Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Education
Biosketch
Charles Raymer, MD is a Plastic Surgeon. He is a graduate of The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He completed his General Surgery Residency at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine (2020). He is board certified in General Surgery. He completed his Plastic Surgery Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio (2023). He is board eligible in Plastic Surgery. He completed additional subspecialty training in Complex Gender and Microvascular Surgery at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital (2024). He now practices as a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon in St. Joseph, Michigan with a broad practice that encompasses reconstruction after trauma and cancer, cosmetic surgery, as well as gender affirming surgery.
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Education and Training
- Fellowship 2024, Harvard/Brigham & Women's Hospital Complex Gender & Microsurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Fellowship 2023, Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Chief Resident 2020, Maine Medical Center
- Residency 2019, General Surgery, Maine Medical Center
- MD 2015, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University
- BA, BS 2011, Wofford College
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Research
- Plastic or Reconstructive Surgery
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Publications
Ho I., Raymer C., Isakov R. A novel and easily reproducible technique for determining nipple placement in chest masculinization surgery Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. 2023;83:358-360.
Wu S.S., Raymer C., Culbert A., Schafer R., Bernard S., Djohan R., Schwarz G., Bishop S.N., Gurunian R. Predictors of Complications in Autologous Breast Reconstruction Using DIEP Flaps: Implications for Management Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2023;152(4):566E-577E.
Wu S.S., Raymer C., Schafer R., Culbert A., Bernard S., Djohan R., Schwarz G., Bishop S.N., Gurunian R. Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism Based on Caprini Score in Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. 2022
Wu S.S., Raymer C.A., Kaufman B.R., Isakov R., Ferrando C.A. The Effect of Preoperative Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy Use on Perioperative Adverse Events in Transmasculine Individuals Undergoing Masculinizing Chest Surgery for Gender Affirmation Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 2022;42(9):1009-1016.