Nisha Parmeshwar, MD
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN
Surgery
School of Medicine

At her medical school graduation from UCSD, she received the Foundation Achievement Award in Surgery, awarded to the top medical student pursuing a surgical field.

Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, she then returned to UCSF for Plastic Surgery residency. In her dedicated research year, she was awarded funding from the T32 in Surgical Oncology and worked on two novel prospective clinical trials in breast reconstruction.

• P6. Local Breast Microbiome in Tissue Expander Reconstruction and Change over Time with Antibiotics.
  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 2024 Laura Barnes, Nisha Parmeshwar, Jacquelyn Knox, Aileen Gozali, Catherine Lu Dugan, Anne Patterson
• Evaluating the Impact of Neoadjuvant Immune-Checkpoint Inhibitors on DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction.
  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 2024 Jasmin Wilson, Nisha Parmeshwar, Aileen Gozali, Merisa Piper
• Evaluating the Impact of Neoadjuvant Immunomodulators on Outcomes after Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy.
  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 2024 Nisha Parmeshwar, Jasmin Wilson, Daniel Soroudi, Aileen Gozali, Ziuvanna Rivas, Merisa Piper
• Evaluating the Impact of Prior Abdominal Surgeries and Mesh Use on Abdominal Wall Morbidity after Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator (DIEP) Flap Breast Reconstruction.
  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 2024 Aileen Gozali, Nisha Parmeshwar, Jasmin Wilson, Merisa Piper
• Evaluating the Timing of Post-Mastectomy Radiation on Outcomes of Free Autologous Breast Reconstruction.
  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 2024 Nisha Parmeshwar, Laura Barnes, Merisa Piper
• Mesh or No Mesh? A Systematic Review of Abdominal Donor-Site Closure Techniques and Morbidity after DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction.
  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 2024 Nisha Parmeshwar, Melinda Lem, Catherine Lu Dugan, Merisa Piper
• ASO Visual Abstract: Nipple-Sparing Mastectomies in Patients over the Age of 60 Years: Factors Associated with Surgical Outcomes.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2024 Parmeshwar N, Dugan CL, Barnes LL, Cheng JK, Patterson AK, Miller A, Mukhtar R, Piper M
• Comparing the Breast Microbiome of Cancer Patients and Prophylactic Risk-Reduction Patients Before and After Mastectomy.
  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 2023 Nisha Parmeshwar, Laura Barnes, Catherine LuDugan, Anne Patterson, Merisa Piper
• The Presence of Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas in the Breast Microbiome of Post-Mastectomy Expander Infection Patients and the Impact of Prophylactic Antibiotics.
  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 2023 Nisha Parmeshwar, Laura Barnes, Catherine LuDugan, Anne Patterson, Merisa Piper
• ASO Author Reflections: Evaluating Nipple-Sparing Mastectomies in Patients Over Age 60.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2023 Parmeshwar N, Piper M
• Evaluating mesh use for abdominal donor site closure after deep inferior epigastric perforator flap breast reconstruction: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Microsurgery 2023 Parmeshwar N, Lem M, Dugan CL, Piper M
• Nipple-Sparing Mastectomies in Patients over the Age of 60 Years: Factors Associated with Surgical Outcomes.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2023 Parmeshwar N, Dugan CL, Barnes LL, Cheng JK, Patterson AK, Miller A, Mukhtar R, Piper M
• The impact of post-mastectomy radiation timing on overall outcomes of autologous free-flap breast reconstruction.
  Microsurgery 2023 Parmeshwar N, Barnes L, Martins D, Nicholas C, Piper M
• Reviewing the Impact of Topical and Intravenous Tranexamic Acid Use in Breast Plastic Surgery.
  Annals of plastic surgery 2023 Parmeshwar N, Mehta SR, Piper M
• Cultured Epidermal Autografts as a Bridge to Definitive Reconstruction of the Neonatal Scalp after Infected Cephalohematoma.
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery 2023 Parmeshwar N, Hoffman WY
• Evaluation of Microvascular Autologous Breast Reconstruction in Patients Older Than 60 Years.
  Annals of plastic surgery 2023 Parmeshwar N, Barnes LL, Dugan CL, Patterson AK, Lem M, Piper M
• Developing Gender-Affirming Surgery Curricula for Plastic Surgery Residency and Fellowship via Delphi Consensus.
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery 2023 Song S, Park KM, Parmeshwar N, Dugi D, Schechter L, Berli JU, Kim EA, GAS Research Group
• D100. Radiate The Flap or Expander? The Impact of Post-Mastectomy Radiation Timing on Overall Outcomes after Autologous Free Flap Breast Reconstruction.
  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 2023 Nisha Parmeshwar, Laura Barnes, Catherine Nicholas, Scott Hansen, Merisa Piper
• PC40. Evaluating Outcomes for Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy in Patients Over the Age of 60.
  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 2023 Nisha Parmeshwar, Laura Barnes, Anne Patterson, Amanda Miller, Scott Hansen, Merisa Piper
• Morphometric Analysis of Gender-affirming Breast Augmentation.
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open 2022 Song S, Parmeshwar N, Steiner G, Kim EA
• Spotlight in Plastic Surgery: August 2022.
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery 2022 Phillips BT, Bacos JT, Borrelli MR, Francoisse CA, Gallardo DL, Jain NS, Parmeshwar N, Pedroza LT, Saffari TM, Sun AH, Sweitzer K, Gosain AK
• A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Techniques for Management of Postoperative Lymphatic Leaks After Groin Surgery.
  Annals of plastic surgery 2022 Song S, Parmeshwar N, Steiner G, Kim EA
• The Incidence of Breast Cancer After Gender-Affirming Mastectomy in Transmen.
  Annals of plastic surgery 2022 Parmeshwar N, Song S, Alcon A, Kim EA
• A Dual-Surgeon Approach to Breast Cancer Surgery in a Transmale.
  Annals of plastic surgery 2021 Parmeshwar N, Alcon A, Kim EA
• Evaluation of Dual-port versus Single-port Tissue Expanders in Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction.
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open 2021 Parmeshwar N, Piper M, Viner J, Foster R, Kim EA
• A Technique for Optimizing Symmetry in Gender-affirming Mastectomy.
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open 2021 Nguyen A, Alcon A, Parmeshwar N, Rogine C, Kim EA
• A Systematic Review of the Utility of Indocyanine Angiography in Autologous Breast Reconstruction.
  Annals of plastic surgery 2021 Parmeshwar N, Sultan SM, Kim EA, Piper ML
• Diversity in Plastic Surgery: Trends in Female Representation at Plastic Surgery Meetings.
  Annals of plastic surgery 2020 Reghunathan M, Parmeshwar N, Gallus KM, Gosman AA
• Detailed analysis of the impact of surgeon and hospital volume in microsurgical breast reconstruction.
  Microsurgery 2020 Reid CM, Parmeshwar N, Brandel MG, Crisera CA, Herrera FA, Suliman AS
• Reply: Diversity in Plastic Surgery: Trends in Minority Representation among Applicants and Residents.
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery 2020 Parmeshwar N, Gosman AA
• Diversity in Plastic Surgery: Trends in Minority Representation among Applicants and Residents.
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery 2019 Parmeshwar N, Stuart ER, Reid CM, Oviedo P, Gosman AA
• Off-Pump Versus On-Pump: Long-Term Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass in a Veteran Population.
  Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 2018 Parmeshwar N, Fero KE, Manecke G, Coletta JM
• Abstract.
  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 2018 Nisha Parmeshwar, Emelia R. Stuart, Christopher M. Reid, Parisa Oviedo, Amanda A. Gosman
• Evaluation of Information Sources in Plastic Surgery Decision-making.
  Cureus 2018 Parmeshwar N, Reid CM, Park AJ, Brandel MG, Dobke MK, Gosman AA
• Efficacy of a Procedure-Specific Education Module on Informed Consent in Plastic Surgery.
  Annals of plastic surgery 2017 Brandel MG, Reid CM, Parmeshwar N, Dobke MK, Gosman AA