Latest Techniques for Breast Reconstruction 

Join UCLA breast reconstruction surgeon, Andrew Da Lio, MD, as he discusses breast reconstruction techniques available to breast cancer patients or for those undergoing prophylactic surgery due to high risk for breast cancer.

About Andrew Da Lio, MD
Andrew L. Da Lio, MD, is clinical professor and chief of the UCLA Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. His clinical expertise is in reconstructive microsurgery and cosmetic surgery, with a major emphasis on breast reconstruction and aesthetic procedures. His research focuses on microsurgery, objective assessment of abdominal wall function after free TRAM flap breast reconstruction, the use of nuclear medicine imaging (FDG-PET scanning) in differentiating benign and malignant lesions after breast reconstruction, and the role of decision analysis in breast reconstruction surgery. Specific topics of interest in clinical decision-making include the role of autologous blood donation in free flap breast reconstructive surgery, reconstruction in locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer, and the use of anti-thrombotic agents in free flap surgery. His basic science research focuses on the effects of anabolic steroids in wound healing.