Ramin A. Behmand, M.D.
Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery

Publications
Scientific Journal Articles:
1.   Behmand, R.A., Ghavami, A., Guyuron, B.: Nasal Tip Sutures, Part I: The
Evolution. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.  2003 September 15;112(4):
1125-1129.  "
Read Summary".

2. Guyuron B.,
Behmand, R.A., Nasal Tip Sutures, Part II:  The Interplays. Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery.  2003 September 15;112(4):1130-45; discussion
1146-1149.  "
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3. Behmand, R.A., Tucker, T., Guyuron, B.  Focal Injection of Botulinum Toxin
A for the Elimination of Migraine Headache.  Headache. 2003 Nov-Dec;43(10):
1085-1089. "
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4.  Guyuron, B., Behmand, R.A.:  Caudal Nasal Deviation.  Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery, 111(7):2449-57, June 2003.  "
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5. Erbella, J., Behmand, RA., Cederna, PS.: Endoscopically Assisted Pectus
Excavatum Repair.  Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopic, & Percutaneous
Techniques. 2001 Jun;11(3):213-6.  "
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6. Behmand, RA., Tang, DH., Smith, DJ.  Outcomes in Breast Reduction
Surgery.  Annals of Plastic Surgery, 45(6):575-80, 2000.  "
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7. Guyuron, B., Behmand, R.A., Green, R.: Shortening of the Long Forehead.  
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 103 (1): 218-23, 1999.  "
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8.  Behmand, R. A., Guyuron, B.: Resection of Bilateral Orbital and Cranial
Base Basal Cell Carcinoma with Preservation of Vision.  Annals of Plastic
Surgery, 36(6): 637-640, 1996.  "
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9. Guyuron, B., Behmand, R.A., Michelow, B.: Blepharolabioanal Syndrome.  
Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 6 (5):392-394, 1995.  "
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10. Harik, S.I., Behmand, R.A., and LaManna, J.C.: Hypoxia Increases Glucose
Transporter at the Blood-Brain Barrier in the Rat.  Journal of Applied
Physiology, 77(2): 896-901, 1994.  "
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11. Harik S.I., Behmand, R.A., Murphy J.R: Stability of the Glucose Transporter
in Plasma Membranes of Human Erythrocytes.  Diabetologia. 1994 July;37(7):
730.  "Read Summary".

12. Behmand, R.A. and Harik, S.I.: Nicotine Enhances 1-Methyl-4-Phenyl-
1,2,3,6-Tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) Neurotoxicity.  Journal of Neurochemistry,
58:776-779, 1992.  "
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13. Devivo, D.C., Trifiletti, R.R., Jacobson, R.I., Ronen, G.M., Behmand, R.A.,
and Harik, S.I.: Defective Glucose Transport Across the Blood-Brain Barrier as a
Cause of Persistent Hypoglycorrhachia, Seizures, and Developmental Delay.  
New England Journal of Medicine, 325:703-709, 1991.  "Read Summary".

14. Riachi, N.J., Behmand, R.A., and Harik, S.I.: Correlation of MPTP
Neurotoxicity in Vivo with Oxidation of MPTP by the Brain and the Blood-Brain
Barrier in Vitro in Five Rat Strains.  Brain Research, 555:19-24, 1991.  "
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Summary".

15. Harik, S.I., Behmand, R.A., and Arafah, B.M.: Chronic Hyperglycemia
Increases the Density of the Glucose Transporters in the Human Erythrocyte
Membranes.  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 72:814-818,
1991.  "
Read Summary".



1. Behmand, R.A., Tucker, T., Guyuron, B.: Single site Botox injection for the
elimination of migraine headache. 44th Annual Scientific Meeting of the
American Headache Society, Seattle, June 21-23, 2002.

2. Guyuron, B., Tucker, T., Behmand, R.A.: Surgical elimination of migraine
headache. 44th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society,
Seattle, June 21-23, 2002.

3. Behmand, R.A., Guyuron B.: Caudal Nasal Deviation.  American Society of
Plastic Surgery.  November 2002.

4. Behmand, R.A., Guyuron B.: Identification and surgical elimination of
migraine trigger points.  Ohio Valley Society for Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery. June 2002.

5. Guyuron, B., Behmand R.A.: Endoscopic forehead rejuvenation, eight years
later: The rewards, the limitations, and the flaws.  American Association of
Plastic Surgery.  April 28th 2002.

6. Behmand, R.A., Tang, DH., Smith, DJ.: Outcomes in breast reduction surgery.
Michigan Academy for Plastic Surgery. July 2000.

7. Behmand, R. A., Guyuron, B.: Resection of bilateral orbital and cranial base
basal cell carcinoma with preservation of vision. Ohio Valley Society for Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery.  June 1995.

8. Harik, S.I., Behmand, R.A., and Murphy, J.R.: Stability of the glucose
transporter in plasma membranes of human erythrocytes. Diabetologia. 37 (7):
730, 1994.

9. Windle, B.H., Behmand, R.A.: Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the skin
and recurrent neoplastic lesions of skin grafts in severe Xeroderma
Pigmentosum. Ohio Valley Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.  May
1994.

10. Behmand, R.A. and Harik, S.I.: Chronic nicotine enhances the dopaminergic
neurotoxicity of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine in black mice.
Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 17:1289, 1991.

11. Harik, S.I., Behmand, R.A., LaManna, J.C., Lust, W.D., and Jones, S.C.:
Chronic hypobaric hypoxia: Effects on brain glucose metabolism. Presented at
the Satellite Symposium: The Role of Neurotransmitters in Brain Injury. Key
West, FL June, 1991.

12. Harik, S.I., Behmand, R.A., and LaManna, J.C.,: Chronic hypobaric hypoxia
increases the density of cerebral capillaries and their glucose transporter
protein. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 11 (Suppl. 2):S496,
1991.



1. Behmand, R.A., Guyuron, B.  Forehead Rejuvenation.  Coiffman.
Cirugía Plástica, Estética.  Third Edition. In Press (2005).

2. Behmand, R.A., Guyuron, B.:  Secondary Rhinoplasty.  Current Therapy in
Plastic Surgery. Elsevier Science.  In Press (2005).

3. Behmand, R.A., Rees, R.S.: Reconstructive Lip Surgery.  Plastic Surgery:
Indications, Operations, Outcomes.  Mosby-Year Book, Inc., Philadelphia.  2000.

4. Guyuron, B., Behmand, R. A.: Alar Base Abnormalities: Classification and
Correction. Clinics in Plastic Surgery 23 (2): 263-270.  W.B. Saunders Co.,
Philadelphia, 1996.



1. Department of Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery, Fort Gordon, Augusta, GA.  
Visiting Lecturer.  July 31- August 2, 2003.  Topics in Cosmetic Surgery of the
Face & Neck.

2. 5th Biennial Scientific Program, Division of Plastic Surgery, UCSF.  Nasal
Tip Suture Dynamics.  San Francisco, California, June 20-21, 2003.

3. Ohio Valley Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.  Identification
and surgical elimination of migraine trigger points.  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,  
June 2002.

4. Dingman Society for Plastic Surgeons.  Aesthetic procedures of the chest and
abdomen; The  endoscopic approach.  Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 2001.

5. Michigan Academy for Plastic Surgery. Outcomes in breast reduction surgery.
Mackinac Island, Michigan,  July 2000.

6. Dingman Society for Plastic Surgeons.  Outcomes in breast reduction surgery.
Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 2000.

7. Ohio Valley Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Resection of
bilateral orbital and cranial base basal cell carcinoma with preservation of vision.
Cleveland, Ohio,  June 1995.

8. Ohio Valley Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Malignant
Fibrous Histiocytoma of the skin and recurrent neoplastic lesions of skin grafts
in severe Xeroderma Pigmentosum..  Indianapolis, Indiana, May 1994.



1. Applied Surgical Anatomy: A Guide for the Surgical Trainee.  Glasby, M.A.
Oxford University Press 1998.  Reviewed for Doody’s Publishing, 1999.



1.  Annals of Plastic Surgery Journal
2.  Journal of Advances in Wound Care
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