Loren H. Engrav, M.D.
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Professor
Faculty Appointments:
University of Washington, Professor, Plastic Surgery.
University of Washington, Chief of Division of Plastic Surgery, 1977 - 2001.
Education:
Residencies: University of Minnesota and
St. Paul Ramsey Hospital, General Surgery, 1975. University of Kansas,
Plastic Surgery, 1977.
M.D. Degree: University of California,
Los Angeles, 1969, AOA.
Clinical Interests:
Acute and reconstructive burns, general plastic surgery.
Research Interests:
Acute and reconstructive burns, general plastic surgery, hypertrophic scarring and wound healing.
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Research Funding
“Burn Model System”, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, $362,500 qyr: 2007-2012.
“Efficacy of Pressure Garment Therapy After Burns”,
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, $150,000 qyr: 2005-2008.
Selected Publications:
Cole JK, Engrav LH, Heimbach DM, Gibran NS, Costa BA, Nakamura DY, Moore ML, Blayney CB, Hoover CL. Early Excision and Grafting of Face and Neck Burns in Patients over 20 Years. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 109(4): 1266-1273, 2002.
Bombaro KM, Engrav LH, Carrougher GJ, Wiechman SA, Faucher L, Costa BA, Heimbach DM, Rivara FP, Honari S. What is the Prevalence of Hypertrophic Scarring Following Burns? Burns 29(4):299-302, 2003.
Zhu KQ, Engrav LH, Gibran NS, Cole JK, Matsumura H, Piepkorn M, Isik FF, Carrougher GJ, Muangman PM, Yunusov MY, Yang T. The Female, Red Duroc Pig as an Animal Model of Hypertrophic Scarring and the Potential Role of the Cones of Skin. Burns 29(7): 641-647, 2003.
Costa BA, Engrav LH, Holavanahalli R, Lezotte DC, Patterson DR, Kowalske KJ, Esselman PC. Impairment After Burns: A Two-Center, Prospective Report. Burns 29(7): 671-675, 2003.
Friedrich JB, Sullivan SR, Engrav LH, Round KA, Blayney CB, Carrougher GJ, Heimbach DM, Honari S, Klein MB, Gibran NS. Is Supra-Baxter Resuscitation in Burn Patients a New Phenomenon? Burns 30(5):464-466, 2004.
Zhu KQ, Engrav LH, Tamura RN, Cole JK, Muangman PM, Carrougher GJ Gibran NS. Further Similarities Between Cutaneous Scarring in the Female, Red Duroc Pig and Human Hypertrophic Scarring. Burns 30(6):518-530, 2004.
Sullivan SR, Friedrich JB, Engrav LH, Round KA, Heimbach DM, Heckbert SR, Carrougher GJ, Lezotte DC, Wiechman SA, Honar, S, Klein MB, Gibran NS. “Opioid Creep” is Real and May Be the Cause of “Fluid Creep”. Burns 30(6):583-590, 2004.
Zhu KQ, Engrav LH, Armendariz R, Muangman P, Klein MB, Carroughe, GJ, Deubner H, Gibran NS. Changes in VEGF and Nitric Oxide After Deep Dermal Injury in the Female Red Duroc Pig – Further Similarities Between Female Duroc Scar and Human Hypertrophic Scar. Burns 31(1): 5-10, 2005.
Klein MB, Engrav LH, Holmes JH, Friedrich JB, Costa BA, Honari S, Gibran NS. Management of Facial Burns with a Collagen/Glycosaminoglycan Skin Substitute–Prospective Experience With 12 Consecutive Patients With Large, Deep Facial Burns. Burns 31(3): 257-261, 2005.
Harunari N, Zhu KQ, Armendariz RT, Deubner H, Muangman P, Carrougher GJ, Isik FF, Gibran NS, Engrav LH. Histology of the Thick Scar on the Female, Red Duroc Pig: Final Similarities to Human Hypertrophic Scar. Burns 32(6):669-677, 2006.
Holavanahalli RK, Lezotte DC, Hayes MP, Minhajuddin A, Fauerbach JA, Engrav LH, Helm PA, Kowalske KJ. Profile of Patients Lost to Follow-up in the Burn Injury Rehabilitation Model Systems' Longitudinal Database. Journal of Burn Care and Research 27(5):703-712, 2006.
Klein, M.B., Lezotte, D.L., Fauerbach, J.A., Herndon, D.N., Kowalske, K.J., Carrougher, G.J., deLateur, B.J., Holavanahalli, R., Esselman, P.C., San Agustin, T.B., Engrav, L.H. The NIDRR Burn Model System Database: A Tool for the Multicenter Study of the Outcome of Burn Injury. Journal of Burn Care and Research 28(1):84-96, 2007.
Klein, M.B., Logsetty, S., Costa, B., Deters, L., Rue, T.C., Carrougher, G.J., Pickens, M., Engrav, L.H. Extended Time to Wound Closure is Associated With Increased Risk of Heterotopic Ossification of the Elbow. Journal of Burn Care and Research 28(3):447-450, 2007.
Christiansen, M., Carrougher, G.J., Engrav, L.H., Wiechman-Askay, S., Kramer, C.B., Gibran, N.S., Klein, M.B. Time to School Reentry Following Burn Injury is Quite Short. Journal of Burn Care and Research 28(3):478-481, 2007.
Xie, Y., Zhu, K.Q., Deubner, H., Emerson, D.A., Carrougher, G.J., Gibran, N.S., Engrav, L.H. The Microvasculature in Cutaneous Wound Healing in the Female Red Duroc Pig is Similar to That in Human Hypertrophic Scar and Different From That in the Female Yorkshire Pig. Journal of Burn Care and Research 28(3):500-506, 2007.
Engrav, L.H., Garner, W.L., Tredget, E.E. Hypertrophic Scar, Wound Contraction and Hyper- Hypopigmentation. Journal of Burn Care and Research 28(4):593-597, 2007.
Zhu, K.Q., Carrougher, G.J., Gibran, N.S., Isik, F.F., Engrav, L.H. Review of the Female Duroc/Yorkshire Pig Model of Human Fibroproliferative Scarring. Wound Repair and Regeneration 15(S1):S32-S39, 2007.
Esselman, P.C., Wiechman-Ask ay, S., Carrougher, G.J., Lezotte, D.C., Holavanahalli, R.K., Magyar-Russel, G., Fauerbach, J.A., Engrav, L.H. Barriers to Return to Work After Burn Injuries. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 88:(S2), S50-S56, 2007.