Dr. Elbert T. Cheng's CV

ELBERT TZE-CHIN CHENG, MD

Cheng Plastic Surgery
Cheng MedSpa
Saratoga Surgery Center
12945 Saratoga Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070

EDUCATION:

High School: Mountain View High School, Mountain View, CA
Graduated valedictorian (June 1988)

Undergraduate: Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Graduated with Honors/Biology
Bachelor of Science (June 1992)

Undergraduate: Oxford University (St. Catherine’s College), Oxford, England
1990

Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Graduated with MD (May 1996)

Internship: General Surgery (1996-1997)
Stanford University Hospital Department of Surgery

Residency: Head and Neck Surgery (1997-2000)
Stanford University Hospital Department of Surgery
Division of Head & Neck Surgery

Chief Resident: Head and Neck Surgery (2000-2001)
Stanford University Hospital Department of Surgery
Division of Head & Neck Surgery

Fellowship: Facial Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery (2001-2002)
Director (Stephen Perkins, MD)
Meridian Plastic Surgery Center, Indianapolis, IN

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:

El Camino Hospital of Mountain View
(Facial Plastic Surgery)

El Camino Hospital of Los Gatos
(Facial Plastic Surgery)

Saratoga Surgery Center
Saratoga, CA

Honors:

Graduated with Honors, Stanford University
Honors Thesis in Biology, Stanford University (1992)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS (1992-present)

American Academy of Oto-Head & Neck Surgery
American Academy of Facial Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery
California Society of Facial Plastic Surgery
American College of Surgeons (candidate)

ADVISORY BOARDS:

Skinceuticals’s Asia Focused Dose Advisory Board – March, 2021
Skinceuticals’s Regenerative (Peptide) Medicine Advisory Board – July, 2021

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Swimming, Reading

PUBLICATIONS AND PAPER PRESENTATIONS:

Over 15 peer-reviewed paper publications and subsequent presentations on microsurgical nerve anastomosis and repair.

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Cheng, ET, Utley D, Ho PR, Verity N, Terris D. Functional recovery of transected nerves treated with systemic BDNF and CNTF. Microsurgery 1998;18:35-41.
2. Cheng ET, Utley D, Tarn DM, Verity N, Terris D. Functional recovery following nerve injury and repair by silicon tubulization: comparison of laminin-fibronectin, dialyzed plasma, collagen gel, and phosphate buffered saline. Auris Nasus Larynx 1999;26:117-122.
3. Utley D, Lewin S, Cheng ET, Terris D. Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and collagen tubulization enhance functional recovery after peripheral nerve transection and repair. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1996;122:407-413.
4. Lewin S, Utley D, Cheng ET, Verity A, Terris D. Simultaneous treatment with BDNF and CNTF after peripheral nerve transection and repair enhances rate of functional recovery compared with BDNF treatment alone. Laryngoscope. 1997;107(7):992-9.
5. Ho PR, Coan G, Cheng ET, Terris D. The effects of repair with collagen tubules linked with BDNF and CNTF in a rat sciatic nerve injury model. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1998;124(7):761-6.
6. Koch RJ, Cheng ET. Quantification of skin elasticity changes associated with pulsed carbon dioxide laser skin resurfacing. Arch Facial Plast Surg. 1999;1:272-275.
7. Cheng ET, Greene D, Koch RJ. Metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the nose. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000;122:464.
8. Cheng ET, Fee WE. Dilatational versus standard tracheostomy: a meta-analysis. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2000 Sep;109(9):803-7.
9. Krol BJ, Righi PD, Paydarfar JA, Cheng ET, Bhargava V, Hayes JT, Smith RM, Lai DC, Lue AJ, Piccirillo JF, Scher RL, Weisberger EC, Wilson KM, Tran LE, Terris DJ. Factors related to outcome of salvage therapy for isolated cervical recurrence of squamous cell carcinoma in the previously treated neck: a multi-institutional study. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000 Oct;123(4):368-76.

10. Cheng ET, Koch RJ. “Blended CO2 and Erbium:YAG Laser Energy: An Effective Modality for the Treatment of Keloids.” Laryngoscope (Submitted)
11. Cheng ET, Koch RJ. “Regional Differences in the Secretion of Growth Factors by Facial and Chest Fibroblasts Utilizing Blended CO2 and Erbium:YAG Laser Energy: a Serum-Free Study.” Lasers in Surg Med (accepted for publication)
12. Cheng ET, Nowak KC Koch RJ. Effect of blended carbon dioxide and erbium:YAG laser energy on preauricular and ear lobule keloid fibroblast secretion of growth factors: a serum-free study.” Arch Facial Plast Surg 2001 Oct-Dec;3(4):252-257.
13. Cheng ET, Perkins SW, Castellano R. Patient tolerance of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene augmentation in cheek-lip grooves and lips: a eight-year experience. Arch Facial Plast Surg (submitted 2002)
14. Cheng ET, Perkins SW. Rhytidectomy analysis – twenty years of experience. Clin Facial Plast Surg (submitted 2002)

PRESENTATIONS:

1. Cheng, ET, Utley D, Tarn DM, Verity N, Terris D. Functional Recovery following Nerve Injury and Repair by Silicon Tubulization. 11th Annual American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery Meeting in Tucson, Arizona. January 15, 1996.
2. Utley D, Lewin S, Cheng ET, Terris D. Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Collagen Tubulization Enhance Functional Recovery. 11th Annual American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery Meeting in Tucson, Arizona. January 15, 1996.
3. Cheng, ET, Utley D, Ho PR, Verity N, Terris D. Functional Recovery Transected Nerves Treated with Systemic BDNF and CNTF. 4th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer in Toronto, Canada. July 28, 1996.
4. Lewin S, Utley D, Cheng ET, Verity A, Terris D. Simultaneous Treatment with BDNF and CNTF after Peripheral Nerve Transection and Repair Enhances Rate of Functional Recovery Compared with BDNF Treatment Alone. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meetings. May 9, 1996.
5. Ho PR, Coan G, Cheng ET, Terris D. The Effects of Repair with Collagen Tubules Linked with BDNF and CNTF in a Rat Sciatic Nerve Injury Model. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meetings. Scottsdale, Arizona. May 15, 1997.
6. Cheng ET. Ear Drop Ototoxicity. 10th Annual Stanford Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Symposium. Stanford, California, June 27, 1998.
7. Koch R.J. & Cheng, ET. Quantification of Skin Elasticity Changes Associated with Laser Skin Resurfacing. AAFPRS 1998 Fall Meeting, San Antonio, Texas. September, 1998.
8. Fee WE, Cheng ET. Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy versus Standard Open Tracheostomy, ABEA, Palm Desert, California. May, 1999.
9. Cheng ET, Terris D. Multi-Institutional Analysis of Factors Related to Outcome of Salvage Therapy for Isolated Cervical Recurrence of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the Previously Treated Neck. 11th Annual Stanford Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Symposium. Stanford, California, June 18, 1999.
10. Krol BJ, Righi PD, Paydarfar JA, Cheng ET, Terris D. Multi-Institutional Analysis of Factors Related to Outcome of Salvage Therapy for Isolated Cervical Recurrence of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the Previously Treated Neck. American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, Inc. Spring Meeting 2000. (Abstract Submitted)
11. Cheng ET, Messner AM. Tonsil & Adenoids – Everything you Wanted to Know and More. Stanford Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Stanford, California. July 18, 1999.
12. Cheng ET, Koch RJ. Blended CO2 and Erbium:YAG Laser Energy: An In Vitro Evaluation of Possible Efficacy in Keloid Treatment. 2000 Western Section of the American Larygnological, Rhinological, and Otological Society, Inc. San Francisco, California. January 9, 2000.
13. Cheng ET, Koch RJ. The Effect of Blended CO2 and Erbium:YAG Laser Energy on Dermal Fibroblast Secretion of Growth Factors: a Serum-Free Study. 20th Annual Meeting American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Inc. Reno, Nevada. April 7, 2000.
14. Cheng ET, Koch RJ, Nowak MD. The Effect of Blended CO2 and Erbium:YAG Laser Energy on Keloid Fibroblasts from the Preauricular Region Versus the Ear Lobule. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2000 Spring Meeting. Orlando, Florida. May 13, 2000.
15. Cheng E.T, Facial Nerve Paralysis and Surgical Reanimation Techniques. Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Conference, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, November 21, 2002.