Ines C. Lin, MD
Ines C. Lin, MD

Ines C. Lin, MD

Ines C. Lin, MD, is an attending surgeon in CHOP's Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery with special expertise treating hand and upper extremity conditions. She is also an attending surgeon in the Hand Transplantation Program.

Areas of expertise: Brachial plexus and peripheral nerve lesions, Congenital hand and arm differences, Hand surgery, Plastic surgery

Locations: Main Building

About Ines C. Lin, MD

Ines C. Lin, MD, is an attending surgeon in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) with special expertise treating hand and upper extremity conditions. 

Dr. Lin received her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and did her residency in plastic surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She also completed a fellowship in hand surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where she was awarded the Alice D. Jensen Fellowship in Hand Surgery Honoring Dr. Julian Bruner. Board-certified in plastic surgery and hand surgery, her clinical interests include hand and upper extremity surgery and reconstructive surgery.  She is an active member in the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, where she is part of the Curriculum Development Subcommittee, and the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, where she recently participated in the Young Leaders Program. She has written on pediatric hand injuries as well as congenital hand conditions. 

She is also an attending surgeon in the Hand Transplantation Program. Combining the expertise of the Penn Transplant Institute and the Hospital’s Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Orthopedic Center, the Hand Transplantation program aims to help children who have undergone unilateral or bilateral amputation of arms or hands to regain function and independence. Hand transplantation, or vascularized composite allotransplantation, is a rare procedure performed by only a few surgical teams around the world.

Titles

Attending Surgeon

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Certifications

Plastic Surgery – American Board of Plastic Surgery

Surgery of the Hand – American Board of Plastic Surgery

Awards and Honors

2011, Alice D. Jensen Fellowship in Hand Surgery Honoring Dr. Julian Bruner, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic
2004, Clyde F. Barker Surgical Research Award for Outstanding Research in Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
1999, Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

2016-present, American Counsel of Academic Plastic Surgeons
2015-present, Robert H. Ivy Pennsylvania Plastic Surgery Society
2014-present, American College of Surgeons, Fellow
2013-present, Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons
2012-present, American Association for Hand Surgery
2011-present, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
2010-present, American Society for Surgery of the Hand

Editorial and Academic Positions

Editorial positions

2015-present, Bone and Joint Journal, Reviewer
2013-present, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ad hoc reviewer

Education & training

Medical Degree

MD - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Internship

Surgery - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Residency

Surgery - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Plastic Surgery - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Fellowship

Research Fellow - Division of Plastic Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Hand Surgery - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Publications

Publications

2015

Rhee Peter C, Lin Ines C, Moran Steven L, Bishop Allen T, Shin Alexander Y: Scaphocapitate Arthrodesis for Kienböck Disease. The Journal of hand surgery 40(4): 745-51, Feb 2015.

2014

Lin Ines C, Nelson Jonas A, Wu Liza C, Kovach Stephen J, Serletti Joseph M: Assessing Surgical and Medical Complications in Bilateral Abdomen-Based Free Flap Breast Reconstructions Compared With Unilateral Free Flap Breast Reconstructions. Annals of plastic surgery Sep 2014.

Park Min Jung, Gans Itai, Lin Ines, Levin Lawrence Scott, Bozentka David, Steinberg David: Timing of Forearm Arterial Repair in the Well-perfused Limb. Orthopedics 37(6): e582-6, Jun 2014.

Abstracts (includes Posters and Scientific Presentations)

2015

Silvestre J., Lin I.C., Levin L.S., Chang B: Experience in Hand Surgery for Graduates of Three Surgical Specialties. Oral Presentation at Plastic Surgery The Meeting, Boston, MA, Oct 16-20, 2015. October 2015.

Lectures by Invitation
2016

 "When Little Hands Get Hurt: Pediatric Hand Burns & IV Infiltrates", Crozer-Chester Medical Center Pediatric Grand Rounds, Upland, PA, March 2016

Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2022

Lin, I.C., Xu, W. (2022). Pediatric Hand Injuries. In: Mattei, P. (eds) Fundamentals of Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07524-7_26

2013

Bassem T. Elhassan, MD and Ines C. Lin, MD: Combined Nerve Palsies. Textbook of Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery. Arnold-Peter C. Weiss, MD; Charles A. Goldfarb, MD; Vincent R. Hentz, MD; Raymond B. Raven, MD; David J. Slutsky, MD; Scott P. Steinmann, MD (eds.). The American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 2013.

2012

Benjamin ChangInes C. Lin: Syndactyly. Hand Surgery Update V. KC Chung (eds.). American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Rosemont, IL, Page: 289-298, 2012.

2011

Chang B, Lin IC. Syndactyly. In: Chung KC, editor. Hand surgery update 5. Rosemont (IL): American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; 2011.