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Nisha Parmeshwar, MD

Nisha Parmeshwar, MD

  • Resident (PGY-5)
  • Plastic Surgery

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Biography

Nisha Parmeshwar, MD is an integrated plastic surgery resident in the UCSF Department of Surgery. She received both her Bachelor's Degree in Biology and Medical Doctorate at the University of California San Diego as part of the UCSD BS/MD Medical Scholars Program. At her medical school graduation from UCSD, she received the Foundation Achievement Award in Surgery, awarded to the top medical student pursuing a surgical field.

Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, she then returned to UCSF for Plastic Surgery residency. In her dedicated research year, she was awarded funding from the T32 in Surgical Oncology and worked on two novel prospective clinical trials in breast reconstruction.

Education & Training

  Institution  
  Degree    
  Dept or School    
  End Date    
  • UC San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA
  • MD
  • Medical Doctorate
  • 06/2019
  • UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
  • BS
  • Biology
  • 06/2015
  • UCSF, San Francisco, CA
  • Plastic Surgery Residency
  • 06/2026

    • Awards & Honors

      Award  
      Confired By    
      Date    
  • CSPS Best Breast/Gender Poster Presentation 2023
  • California Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • 2023
  • CSPS Best Comprehensive Reconstruction Poster Presentation 2023
  • California Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • 2023
  • T32 Award in Surgical Oncology
  • UCSF
  • 2022 - 2023
  • CSPS Resident Paper Competition Winner 2022
  • California Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • 2022
  • Gold Humanism Honor Society Member
  • UCSD
  • 2019
  • Foundation Achievement Award in Surgery
  • UCSD SOM
  • 2019

    • Interests

    • Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
    • Microsurgery
    • Breast Reconstruction

    Publications

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 33
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    1. Parmeshwar N, Dugan CL, Barnes LL, Cheng JK, Patterson AK, Miller A, Mukhtar R, Piper M. ASO Visual Abstract: Nipple-Sparing Mastectomies in Patients over the Age of 60 Years: Factors Associated with Surgical Outcomes. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Oct 15. View in PubMed
    2. Nisha Parmeshwar, Laura Barnes, Catherine LuDugan, Anne Patterson, Merisa Piper. Comparing the Breast Microbiome of Cancer Patients and Prophylactic Risk-Reduction Patients Before and After Mastectomy. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open. 2023 Oct 1; 11(10S):131-132. View in PubMed
    3. Nisha Parmeshwar, Laura Barnes, Catherine LuDugan, Anne Patterson, Merisa Piper. The Presence of Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas in the Breast Microbiome of Post-Mastectomy Expander Infection Patients and the Impact of Prophylactic Antibiotics. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open. 2023 Oct 1; 11(10S):34-35. View in PubMed
    4. Parmeshwar N, Piper M. ASO Author Reflections: Evaluating Nipple-Sparing Mastectomies in Patients Over Age 60. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Dec; 30(13):8462-8463. View in PubMed
    5. Parmeshwar N, Lem M, Dugan CL, Piper M. Evaluating mesh use for abdominal donor site closure after deep inferior epigastric perforator flap breast reconstruction: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Microsurgery. 2023 Sep 12. View in PubMed
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