Meet Dr. Hess

Dr. Hess is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is also a Member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Medical Society of Virginia, and the Loudoun County Medical Society.

Dr Hess is highly experienced in the field of plastic surgery, being a leader in both highly intricate reconstructive procedures and cosmetic surgery. Dr. Hess is a staff plastic surgeon at the INOVA Hospitals in Fairfax, Fair Oaks, and Loudon, as well as Prince William Hospital and Reston Hospital Center.

The author of many articles and several book chapters, Dr. Hess' writings have been included in the Journal of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and other plastic surgery publications. Dr Hess was featured by Northern Virginia Magazine as one of the Top Plastic Surgeons in our region, for 2007.

Dr. Hess earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, graduating Summa Cum Laude. He then went on to earn his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin, where he graduated as a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the medical honor society that comprises the top ten percent of medical students. Dr. Hess spent six years in training in the Integrated Plastic Surgery Program at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Hess and his wife Shelly reside in Virginia. They have two beautiful children, Zachary and Sydney. Before becoming a plastic surgeon, Dr. Hess was a successful professional ballet dancer with the Pennsylvania Ballet, Richmond Ballet, and Milwaukee Ballet.

Presentations/Abstracts

• Hess CL: An Uplifting Look at Cosmetic Surgery. The Virginia Society of Perianesthesia Nurses, Alexandria, VA, 2007
  
• Hess CL: Pediatric Wound Closure in the ER Setting. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Skills Day, Prince William Hospital, Manassas, VA, 2006
  
• Hess CL: Wound Closure in the ER Setting. Georgetown University Plastic Surgery Residency, Guest Lecturer, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C., 2006
  
• Hess CL: Pressure Ulcers. Rebuild Spinal Cord Injury group, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA, 2005
  
• Hess CL: Pediatric Wound Closure in the ER Setting. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Skills Day, Prince William Hospital, Manassas, VA, 2005
  
• Hess CL, Attinger CE, Ducic I, et al: Skin Grafts vs. Local Flaps vs. Free Flaps in the Salvage of Exposed Achilles Tendons in Diabetics vs. Nondiabetics. Senior Residents Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 2004
  
• Hess CL: Cleft Lip and Palate. Advanced Nursing Workshop-Craniofacial Update
  INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA, 2003
  
• Hess CL, Higgins J, Murphy MS: Strength Changes Following Upper Extremity Pneumatic Tourniquet Application. American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Phoenix, AZ, 2002
  
• Hess CL, Wolock B, Murphy MS: Mycobacterium Infections of the Upper Extremity Northeastern Society for Plastic Surgeons, Bermuda, 2002
  
• Hess CL, Wolock B, Murphy MS: Mycobacterium Marinum Infections of the Upper Extremity-Experience at One Institution. E.F. Shaw Wilgis, M.D. Lectureship in Hand Surgery, Curtis National Hand Center, Baltimore, MD, 2002
  
• Hess CL: Breast Reconstruction for the General Surgeon. Georgetown University Hospital Surgical Grand Rounds. Washington, D.C., 2001
  
• Attinger CE, Ducic I, Hess CL et al: Coverage of the Achilles Tendon-Free Flap, Local Flap or Skin Graft. Wound Healing Society, Toronto, Canada, 1999
  
• Spear SL, Hess CL, Elmaraghy MW: Evaluation of Abdominal Sensibility following TRAM Flap Breast Reconstruction. Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Society, Orlando, FL, 1999

Book Chapters

Nahabedian MY, Spear SL, Hess CL: A Review of the Biomechanical and Functional Changes in the Trunk Following Transfer of the Rectus Abdominis Muscle. In Spear SL (ed), Surgery of the Breast: Principles and Art. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2006 Spear SL, Hess CL: Delayed Postmastectomy Reconstruction: Latissimus Technique. In Mathes SJ, Hentz VR (eds), Plastic Surgery Second Edition. Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co, 2004

Journal Publications

• Attinger CE, Ducic I, Hess CL, et al.: The outcome of skin graft vs. flap surgery (local and free) in the salvage of the exposed Achilles tendon in diabetics vs. non diabetics. (in press)
  
• Spear SL, Hess CL: A review of the biomechanical and functional changes in the shoulder following transfer of the latissimus dorsi muscle. Plast Reconstr Surg, 2005, June;115(7):2070-2073
  
• Venturi ML, Attinger CE, Mesbahi AN, Hess CL, Graw KS: A review of the mechanisms and clinical applications of vacuum-assisted closure. Am J Clin Dermatol 2005;6(3):185-194
  
• Hess CL, Wolock BS, Murphy MS: Mycobacterium marinum infections of the upper extremity (CME article). Plast Reconstr Surg, 2005, Mar; 115(3):55e-59e
  
• Hess CL, Gartside RL, Ganz JC: TRAM flap breast reconstruction after abdominal liposuction. Ann Plast Surg, 2004 Aug; 53(2):166-169
  
• Hess CL, Howard M, Attinger CE: A Review of mechanical adjuncts in wound healing: hydrotherapy, ultrasound, negative pressure therapy, hyperbaric oxygen and electrostimulation. Ann Plast Surg, 2003, Aug;51(2):210-8
  
• Spear SL, Hess CL, Elmaraghy EW: Evaluation of abdominal sensibility following TRAM flap breast reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg, 2000, Nov;106(6):1300-4
  
• Spear SL, Elmaraghy MW, Hess C: Textured-surface saline-filled silicone breast implants for augmentation mammaplasty. Plast Reconstr Surg, 2