Aurora Kareh, MD

Contact Info

• Academic Email: kareh@usf.edu

Biography

Dr. Aurora Kareh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Plastic Surgery at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, as well as faculty at the Center for Reconstructive Oncology at the Moffitt Cancer Center. Her clinical interests include comprehensive breast reconstruction, cancer-related lymphedema care, and sarcoma reconstruction with a focus on advanced microsurgical techniques. Dr. Kareh is passionate about helping cancer patients feel complete, both physically, through a patient-centered, empathetic approach. She understands that patients coping with a cancer diagnosis are going through one of the most challenging times of their lives. Her goal is always to work hand in hand with her patients in order to care for them as a whole and to develop a reconstructive plan that works best for them. As a reconstructive microsurgeon, Dr. Kareh practices the most advanced breast reconstruction techniques, with expertise in microsurgical free flap reconstruction (DIEP, muscle-sparing TRAM, SIEA, PAP, LAP), nipple-sparing reconstruction, implant-based reconstruction, and oncoplastic “breast-sparing” reconstruction. She is a member of Moffitt Cancer center’s comprehensive program in the surgical management of lymphedema, performing microsurgical procedures to treat cancer related lymphedema (immediate lymphatic reconstruction, delayed lymphovenous bypass, vascularized lymph node transfer, suction-assisted lipectomy). Dr. Kareh completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Notre Dame and medical school at the University of Texas Health- San Antonio. She completed integrated Plastic Surgery residency at Saint Louis University and an additional year of reconstructive microsurgery fellowship at The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, focusing on breast, lymphedema, and complex extremity reconstruction. She is fluent in Spanish.

Awards/Honors

• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (Alpha Omega Alpha - 2022)
• SLU Plastic Surgery Excellence in Research Award (Saint Louis University - 2022)
• SLU Plastic Surgery Inservice Award (Saint Louis University - 2019)
• Member (Gold Humanism Honor Society - 2017)

Recent Publications

• Kareh, Aurora M.|Souza, Jason M. The Hierarchy of Needs: A Problem-based Framework for Extremity Reconstruction Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open [21697574]. 12(8) , 2024.
• Boyd, Louisa C.|Kareh, Aurora M.|Rodby, Katherine A. Navigating Food and Drug Administration Mandated Breast Implant Patient Literature: A Call to Increase Equitable Healthcare Access Within Plastic Surgery Annals of Plastic Surgery [01487043]. 91(6) , 2023.
• Kareh, Aurora M.|Felder, John M. Successful Use of Delayed Reverse Sural Artery Flap in Single Vessel Legs with Severe Atherosclerotic Disease and Venous Insufficiency Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open [21697574]. 11(1) , 2023.
• Xu, Kyle Y.|Kareh, Aurora M.|Hasan, Samir|Frojo, Gianfranco|Tadisina, Kashyap K. Functional Thenar Reconstruction: A Case Report and Systematic Review of the Literature Annals of Plastic Surgery [01487043]. 89(6) , 2022.
• Frojo, Gianfranco|Kareh, Aurora M|Stash, Bryce D|Plikaitis, Christina M|Lin, Alexander Y|Probst, Kenneth X|Rector, Jeffrey D|Lund, Herluf G Defining Ideal External Female Genital Anatomy Via Crowdsourcing Analysis Aesthetic Surgery Journal [1090820X]. 42(5) , 2022.
• Kareh, Aurora M.|Firouzbakht, Peter K.|Rowe, Amanda G.|Plikaitis, Christina M. Detailed Anatomy and Reconstructive Approach of a Wassel VI Thumb Duplication Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open [21697574]. 10(1) , 2022.
• Kareh, Aurora M.|Tadisina, Kashyap Komarraju|Chun, Magnus|Kaswan, Sumesh|Xu, Kyle Y. The Use of Arteriovenous Bundle Interposition Grafts in Microsurgical Reconstruction: A Systematic Review of the Literature Archives of Plastic Surgery [22346163]. 49(04) , 2022.
• Phillips, Brett T.|Alser, Osaid|Dickey, Ryan M.|Kapila, Ayush K.|Kareh, Aurora M.|Moura, Francisco S.|Retchkiman, Meir|Rodriguez-Unda, Nelson A.|Shulzhenko, Nikita O.|Wang, Hayson C.|Gosain, Arun K. Spotlight in Plastic Surgery: October 2021 Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery [00321052]. 148(4) , 2021.