Annual Meeting, March 2008, Acapulco, Mexico.

Selective Cerebral Perfusion Attenuates Changes in Energy Substrates and Ischemic Metabolites During Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest at Both 18°C and 25°C in a Porcine Model. Presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics, 2007.

An Extended V-Y Advancement Flap for Closure of Volar and Dorsal Defects of the Finger.

Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons, September 2007, Bastrop, TX.

Hemodynamic Effects of Negative Pressure Therapy on Sternal Wounds in an Animal Model. Presented at the Aust Society Resident Research Meeting, June 2007, San Antonio, TX.

Laparoscopic versus Open Appendectomy in Obese Patients. Presented at the Southwest Surgical Congress Annual Meeting, February 2007, Palm Springs, CA.

Posters

Title: Real-Time Evidence of Brain Preservation with Selective Cerebral Perfusion: A New Model of Circulatory Arrest at 18°C and 25°C
Meeting: Society for Thoracic Surgeons 44th Annual Meeting – Fort Lauderdale, Florida, January 28-30, 2008.

Title: Real-Time, Quantitative PCR to Assess Cerebral Oxidative Stress and Inflammation After Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest: New Data Raises New Questions
Meeting: Society for Thoracic Surgeons 44th Annual Meeting – Fort Lauderdale, Florida, January 28-30, 2008

Title: Poly-N-Acetyl Glucosamine as a Wound Healing Agent in Split Thickness Skin Grafts in a Rabbit Model. Meeting: University of Texas Medical Student Research Day. May 2008

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LICENSURE AND SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION:

California, military hold (2016)

Hawaii, current

Texas, current

American Board of Plastic Surgery, 2017