Susan e. mackinnon, m.d.

Shoenberg Professor of Surgery and Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery


Medical Degree (1975)
Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada


Residency in General Surgery (1978)
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada


Residency in Plastic Surgery (1980)
University in Toronto, Canada


Fellowship in Neurosurgery (1981)
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Canada


Fellowship in Hand Surgery (1982)
Raymond Curtis Hand Center, Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Dr. Mackinnon runs a peripheral nerve clinic that evaluates patients with painful nerve injuries from across the country. Clinical studies evaluate the affect of peripheral nerve pain on patients' quality of life and evaluate the results of surgical intervention to manage painful nerve injuries. Nerve injuries throughout the body are evaluated and treated including compression neuropathy and traumatic neuromas as well as in continuity and iatrogenic nerve injuries.

Selected publications

Vernadakis AJ, Koch H, Mackinnon SE. (2003)Management of neuromas. Clin Plast Surg. Apr;30(2):247-68, vii.

Novak CB, Mackinnon SE. (2000)Outcome following implantation of a peripheral nerve stimulator in patients with chronic nerve pain. Plast Reconstr Surg. May;105(6):1967-72.

Ehretsman RL, Novak CB, Mackinnon SE. (1999) Subjective recovery of nerve graft donor site.
Ann Plast Surg. Dec;43(6):606-12.

Chen DL, Novak CB, Mackinnon SE, Weisenborn SA. (1998) Pain responses in patients with upper-extremity disorders. J Hand Surg [Am]. Jan;23(1):70-5.

Novak CB, Mackinnon SE. (1997) Repetitive use and static postures: a source of nerve compression and pain. J Hand Ther. Apr-Jun;10(2):151-9.

Nath RK, Mackinnon SE. (1996) Management of neuromas in the hand. Hand Clin. Nov;12(4):745-56. Review.

Campbell JN, Raja SN, Meyer RA, Mackinnon SE. (1988) Myelinated afferents signal the hyperalgesia associated with nerve injury. Pain. Jan;32(1):89-94.

Dellon AL, Mackinnon SE. (1986) Pain after radial sensory nerve grafting. J Hand Surg [Br]. Oct;11(3):341-6.

Dellon AL, Mackinnon SE. (1986) Treatment of the painful neuroma by neuroma resection and muscle implantation. Plast Reconstr Surg. Mar;77(3):427-38.

Dellon AL, Mackinnon SE. (1984) Susceptibility of the superficial sensory branch of the radial nerve to form painful neuromas. J Hand Surg [Br]. Feb;9(1):42-5.