Plastic Surgery

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine


Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
3705 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-692-3433
412-692-8614 Fax
shao.jiang@chp.edu
Patient Appointment Information

Medical School:

1999 College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

Residency:

2002 General Surgery, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
2004 Plastic Surgery, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Fellowship:

2005 Craniofacial/Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2005 Orthognathics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

• 2004 American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons Research Award
• Invited author of book chapter in the new edition of Pediatric Plastic Surgery by Dr. Michael Bentz

• Noggin protein therapy for the rescue of prematurely fusing sutures in craniosyonostotic rabbits
• Use of adipose-derived stem cells in the reconstruction of critically-sized cranial defects in rabbits
• Differentiation of Regulatory Mechanisms of Noggin, TGF-beta 1,2,3 and BMP
• Correlation of the Pittsburgh Weighted Speech Score, Televex, Nasendoscopy and Clinical Evaluation of Velopharyngeal Mechanism
• Treatments of Pediatric Subcondylar Mandibular Fracture and Their Effect on the Mandibular Growth in Children
• Pediatric Facial Trauma Registry

Shao Jiang, MD, is a member of the Division of Plastic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. He received both his bachelor's and medical degrees from the Pennsylvania State University. He completed training in general surgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of Rochester Strong Memorial Medical Center. After his residency, he completed the pediatric plastic and craniofacial surgery fellowship at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Following this, he did additional training in orthognathic surgery at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and held an academic appointment at the University of Southern California Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Jiang's clinical interests include general pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgery, cleft lips and palates, and vascular anomalies. His research focuses on molecular biology of craniofacial anomalies.