Surgeon Curriculum Vitae

Undergraduate:
Point Loma Nazarene University 1990-1994
B.A., Biology/ Chemistry, Magna Cum Laude, May 1994

Medical School:
University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine 1994-1998
M.D., June 1998

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery:
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center 2001-2003
Fellow, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

General Surgery:
Oregon Health Sciences University 1999-2001
Resident, Department of Surgery
Oregon Health Sciences University 1998-1999
Intern, Department of Surgery

Medical Licensure:
Oregon State Board of Examiners, 1999-2001
Colorado State Board of Medical Examiners, 2002-2005
Medical Board of California, August, 2003-present
Iowa Board of Medicine, September, 2009-present

Board Certifications:
American Board of Plastic Surgery

Work Experience:
Aesthetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Orange County, CA 2003-2009
Aesthetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Sioux City, IA 2009-Present

Professional Societies:
American Society of Plastic Surgeons 2008
American Society of Bariatric Plastic Surgeons 2010
Orange County Society of Plastic Surgeons 2007
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society 1997
Phi Delta Lambda Honor Society 1994
Fellow, American College of Surgeons 2011

Awards and Honors:
ASPS Senior Resident's Conference-Best Congenital Paper 2003
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges 1993-1994
PLNU President's Scholar Award (4) 1991-1994
Biology/Chemistry Departmental Award, PLNU (4) 1991-1994
National Hispanic Scholarship Award (2) 1992-1993

Publications:
Verheyden CN, McLaughlin B, Law C, Gallego K, et al. "Through-and-through gunshot wounds to the foot; the 'Fearless Fosdick' injury." Annals of Plastic Surgery, 2005, Vol. 55(5), pp. 474-8.
Cothren CC, Gallego K, et al. "Chest wall reconstruction with acellular dermal matrix (Alloderm) and a latissimus muscle flap." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2004, Vol. 114(4), pp. 1015-7.
Toosie K, Gallego K, et al. "Fibrin glue reduces intra-abdominal adhesions to synthetic mesh in a rat ventral hernia model." American Surgeon, 2000, Vol. 66(1), pp. 41-45.
Shellhammer D, Anstine D, Gallego K, et al. "Reactions of diethylaminosulfur trifluoride with diols." Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2, 1995, pp. 861-866.
Shellhammer D, Chiaco M, Gallego K, et al. "The fluorination of cyclopentadiene and 3,4-epoxycyclopentene." Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 1995, Vol. 75, pp. 83-87.