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Jacob R. Thomas

About Jacob R. Thomas

Titles

Fellow

Awards and Honors

2022, National Leader of the Year – Service to Campus and Community, Omicron Delta Kappa
2022, Living Our Values Award, Wake Forest University
2022, MLK Building the Dream Award, Wake Forest University

Education & training

Undergraduate Degree

BS - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

Medical Degree

August 2023–June 2028 (Expected), MD Program, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

  • Status: Medical Student,Year 3

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Publications

Publications

2025

Romeo DJ, Lenz T, George A, Thomas JR, Massenburg BB, Wu M, Ng JJ, Hu AC, Kalish JM, Taylor JA. (2025). A comparison of surgical techniques for macroglossia in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000012432.

Akarapimand P, Romeo DJ, Thomas JR, Lenz T, Du S, Bartlett SP, Swanson JW, Taylor JA. (2025). Comparison of maxillary distraction osteogenesis and conventional orthognathic osteotomy: A systematic review. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000011248.

Wu M, Paruzel-Czachura M, Thomas JR, Romeo DJ, Ng JJ, Massenburg BB, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA, Chatterjee A. (2025). The artistic rendering of facial scars: Impact on character perceptions and affective responses among viewers. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. DOI: 10.1037/aca0000754.

Saikali LM, Raman A, Leigh F, Perla G, Shroff S, Thomas JR, Ligh C. (2025). Access to surgical treatment of adolescent gynecomastia: Characterizing insurance barriers and preauthorization denial rates. Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons. September 2025, Baltimore, MD.

Heilenman A, Thomas JR, et al. (2025). Procedural management of keloids and hypertrophic scars: A review of current therapeutic strategies. Southeastern Consortium for Dermatology. October 2025, Winston-Salem, NC.

Lenz TB, Romeo DJ, Hu AC, Thomas JR, Akarapimand P, Granquist E, Ligh C, Swanson JW. (2025). Optimizing growth potential in pediatric microvascular mandibular reconstruction: A 23-year institutional experience. World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery. April 2025, Barcelona, Spain.

Cunningham P, Pachure S, Hu B, Thomas JR, et al. (2025). Art of anatomy: Exploring student experiences in an art museum partnership elective. Northeastern Group on Educational Affairs Conference. April 2025, New Brunswick, NJ.

Hu AC, Thomas JR, Gala Z, Ryan IA, Crystal DT, Tolley PD, Han NA, Broach RB, Swanson JW, Taylor JA, Bartlett SP. Reconstruction of complex cheek and nasal defects: A 30-year experience with staged cheek advancement and forehead flaps. Submitted to PRS Global Open.

Thomas JR, Crystal DT, Patel SD, Jusung K, Habarth-Morales TE, Broach RB, Kanchwala SK, Azoury SC. Negative pressure wound therapy and donor site morbidity in DIEP and TRAM flap reconstruction: A single-center longitudinal review. Pending submission to Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery.

2024

Ganapathy AS, Thomas JR, Stutsrim AE, Chang KZ, Velazquez GA, Freischlag JA, Goldman MP. (2024). Protocolized method to transaxillary first rib resection for vTOS allows for early return to competitive play in a college football athlete. Strandness Symposium. February 2024, Honolulu, HI.

2023

Thomas JR, Crouse D, Files K, Dillwood R, Freischlag JA. (2023). Teaching to elevate: Student exposure to vascular surgery. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. October 2023, Boston, MA.

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