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RICHARD MAHLON KLINE, JR., M.D.
PERSONAL
Place of Birth:
Charleston, South Carolina
EDUCATION
College
1976-1980
Furman University
Greenville, South Carolina
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry
Medical School
1980-1984
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Internship
1984-1985
General Surgery
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Residency
1985-1989
General Surgery
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Research
1989-1990
Postdoctoral Fellow
Louisiana State University Medical Center
School of Medicine in New Orleans
Neuroscience Center
Dr. Nicholas Bazan, Research Director
Dr. Thomas Panetta, Research Director
Residency
1990-1992
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Louisiana State University Medical Center
School of Medicine in New Orleans
Dr. George Hoffman, Chairman
Fellowship
1992-1993
Craniofacial Surgery
University of Miami
Dr. S. Anthony Wolfe, Director
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
1993-1996
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Assistant Program Director
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Division of Plastic Surgery
Louisiana State University Medical Center
School of Medicine in New Orleans
1996-1999
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
1997–1999
Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center
109 Bee Street
Charleston, SC 29401
2000-present
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
1/2004 – 1/2006Chairman, Department of Surgery
East Cooper Regional Medical Center
Mt. Pleasant, SC
CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE
Diplomate, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Diplomate, American Board of Surgery
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
Permanent Medical License, State of South Carolina
Permanent Medical License, State of Louisiana
Permanent Medical License, State of Ohio (inactive)
Permanent Medical License, State of Florida (inactive)
SOCIETIES
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons
American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery
American Cleft Palate Association
Charleston County Medical Society
South Carolina Society of Plastic Surgeons
South Carolina Medical Association
American College of Surgeons
ABSTRACTS
"Brachial Artery Repair After Cardiac Catheterization," Winner (3rd place),
Cleveland Surgical Society Annual Resident Abstract Competition, April 14, 1987
"How Safe Is the Harvesting of Cranial Bone Grafts? An Analysis of 12,271 Cases"
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Richard M. Kline, Jr., MD and S. Anthony Wolfe, MD
American Association of Plastic Surgeons, 72nd Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May 12,
1993
"How Safe Is the Harvesting of Cranial Bone Grafts? An Analysis of 12,271 Cases"
Richard M. Kline, Jr., MD and S. Anthony Wolfe, MD
Fifth International Congress, International Association of Craniofacial Surgeons, Oaxaca, Mexico,
October 24, 1993
“Reconstruction of a Massive Trunk Defect with a Free Vastus Lateralis Flap”
K. Khoobehi, R. Kline, and W. Montegut
Southern Medical Association, Baltimore, MD, November 20-24, 1996
“Extended Hemipelvectomy in a Jehovah’s Witness with Erythropoeitin Support”
M.O. Meyers, S. Heinrich, R. Kline, and E.A. Levine
Southeastern Surgical Congress, Nashville, TN, February 4, 1997
INVITED LECTURES
"Models for the Study of Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion"
Society of University Neurosurgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 22, 1990
“Wound Management: Pearls and Pitfalls”
Family Practice Update in New Orleans, April 4, 1995
“Chronic Wounds of the Lower Extremity”
Family Practice Update in New Orleans, April 16, 1996
“Classification and Management of Craniofacial Disorders”
Fifteenth Annual South Carolina Symposium on Cleft Palate and other Craniofacial Disorders
University of South Carolina, Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia,SC, April 3, 1998
“Facial Reconstruction for Congenital & Acquired Deformities”
Southern Medical Association, Dallas, TX, November 12, 1999
"Craniofacial Anomalies and Cleft Palate Care: The MUSC Experience"
Twentieth Annual South Carolina Symposium on Cleft Palate / Craniofacial Disorders
University of South Carolina, Two Medical Park, Columbia,SC, October 31, 2003
“Advances in Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery”
Pediatric Neuroscience Update
Kiawah Island, SC, April 17, 2005
PUBLICATIONS
Santanello SA, Kline RM, Wanamaker SR, Falcone RE: An Unusual Cause of Penetrating
Injury to the Heart. Infect Surg 8(1):16-18, Jan 1989
Kline RM, Hertzer NR, Beven EG, O'Hara P, Krajewski L: Brachial Artery Repair After Cardiac
Catheterization: Improved Results in 532 Patients. J Vasc Surg 12(1):20-24, Jul 1990
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Kline RM, Panetta T, Updyke BV, Bazan NG: Development of a No-Reflow Model of
Cerebral Ischemia in the Rat Using Angiography. Soc Neurosci 10/90; 16:939
Kline RM, Wolfe SA: Complications Associated with the Harvesting of Cranial Bone Grafts.
Plast Reconstr Surg 95:5-13, 1995
Long WP, Kline RM, Levine EA: Chest Wall Resection for Extrapulmonary Tumour. J La State
Med Soc 149(9):323-7, Sep 1997
Kline RM: Management of Craniofacial Anomalies. J SC Med Assoc 93(9):336-341, Sep 1997
Kline RM, Khoobehi C, Levine EA. Trunk Reconstruction with the Free Vastus Lateralis Flap.
J Reconstr Microsurg 14(4):,May 1998
Meyers MO, Heinrich SH, Kline RM, Levine EA. Extended hemipelvectomy in a Jehovah’s
witness with erythropoieitin support. Am Surg 1998; 64:1074-76
Kline RM. Aesthetic Nasal reconstruction Following Skin Cancer. Clin Plast Surg 2004;31(1):93111
Craigie JE and Kline RM. Ed., Clin Plast Surg. 2004; 31(1)
Woodworth BA, Gillespie MB, Day T, Kline RM. Muscle-sparing abdominal free flaps in head and
neck reconstruction. Head Neck 2006 Sep;28(9):802-7
Massey MF, Spiegel AJ, Levine JL, Craigie JE, Kline RM, Khoobehi K, Erhard H, Greenspun DT,
Allen RJ Jr, Allen RJ Sr. Perforator flaps: recent experience, current trends, and future directions
based on 3974 microsurgical breast reconstructions. Plast Reconstr Surg 2009 Sep;124(3):73751
Kilpatrick LA, Kline RM, Hufnagle KE, Vanlue MJ, White DR. Postoperative management
following sphincter pharyngoplasty. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010 Apr;142(4):582-5.