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                        Using education, technology, and the study of outcomes to provide patients and families with the most comfortable, evidence-based, safest, and least stressful plastic surgical care. 
- Publications
-             A Germline Heterozygous Dominant Negative IKZF2 Variant Causing Syndromic Primary Immune Regulatory Disorder and ICHAD 
 Journal of Clinical Immunology
 Lu, H.Y. and Vaseghi-Shanjani, M. and Lam, A.J. and Sharma, M. and Mohajeri, A. and Silva, L.B.R. and Gillies, J. and Yang, G.X. and Lin, S. and Fu, M.P. and Salman, A. and Rahmanian, R. and Armstrong, L. and Halparin, J. and Yang, C.L. and Chilvers, M. and Henkelman, E. and Rehmus, W. and Morrison, D. and Setiadi, A. and Mostafavi, S. and Kobor, M.S. and Kozak, F.K. and Biggs, C.M. and van Karnebeek, C. and Hildebrand, K.J. and Levings, M.K. and Turvey, S.E.
 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-025-01882-2
 2025Pediatric Midfacial Trauma: What the Surgeon Wants to Know 
 RadioGraphics
 Naoya Shatani and Erika Anne Henkelman and Heather Joan Bray and Sima Zakani and John Jacob and Mark Rollo Halverson
 DOI: 10.1148/rg.220072
 03/2023C-CASE 2023: Promoting Excellence in Surgical Education: Canadian Conference for the Advancement of Surgical Education, Oct. 12-13, 2023, Montréal, Quebec 
 Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie
 Sioufi, J. and Hall, B. and Antel, R. and Moussa, S. and Subasri, M. and Fakih, M. and Islam, N. and Hamdy, R.C. and Chopra, S. and Harley, J.M. and Keuhl, A. and Bassilious, E. and Sherbino, J. and Bilgic, E. and Bondok, M.S. and Bondok, M. and Martel, L. and Law, C. and Posel, N. and Fleiszer, D. and Daud, A. and Hauer, T. and Carr-Pries, N. and Hali, K. and Wolfstadt, J. and Ferguson, P. and Ghasroddashti, A. and Sorefan-Mangou, F. and Del Fernandes, R. and Williams, E. and Choi, K. and Zevin, B. and Patterson, E.D. and Kirupaharan, S. and Mann, S. and Winthrop, A. and Zevin, B. and Bondok, M. and Ghanmi, N. and Etherington, C. and Saddiki, Y. and Lefebvre, I. and Berthelot, P. and Dion, P.-M. and Raymond, B. and Seguin, J. and Sekhavati, P. and Islam, S. and Boet, S. and Tee, T. and Pachchigar, P. and Tarabay, B. and Yilmaz, R. and Hamdan, N.A. and Agu, C. and Almansouri, A. and Harley, J. and Del Maestro, R. and Bondok, M. and Bondok, M.S. and Nguyen, A.X.-L. and Law, C. and Nathoo, N. and Bakshi, N. and Ahuja, N. and Damji, K.F. and Grewal, K. and Azher, S. and Moreno, M. and Pekrun, R. and Wiseman, J. and Fried, G.M. and Lajoie, S. and Brydges, R. and Hadwin, A. and Sun, N.-Z. and Khalil, E. and Harley, J.M. and Nguyen, E.L.-V. and Patel, P. and Muaddi, H. and Rukavina, N. and Bucur, R. and Shwaartz, C. and Islam, N. and Moussa, S. and Subasri, M. and Fakih, M. and Hamdy, R.C. and Wong, E. and Tewari, A. and Brydges, R. and Louridas, M. and Balaji, S. and Patel, P. and Muaddi, H. and Gaebe, K. and Luzzi, C. and Kay, A. and Rukavina, N. and Selzner, M. and Reichman, T. and Shwaartz, C. and Balaji, S. and Muaddi, H. and Shahabinezhad, A. and Patel, P. and Rukavina, N. and Reichman, T. and Jayaraman, S. and Shwaartz, C. and Nashed, J. and Ramelli, L. and Kolasky, O. and Dickenson, T. and Dullege, M. and Kang, A. and Winthrop, A. and Mann, S. and Lau, D. and Henkelman, E. and Jacob, J. and Watson, I. and Haji, F. and McEwen, C.C. and Jaffer, I. and Sibbald, M. and Blouin, V. and Bénard, F. and Pelletier, F. and Abdo, S. and Meloche-Dumas, L. and Kapralos, B. and Dubrowski, A. and Patocskai, E. and Pachchigar, P. and Agu, C. and Yilmaz, R. and Tee, T. and Maestro, R.D. and Adedipe, I. and Stephens, C. and Ghebretatios, M. and Laplante, S. and Patel, P. and Balaji, S. and Muaddi, H. and Rukavina, N. and Shwaartz, C. and Brodovsky, M. and Lai, C. and Behzadi, A. and Blair, G. and Almansouri, A. and Hamdan, N.A. and Yilmaz, R. and Tee, T. and Pachchigar, P. and Eskandari, M. and Agu, C. and Giglio, B. and Balasubramaniam, N. and Bierbrier, J. and Collins, D.L. and Gueziri, H.-E. and Del Maestro, R.F. and Koonar, E. and Ramazani, F. and Hart, R. and Henley, J. and Roberts, S. and Chandarana, S. and Matthews, W. and Schrag, C. and Matthews, J. and Mackenzie, D. and Cutting, C. and Lui, J. and Delisle, ?. and Cordoba, T. and Cordoba, C. and Giglio, B. and Lacroix, A. and Cairns, J. and Alsayegh, A. and Alhantoobi, M. and Balasubramaniam, N. and Safih, W. and Hamel, M. and Del Maestro, R. and Francis, G. and Moise, A. and Omar, Y. and Hathi, K. and Mavedatnia, D. and Grose, E. and Philips, T. and Schneider, C. and Corbin, D. and Lesage, F. and Pellerin, M. and Ben-Ali, W. and Tamani, Z. and Joly-Chevrier, M. and Bénard, F. and Meloche-Dumas, L. and Laflamme, L. and Boulva, K. and Younan, R. and Dubrowski, A. and Patocskai, E. and Sticca, G. and Petruccelli, J. and Dorion, D. and Osman, Y. and Bénard, F. and Habti, M. and Meloche-Dumas, L. and Duranleau, X. and Boulva, K. and Kaviani, A. and Younan, R. and Dubrowski, A. and Vessella, K. and Patocskai, E. and Valji, R. and Turner, S. and Lam, T. and Mobilio, M.H. and Hirsh, J. and Lising, D. and Cil, T. and Marcon, E. and Moulton, C.-A. and D'Souza, A. and Milazzo, T. and Datta, S. and Valiquette, C. and Avery, E. and Voineskos, S. and Musgrave, M. and Wanzel, K. and Schneidman, J. and Armstrong, N. and Gerardis, G. and Silver, J. and Azzam, M.A. and Fisher, R. and Banks, I. and Young, M. and Nguyen, L.H. and Skakum, M. and Hancock, B.J. and Min, S.L. and Youssef, F. and Keijzer, R. and Morris, M. and Shawyer, A. and Retrosi, G.
 DOI: 10.1503/cjs.014523
 2023Dominant negative variants in IKZF2 cause ICHAD syndrome, a new disorder characterised by immunodysregulation, craniofacial anomalies, hearing impairment, athelia and developmental delay 
 Journal of Medical Genetics
 Mohajeri, A. and Vaseghi-Shanjani, M. and Rosenfeld, J.A. and Yang, G.X. and Lu, H. and Sharma, M. and Lin, S. and Salman, A. and Waqas, M. and Sababi Azamian, M. and Worley, K.C. and Del Bel, K.L. and Kozak, F.K. and Rahmanian, R. and Biggs, C.M. and Hildebrand, K.J. and Lalani, S.R. and Nicholas, S.K. and Scott, D.A. and Mostafavi, S. and Van Karnebeek, C. and Henkelman, E. and Halparin, J. and Yang, C.L. and Armstrong, L. and Turvey, S.E. and Lehman, A.
 DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2022-109127
 2023Organic facial foreign body in a ski accident: Case report and review of the literature 
 Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
 Goldman, R.D. and Kong, C. and Henkelman, E.
 DOI: 10.1111/jpc.14966
 2021Topical skin adhesives for laceration repair in children 
 Canadian Family Physician
 Adl, H. and Henkelman, E. and Goldman, R.D.
 DOI: 10.46747/cfp.6704260
 2021Online Cleft Educational Videos: Parent Preferences. 
 The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
 Spoyalo K and Courtemanche RJM and Henkelman E
 DOI: 10.1177/1055665620957215
 PubMed: 32929983
 09/2020Nodular fasciitis: A rapidly enlarging destructive periorbital mass in an infant 
 American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
 Tom Liu, R. and Henkelman, E. and Popescu, O. and Yin, V.T.
 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2018.04.019
 2019Finding Gory-bringing home an unwanted aquatic traveler 
 Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)
 Mijovic, H. and Henkelman, E. and Goldfarb, D.M.
 DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxx213
 2018Cocaine-induced full-thickness tissue necrosis: A case series 
 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
 Amalfi, A.N. and Neumeister, M.W. and Bueno, R.A. and Sommer, N.Z. and Henkelman, E.A.
 DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182a58afb
 2013The Stiff Joint 
 Decision Making in Plastic Surgery
 Henkelman EA, Neumeister MW. The Stiff Joint, Decision Making in Plastic Surgery, Marsh and Perlin, Chapter 93:216-219. Quality Medical Publishing, Inc. 2010.
 2010Bone and Joint Pain 
 Decision Making in Plastic Surgery
 Henkelman EA, Neumeister MW. Bone and Joint Pain, Decision Making in Plastic Surgery, Marsh and Perlin, Chapter 92:214-215. Quality Medical Publishing, Inc. 2010.
 2010Old age and laparotomy adversely affect abdominal muscle mechanical properties 
 Journal of the American College of Surgeons
 Melanie Urbanchek and Shaun Patel and Albert Ma and Thane Wolcott and Erika Henkelman and Michael Franz and William Kuzon
 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.05.043
 09/2006Incisional Hernia Effect on Abdominal Neuromuscular Properties in the Rat 
 Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery
 Shaun Patel and Erika Henkelman and Thane Wolcott and Gulden Avci and Daniel Calderon and Michael Franz and William Kuzon and Melanie Urbanchek
 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-949684
 08/2006Aging increases the susceptibility of skeletal muscle derived satellite cells to apoptosis 
 Experimental Gerontology
 Jejurikar, S.S. and Henkelman, E.A. and Cederna, P.S. and Marcelo, C.L. and Urbanchek, M.G. and Kuzon Jr., W.M.
 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2006.06.053
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- Research
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                      Current Project 
 How can we best educate families and friends of children requiring plastic surgery interventions regarding their health?Current Project 
 Which IV fluids and pain medications do we order as plastic surgeons, and what is the safety evidence behind our use?Current Project 
 Alveolar bone grafting using the iliac crest as a donor site – what is the recovery like?Research Group MembersRebecca Courtemanche, Clinical Research Manager 
 Kathy Vuong, Clinical Research Assistant
Congratulations to the 2025 Outstanding Achievement recipients
The Outstanding Achievement Award recognizes the remarkable accomplishments of our trainees in research aimed at improving the health and well-being of children and families. Generously funded by the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, this program plays a pivotal role in acknowledging and nurturing excellence within our research community. Each year, awards are given to trainees whose research skills and analytical abilities demonstrate strong potential to contribute meaningfully to the scientific community.
        
   
 
 
 
 
