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Angela Cheng MD

  • Department of Surgery
    Associate Professor
  • angela.cheng2@emory.edu
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Overview

Dr. Cheng received her medical degree from the University of Florida College of Medicine. She completed her general surgery residency at the University of Texas-Houston, her plastic surgery residency at the University of Virginia, and her breast and microsurgery fellowship at UT Southwestern.

Dr. Cheng's clinical specialties include breast surgery, breast reconstruction, microsurgery reconstruction, lymphedema surgery, and body contouring. Her primary research area is breast reconstruction, particularly improving access, outcomes, aesthetics, and surgical treatment of lymphedema. She is also interested in developing techniques for reconstructing complex wounds and improving limb salvage.

Dr. Cheng has been involved in a variety of quality improvement projects at Emory and Grady Memorial Hospital, including helping to standardize microsurgical instrument trays across the hospitals, creating microsurgery and hand surgery post-operative order sets at Grady, obtaining new flap monitoring technology, and working with orthopedics to develop the "smash cart" to facilitate care for digit/hand replantation emergencies. She also dedicates many hours to resident training.

Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • BS from University of Florida
  • MD from University of Florida College of Medicine

Research

Focus

  • Reconstructive surgery of the breast, complex wounds, and limb salvage.

    Breast reconstruction, improving access, outcomes, aesthetics, and developing a surgical treatment of lymphedema program to provide comprehensive care to breast cancer patients.

Publications

  • Intraoperative Predictors of Salvage in Infected Breast Implants: A Retrospective Study.
    Aesthet Surg J Volume: 45 Page(s): 359 - 364
    03/17/2025 Authors: Ash M; Brown O; Wang J; Jean-Baptiste O; Cheng A; Carlson G; Losken A; Thompson P
  • Scalp Reconstruction With Free Tissue Transfer as a Palliative Surgical Intervention in a High-Risk Population.
    J Craniofac Surg
    05/29/2024 Authors: Merceron TK; Ash M; Razavi SA; Cheng A; Thompson PW
  • Patterns of Craniomaxillofacial Trauma at an Urban Level I Trauma Center.
    Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Volume: 12 Page(s): e5596
    02/01/2024 Authors: Jagiella-Lodise O; Stewart CM; Moriarty H; Betarbet U; Cheng A; Amin D
  • Commentary on: Breast Reconstruction With Simultaneous Bilateral Lumbar Artery Perforator Flaps Improves Waistline Definition and Buttock Projection.
    Aesthet Surg J Volume: 44 Page(s): 172 - 173
    01/16/2024 Authors: Cheng A
  • Close the GAPS: A Standardized Perioperative Protocol Reduces Breast Reconstruction Implant Infections.
    Plast Reconstr Surg Volume: 152 Page(s): 1175 - 1184
    12/01/2023 Authors: Brown OH; Danko D; Muret-Wagstaff SL; Emefiele J; Argello-Angarita M; Baker NF; Losken A; Carlson G; Cheng A; Walsh M
  • Commentary on: Mastectomy Skin Flap Stability Prediction Using Indocyanine Green Angiography: A Randomized Prospective Trial.
    Aesthet Surg J Volume: 43 Page(s): NP1061 - NP1062
    11/16/2023 Authors: Cheng A
  • Initial Experience with the PONTiS Tendon Repair System in Traumatic Upper Extremity Injuries.
    Plast Reconstr Surg Volume: 150 Page(s): 375e - 380e
    08/01/2022 Authors: Maxwell DW; Desai KA; Fang RC; Cheng A; Payne DES
  • Commentary on: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Complications Following Mastectomy and Prosthetic Reconstruction in Patients With and Without Prior Breast Augmentation.
    Aesthet Surg J Volume: 41 Page(s): NP771 - NP772
    06/14/2021 Authors: Cheng A
  • Gender Diversity in Plastic Surgery: Is the Pipeline Leaky or Plugged?
    Plast Reconstr Surg Volume: 147 Page(s): 1480 - 1485
    06/01/2021 Authors: Danko D; Cheng A; Losken A
  • Teleconferencing for Virtual Visiting Professors and Virtual Grand Rounds.
    Plast Reconstr Surg Volume: 147 Page(s): 872e - 874e
    05/01/2021 Authors: Knaus WJ; Cheng A
  • Review of Orbital Fractures in an Urban Level I Trauma Center.
    Craniomaxillofac Trauma Reconstr Volume: 13 Page(s): 174 - 179
    09/01/2020 Authors: Amin D; Al-Mulki K; Henriquez OA; Cheng A; Roser S; Abramowicz S
  • No-drain DIEP Flap Donor-site Closure Using Barbed Progressive Tension Sutures.
    Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Volume: 4 Page(s): e672
    04/01/2016 Authors: Nagarkar P; Lakhiani C; Cheng A; Lee M; Teotia S; Saint-Cyr M
  • Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction Disparities Across an Academic, Private, and Public Institution in the Same Metropolitan Area
    Volume: 23 Page(s): S67 - S67
    02/01/2016 Authors: Perry L; Jones V; Arciero C; Zhang C; Chen Z; Carlson G; Cheng A; Losken A; Rizzo M; Styblo TM
  • Influence of using a single facial vein as outflow in full-face transplantation: A three-dimensional computed tomographic study.
    J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg Volume: 68 Page(s): 1358 - 1363
    10/01/2015 Authors: Rodriguez-Lorenzo A; Audolfsson T; Wong C; Cheng A; Arbique G; Nowinski D; Rozen S
  • Modified aesthetic abdominoplasty approach in perforator free-flap breast reconstruction: Impact of drain free donor site on patient outcomes.
    J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg Volume: 68 Page(s): 800 - 809
    06/01/2015 Authors: Mohan AT; Rammos CK; Gaba P; Schupbach J; Goede WJ; Ballman K; Batdorf N; Cheng A; Saint-Cyr M
  • Essential elements of the preoperative breast reconstruction evaluation.
    Gland Surg Volume: 4 Page(s): 93 - 96
    04/01/2015 Authors: Cheng A; Losken A
  • A reliable anatomic approach for identification of the masseteric nerve.
    J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg Volume: 66 Page(s): 1438 - 1440
    10/01/2013 Authors: Cheng A; Audolfsson T; Rodriguez-Lorenzo A; Wong C; Rozen S
  • Treatment of capsular contracture using complete implant coverage by acellular dermal matrix: a novel technique.
    Plast Reconstr Surg Volume: 132 Page(s): 519 - 529
    09/01/2013 Authors: Cheng A; Lakhiani C; Saint-Cyr M
  • Nerve transfers for facial transplantation: a cadaveric study for motor and sensory restoration.
    Plast Reconstr Surg Volume: 131 Page(s): 1231 - 1240
    06/01/2013 Authors: Audolfsson T; Rodrguez-Lorenzo A; Wong C; Cheng A; Kildal M; Nowinski D; Rozen S
  • Split and thinned pedicle deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap for vulvar reconstruction.
    J Reconstr Microsurg Volume: 29 Page(s): 277 - 282
    05/01/2013 Authors: Cheng A; Saint-Cyr M
  • Immediate Breast Reconstruction After Surgery for Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Review of Cancer Quality Initiatives (CQI) at a Public, Academic, and University-Owned Private Hospital in a Metropolitan Area
    Volume: 20 Page(s): 26 - 26
    04/01/2013 Authors: Bowman E; Chowdhury R; Cheng A; Rizzo M; Carlson G; Losken A; Okoli J; Gabram-Mendola S
  • The free descending branch muscle-sparing latissimus dorsi flap: vascular anatomy and clinical applications.
    Plast Reconstr Surg Volume: 130 Page(s): 776e - 787e
    12/01/2012 Authors: Colohan S; Wong C; Lakhiani C; Cheng A; Maia M; Arbique G; Saint-Cyr M
  • Pedicled-perforator (propeller) flaps in lower extremity defects: a systematic review.
    J Reconstr Microsurg Volume: 28 Page(s): 595 - 601
    11/01/2012 Authors: Gir P; Cheng A; Oni G; Mojallal A; Saint-Cyr M
  • Comparison of different ADM materials in breast surgery.
    Clin Plast Surg Volume: 39 Page(s): 167 - 175
    04/01/2012 Authors: Cheng A; Saint-Cyr M
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