Palmetto Health-USC Plastic Surgery

Special interests: Craniofacial surgery, pediatric plastic surgery, cleft care, facial trauma, adult reconstruction, wound healing.

Elliott H. Chen, MD, is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon with Palmetto Health-USC Medical Group. He joined the faculty of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 2008. Prior to his appointment with the Department of Surgery, he was employed as a general plastic surgeon with Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center and as an assistant professor at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland.

A graduate of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Dr. Chen earned his doctor of medicine from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. He completed his general surgery residency at Stony Brook University School of Medicine in Stony Brook, New York, a plastic surgery residency at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, and a craniofacial surgery fellowship at the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine in Philadelphia.

Special interests: aesthetic surgery, breast surgery and body contouring.

Harold I. Friedman, MD, is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon with Palmetto Health-USC Medical Group. He has been a faculty member of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine since 1984, when he founded the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He has served as division chief ever since, and was named professor of surgery in 1990.

A graduate of Hobart College in Geneva, New York, Friedman earned a PhD in anatomy and his doctor of medicine at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center in Tucson, and a fellowship in plastic surgery at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, also in Charlottesville.

Dr. Friedman is involved in research on implantable materials and soft tissue interactions and has published extensively in plastic surgery literature. He has served as president of the South Carolina Plastic Surgery Society, is a board member with the Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Medical Association, and the Columbia Medical Society. He also serves as an associate editor for the Annals of Plastic Surgery.

Jarom Gilstrap, MD, received his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He completed residencies in general surgery and plastic surgery at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Dr. Gilstrap completed a fellowship in microsurgery at Stanford University Hospital in Stanford, California.

Peter Haines, MD, FACS, is a board certified plastic surgeon who has been caring for patients in the Columbia community since 1986.

Dr. Haines earned his medical degree from the University of Vermont School of Medicine, where he also completed his internship and residency in general surgery. He completed his residency in plastic surgery at the University of Virginia Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, where he then completed additional fellowships in hand, craniofacial, and burn reconstruction.

Dr. Haines is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, the American Cleft Palate Association, the Columbia Medical Society, and several other professional organizations. His expertise encompasses a wide range of cosmetic and reconstructive surgeries of the breast, body and face, including pediatric and congenital deformities.

Mirsad Mujadzic, MD, received his medical degree from the University of Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He completed residencies in general surgery at Regional Medical Center Travnik in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. In addition, he completed residencies in plastic surgery at the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. Dr. Mujadzic also completed a fellowship in microsurgery at the University Clinical Center in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in perforator flaps at Behandlungzentrum Vogtareuth in Munich, Germany, in hand and microsurgery at the University Clinical Center Innsbruck in Innsbruck, Austria, and in hand and microsurgery from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky. He is board certified in plastic surgery and hand surgery.