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Specialties

    • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
    • Surgery
Rayaad Hosein, M.D.

Dr. Ray Hosein is an Assistant Professor for the Division of Plastic Surgery at UT Health San Antonio and Associate Residency Program Director for Plastic Surgery. He has a keen interest in treating traumatic injuries, cancer of the breast and various other locations in the body. His General Surgery residency was completed at the University of Texas HSC San Antonio and his Plastic Surgery residency at the University of Utah. He also completed a Microsurgery Fellowship at the University of Utah, where he learned to perform reconstructive free flap surgery. 
Dr. Hosein is an avid researcher in Plastic Surgery with interests in microsurgical outcomes and surgery for cancer. He believes in individualizing the treatment plan to each patient's goals to achieve a mutually acceptable and functional outcome.

Education

Medical School: 
The University of the West Indies ST. Augustine Campus
Residency: 
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
University of Utah Health Sciences/Medical Center
Fellowship: 
University of Utah Health Sciences/Medical Center

Qualifications

Board Certification:
  • American Board of Surgery

Publications

  1. Choi Y, Tuncer F, Maglic D, Holoyda K, Hosein RC, Gociman B. The effects of sequential galeotomies and galea aponeurectomies on scalp flap advancement. Accepted 6/3/20 in the Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (PRS) Journal.
  2. Veith J, Johns D, Mehta S, Hosein RC, Tuncer FB, Tyrell R, Kestle JRW, Siddiqi F, Gociman B. Serial posterior cranial vault distraction for the treatment of complex craniosynostosis. Accepted 6/1/20 in J Craniofacial Surg.
  3. Holoyda K, Tuncer F, Maglic D, Hosein RC, Kestle J, Siddiqi F, Gociman B. Layered closure of lumbosacral myelomenginocele defects with bilateral paraspinous muscle and composite fasciocutaneous flaps. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2020;8:e288.
  4. Hosein RC, Goodwin I, Odobescu A. A novel technique for microsurgery on calcified vessels: venous interposition grafting. Eplasty 2019 Jul 2:pb3. eCollection 2019.
  5. Flores S, Maglic D, Moores N, Hosein RC, Siddiqi F, Gociman B. Commissuroplasty technique for release of scarring secondary to Stevens Johnson syndrome. Plast Aesthet Res 2018;5:24.
  6. Hosein RC, Cornejo A, Wang HT. Postoperative monitoring of free flap reconstruction: A comparison of external Doppler ultrasonography and the implantable Doppler probe. Plast Surg (Oakv). 2016 Spring;24(1):11-9
  7. Hosein RC, Dookeeram D, Hanson K et al.  Chronic disease clinic patients’ awareness of their illness in selected health centers in North and Central Trinidad. Caribbean Medical Journal Vol 67(6). 2005. p. 18-34.
  8. Hosein RC, Kumarsingh K. A comparison of heavy metal pollution in sediment of the Caroni and South Oropuche swamps.  Institute of Marine Affairs Annual Symposium Journal (1997).