Geoffrey Gurtner

Biography

  Dr. Geoffrey C. Gurtner, also known as Geoff, M.D., was the Founder of Arresto Biosciences Inc. Dr. Gurtner serves as Director of Breast and Aesthetic Surgery at the Stanford Cancer Center and an Associate Professor of Surgery at Stanford. Before that, he served as Program Director of Plastic Surgery, NYU Medical Center and Chief of Microsurgery at Bellevue Hospital. His clinical practice is focused on the treatment and reconstruction of women with cancer. His NIH funded laboratory is focused on the role of the physical environment (both mechanical and redox) in determining whether the biological response to injury is characterized by either fibrosis or tissue regeneration. Dr. Gurtner serves as a Member of Scientific Advisory Board of Xeltis AG. He served as a Member of Scientific Advisory Board of Zipline Medical, Inc. His research has led to the development of novel technologies which are being commercialized with the goal of optimizing tissue repair in humans. Dr. Gurtner is the author of over 80 peer-reviewed publications and is the Editor of the most widely read textbook in the field, Grabb & Smith's Plastic Surgery. He is also inventor on 15 Patents/Applications in Area of Vascular Biology, Tissue Engineering, Wound Healing. Dr. Gurtner is a magna cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College and an AOA graduate of the University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine. He completed a general surgery residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School program, a plastic surgery residency at the NYU School of Medicine and received advanced training in cancer reconstruction at the University of Texas-MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Research Interest

Biology