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Thomas Hester Jr MD

  • Department of Surgery
    Associate Professor, Emeritus
  • (678) 420-7046
  • thester@emory.edu
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Overview

Dr. T. Roderick Hester received his MD and completed his general surgery and plastic surgery residencies at Emory, and was an Emory faculty member for 15 years before leaving in 1993 to found his Atlanta-based private practice aesthetic services clinic, Paces Plastic Surgery Center. Gradually Paces became the official aesthetic surgery rotation for Emory plastic surgery residents.

In 2001, Dr. Hester returned to Emory to serve as chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, formerly stepping down in January 2010. He remained on the Department of Surgery faculty while maintaining Paces' clinical activities, and began negotiating the unification of Paces' expertise with Emory's resources. His efforts culminated in March 2013, with Paces joining The Emory Clinic as the Emory Aesthetic Center.

Academic Appointment

  • Associate Professor of Surgery Emeritus, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Research

Publications

  • Use of dermal matrix to prevent capsular contracture in aesthetic breast surgery.
    Plast Reconstr Surg Volume: 130 Page(s): 126S - 136S
    11/01/2012 Authors: Hester TR; Ghazi BH; Moyer HR; Nahai FR; Wilton M; Stokes L
  • Prominent eye: operative management in lower lid and midfacial rejuvenation and the morphologic classification system.
    Plast Reconstr Surg Volume: 110 Page(s): 620 - 628
    08/01/2002 Authors: Hirmand H; Codner MA; McCord CD; Hester TR; Nahai F
  • Evolution of technique of the direct transblepharoplasty approach for the correction of lower lid and midfacial aging: maximizing results and minimizing complications in a 5-year experience.
    Plast Reconstr Surg Volume: 105 Page(s): 393 - 406
    01/01/2000 Authors: Hester TR; Codner MA; McCord CD; Nahai F; Giannopoulos A
  • Measurement of 2,4-toluenediamine in urine and serum samples from women with Mme or Replicon breast implants.
    Plast Reconstr Surg Volume: 100 Page(s): 1291 - 1298
    10/01/1997 Authors: Hester TR; Ford NF; Gale PJ; Hammett JL; Raymond R; Turnbull D; Frankos VH; Cohen MB
  • Vibrio carchariae infection after a shark bite.
    Ann Intern Med Volume: 111 Page(s): 85 - 86
    07/01/1989 Authors: Pavia AT; Bryan JA; Maher KL; Hester TR; Farmer JJ
  • A 5-year experience with polyurethane-covered mammary prostheses for treatment of capsular contracture, primary augmentation mammoplasty, and breast reconstruction.
    Clin Plast Surg Volume: 15 Page(s): 569 - 585
    10/01/1988 Authors: Hester TR; Nahai F; Bostwick J; Cukic J
  • Central breast pedicle and "free-hand" technique for alteration of volume and skin envelope of the breast.
    Clin Plast Surg Volume: 15 Page(s): 613 - 625
    10/01/1988 Authors: Hester TR; Cukic J
  • Gracilis musculocutaneous flap scrotal reconstruction after Fournier gangrene.
    Urology Volume: 28 Page(s): 275 - 276
    10/01/1986 Authors: Banks DW; O'Brien DP; Amerson JR; Hester TR
  • Early mobilization of repaired flexor tendons within digital sheath using an internal profundus splint: experimental and clinical data.
    Ann Plast Surg Volume: 12 Page(s): 187 - 198
    02/01/1984 Authors: Hester TR; Hill L; Nahai F
  • Reconstruction of cervical esophagus, hypopharynx and oral cavity using free jejunal transfer.
    Am J Surg Volume: 140 Page(s): 487 - 491
    10/01/1980 Authors: Hester TR; McConnel FM; Nahal F; Jurkiewicz MJ; Brown RG
  • Incisional and peritoneal infection after emergency celiotomy.
    Ann Surg Volume: 177 Page(s): 669 - 678
    06/01/1973 Authors: Stone HH; Hester TR
  • Topical antibiotic and delayed primary closure in the management of contaminated surgical incisions.
    J Surg Res Volume: 12 Page(s): 70 - 76
    02/01/1972 Authors: Stone HH; Hester TR
  • Management of complicated omphaloceles.
    Am Surg Volume: 37 Page(s): 224 - 229
    04/01/1971 Authors: Stone HH; Hester TR
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