Derek Matthew Steinbacher DMD, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic) and of Pediatrics

Departments & Organizations

Updates and Innovations in Craniofacial Surgery

Yale New Haven Children's Hospital Series - Surgical Advances in Children’s Care

Pediatrics

Surgery: Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery: Craniofacial Center

Research Interests

tissue engineering and regeneration; fat grafting; distraction osteogenesis; stress shielding; 3-dimensional analysis and planning

Education

• D.M.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2001
• M.D., Harvard Medical School, 2004

Selected Publications

• Wu W, Niklasson LA, Steinbacher DM. The effect of age on human adipose derived stem cells. Plast Reconstr Surg, Jan. 2013.
• Beckett JA, Persing JA, Steinbacher DM. Bilateral orbital dysmorphology in unicoronal synostosis. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012
• Beckett JA, Chadha P, Persing JA, Steinbacher DM. Classification of Trigonocephaly in Metopic Synostosis. Plast Reconstr Surg. Sept; 130(3):442e-7e, 2012.