1998- 2005 Resident, Department of Surgery,
Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
2003- 2004 Research Fellow, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2005-2008 Fellow, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
EDUCATION
2001 Pennsylvania Hospital Humanism in Surgery Award
2002 Pennsylvania Hospital Humanism in Surgery Award
2004 Pennsylvania Hospital Resident Teaching Award
2005 Pennsylvania Hospital Humanism in Surgery Award
1996-1998 Member, Jefferson Medical College Gibbon Surgical Society
2003-present Elected Member, American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
2006-2007 Plastic Surgery Residency Review Committee, Resident Representative
2007-2008 Plastic Surgery Residency Review Committee, Resident Representative
June 1992-February 1993 Task force member, Delaware Bone Marrow Donor Coalition, Wilmington, DE January 1993-January 1994 Patient Representative, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
January 2006 Volunteer, Plastic Surgery Mission, Children of the Americas, Guatamala
1. Ruotolo, R.A., Veitia, N.A., Corbin, A., McDonough, J., Solot, C.B., McDonald-McGinn, D., Zackai, E.H., Emanuel, B.S., Cnann, A., LaRossa, D., Arens, R., Kirschner, R.E. Velopharyngeal anatomy in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: a three-dimensional cephalometric analysis. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2006 Jul;43(4):446-56.
2. Lombardi, J.V., Dougherty, M.J., Veitia, N.A., Somal, J., and Calligaro, K.D. A comparison of patch angioplasty and stenting for axillary venous stenoses of thrombosed hemodialysis grafts. Vasc. Endovascular Surg. 36(3):223-229, 2002.
1. Veitia, N.A., Ruotolo, R.A., Lin, I., Kim, E.M., Sena-Esteves, M., Javason, E.H., Nah, H.D., and Kirschner, R.E. Influence of Dural Signaling on Fetal Osteoblast Proliferation and Differentiation. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Council in Las Vegas, NV, April 26, 2003.
2. Veitia, N.A., Ruotolo, R.A., Lin, I., Kim, E.M., Sena-Esteves, M., Javason, E.H., Nah, H.D., and Kirschner, R.E. Influence of Dural Signaling on Fetal Osteoblast Proliferation and Differentiation. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons in Baltimore, MD, May 5, 2003.
3. Ruotolo, R.A., Veitia, N.A., McDonough, J., Corbin, A., McDonald-McGinn, D.M., Solot, C.B., Emanuel, B.S., Zackai, E.H., LaRossa, D., Arens, R., and Kirschner, R.E. Velopharyngeal Anatomy in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A Three-Dimensional Cephalometric Analysis. Presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association in Asheville, NC, April 11, 2003.
4. Kim, E.M., Ruotolo, R.A., Veitia, N.A., Lin, I., Nah, H.D., and Kirschner, R.E. Influence of TGF-beta Isoforms on Fetal Dural Cell and Osteoblast Differentiation. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Council in Las Vegas, NV, April 26, 2003.
5. Veitia, N.A., Shestak, K.C., DeLaCruz, C. Treatment of Postlumpectomy Defects. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgery in Boston, MA, December 3, 2006.
6. Veitia, N.A., DeLaCruz, C., Shestak, K.C. Oncoplastic Breast Conservation Therapy: A Paradigm Shift in the Treatment of Breast Cancer. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Ohio Valley Society of Plastic Surgeons in Indianapolis, IN, May 18, 2007