Dr. Austad received his Doctor of Medicine degree from
the University of Michigan in 1969. He also completed his
undergraduate education there. After an internship with
Louisiana State University at Charity Hospital of New Orleans,
with an emphasis upon trauma surgery and complex medical
problems, he completed a total of six years of residency
training in General Surgery, Neurosurgery, and Plastic
Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical Center. In
the early ‘70's he also served in the Pacific for two years
with the U.S. Navy as a Medical Officer aboard a nuclear
submarine and, later, with U.S. Marine aircrews.
Throughout his career he has maintained a strong commitment
to research and medical education, with many publications
in peer-reviewed medical journals and frequent invited
presentations at U.S. and international scientific meetings.
For six years he was a member of the Editorial Board of
the most prominent plastic journal in the world, Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery , and he has received a number
of research awards. In the ‘80's he pioneered the concept
of tissue expansion and published the first laboratory-based
study of this technique, which has come to be used in reconstructive
surgery worldwide. For the last twenty years, the surgical
treatment of migraine and other types of head pain has
been a major part of his surgical practice, as he was the
primary plastic surgery consultant for the Michigan Headache
and Neurological Institute in Ann Arbor . This is one of
the most prominent headache treatment centers in the world.
He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a staff
member of Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla and Scripps
Hospital , Encinitas, and a member of the American Society
of Plastic Surgeons, the San Diego Plastic Surgery Society,
and many other scientific and professional groups.
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