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Overview

A board-certified general and plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Otterburn has received numerous honors and awards in academics, teaching and research. He received his B.A. in political science with honors from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey in May 1997. During his program, he was selected into the BA/MD program from 1995 through May 1997. Dr. Otterburn received his M.D. degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey in May 2000. He completed his internship in general surgery at Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey in June, 2001, and his general surgery residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia in June, 2007. Dr. Otterburn completed a plastic surgery residency training program at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia in June, 2010, and a microsurgery fellowship at New York University Medical Center, Department of Plastic Surgery, New York in June, 2011.

Highlights

  1. 1
    Annals of plastic surgery · 2023
    DMDavid M. Otterburn
    PMID: 36880719DOISenior author15 citations
  2. 2
    Journal of reconstructive microsurgery · 2023
    DMDavid M. Otterburn
    PMID: 37040876DOISenior author25 citations
  3. 3
    JPRAS open · 2023
    DMDavid M. Otterburn
    PMID: 37662866PMCID: PMC10472234DOISenior author17 citations

Publications

127 publications

Funding

3 grantsView NIH portfolio on RePORTER ↗

Active

2 grants
  • PI
    Characterizing the autologous fat graft microenvironment resulting from differential intraoperative processing techniques: A comparative analysis and its clinical implications
    National Cancer Institute · 2025–2027
    R21CA287340-02
  • PI
    Detection of Bacterial DNA following Breast Reconstruction using NGS
    The Aesthetic Foundation · 2025–2026
    AF 250388-01
Completed grants (1)
  • Sub-PI
    Randomized Feasibility Trial for Mesh in Pre-Pectoral Reconstruction
    National Cancer Institute · 2022–2024 · via University of California, Los Angeles
    R21CA263455-02

Clinical research

12 studies

Active

9 studies
  • PI
    Evaluation of the Safety and Effectiveness of the GORE® Tissue Reinforcement for Breast Reconstruction Device (TRBR Device) When Used in the Reinforcement of Breast Reconstruction
    NA · W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · OPEN TO ACCRUAL (as of 2025)
    Breast Reconstruction Surgery
    NCT06556654
  • PI
    Perioperative Cannabis Use in Plastic Surgery
    Weill Medical College of Cornell University · OPEN TO ACCRUAL (as of 2025)
  • PI
    Retrospective and Prospective Study on Return of Sensation After Breast Reduction Surgery
    Weill Medical College of Cornell University · OPEN TO ACCRUAL (as of 2024)
  • PI
    Randomized Feasibility Trial for Mesh in Pre-Pectoral Reconstruction
    NA · University of California, Los Angeles · OPEN TO ACCRUAL (as of 2022)
    Breast Cancer; Breast Implant; Complications, Infection or Inflammation
    NCT05190978
  • PI
    Targeted Muscle Reinnervation Outcomes in Vascular Surgery and Osseointegration Limb Replacement Patients - BRANYplusTransfer
    Weill Medical College of Cornell University · OPEN TO ACCRUAL (as of 2022)
  • PI
    A Comparative Analysis of REVOLVE, LipoGrafter, and Viality in Autologous Fat Grafting During Breast Surgery
    NA · Weill Medical College of Cornell University · OPEN TO ACCRUAL (as of 2021)
    Mastectomy; Mammaplasty; Breast Reconstruction
    NCT04891510
  • PI
    Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Breast Cancer Reconstruction
    Weill Medical College of Cornell University · OPEN TO ACCRUAL (as of 2021)
  • PI
    Retrospective Study on Postoperative Complications after Breast Reconstruction
    Weill Medical College of Cornell University · OPEN TO ACCRUAL (as of 2020)
  • PI
    Prospective Study on Return of Sensation after Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy and Immediate Reconstruction
    Weill Medical College of Cornell University · OPEN TO ACCRUAL (as of 2020)
Completed & closed trials (3)
  • PI
    Retrospective Study of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
    Weill Medical College of Cornell University · IRB STUDY CLOSURE (as of 2026)
  • PI
    Utilization of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery protocol in deep inferior epigastric perforator flap breast reconstruction: a retrospective and prospective study of patient outcomes
    Weill Medical College of Cornell University · IRB STUDY CLOSURE (as of 2024)
  • PI
    Capsular Contracture in Pre-pectoral versus Retro-pectoral 2-Stage Breast Reconstruction
    Weill Medical College of Cornell University · IRB STUDY CLOSURE (as of 2023)

Mentoring

15 menteesAll publications with mentees →