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Dr. Christiaan Schrag

Positions

Clinical Associate Professor

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Surgery | Plastic Surgery

Member

Cumming School of Medicine, Head and Neck Program

Contact information

Phone number

Office: 403.215.5155

Location

200, 2004 - 14 Street NW, Calgary, Alberta T2M 3N3: -

Background

Educational Background

B.S. Biochemistry, Queen's University, 1996

Doctor of Medicine Medicine, Queen's University, 1999

Biography

Dr. Schrag completed his residency in plastic surgery at the University of Calgary.  He completed a fellowship in Head and Neck Reconstruction at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taipei working with Dr. Fu Chan Wei.  Areas of special clinical interest include reconstruction of the jaw, facial reanimation and brachial plexus surgery.  His research interests include improvement in post-operative outcomes for patients undergoing head and neck reconstruction, vascularized composite tissue allotransplantation and microsurgery.

More Information

Understanding the impact of a clinical care pathway for major head and neck cancer resection on postdischarge healthcare utilization. Dautremont JF, Rudmik LR, Nakoneshny SC, Chandarana SP, Matthews TW, Schrag C, Fick GH, Dort JC. Head Neck. 2015. dio: 10.1002/hed.24196 (epub ahead of print).

Reduction of pulmonary complications and hospital length of stay with a clinical care pathway after head and neck reconstruction. Yeung JK, Dautremont JF, Harrop AR, Asante T, Hirani N, Nakoneshny SC, de Hass V, Mckenzie D, Matthews TW, Chandarana SP, Schrag C, Dort JC. Plast Reconstr Surg. 133(6): 1477-84, 2014.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of a postoperatiev clinical care pathway in head and neck surgery with microvascular reconstruction. Dautremont JF, Rudmik LR, Yeung JY, Asante T, Nakoneshny SC, Hoy M, Lui A, Chandarana SP, Matthews TW, Schrag C, Dort JC. J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 42(1): 59, 2013.

Delayed mobilization after microsurgical reconstruction: an independent risk factor for pneumonia. Yeung JY, McCreary O, Matthews TW, Chandarana S, Dort J, Schrag C. Laryngoscope. 123(12):2996-3000, 2013.

A Standardized Operative Team for Major Head and Neck Cancer Ablation and Reconstruction.  Doherty C, Nakoneshny SC, Harrop AR, Matthews TW, Schrag C, McKenzie DC, de Haas W, Davis RB, Dort JC. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 130: 82, 2012.

Occult malignancy rate associated with thoracodorsal vessel dissection for free flap breast reconstruction. Loiselle F, Schrag C Harrop AR, Temple W, de Haas W, Lindsay R.  Journal of Surgical Oncology 2008; 98: 94-96

Surgical strategies for brachial plexus polio-like paralysis.  Liao HT, Chuang DCC, Ulusal AE, Schrag C. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2007; 120 482-493

Complete Rehabilitation of the mandible following segmental resection. Schrag C, Chang YM, Tsai CY, Wei FC. Journal of Surgical Oncology 2006;94: 538-545

Complications after selective posterior rhizotomy for spasticity in children with cerebral palsy. Steinbok S, Schrag C. Pediatric Neurosurgery 1998; 28: 300-313

Book Chapters

Schrag C, Wei FC,Yang WK.  Tongue Reconstruction. In Lin S, ed. Plastic Surgery Pearls of Wisdom. Boston: Boston Medical Publishing 2006

Schrag C, Wei FC.  Toe-to-Hand Transfers. In Lin S, ed. Plastic Surgery Pearls of Wisdom. Boston: Boston Medical Publishing 2006