Author Information
Allan J. Parungao, M.D., is a plastic
surgeon board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is trained
in cosmetic surgery, aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery, craniofacial
surgery including repair of cleft lip and palate, head and neck reconstruction,
oncologic (cancer) surgery, elective and traumatic hand surgery, burn surgery,
microvascular surgery, laser surgery and reconstruction of the trunk and lower
extremities.
Dr. Parungao is author of A Woman's
Guide to Cosmetic Breast Surgery and Body Contouring, and wrote the chapter
on plastic, reconstructive and hand surgery in Boards Review Series: Surgery. He
has done research on skin cancer and wound healing, and his work has been
presented to the Illinois Chapter of the
American
College of Surgeons and the Midwest Association of Plastic Surgeons. He has also spoken
on breast surgery in the
U.S. and abroad.
Dr. Parungao received his medical degree
from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, where he served as chief
resident in the third year of his plastic surgery residency. He also completed a
three-year residency in general surgery. Dr. Parungao holds a master's degree
in physiology from the
Chicago
Medical
School
and a bachelor of arts degree from
Washington
University
in
St. Louis
.
He is a Member of the American Society of
Plastic Surgeons, a Fellow of the American
Academy
of Cosmetic Surgery, and a Member of the
American
Academy
of Facial, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Chicago Society of
Plastic Surgeons.
Dr. Parungao has a strong interest in
philanthropy. In 2001, he was the sole plastic surgeon on a medical mission to
Dumaguette
City
in the
Philippines. He operated on patients of all ages who suffered from cleft lip, burn
contractures and skin cancer. On the mission, he worked side-by-side with his
father, a general surgeon, and is mother, an anesthesiologist.
He is an avid runner and triathlete, and has
competed in the
Boston
and Chicago Marathons, and in Ironman
Wisconsin
.
P.O. Box 45327
Omaha, NE 68145
Phone 402-330-7493 Fax 402-330-1707
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