Kelly Gallego, MD
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Doctor Phone: 712-224-8677 |
Doctor Curriculum Vitae
Education:
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
Training:
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 Present
Professional Societies:
American Society of Plastic Surgeons 2008
California Society of Plastic Surgeons 2008
Orange County Society of Plastic Surgeons 2007
California Medical Association 2007
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society 1997
Phi Delta Lambda Honor Society 1994
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.
