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David A. Hidalgo
Born
David Arthur Hidalgo

(1952-07-30) July 30, 1952 (age 72)
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationGeorgetown University, B.S., M.D.
OccupationPlastic surgeon
Known forFibula free flap jaw reconstruction, aesthetic plastic surgery
SpouseMary Ann Tighe (m. 1979)
ChildrenAaron M. Tighe (b. 1971)

David A. Hidalgo is an American reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgeon, author, and visual artist. He holds the academic title of Clinical Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College (New York-Presbyterian) in New York, N.Y.  

During his tenure as the former Chief of the Plastic and Reconstructive Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, Dr. Hidalgo performed the first fibula free flap for mandible (jaw) reconstruction. This procedure, performed in cancer patients, utilized microsurgical techniques to preserve viability of the bone transplant. Additional development of the technique, sequentially published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, delineated its unique advantages.[1][2][3][4][5]

Biography

Early life and education

Dr. Hidalgo was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the youngest of three boys of first-generation immigrant parents. His father, Enrique Hidalgo, an orphan from Guayaquil, Ecuador, graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was an aerospace engineer during the Cold War. He married Liselotte Schlumberger, from Heidelberg Germany, after World War II.

Dr. Hidalgo attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he completed a bachelor of science degree, magna cum laude, in fine arts and biology in 1974. He subsequently earned a medical degree at Georgetown and then completed residencies in general surgery, plastic surgery, and a fellowship in microsurgery, all at New York University Medical Center (now NYU Langone Health) in 1985.

Career

Dr. Hidalgo was certified by the American Board of Surgery (1985), and American Board of Plastic Surgery (1987).

His initial experience with the fibula free flap for mandible reconstruction was documented in the publication Fibula Free Flap: A New Method of Mandible Reconstruction. This article was ranked sixth of the 25 most cited articles on plastic surgery for the last 50 years.[1] Dr. Hidalgo established a fellowship training program in microsurgery during his tenure at Memorial.

Dr. Hidalgo has authored over 100 scientific papers on microsurgical techniques for reconstructive surgery, facial aesthetic surgery, and body contouring surgery. These articles have appeared in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Aesthetic Surgery Journal, and the Annals of Plastic Surgery.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] His microsurgery textbook, Microsurgery in Trauma (Futura Publishing Co., 1987), was written with the late microsurgeon Dr. William Shaw.

Dr. Hidalgo was the recipient of the James Barrett Brown Award in 1992 for his work on mandible reconstruction. He was the national visiting professor for the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation in 2002, and was the Cosmetic Section editor for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, from 2012 to 2020. He holds memberships in the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons (Fellow), the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and various regional plastic surgery organizations.  His clinical expertise in aesthetic surgery has been noted.[9][10]

Personal life

Dr. Hidalgo is married to Mary Ann Tighe, a commercial real estate broker and chief executive officer of the New York Tri-State Region of CBRE. Crain's New York Business has named Ms. Tighe to its list of Most Powerful Women in New York, every year since 2007.[11] The couple has a son and a grandson, with residences in Manhattan and Southampton, N.Y.  

Other work

Art

Dr. Hidalgo creates large-scale photo-realistic drawings in charcoal, following the school of artist Robert Longo. His art has been covered by the Wall Street Journal and other media outlets.[12] On the relationship between art and surgery, he says: “I believe there is no better method for training and refining one’s eye than to be continually engaged as a visual artist.”     

Philanthropy

Dr. Hidalgo and his wife, Mary Ann Tighe, founded Joan’s Legacy in 2001 to support lung cancer research. Joan’s Legacy was the largest private funder of lung cancer research in the United States prior to merging with the Lung Cancer Research Foundation in 2015. Dr. Hidalgo led the Medical Committee from 2001 to 2009 and was a board member from 2001 to 2019. Ms. Tighe still serves. Dr. and Mrs. Hidalgo support The Inner City Scholarship Fund of the Archdiocese of New York, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art through the Tighe-Hidalgo Foundation.

References

  1. ^ a b c Loonen, MPJ, Hage, JJ, Kon, M., Plastic Surgery Classics: Characteristics of 50 top-cited articles in forum plastic surgery journals since 1946. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 121:320e, 2008
  2. ^ a b Hidalgo, DA, Fibula free flap: A new method of mandible reconstruction. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 84:71, 1989.
  3. ^ a b Hidalgo, DA, Aesthetic improvements in free flap mandible reconstruction. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 88:574, 1991.
  4. ^ a b Hidalgo, DA, Rekow, A. A review of 60 consecutive fibula free flap mandible reconstructions.  Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 96:585, 1995.
  5. ^ a b Robey, AB, Spann, ML, McAuliff, TM, et al.  Comparison of miniplates and reconstruction plates in fibular flap reconstruction of the mandible. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 122:1733, 2008.
  6. ^ Wallace, CG, Chang, YM, Tsai, CY, Wei, FC. Harnessing the potential of the free fibula osteoseptocutaneous flap in mandible reconstruction. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 125:305, 2010.
  7. ^ Deek, NF, Kao, HK, Wei, FC. The fibula osteocutaneous flap: Concise review, goal-oriented surgical technique, and tips and tricks. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 142:913e, 2018.
  8. ^ Jones, NF, Monstrey, S, Gambier, BA. Reliability of the fibular osteocutaneous flap for mandible reconstruction: Anatomical and surgical confirmation. Plast. Recinstr. Surg. 97:707, 1996.
  9. ^ "New York Magazine, Best Doctors, 1996-2020".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Castle Connolly Top Doctors".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Crain's Most Powerful Women in New York".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "The Man of a Thousand Face-Lifts". The Wall Street Journal. August 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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