Our Team
Wendy Chen, MD, FACS
Wendy Chen is an assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, where her clinical focus includes hand and wrist surgery and breast reconstruction, as well as gender affirming top surgeries.
Dr. Chen received her medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Society. She completed integrated plastic surgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. During residency, investigated whole-eye microsurgical allotransplantation, and trained in gender affirming surgery at Mount Sinai and Oregon Health and Science University. At the University of California at Los Angeles, Dr. Chen completed a hand and microsurgery fellowship. During her time at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas, she was recognized as a Texas Super Doctors Rising Stars, a 40 Under 40 Houston Business Journal honoree, an Association of Women Surgeons 40 Under 40 honoree, a UT Health Houston McGovern Medical School 2022 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award/Champion of Clinical Learning Environment, and she won the inaugural John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Distinguished Faculty Award in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Dr. Chen is passionate about medical education and activism for diversity in surgery. As a surgeon-mother herself, she hopes to encourage conversation and action to facilitate family planning throughout medical education and physicians’ careers.
Kassandra Carrion
Kassandra Carrion is a 3rd year medical student at SUNY Downstate. She recently completed two research years at the Stanford Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery under the direction of Stanford’s Microsurgery Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Dung Nguyen. Her research focused on Breast Reconstruction, with particular emphasis on applications of the omentum as a biological implant, as well as surgical treatment and sequelae of breast cancer associated lymphedema. In addition, she investigated treatment options for Lipedema. Having started medical school at age 29 after a non-traditional path to medicine, she is passionate about reproductive health education for women who hope to bear children later in life, and changing the workplace to accommodate surgeon-mothers.
Madeleine Givant
Madeleine Givant is the current Boston Lymphatic Center research fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. Her research focus is lymphatic anatomy and how it may predispose or protect an individual against the development of breast cancer-related lymphedema. After her research fellowship, she will begin her fourth year of medical school at the California University School of Science and Medicine. Madeleine is deeply committed to creating supportive communities for trainees navigating the unique challenges of surgical training. Through advocacy and peer support initiatives, she strives to ensure that the next generation of surgeons has access to the resources and conversations needed to thrive personally and professionally.
Xinfei Miao
Xinfei Christina Miao is a medical student from California University of Science and Medicine and currently a plastic and reconstructive surgery research fellow at UC Irvine. Her research focuses on pediatric craniofacial surgery, migraine surgery, and gender-affirming surgery. Christina is deeply passionate about advancing women’s leadership in medicine and surgery. She is committee to fostering environment where surgical trained has access to mentorship and resources needed to thrive both personally and professionally.