Francis Papay, MD

Appointed
1992

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - Primary Children's Hospital
Craniomaxillofacial/Ped Pla Su
Salt Lake City, UT
1992

Residency - Cleveland Clinic
Plastic Surgery
Cleveland, OH
1991

Residency - Cleveland Clinic
Otolaryngology
Cleveland, OH
1989

Medical Education - Northeast Ohio Univ. Col. of Med.
MD
Rootstown, OH
1984

Undergraduate - Ohio University
Chemistry/Zoology
Athens, OH
1975

Graduate School - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Biomedical Engineering
Cleveland, OH

Additional Training

• Craniomaxillofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Intermountain Craniofacial Center, Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, 1991-1992.

  Residency:
  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 1989-1991.

  Fellowship:
  George and Grace Crile Traveling Surgical Fellowship, Maxillofacial Reconstruction, University of Basel Kantonsspital, Basel, Switzerland, March 1991 - May 1991.

  Residency:
  Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 1985-1989.

  Preceptorship:
  Facial Plastic Surgery, New Orleans Facial Plastic Surgical Center, New Orleans, LA Calvin Johnson, MD - Director, February - May 1988.

  Internship:
  General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 1984-1985.

  Flexible Surgical Internship:
  Riverside Methodist Hospital,1983-84.

Professional Highlights

• Surgical Team – First American Face Transplant – Total Lefort III maxillary zygomatic microvascular composite tissue allograft reconstruction
• First Robotic Endoscopic Nerve Interpositional Graft: Pudendal Nerve – Sural Nerve Graft
• First Endoscopic Repair of Skull Base CSF leaks
• Fulcrum Spreader Graft for Internal Valve Nasal Collapse
• Bone Anchored Facial Suspension for Facial Nerve Paralysis
• Maxillary approach for neuromodulation of Sphenopalatine ganglion and Cluster/Migraine Headache

Certifications

• Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
• Plastic Surgery

Specialty Interests

breast surgery, craniomaxillofacial, facial cosmetic, pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgery, plastic surgery, rhinoplasty

Awards & Honors

• George and Grace Crile Traveling Surgical Fellowship Award, 1989
• Hall of Fame – Elyria High School, 2010
• Innovation Award, Cleveland Clinic 2008, 2010, 2011
• American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons – Best Clinical ASPS Journal Publication 2011 “First U.S. Near-Total Human Face Transplantation: A Paradigm Shift for Massive Complex Injuries” – 2^nd Co-author
• Best Design Poster, 1^st Place, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, 2007
• Kauffman Fellow Scholarship, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurial Studies, 2007
• Golden Scalpel Award, Plastic Surgery Teaching Award, Cleveland Clinic 1996
• Ohio Valley Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Society Resident Research Award, 1990
• A-O Synthes Maxillofacial International Scholarship, 1990
• American College of Surgeons (Ohio Chapter), Surgical Research Award - Honorable Mention, 1990
• Northeastern Ohio Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Research Award - 1st place, 1989
• American Rhinologic Society Resident Essay Award - Honorable Mention, 1989
• Student Leadership Award, Ohio State Medical Association, 1983
• Outstanding Young Men in USA, Member National Jaycees, 1982
• Melvin E. Jones Research Foundation Memorial Scholarship, 1981
• Honor's College, Ohio University
• National Honors Society, 1971
• Best Doctors, Best Doctors, Inc. 2001 - present
• Best Doctors, Plastic Surgery, Northeastern Ohio Live Magazine, 2001-present
• Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Marquis Who’s Who Publications
• Who’s Who in Healthcare, Marquis Who’s Who Publications
• Who’s Who in America, Marquis Who’s Who Publications
• Guide to America’s Top Plastic Surgeons, Consumers’ Research Council of America
• America’s Best Doctors, Castle Connelly

Innovations & Patents

• US Patent 6,423,019 Cranial Remodeling Headpiece
• US Patent 6,460,207 Anti-SIDS Pediatric Headrest
• US Patent 6,517,542 Modular Bone Anchoring System
• US Patent 6,594,839 Surgical Headrest
• US Patent 6,800,087 Blancett System for Temperature Regulation of Patient Patent Applications:US Patent App #20100143413 Apparatus and Method for Treating Neuromuscular Defect
• US Patent App #20100185258 Surgical Guide & Method for Guiding therapy Delivery Device into the Pterygopalatine Fossa
• US Patent App Iontophoretic Negative Pressure Wound Healing Device Surgical Innovation:Craniofacial Surgeon/Team Member-America's First Face Transplant
• Robotic Endoscopic Repair of Pudendal Nerves during Radical Prostatectomy
• Transnasal Endoscopic Repair of Sphenoid Sinus CS7 Leaks
• Fulcrum Spreader Graft for Nasal Valve Repair
• Trans Buccal Gingival Approach to Spenopalatine Ganglia

Memberships

• Fellow, American College of Surgeons.
• Fellow, American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.
• Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics.
• Fellow, (Honorary) American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
• Member, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.
• Member, American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons.
• Member, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
• Member, American Association of Plastic Surgeons.
• Member, International Society of Craniofacial Surgery.
• Member, Ohio Valley Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.
• Member, American Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Association.
• Member, Northeast Ohio Medical Society (executive committee).
• Member, Professional Fellow, Weatherhead School of Business, Case Western Reserve
• Member, Tissue Engineering Society.
• Member, Robin Anderson Society (Plastic Surgical Alumni), Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
• Member, A-O Maxillofacial Fellowship Alumni.
• Member, Bureau for Children with Medical Handicaps (surgical representative –past)

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Consulting and/or Speaking. Dr. Papay receives fees of $5,000 or more per year (or, in rare cases, equity or stock options) as a paid consultant, speaker or as a member of an advisory committee for the following companies:

• Unity HA
• Notox USA
• XII Medical, Inc.

Royalty Payments. Dr. Papay receives or has the right to receive royalty payments for inventions or discoveries commercialized through the companies shown below:

• Ion-Vac, Inc.
• XII Medical, Inc.

Right to Future Distribution of Cleveland Clinic Financial Interest. Dr. Papay may receive future financial benefits from the Cleveland Clinic for inventions or discoveries commercialized through the companies shown below:

• XII Medical, Inc.
• Ion-Vac, Inc.

Equity Dr. Papay owns stock or stock options in the following companies for activities as a founder, inventor, discover, developer:

• BrainX Community, LLC
• Ion-Vac, Inc.
• XII Medical, Inc.
• Aspire Healthspan 
• Unify Medical

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