Residency

Case Western Reserve, University Hospitals of Cleveland

Plastic Surgery (Integrated)

Case Western Reserve, Univeristy Hospitals of Cleveland

General Surgery (Preliminary)

Medical Education

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio

Undergraduate Education 

Miami University (OH), Oxford, Ohio Cum Laude 

Chemistry BA,

Russian Minor

High School Education

St. Charles Preparatory High School, Bexley, Ohio

Memberships in Honorary/Professional Societies

Past Resident Representative to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons Board of Directors

Past Resident Representative to the Plastic Surgeons Foundation Board of Directors

Contributor: PRSonally Yours Blog for the premier plastic surgery journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2011-2012

Young Plastic Surgeons Forum Steering Committee 2010-present

American Society of Plastic Surgeons

Columbus Society of Plastic Surgeons

Honors / Positions

Past Elected Resident Representative to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons Board of Directors.  

Past Elected Resident Representative to the Plastic Surgery Foundation Board of Directors.

Elected to write a monthly blog for the plastic surgery periodical Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery for 2011-2012

Elected to the Young Plastic Surgeons Forum Steering Committee for 2010-Current. YPS is under the auspices of the ASPS.

American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgeons, Boca Raton, FL 2010, Awarded “Best Clinical Resident Paper.” Use of MRA in pre-operative planning of deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap breast reconstruction

Member of the Ad hoc committee of the Association of Academic Chairmen of Plastic Surgery (AACPS) for Virtual Reality and Simulation for Education: 2008- 2010. Chairperson: Joseph M Rosen MD

2009-2010 “Resident of the year” for the Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Case Western Reserve.

2009-2010 “Best Core Curriculum Presenter” for the Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Case Western Reserve.

“Top 8” overall surgical resident based upon evaluations 2007-2008 (General Surgery Dept)

Committee member 2009-2010: University Hospitals of Cleveland Association of Residents and Fellows

Active in medical device innovation and patenting through the Center for Clinical Research and Technology, University Hospitals of Cleveland

Grant Funding

2009-2010: Armijo BS (co-investigator), Zochowski C (co-investigator), Gosain AK (co-investigator and mentor).  Differences between proliferative and involutional hemangiomas.  Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation.

2010-2011: Armijo BS (co-investigator), Zochowski C (co-investigator), Gosain AK (co-investigator and mentor).  Differences between proliferative and involutional hemangiomas.  Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation. Renewal of grant complete.

Presentations

Ohio Valley Society of Plastic Surgeons (OVSPS), May 2007, Oral Presentation: Zochowski CG, Gosain AK, Cortes W. Refinements of tissue expansion for pediatric forehead reconstruction: A 13-year experience

Case Western Reserve University Research ShowCASE, April 2009, Poster Presentation: Zochowski CG, Gosain AK, Cortes W. Refinements of tissue expansion for pediatric forehead reconstruction: A 13-year experience

American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPCA), 66^th Annual Meeting, April 2009, Oral Presentation: Gosain AK, Zochowski CG.  Pierre Robin Sequence: Initial treatment:  pathways, assessment, positioning

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), Seattle 2009, Oral Presentation: Zochowski CG, Soltanian H, Swartz WM.  Proximal muscular branch of the deep inferior epigastric artery for partial free rectus abdominis muscle flap

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgeons (ASRM), Boca Raton FL 2010, Oral Presentation: Zochowski CG, Soltanian H, Gulani V.  Use of MRA in pre-operative planning of deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap breast reconstruction. Awarded Best Resident Clinical Paper

Annual Meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Council (PSEF), San Francisco May 2010, Oral Presentation: Zochowski CG, Soltanian H, Sweeney W. The feasibility and cost-benefit of postoperative monitoring of free flap breast reconstruction in a non-intensive care setting

Ohio Valley Society of Plastic Surgeons (OVSPS), May 2010, Oral Presentation: Zochowski CG, Soltanian H, Gulani V.  Use of MRA in pre-operative planning of deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap breast reconstruction

Ohio Valley Society of Plastic Surgeons (OVSPS), May 2010, Poster Presentation: Chepla K, Zochowski CG, Kaufman B. The autodermal bra for mastopexy and breast reduction

Ohio Valley Society of Plastic Surgeons (OVSPS), May 2010, Poster Presentation: Serret MA, Gliniak C, Cash A, Zochowski C, Armijo B, Gosain AK. Investigation of the Mechanism of Propranolol in a Developed In-Vitro Model of Infantile Hemangioma

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), Toronto 2010, Poster Presentation: Sweeney W, Cash A, Gliniak C, Zochowski C, Serret M, Cooper G, Gosain A, Alleyne B. Harnessing the Osteogenic Capability of Neonatal Dura to Heal Critical Sized Defects

Ohio Valley Society of Plastic Surgeons (OVSPS), June 2011, Poster Presentation: Zochowski C, Larson K, Faber C, Soltanian H. Complications Associated with Radiation and Chemotherapy in Patients Reconstructed with Alloderm and Implants

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), Denver 2011, Coordinated and hosted the YPS event Medical Students Day.

Publications

Book Chapters:

Zochowski CG, Gosain AK. Pierre Robin Sequence. In: Peter Neligan ed., Joseph Losee volume ed. Plastic Surgery (3rd Edition). Currently in Editing. Elsevier

Zochowski CG, Soltanian H. Rotational and Free Flap Closure of the Abdominal Wall. In: Michael J Rosen ed. Atlas of Abdominal Wall Surgery. Elsevier

Zochowski CG. Body Contouring. In: Essentials Plastic Surgery. Upcoming 15^th ed.

In Peer Reviewed Journals:

Gosain AK, Zochowski CG, Cortes W. Refinements of tissue expansion for pediatric forehead reconstruction: A 13-year experience. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 124(5):1559-1570, November 2009.

Zochowski CG, Soltanian H, Swartz WM. Proximal muscular branch of the deep inferior epigastric artery for partial free rectus abdominis muscle flap. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 124(4S):15-16, October 2009.

Zochowski CG, Salgado CJ, Jamali AA. Extensive muscle necrosis and infection following treatment of a lower extremity vascular malformation with Sotradecol and absolute ethanol. Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis. 21 (5):480-6. July 2010.

Zochowski CG, Soltanian H, Sweeney W. The feasibility and cost-benefit of postoperative monitoring of free flap breast reconstruction in a non-intensive care setting. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 125(6S): 85, June 2010.

Sweeney W, Cash A, Gliniak C, Zochowski C, Serret M, Cooper G, Gosain A, Alleyne B. Harnessing the Osteogenic Capability of Neonatal Dura to Heal Critical Sized Defects. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 126: 116, Oct 2010.

Soltanian H, Zochowski CG, Chepla KJ, Swartz WM. Proximal muscular branch of the deep inferior epigastric artery for partial free rectus abdominis muscle flap. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 129:2, Feb 2012.

Awaiting Acceptance in Peer Reviewed Journals:

Chepla K, Zochowski CG, Kaufman B. The autodermal bra for mastopexy and breast reduction.

Zochowski CG, Soltanian H, Gulani V.  Use of MRA in pre-operative planning of deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap breast reconstruction.

Zochowski CG, Soltanian H, Sweeney W. The feasibility and cost-benefit of postoperative monitoring of free flap breast reconstruction in a non-intensive care setting.