Bruce Ferris, M.D., F.A.C.S. Dr. Bruce Ferris began practicing in 1976. Dr. Ferris is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Following is a summary of Dr. Ferris's education and residency:

• University of Kansas, B.A. 1965
• University of Kansas School of Medicine, M.D. 1969
• General Surgery Residency, St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, KS, 1969-1974
• Plastic Surgery Residency, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, 1974-1976

Accomplishments

• Past President of the Medical Staff, St. Francis Regional Medical Center
• Chairman, Department of Surgery, St. Francis Regional Medical Center
• Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Kansas School of Medicine
• The American Board of Plastic Surgeons, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
• The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Society for Surgery of the HandOutstanding Intern, St. Francis Hospital, 1970

Memberships

• American College of Surgeons
• The American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• The American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
• Kansas State Medical Society
• Medical Society of Sedgwick County
• Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons
• Western Trauma Association
• Kansas Surgical Society
• American Society of Surgery of the Hand
• Lipolysis Society of North America

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James Shaw, M.D. Dr. James Shaw began practicing in 1995. Dr. Shaw was certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery in 1997.' Dr. Shaw specializes in breast surgery, facial cosmetic and reconstructive surgery and body contouring. Following is a summary of Dr. Shaw's education and residency:

• University of Kansas, B.A. 1984
• University of Kansas School of Medicine, M.D. 1988
• General Surgery Residency, University of Kansas, Wichita, KS, 1992
• Plastic Surgery Residency, University of Texas Medical Branch, 1995

Accomplishments

• Surgical Teaching Staff at Via Christi, St. Francis and St. Joseph Campus and Wesley Medical Center

Memberships

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Kansas Surgical Society
• Medical Society of Sedgwick Society
• Kansas Medical Society

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Amy M. Sprole, M.D.

Honors & Awards

• The Dicran Goulian, M.D. Award for Academic Excellence in Plastic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, June 2005
• Distinguished Housestaff Award for outstanding service in the Division of Plastic Surgery, Nov 2005
• Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, Cornell University Medical College, 2000
• Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation – awarded to top ten women graduates of medical school class, 2000
• Max Kade Fellowship Award for International Study – Radiology, Vienna, Austria, March 2000
• Tucker Foundation Dartmouth Community Service Exemplary Achievement Citation, 1996
• Rufus Choate Scholar 1995-1996 – awarded top 5% of students for academic year
• Third Honor Group 1994-1995 – awarded top 35% of students for academic year

Education

CORNELL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE, New York, New YorkDoctor of Medicine, May 2000

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, New HampshireBachelor of Arts cum laude, June 1996

• Major: Biology modified by Environmental Studies
• Women in Science Project Intern, North Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
• Foreign Study Program – Environmental Studies, Nairobi, Kenya, January – March 1995
• Foreign Study Program – Art History, Florence, Italy, April – June 1995

Professional Experience

PLASTIC SURGERY CENTER, Wichita, KS, December 2006 – present
Attending Surgeon

NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL, New York, New York, June 2000 – June 2006
(The university hospital of Columbia and Cornell)

Administrative Chief Resident, Plastic Surgery, July 2005 – June 2006

Resident, Plastic Surgery, July 2004 – June 2005

Resident, General Surgery, June 2001 – June 2004 Intern,

General Surgery June 2000 – June 2001

Professional Affiliations

• American Board of Plastic Surgery, Diplomate
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Candidate Member
• Clinical Instructor, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita Campus
• Medical Society of Sedgwick County
• Kansas Medical Society

Publications

• Sprole AM; Adepoju I; Ascherman, J; Gayle L; Grant R; Talmor M, Horizontal or vertical? An evaluation of patient preferences for reduction mammaplasty scars. Aesthetic Surgery Journal 27(3):257-62, (May 2007).
• Talmor M, Patel M, Spann M, Barden C, Specht M, McLean A, Harper A, Hoffman L, Nolan W, COX-2 up-regulation in idiopathic carpel tunnel syndrome. Plast Reconstr Surg. 112(7):1807-14, (December 2003).
• McLean A, Talmor M, Harper A, Fahey T, Gayle L, Hoffman L, Expression of Cyclooxygenase-2 in the peri-prosthetic capsule surrounding a silicone shell implant in the rat. Annals of Plastic Surgery 48:3 (March 2002).
• McLean A, Broussard E, McCarter M, Calvo T, Lopresti P, Marzulli V, Fahey T, Laparoscopic marsupialization of non-parasitic splenic cyst. Contemporary Surgery 56:9 (Sept 2000).
• Amdur R, O’Hara J, Laughlin J, Clough S, McLean A, Hoopes P, Osterberg U. Tissue dosimetry of 632nm light delivered through brachytherapy needles. Radiation Oncology Investigations, 4:281-286 (1996).

Presentations

• Sprole AM; Adepoju I; Ascherman, J; Gayle L; Grant R; Talmor M, Horizontal or vertical? An evaluation of patient preferences for reduction mammaplasty scars. Presented at the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons annual meeting, April 2006.
• Presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Council, Seattle, WA, May 2000:
• Talmor M, Patel M, Spann M, Barden C, Specht M, McLean A, Harper A, Hoffman L, Nolan W, COX-2 up-regulation in idiopathic carpel tunnel syndrome.
• McLean A, Talmor M, Harper A, Fahey T, Gayle L, Hoffman L, Expression of Cyclooxygenase-2 in the peri-prosthetic capsule surrounding a silicone shell implant in the rat.