Dr. Rechnic is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Binghamton University. He received his Medical Degree from UCLA Medical School in 1979, and completed residencies in General Surgery and Plastic Surgery at the University of Southern California. For 20 years his practice focused on reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery of the face, breast and body. He served two terms as President of the San Diego Surgical Society and as Director of its Continuing Medical Education program.

Dr. Rechnic is Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery as well as the American Board of Surgery. He maintains active membership in the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the clinical faculty at UCSD. He is a member of the senior staff at Scripps and Sharp Hospitals, and Plastic Surgery section chief at the San Diego Outpatient Surgery Center.

Dr. Rechnic Curriculum Vitae

Education

High School

Stuyvesant High School
New York City, New York, 1971
Science major with honors
National Honor Society of Secondary Schools
National Science Foundation Scholar, New York State Regents Scholar, 1970

College

State University of New York at Binghamton
Bachelor of Arts (Biology), 1975
Phi Beta Kappa, 1974

Medical School

UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
Doctor of Medicine, 1979

Internship

Surgery
Los Angeles County- University of Southern California
Medical Center, July 1979 to June 1980

Residencies

General Surgery
Los Angeles County – University of Southern California Medical Center,
July 1980 to June 1983; Chief Resident, General Surgery, July 1983 to June 1984

Plastic Surgery
University of Southern California - affiliated hospitals, July 1984 to June 1986:
Los Angeles County Hospital
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
City of Hope National Medical Center
Kaiser Hospital, West Los Angeles
Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center

Fellowship

Hand and Microvascular Surgery,
University of Southern California
July 1987 to June 1988

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Licensure California (1980)

Board Certification

American Board of Surgery, 1985
American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1988

Qualified Medical Examiner

State of California-qualified in:

- Plastic Surgery
- Plastic Surgery – hand
- Surgery – hand

Professional Background

CME Program Director,
San Diego Surgical Society,
1999-2005

President,
San Diego Surgical Society
2001-2003

Academic Appointment

Clinical Instructor in Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery
University of Southern California
1986-1987

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery
University of Southern California
1987-1989

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Hand and Microvascular Surgery
University of California, San Diego
1993-present

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Society Memberships

National

American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
Phi Beta Kappa

Local

San Diego Surgical Society
Society of Graduate Surgeons at the University of Southern California
UCLA Medical Alumni Association
USC Plastic Surgery Alumni Association

President
San Diego Surgical Society
2001-2003

Publications

Wellisz, T. and Rechnic, M., et al., “Coverage of Bilateral Lower Extremity Calcaneal Fractures with Osteomyelitis Using a Single split Free Gracilis Muscle Transfer,” Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vol. 85, No. 3, March 1990.

Braun, M., Rechnic, M., Neill-Cage, D., and Schorr, R., “The Retrograde Radial Fascial Forearm Flap: Surgical Rationale, Technique, and Clinical Application,” Journal of Hand Surgery, American Volume, Vol. 20A, No. 6, November 1995.

Rechnic, M., Edelson, R. and Fosburg, R., “Single Anastomosis, Femoral Arteriovenous Shunt as Recipient Vessels for Free Flap Reconstruction of a Massive Lumbosacral Wound,” Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vol. 99, No. 1., January 1997.

Neill-Cage, D., Rechnic, M. and Braun, M., “Bilateral Radial Hammer Syndrome,” case report and review of the literature, Journal of Hand Surgery, Vol. 22A, No. 6, November 1997.

Braun, R., Rechnic, M., and Fowler, E., “Complications Related to Carpal Tunnel Release,” Hand Clinics, No. 18, 2002.

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