Gloria Sue, MD, MA
Assistant Professor
Surgery
School of Medicine

Dr. Sue received her medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Stanford University, followed by specialized fellowship training in hand surgery at the University of California Los Angeles.

Dr. Sue has performed dedicated research in hand surgery funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and has participated in several humanitarian trips abroad to provide hand and reconstructive surgery for patients in need of specialized care.

• Lymphatic regeneration after implantation of aligned nanofibrillar collagen scaffolds: Preliminary preclinical and clinical results.
  Journal of surgical oncology 2021 Nguyen D, Zaitseva TS, Zhou A, Rochlin D, Sue G, Deptula P, Tabada P, Wan D, Loening A, Paukshto M, Dionyssiou D
• Economic Benefit of Hand Surgical Efforts in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Cost-Benefit Analysis.
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery 2020 Billig JI, Nasser JS, Sue GR, Chang J, Chung KC
• The versatile free medial sural artery perforator flap: An institutional experience for reconstruction of the head and neck, upper and lower extremities.
  Microsurgery 2019 Sue GR, Kao HK, Borrelli MR, Cheng MH
• Use of hyaluronic acid filler for enhancement of nipple projection following breast reconstruction: An easy and effective technique.
  JPRAS open 2019 Sue GR, Seither JG, Nguyen DH
• Evaluating the Economic Impact of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Efforts in the Developing World: The ReSurge Experience.
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery 2019 Nasser JS, Billig JI, Sue GR, Chang J, Gosain AK, Chung KC
• Microsurgical Reconstruction of the Smile: A Critical Analysis of Outcomes.
  Annals of plastic surgery 2019 Sue GR, Ho OH
• Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Humanitarian Hand Surgery Trips According to WHO-CHOICE Thresholds.
  The Journal of hand surgery 2018 Qiu X, Nasser JS, Sue GR, Chang J, Chung KC
• The ReSurge Global Training Program: A Model for Surgical Training and Capacity Building in Global Reconstructive Surgery.
  Annals of plastic surgery 2018 Sue GR, Covington WC, Chang J
• Analysis of Aesthetic Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction After Delayed-Immediate Autologous Breast Reconstruction.
  Annals of plastic surgery 2018 Huis in 't Veld EA, Long C, Sue GR, Chattopadhyay A, Lee GK
• Complications After Two-Stage Expander Implant Breast Reconstruction Requiring Reoperation: A Critical Analysis of Outcomes.
  Annals of plastic surgery 2018 Sue GR, Sun BJ, Lee GK
• Mastectomy Skin Necrosis After Breast Reconstruction: A Comparative Analysis Between Autologous Reconstruction and Implant-Based Reconstruction.
  Annals of plastic surgery 2018 Sue GR, Lee GK
• Practical Applications of Delayed-Immediate Autologous Breast Reconstruction: A Flexible and Safe Operative Strategy.
  Annals of plastic surgery 2018 Sue GR, Chattopadhyay A, Long C, Huis in 't Veld EA, Lee GK
• Leptin Is Produced by Parathyroid Glands and Stimulates Parathyroid Hormone Secretion.
  Annals of surgery 2017 Hoang D, Broer N, Sosa JA, Abitbol N, Yao X, Li F, Rivera-Molina F, Toomre DK, Roman SA, Sue G, Kim S, Li AY, Callender GG, Simpson C, Narayan D
• Critical Evaluation of Risk Factors of Infection Following 2-Stage Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction.
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open 2017 Long C, Sue GR, Chattopadhyay A, Huis In't Veld E, Lee GK
• Management of Mastectomy Skin Necrosis in Implant Based Breast Reconstruction.
  Annals of plastic surgery 2017 Sue GR, Long C, Lee GK
• The unusual presentation of a burn from methyl bromide exposure: A case report and review of the literature.
  Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries 2017 Sue GR, Karanas YL, Davis DJ, Press B
• Propylene Glycol Poisoning From Excess Whiskey Ingestion: A Case of High Osmolal Gap Metabolic Acidosis.
  Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports 2015 Cunningham CA, Ku K, Sue GR
• Infantile hemangiomas exhibit neural crest and pericyte markers.
  Annals of plastic surgery 2015 Spock CL, Tom LK, Canadas K, Sue GR, Sawh-Martinez R, Maier CL, Pober JS, Galan A, Schultz B, Waner M, Narayan D
• Predictors of recurrence in patients diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ.
  The American surgeon 2015 Sue GR, Chagpar AB
• Hueston revisited: use of acellular dermal matrix following fasciectomy for the treatment of Dupuytren's disease.
  Annals of plastic surgery 2014 Terry MJ, Sue GR, Goldberg C, Narayan D
• Scalp melanoma and in-transit metastases: a retrospective case-controlled study.
  The American surgeon 2014 Teng E, Sue GR, Sawh-Martinez R, Nishikawa S, Ariyan S, Natarajan A, Narayan D
• Use of imiquimod for residual acral melanoma.
  BMJ case reports 2014 Sue GR, Hanlon A, Lazova R, Narayan D
• Real-time free flap monitoring using a standard video camera: a lower cost and simpler option?
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery 2014 Sue GR, Kim R, Chen W, Narayan D
• Major bleeding in patients with mediastinitis: a heartbreaking series.
  The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon 2014 Sue G, Price G, Stahl R, Teng E, Narayan D
• Niche reconstructive techniques for complex abdominal wall reconstruction: a review.
  The American surgeon 2014 Sue GR, Narayan D
• Leptin signaling and hyperparathyroidism: clinical and genetic associations.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2013 Hoang D, Broer N, Roman SA, Yao X, Abitbol N, Li F, Sosa JA, Sue GR, DeWan AT, Wong ML, Licinio J, Simpson C, Li AY, Pizzoferrato N, Narayan D
• Generation Y and the Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Match: A Cross-sectional Study of the 2011 Match Outcomes.
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open 2013 Sue GR, Narayan D
• Factors associated with decision to pursue mastectomy and breast reconstruction for treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast.
  American journal of surgery 2013 Sue GR, Lannin DR, Au AF, Narayan D, Chagpar AB
• Predictors of microinvasion and its prognostic role in ductal carcinoma in situ.
  American journal of surgery 2013 Sue GR, Lannin DR, Killelea B, Chagpar AB
• Does time to definitive treatment matter in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ?
  The American surgeon 2013 Sue GR, Lannin DR, Killelea B, Tsangaris T, Chagpar AB
• Absence of aneuploidy and gastrointestinal tumours in a man with a chromosomal 2q13 deletion and BUB1 monoallelic deficiency.
  BMJ case reports 2013 Hoang D, Sue GR, Xu F, Li P, Narayan D
• Arginine residues at internal positions in a protein are always charged.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2011 Harms MJ, Schlessman JL, Sue GR, García-Moreno B
• Effect of program type on the training experiences of 248 university, community, and US military-based general surgery residencies.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2011 Sullivan MC, Sue G, Bucholz E, Yeo H, Bell RH, Roman SA, Sosa JA
• Our trainees' confidence: results from a national survey of 4136 US general surgery residents.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2011 Bucholz EM, Sue GR, Yeo H, Roman SA, Bell RH, Sosa JA
• The vulnerable stage of dedicated research years of general surgery residency: results of a national survey.
  Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2011 Sue GR, Bucholz EM, Yeo H, Roman SA, Jones A, Bell RH, Sosa JA
• The pK(a) values of acidic and basic residues buried at the same internal location in a protein are governed by different factors.
  Journal of molecular biology 2009 Harms MJ, Castañeda CA, Schlessman JL, Sue GR, Isom DG, Cannon BR, García-Moreno E B
• A buried lysine that titrates with a normal pKa: role of conformational flexibility at the protein-water interface as a determinant of pKa values.
  Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society 2008 Harms MJ, Schlessman JL, Chimenti MS, Sue GR, Damjanovic A, García-Moreno B