G. Patrick Maxwell

G. Patrick Maxwell is a Nashville, Tennessee based plastic surgeon, and an assistant clinical professor of surgery at Vanderbilt University.

Maxwell is a graduate of the Vanderbilt University Medical School, and subsequently trained in General and then Plastic Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. He also completed a fellowship in microsurgery at the University of California, San Francisco with microsurgical pioneer, Harry J. Buncke, and in hand surgery at the Curtis Hand Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

Maxwell was the surgeon and co-author of the first successful report of microsurgical transfer of the latissimus muscle flap, at Johns Hopkins University in the late 1970s. In the early 1980s he relocated to Nashville, where he founded the Nashville Plastic Surgery Institute and established a fellowship training program in breast and cosmetic surgery.

Maxwell is credited with a significant advance in the design of tissue expanders used for breast reconstruction, co-developing textured surfaces. (to decrease capsular contracture) and helping to introduce prostheses which more closely resemble the shape and feel of the natural breast. The two-stage method of expander-implant reconstruction as described by Maxwell and Spears has become the most widely used technique for implant-based breast reconstruction.

His work on concepts of matching implants and surgical techniques to individual soft-tissue characteristics in cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery led to a method called the "biodimensional approach" which advanced dimensional analysis rather than volume when using breast implants and expanders. In 2003, Maxwell helped found the Inamed Academy, a series of international educational symposia focusing on breast surgery.

He has contributed a number of articles to the anatomic descriptions, clinical applications, and aesthetic refinements of the transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) and latissimus flap procedures for breast reconstruction, and is an authority on silicone breast implants and ultrasonic liposuction technologies.

Maxwell was also the co-founder of the Tennessee-Kentucky chapter of Operation Smile, past president of the Nashville Chapter of the American Cancer Society, a founder and board member of the Aspen Center for Integrative Medicine, and co-founder and Executive EVP Diversified Specialty Institute.

On April 17, 2007 Maxwell was recognized for his contributions in medicine by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) with a resolution read into in the US Congressional Record. 

Professional recognition

 * 2007 US Congress resolution recipient honoring his contributions in medicine
 * 2005 Presidential Award from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons
 * Three time recipient of the Walter Scott Brown Award for best education videotape/film from the Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation.
 * 1997 In Chul Song Award winner for a plastic surgeon whose philanthropic plastic surgery efforts to citizens in less fortunate countries best exemplifies humanitarian service
 * 1993 Dr. Maxwell served as the featured visiting professor for the Plastic Surgery Education Foundation
 * Included in The Best Doctors in America list annually since 1991
 * 1980 James Barret Brown Award for the best plastic surgery related paper published during the previous calendar year
 * Robert H. Ivy Society Award

Selected publications

 * McGhan BioDimensional Augmentation System Video: Raising the Standard of Care. Video by G. Patrick Maxwell, M.D. (70 min). M273-5/1991
 * Gorney M, Maxwell PG, Spear SL "Augmentation Mastopexy". Aesthetic Surgery Journal. May, 2005, vol 25, no 3, p 275-284
 * Maxwell GP. Review of "Immediate Breast Reconstruction Using Biodimensional Anatomical Permanent Expander Implants: A Prospective Analysis of Outcome and Patient Satisfaction".  Gerald P. H. Gui, M.S., F.R.C.S., Su-Ming Tan, F.R.C.S.(Ed.), Eleni C. Faliakou, M.D., Christina Choy, F.R.A.C.S., Roger A'Hern, M.Sc., and Ann Ward, S.R.N., M.A.  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.  111(1):139-140, January 2003
 * Hester TR Jr, Tebbetts JB, Maxwell GP. "The polyurethane-covered mammary prosthesis:  facts and fiction (II):  a look back and a 'peek' ahead."  Clin Plast Surg.  2001 Jul;28(3):579-86.  PMID 11471963
 * Maxwell GP, Clugston PA "Management of Complications Following Augmentation Mammaplasty". Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Reconstructive Surgery (3rd Edition).  Georgeiade GS (editor).  Williams & Wilkins.  2001
 * Handel N, Hayden BB, Jervis WH, Maxwell PG "Revisions in breast augmentation".  Aesthetic Surgery Journal.  March, 2000, vol 20, no 2, p 141-148
 * Maxwell G P "Breast asymmetry".  Aesthetic Surgery Journal.  November, 2001, vol 21, no 6, p 552-562
 * Clugston PA, Gingrass MK, Azurin D, Fisher J, Maxwell GP. "Ipsilateral pedicled TRAM flaps: the safer alternative?"  Plast Reconstr Surg.  2000 Jan;105(1):77-82.  PMID 10626973
 * Maxwell GP. "Use of hollow cannula technology in ultrasound-assisted lipoplasty." Clin Plast Surg. 1999 Apr;26(2):255-60; viii. Review.  PMID 10327265
 * Maxwell GP. "Short Scar Periareolar Inferior Pedicle Reduction (SPAIR) Mammaplasty." Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.  103(3):902, March, 1999.
 * Calobrace MB and Maxwell, GP. "Large Volume Ultrasound Assisted Lipoplasty." Rohrich R, Kenkle J, and Beran S, eds.  Ultrasound-Assisted Liposuction.  St. Louis, Missouri, Quality Medical Publishing, l998.
 * Ablaza VJ, Gingrass MK, Perry LC, Fisher J, Maxwell GP. "Tissue temperatures during ultrasound-assisted lipoplasty." Plast Reconstr Surg.  1998 Aug;102(2):534-42.  PMID 9703095
 * Ablaza VJ, Jones MR, Gingrass MK, Fisher J, Maxwell GP. "Ultrasound assisted lipoplasty--Part 2: Clinical management."  Plast Surg Nurs. 1998 Spring;18(1):16-25. PMID 9592539
 * Ablaza VJ, Jones MR, Gingrass MK, Fisher J, Maxwell GP. "Ultrasound assisted lipoplasty--Part 1: An overview for nurses."  Plast Surg Nurs.  1998 Spring;18(1):13-5, 25.  PMID: 9592538
 * Maxwell GP, Gingrass MK. "Ultrasound-assisted lipoplasty: a clinical study of 250 consecutive patients." Plast Reconstr Surg. 1998 Jan;101(1):189-202; discussion 203-4.  PMID 9427937
 * Maxwell GP and Hammond DC. "Breast Reconstruction following Mastectomy and Surgical Management of the Patient with High-Risk Breast Disease." Aston SJ, Beasley RW, and Thorne CH, eds. Grabb and Smith's Plastic Surgery. 5th Edition, Philadelphia, Lippencott-Raven Publishers, 1997. ISBN 0-316-32255-5
 * Maxwell GP. ""Breast Repair in Poland's Syndrome" Brent B (ed)  The Artistry of Reconstructive Surgery. 1st Edition, St. Louis, The C.V. Mosby Company, 1997.  ISBN 0-8016-0749-3
 * Maxwell GP, White DJ. "Breast reduction with ultrasound-assisted liposuction". Operative techniques in plastic and reconstructive surgery. Philadelphia, PA:  Saunders, 1996
 * Maxwell, G. P., and Perry, L. "The capsule in various types of breast implants" (letter).  Plast. Reconstr. Surg.  1995 Apr, 95, (5): 937. PMID 7794408
 * Clugston PA, Perry LC, Fisher J, Maxwell GP. "A rat transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap model: effects of pharmacological manipulation." Ann Plast Surg. 1995 Feb;34(2):154-61. PMID 7741433
 * Clugston PA, Vistnes MD, Perry LC, Maxwell GP, Fisher J. "Evaluation of silicone-gel sheeting on early wound healing of linear incisions." Ann Plast Surg.  1995 Jan;34(1):12-5.  PMID 7702294
 * Maxwell GP, Andochick SE. "Secondary shaping of the TRAM flap." Clin Plast Surg.  1994 Apr;21(2):247-53.  PMID 8187418
 * Clugston PA, Perry LC, Hammond DC, Maxwell GP. "A rat model for capsular contracture: the effects of surface texturing."  Ann Plast Surg.  1994 Dec;33(6):595-9.PMID 7880048
 * Maxwell GP, et al. "Delayed Breast Reconstruction with Autogenous Tissue". Cohen M (ed).  Mastery of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.  1st Edition,  New York, Little, Brown, and Co. Publishing, 1994.  ISBN 0-316-14997-7
 * Maxwell, GP. "Hyaluronic acid-filled mammary implants: An experimental study" [discussion]. Plast. Reconstr. Surg.  1994 Aug, 94, (2): 316-317.
 * Maxwell, G. P., and Hammond, D. C. "Breast implants:  Smooth vs. textured".  Habal, M. B., ed.  Advances in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.  St. Louis: Mosby-Year Book, 1993, p.209-220.
 * Polley JW, Maxwell GP, Fisher J, Cohen M. "An intraoperative patient stabilization device."  Aesthetic Plast Surg.  1993 Summer;17(3):261-2.  PMID 8213324
 * Vistnes MD, Maxwell GP. "A method for detection of a punctured saline tissue expander." Ann Plast Surg.  1993 Dec;31(6):564-5.  PMID 8297093
 * Hammond DC, Perry LC, Maxwell GP, Fisher J. "Morphologic analysis of tissue-expander shape using a biomechanical model."  Plast Reconstr Surg.  1993 Aug;92(2):255-9.  PMID 8337275
 * Barone FE, Perry L, Keller T, Maxwell GP. "The biomechanical and histopathologic effects of surface texturing with silicone and polyurethane in tissue implantation and expansion."  Plast Reconstr Surg.  1992 Jul;90(1):77-86.  PMID 1615095
 * Maxwell GP, Falcone PA. "Eighty-four consecutive breast reconstructions using a textured silicone tissue expander."  Plast Reconstr Surg.  1992 Jun;89(6):1022-34; discussion 1035-6.  PMID 1584864
 * Maxwell, G. P. Immediate breast reconstruction utilizing a textured silicone tissue expander. Plast. Surg. Forum 12: 146, 1989
 * Maxwell GP, Tornambe R. "Second- and third-degree burns as a complication in breast reconstruction."  Ann Plast Surg.  1989 May;22(5):386-90.  PMID 2658721
 * McCraw JB, Maxwell GP. "Early and late capsular 'deformation' as a cause of unsatisfactory results in the latissimus dorsi breast reconstruction."  Clin Plast Surg.  1988 Oct;15(4):717-26.  PMID 3224492
 * Maxwell, G. P., and Tornambe, R. "Management of mammary subpectoral implant distortion".  Clinics in Plastic Surgery.  1988, 15, (4): 601-611.
 * McCraw, J. B., and Maxwell, G. P. "Early and late capsular deformation as a cause of unsatisfactory results in the latissimus dorsi breast reconstruction".  Clinics in Plastic Surgery.  1988 Oct, 15, (4): 717-726.  PMID 3224492
 * Fisher J, Maxwell GP, Woods J. "Surgical alternatives in subcutaneous mastectomy reconstruction."  Clin Plast Surg.  1988 Oct;15(4):667-76.  PMID 3224489
 * Maxwell GP, Tornambe R. "Management of mammary subpectoral implant distortion."  Clin Plast Surg.  1988 Oct;15(4):601-11.  PMID 3224485
 * Maxwell GP. "Selection of secondary breast reconstruction procedures."  Clin Plast Surg.  1984 Apr;11(2):253-6.  PMID 6723195
 * Daniel RK, Maxwell GP. "Breast reconstruction following mastectomy."  Adv Surg.  1983;16:49-73. Review.  PMID 6337460
 * Maxwell GP, Horton CE, McCraw JB. "Cancer trends:  breast reconstruction after mastectomy."  Va Med.  1981 May;108(5):328-32.  PMID 7257550
 * Maxwell GP. "Latissimus dorsi breast reconstruction: an aesthetic assessment."  Clin Plast Surg.  1981 Apr;8(2):373-87.  PMID 7273637
 * Rosato FE, Horton CE, Maxwell GP. "Postmastectomy breast reconstruction."  Curr Probl Surg.  1980 Nov;17(11):585-629.  PMID 7460592
 * Morgan RF, Maxwell GP, Hoopes JE. "Breast reconstruction after mastectomy."  Johns Hopkins Med J.  1980 Oct;147(4):147-52.  PMID 7420808
 * Maxwell GP. "Ignio Tansini and origin of Latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap." Plast Reconst Surg  1980;65:686-92. PMID 6988856
 * McCraw JB, Maxwell GP, Horton CE. "Reconstruction of the breast following mastectomy." Acta Chir Belg.  1980 Mar-Apr;79(2):131-3.  PMID 7435094
 * Maxwell GP, et al. "Craniofacial coverage using the latissimus dorsi myocutaneous island flap." Ann. Plast. Surg.  1980;4(5):410.
 * Maxwell GP. "Musculocutaneous free flaps." Clin Plast Surg. 1980 Jan;7(1):111-22. PMID 6988139
 * Wilgis EF, Maxwell GP. "Distal digital nerve grafts: clinical and anatomical studies." J Hand Surg [Am]. 1979 Sep;4(5):439-43.PMID 501055
 * Wheeless CR Jr, McGibbon B, Dorsey JH, Maxwell GP. "Gracilis myocutaneous flap in reconstruction of the vulva and female perineum." Obstet Gynecol.  1979 Jul;54(1):97-102.  PMID 377166
 * Maxwell GP, Curtis RM, Wilgis EF. "Multiple digital glomus tumors." J Hand Surg [Am]. 1979 Jul;4(4):363-7. PMID 224090
 * Maxwell GP, Szabo Z, Buncke HJ Jr. "Aneurysms after microvascular anastomoses. Incidence and pathogenesis in experimental animals." Plast Reconstr Surg. 1979 Jun;63(6):824-9. PMID 441197
 * Maxwell GP, et al. "Experience with thirteen latissimus dorsi myocutaneous free flaps." Plast. Reconstr. Surg.  64(1): 1, 1979.  PMID 377326
 * Maxwell GP, et al. "Vascular considerations in the use of a latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap after mastectomy with an axillary disection." Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 64(6): 771, 1979
 * Maxwell GP, McGibbon BM, Hoopes JE. "Vascular considerations in the use of a latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap after a mastectomy with an axillary dissection."  Plast Reconstr Surg.  1979 Dec;64(6):771-80.  PMID 117475
 * Maxwell GP, Manson PN, Hoopes JE. "Reconstruction of traumatic defects utilizing arterialized cutaneous, muscle, myocutaneous and free flaps." Am Surg. 1979 Apr;45(4):215-22.  PMID 373535
 * Maxwell GP, Hoopes JE. "Management of compound injuries of the lower extremity." Plast Reconstr Surg.  1979 Feb;63(2):176-85.  PMID 33402
 * Hoopes JE, Maxwell GP. "Reduction mammaplasty: a technique to achieve the conical breast".  Ann Plast Surg.  1979 Aug;3(2):106-13.  PMID 543640
 * Maxwell GP, et al. "A free latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap: case report." Plast Reconstr. Surg.  1978;62(3): 462. PMID 358230
 * Block RE, Maxwell GP, Branam DL. "Nuclear spin relaxation in solutions prepared from normal and tumor hepatic tissues" J Natl Cancer Inst.  1977 Dec;59(6):1731-5.  PMID 200760
 * Block RE, Maxwell GP, Prudhomme DL, Hudson JL."High resolution proton magnetic resonance spectral characteristics of water, lipid, and protein signals from three mouse cell populations." J Natl Cancer Inst.  1977 Jan;58(1):151-6.  PMID 833860