CURRICULM VITAE
Melinda Lacerna, M.D., F.A.C.S.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Medicine
University of California, Irvine College of Medicine (1994-1998)
Irvine, CA
Bachelor of Science Biological Sciences
California State University, Fullerton (1990-1994)
Fullerton, CA
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
Board Certified, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Board Certified, General Surgery
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
California Society of Plastic Surgeons
SURGICAL TRAINING
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (2003-2005)
General Surgery
Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA (1998-2003)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Attending Plastic Surgeon
Channel Islands Plastic Surgery Medical Group
Ventura County Medical Center (Current)
Attending Plastic Surgeon
Kaiser Permanente, Woodland Hills, CA (2005-2007)
PUBLICATIONS
Lacerna, M, Spears, J, Mitra, A
Avoiding free nipple grafts during reduction mammaplasty in patients with
gigantomastia.
Ann Plast Surg. 2005 Jul;55(1):21-4
Kaminski, A., Amr, D., Lacerna-Kimbrell, ML
Lymphatic Mapping in patients with breast cancer and previous Augmentation Mammaplasty. Am Surg. 2007 Oct;73(10);981-3
Puopong, D, Terasaki, K, Lacerna, M, Applebaum, H
Splenic artery embolization in the management of an acute immune
thrombocytopenic purpura-related intracranial hemorrhage.
J Pediatr Surg. 2005 May;40(5):869-71.
ElTorai, I, Wong, Lacerna, M
Surgical aspects of autonomic dysreflexia.
J Spinal Cord Med. 1997 Jul;20(3):361-4.
Lacerna, M
Les Fleurs de La Chateau, original oil painting
Cover, The Kaiser Permanente Journal, Fall 2006 issue
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Darma Ahenkro, Ghana, West Africa (March 2006)
Hands Across the World Foundation
(treated children and adults with cleft lips and burn injuries)
Cabanatuan City, Philippines (February 2005)
World Surgical Foundation
(treated children and adults with cleft lips and palates)
HOSPITAL PRIVELEDGES
Ventura County Medical Center (VCMC)
Community Memorial Hospital (CMH)
St. John’s Medical Center
Pleasant Valley Medical Center
INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES
Oil painting, running, scuba, volunteer mission trips, travel, interior design
Married to Brian James Kimbrell, MD, FACS