Abdulwadood, Isra
Isra Abdulwadood, MD
Hometown:
Dallas, TX
Undergraduate School:
University of Texas at Dallas
Medical School:
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Bio:
I was born and raised in Dallas, Texas and ultimately went to the University of Dallas as a student in the Hobson Wildenthal Honors College where I majored in Neuroscience and minored in Art History and Political Science. In Spring 2020, I was a fellow with the Archer Center during which time I interned at the Leadership Coalition of Civil and Human Rights with the Economic Policy and Census teams. After college, I attended the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine for medical school where I developed my interest in plastic surgery, found lifelong mentors, and graduated with a distinction in bioethics.
Personal Interests:
cafe hopping, postcard collecting (love snail mail), hiking, reading, traveling, baking bread, and formula 1.
Clinical Interests:
bioethics in reconstructive surgery, microsurgical reconstruction in underserved populations, palliative reconstruction, and mentorship in surgery.
Professional Activities:
Gold Humanism Honor Society, Distinction in Biomedical Ethics, Certificate in Health Systems Sciences, WOCPRS, Recipient of ACAPS PREPPED scholarship, and Bill Archer Fellow.
Publications:
Michael R Ruta, Isra Abdulwadood, Nicole Van Spronsen, Mehrdad Motamed, Yu-Hui Chang, Robert Singer, Robert Bernard, Edward M Reece, Assessment of the Aesthetic Relationship Between the Female Breast and the Lateral Chest Wall: Important Considerations for Breast Augmentation, Breast Reduction, and Breast Reconstruction Surgery, Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 2025;, sjaf107, https://doi.org/10.1093/asj/sjaf107.
Unadkat KD, Abdulwadood I, Hiredesai AN, Howlett CP, Geldmaker LE, Noland SS. ChatGPT 4.0’s efficacy in the self-diagnosis of non-traumatic hand conditions. J Hand Microsurg. 2025;17(3):100217. Published 2025 Jan 23. doi:10.1016/j.jham.2025.100217.
Martinez C, Abdulwadood I, Winocour S, et al. Spino-Plastic Surgery: Addressing Spinal Tumors with New Techniques. Cancers (Basel). 2024;16(23):4088. Published 2024 Dec 6. doi:10.3390/cancers16234088.
Ishimoto AK, Abdulwadood I. Medical Education that Supports Women. Conference Proceedings: Sixth Annual Women in Medicine Summit: An Evolution of Empowerment 2024. International Journal of Academic Medicine. 10(4):p 233-374, Oct–Dec 2024. | DOI: 10.4103/ijam.ijam_175_24.
Abdulwadood I, Ishimoto AK. On Allyship and Giving Credit Where Credit is Due. Conference Proceedings: Sixth Annual Women in Medicine Summit: An Evolution of Empowerment 2024. International Journal of Academic Medicine. 10(4):p 233-374, Oct–Dec 2024. | DOI: 10.4103/ijam.ijam_175_24.
Reece EM, Van Spronsen N, Velluto C, et al. Spinoplastic Reconstruction Using Iliac Crest Vascularized Bone Graft following Sacral Ependymoma Resection. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2024;12(11):e6341. Published 2024 Nov 25. doi:10.1097/GOX.0000000000006341.
Casey Martinez, Isra Abdulwadood, Diego Gomez, Jonathan Jeger, Karim Bakri, Michael Bohl, Alexander E. Ropper, Sebastian Winocour, Edward M. Reece. Spino-plastic Surgery. Orthoplastic Surgery, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orthop.2024.09.001
Diego A Gomez, Isra Abdulwadood, Aaron Bogan, Bryn E Morris, Jeffrey M Kenkel, Robert W Bernard, Edward M Reece, Energy-Based Medical Devices in Plastic Surgery: A Comparison of FDA Approved Indications to Advertised Claims, Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/asjof/ojae083
Abdulwadood Isra, Kumar S, Noland SS. Breaking down the concrete wall: Encouraging trickle-down allyship in plastic and reconstructive surgery training. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. Published online September 18, 2024. doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2024.09.057
Abdulwadood, Isra, Diego A. Gomez, Casey Martinez, Michael Bohl, Alexander E. Ropper, Sebastian Winocour, and Edward M. Reece. “Vascularized Bone Grafts in Spinal Reconstruction: An Updated Comprehensive Review.” Orthoplastic Surgery, Pre-print Available 2024 Aug 25. doi:10.1016/j.orthop.2024.08.003
Gomez DA, Mazarei M, Abdulwadood I, Casey WJ 3rd, Rebecca AM, Reece EM. Wound closure techniques for spinoplastic surgery: a review of the literature. Neurosurg Rev. 2024;47(1):460. Published 2024 Aug 23. doi:10.1007/s10143-024-02704-6
Meltzer E, Wilshusen L, Abdulwadood I, et al. Telemedicine and Patient Experience Ratings at an Academic Integrative Medicine Practice: Retrospective Examination. JMIR Form Res. 2024;8:e56312. Published 2024 Jul 22. doi:10.2196/56312
Abdulwadood I, De Melo JF, Scheel RC, Bois JP. Severe Hypertriglyceridemia in a Patient With Metabolic Syndrome and Psoriasis on Risankizumab-Rzaa. JCEM Case Rep. 2024;2(6):luae087. Published 2024 Jun 21. doi:10.1210/jcemcr/luae087
Abdulwadood I, Anderson M, Kough K, Akridge A, Noland S. Surgical Education: Integrating Visual Thinking Strategies into Plastic Surgery Training. Plast Reconstr Surg. Published online April 9, 2024. doi:10.1097/PRS.0000000000011461
Tran MT, Dillard DB, Abdelwahab RM, Abdulwadood I, et al. A Student Teaching Assistant Program for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Antiracism Curricular Enhancement. Acad Med. Published online April 12, 2024. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000005736
Shvedova M, Abdulwadood I, Vernik DM, et al. Novel Approach to Difficult Spinal Reconstruction: Bilateral Simultaneous Rib and Iliac Crest Vascularized Bone Graft Spinoplastic Surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2024;12(4):e5656. Published 2024 Apr 8. doi:10.1097/GOX.0000000000005656
Abdulwadood I, Pflibsen LR, Jarvis NR, et al. The PUG Flap: Conjoined Profunda Artery Perforator and Upper Gracilis Flap for Breast Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2024;12(3):e5544. Published 2024 Mar 25. doi:10.1097/GOX.0000000000005544
Abdulwadood I, Ishimoto AK. Covered in the Operating Room: Carving Out Space for My Hijab. Acad Med. Published online October 11, 2023. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000005495
Ishimoto AK, Abdulwadood I. A Dojo Without Diversity. Acad Med. Published online October 11, 2023. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000005496
Zhang C, Gomez D, Abdulwadood I, Kosiorek H, Hammond JB, Cronin P, Reece E, Rebecca A, Casey W, Pockaj BA. Postoperative Complication Impact on Quality of Life after Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction. J Am Coll Surg. 2023;237(2):319-330. doi:10.1097/XCS.0000000000000739