- Florida scholastic art and writing award: gold and silver medals for sculptural photographic series
- Harvard book award for top academic performance
- Brown University dean's award for top students in graduating class
- Brown University William H. Bennett Scholarship for excellence in biology and medicine
- Brown University Richard J Goss Award for Experimental Biology
- Alan Livingstone research award: propranolol for infantile hemangioma
- Robert Zeppa research award: propranolol for infantile hemangioma
- Miami Society of Plastic Surgery: most outstanding reconstructive surgery presentation
Presentations/ Academic Development
- Recorded presentation Plastic Surgery Hyperguide: Propranolol as a treatment for infantile Hemangioma 2016
- Southwestern surgical congress: Presenting Initial experience with prepectoral breast reconstruction and aeroform tissue expanders. C Boneti, M Bedrossian, S Ovadia, K Gishen, S Kohanzadeh 2019
- Miami Society of Plastic Surgery: A pedicled rectus femoris flap for protection of aortic graft. 1st place for resident case presentation 2019
- Grand rounds: The history of plastic and craniofacial surgery 2015
- Grand rounds: Thumb reconstruction 2018
- Grand rounds: Soft tissue coverage of the hand 2020
- ASPS panel on non-cleft VPI (22q11.2 del) 2021
- Podium presentation: Early cleft care at Providence/ St.John’s 52nd symposium on cleft palate and craniofacial anomalies
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles/Abstracts
- Arzillo S, Gishen K, Askari M. Brachial plexus injury: treatment options and outcomes. J Craniofac Surg. 2014 Jul;25(4):1200-6.
- Desai U, Gishen KE, Gordon CE, Lewis JL, Thaller SR. Syringoid Eccrine Carcinoma (SEC) of the nose: A rare and unique clinical condition. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2014 Sep;67(9):1298-9.
- Gishen K, Askari M. Congenital hand anomalies: etiology, classification, and treatment. J Craniofac Surg. 2014 Jan;25(1):284-94.
- Gishen K, Ovadia S, Arzillo S, Avashia Y, Thaller SR. The current format and ongoing advances of medical education in the United States. J Craniofac Surg. 2014 Jan;25(1):35-8.
- Ovadia SA, Gishen K, Desai U, Garcia A, Thaller SR. Education on the business of plastic surgery during training: a survey of plastic surgery residents. Aesthetic plastic surgery 42 (3), 886-890.
- Patete, C, Gishen, K, Nugent, A, Rey,J. Primary selection of a pedicled rectus femoris flap for protection of aortic graft. J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech 2019 Dec 18;5(4):512-517. Epub 2019 Nov 18.
- Gishen, K, Thaller SR. Surgical Mission Trips as an Educational Opportunity for Medical Students. J Craniofac Surg 2015 Jun;26(4):1095-6
- Gishen, K, Thaller SR. Discussion on: Oral Propranolol for Parotid Infantile Hemangiomas. J Craniofac Surg 2017 Jul 13. Epub 2017 Jul 13.
- Gishen K, Maria DJP, Khanlari M, Cho-Vega HJ, Feun L, Thaller SR, Moller M. Giant Malignant Melanomas and their Clinical Implications: Review of Literature and Case Report. Clinics in Surgery. 2018 Sep 01
- Yoo, J, Gishen, J, Thaller SR. The Oculocardiac Reflex: Evolution and a Review of the Literature. J Craniofac Surg. 2020
- Gishen, K, Yoo, J, Thaller SR. Revisiting the pericranial flap for scalp reconstruction: a literature review and case series. J Craniofac Surg. 2020
- Wolfe EM, Pierrot RG, Slavin BR, Plotsker EL, Samaha GJ, Gishen K, Thaller SR. Rolling With the Punches: A National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Database Study of Craniofacial Injuries in Boxing. J Craniofac Surg. 2021
- Operative Procedures in Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery. Editors: Ari S. Hoschander, Christopher J. Salgado, Wrood Kassira, and Seth R. Thaller, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, 2015
- Operative Dictations in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2016 Editors: Tran T.A., Panthaki Z.J., Hoballah J.J., Thaller S.R.
Submitted and Ongoing Research
- Webster, L, Gishen, K, Oeltjen J. VRAM compromise by bladder distention
- Gishen,K, Thaller SR. Development of a staging system and treatment algorithm for macromastia
- Text book – prepublication – The Male Aesthetic, Male facial anatomy and Facial Feminization
