Zachary Koenig, MD

Resident / Plastic Surgery

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Surgery

Classification:

Resident

• MD, West Virginia University

1. Marku, L., Brooke, S.M., & Koenig, Z.A. (2023). Orofacial Clefting in Van Der Woude’s Syndrome. (2023). ePlasty. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9891770/.

2. Henderson, J.T, Koenig, Z.A., Climov, M. & Gelman, J. (2023). Demystifying Targeted Muscle Reinnervation: A Systematic Review of Nerve Transfers for the Lower Extremity. Annals of Plastic Surgery. https://doi.org/10.1097/sap.0000000000003498

3. Henderson, J.T, Koenig, Z.A., Climov, M. & Gelman, J. (2023). Demystifying Targeted Muscle Reinnervation: A Systematic Review of Nerve Transfers for the Lower Extremity. PRS Global Open. https://doi.org/10.1097/gox.0000000000004894.

4. Henderson, J.T., Koenig, Z.A., & Woodberry, K.M. (2023). Weight Control Following Body Contouring Surgery – A 12-year Assessment of Postbariatric and Non-bariatric Body Contouring Patients. PRS. https://doi.org/10.1097/prs.0000000000010370.

5. Henderson, J.T, Koenig, Z.A., & Woodberry, K.M. (2022). Changes in Glucose Control and Lipid Levels Following Trunk-Based Body Contouring Surgery in Postbariatric and Nonbariatric Patients. Aesthetic Surg J Open Forum. https://doi.org/10.1093/asjof/ojac076.

6. Koenig, Z.A., Henderson, J.T., & Brooke, S.M. (2022). Creating a Spaced Repetition Model to Supplement Education in Plastic Surgery. PRS Global Open. https://doi.org/10.1097/gox.0000000000004317.

7. Koenig, Z.A., Burns, J.C, & Hayes, J.D. (2022). Necrotic Granulomatous Inflammation after Use of Small Intestine Submucosa Matrix for Recurrent Compression Neuropathy. PRS Global Open. https://doi.org/10.1097/gox.0000000000004378.

8. Quigley, R., Koenig, Z.A., Schick, S., & Miller, E. (2022). A Complicated Case of Postpartum Myasthenic Crisis. Cureus. - https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20247

9. Brown, M.A., Hurlburt, G.A., Koenig, Z.A., & Richards, D. (2022). Is Time of the Essence to Optimize Outcomes and Prevent Revisions in Primary ACL Reconstruction? (2021). Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21023

10. Noorbakhsh, S., Koenig, Z.A., Hewitt, N., Climov, M., Flanagan, M; Hazard, H. & Woodberry, K. (2021). Atypical Hyperplasia Found Incidentally During Routine Breast Reduction Mammoplasty: Incidence and Management . PRS Global Open. https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000004141

11. Seybold, D.J., Bracero, L.A., Power, P. Koenig, Z.A., Calhoun, B.C., & Bush, S. (2020). Predicting Perinatal Outcomes with an Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening Tool. Journal of Med Screening. https://doi.org/10.1177/09691413211043911

12. Henderson, J.T., Koenig, Z.A., & Woodberry, K.M. (2021). Standardized Reporting of Weight Control following Body Contouring. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open, 9(8), e3740. https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000003740

13. Koenig, Z.A., Yednock, J., & Akers, J.L. (2021). Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Encephalitis as a Paraneoplastic Presentation of Mature Ovarian Teratoma. American Journal of Case Reports. https://doi.org/10.12659/ajcr.933240.

14. Koenig, Z.A., Prasad, A., Altaweel, L., & Sriwastava, S. (2021). Post‐Influenza vaccine‐induced acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis treated with plasma exchange—A case report. Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, 9(5), 393–395. https://doi.org/10.1111/ncn3.12535

15. Koenig, Z.A., Callaham, S., Waltz, B., Bosley, J., Mogallapu, R., & Ang-Rabanes, M. (2021). Body Dysmorphic Disorder Insights in an Inpatient Psychiatric Setting. Case Reports in Psychiatry, 2021, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6636124

16. Koenig, Z. A., & Turner, J. (2021). Gallstone Ileus Treated by Incidental Meckel’s Diverticulectomy. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14078

17. Koenig, Z.A., Robertson, G. A., Koenig, N. I., Durkin, P. R., & McCarthy, R. (2021). Massive Gasoline Ingestion in a 64-Year-Old Female: An Explosive Situation. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13466

18. Koenig, Z.A., Schick, S., Quigley, R., & Turner, J. (2021). Penetrating Thoracoabdominal Trauma with a Cryptic Diaphragmatic Injury in a 23-Year-Old Male. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13102

19. Schick, S., Quigley, R., Koenig, Z. A., & McCarthy, R. (2020). Jaw Pain and Profound Bradycardia – An Atypical Presentation of Lyme Carditis. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11607

20. Koenig, Z.A., Verhoeven, A., Rosen, D., & Petrone, A. B. (2020). Lateral Heterotaxy Syndrome in a Newborn Caucasian Male. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11205

21. Koenig, Z.A., & Yednock, J. (2020). Dunbar syndrome as a cause of chronic abdominal pain in a 24-year-old female. Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 7(1), 15. https://doi.org/10.5430/crim.v7n1p15

Presentations & Abstracts

1.     Koenig, Z.A., Koenig, N.I., Climov, M., & Uygur, H.S. Oncoplastic Reduction in a Breast Re-Reduction Patient. West Virginia American College of Surgeons Conference. May 6, 2023. (Oral Presentation)

2.     Koenig, Z.A., Turner, A., Climov, M., & Brooke, S.M. Accidental Tylenol Overdose in a 67-Day Old Female, Clavien Dindo I. August 10, 2022. (Morbidity & Mortality Oral Presentation)

3.     Koenig, Z.A., Meaike, J., Henderson, J.T., Blanks, W., & Gelman, J. Rural Plastic Surgery: A Deep Dive into Availability, Motivating Factors, and Scope of Practice. Plastic Surgery – The Meeting 2022. (Oral Presentation)

4.     Henderson, J.T., Koenig, Z.A., & Woodberry, K. Weight Control in the Postbariatric Body Contouring Population of West Virginia - A 12-Year Experience. The Aesthetic Meeting October 30, 2022. (Oral Presentation) 

5.     Koenig, Z.A., Quiroga, L., Marku, L., Welch, L., Henderson, J.T., Brooke, S.M., & Woodberry, K.M. Tissue Expander Breast Reconstruction Infections in Penicillin-Allergic Patients. Ohio Valley Society of Plastic Surgeons. June 4, 2022. (Oral Presentation)

6.     Henderson, J.T., Koenig, Z.A., & Woodberry K. Changes in Glucose Control and Metabolic Syndrome Following Trunk-Based Body Contouring Surgery – A 12-Year Experience. Plastic Surgery - The Meeting. October 28, 2021. (Oral Presentation)

7.     Henderson, J.T., Koenig, Z.A., & Woodberry, K. Weight Control in the Postbariatric Body Contouring Population of West Virginia - A 12-Year Experience. West Virginia American College of Surgeons Meeting.  May 3, 2021. (Poster) 

8.     Koenig, Z.A., Henderson, J.T., & Woodberry, K. Changes in Glucose Control and Metabolic Syndrome Following Trunk-Based Body Contouring Surgery – A 12-Year Experience. West Virginia University Eastern Research Symposium April 5, 2021. (Poster)

9.     Koenig, Z.A., Henderson, J.T., & Woodberry, K. Comparing Weight Control in Postbariatric and Nonbariatric Body Contouring Patients. West Virginia University Eastern Research Symposium. April 5, 2021. (Poster)

10.  Koenig, Z.A., Quigley R., Schick S., & Turner, J. Worse Than Being Stabbed in the Back: Penetrating Thoracoabdominal Trauma. Berkeley Medical Center Surgical M&M. November 13, 2020. (Morbidity & Mortality Oral Presentation)

11. Koenig, Z.A., Yednock, J., Akers, J.L, & Murray, A. Dunbar syndrome as a cause of chronic abdominal pain in a 24-year-old female. West Virginia University Department of Medicine. American College of Physicians West Virginia Chapter Meeting. November 6, 2020. (Oral Presentation)

12. Koenig, Z.A., Yednock, J. Akers, J.L., & Murray, A. Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Encephalitis as a Paraneoplastic Presentation of Ovarian Teratoma. American College of Physicians West Virginia Chapter Meeting. October 18, 2020. (Poster)

13. Schick, S., Quigley, R., Koenig, Z.A., & McCarthy, R. Jaw Pain and Profound Bradycardia – An Atypical Presentation of Lyme Carditis. American College of Physicians West Virginia Chapter Meeting. October 18, 2020. (Poster)

14. Koenig, Z.A., Callaham, S.E., Quigley, R. & McCarthy, R. An Explosive Situation: Gasoline Ingestion. Berkeley Medical Center Medical M&M. October 2, 2020. (Morbidity & Mortality Oral Presentation)

15. Petrone, A.B., Koenig Z.A., Verhoeven, A., & Rosen, D. Heterotaxy Syndrome in a Pediatric Cardiac Patient: A Case Report of Rare, Complex Congenital Heart Defects. Experimental Biology National Meeting. April 4, 2020. (Poster – Cancelled due to COVID-19) 

16. Koenig, Z.A., Petrone, A.B., Verhoeven, A., & Rosen, D. Heterotaxy Syndrome in a Pediatric Cardiac Patient: A Case Report of Rare, Complex Congenital Heart Defects. West Virginia University Van Liere Conference. April 2, 2020. (Poster – Cancelled due to COVID-19)

17. Koenig, Z.A. & Yednock, J. Dunbar syndrome as a cause of chronic abdominal pain in a 24-year-old female. American College of Physicians West Virginia Chapter Meeting. October 25, 2019. (Poster)

Textbook Chapters

1.     Koenig, Z.A., Woodberry, K.M., Ueno, C.M., & Gelman, J. Fluorescence Imaging in Plastic Surgery. Springer, 2022. Pending.

 

 

• 2023: West Virginia American College of Physicians Oral Presentation Competition – First Place
• 2022: Jacques Community Health Outreach Award 
• 2020: American College of Physicians Oral Presentation Competition – Second Place
• 2020: American College of Physicians Clinical Vignette Poster Competition - Finalist
• 2020: West Virginia University Robert E. Stitzel Competition for Educational Media Innovation - First Place
• 2019: American College of Physicians Clinical Vignette Poster Competition - Second Place
• 2019: Donald O. Schreiweis National Alpha Epsilon Delta Award
• 2018: West Virginia University Outstanding Senior Award Recipient

Undergraduate:

• West Virginia University B.A. Chemistry; 2014-2018
• West Virginia University B.S. Biochemistry 2014-2018

Medical school:

• West Virginia University School of Medicine; 2018-2022

Residency:

• West Virginia University Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency; 2022-2028

Professional Societies/Leadership:

• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society; member
• Gold Humanism Honor Society; member
• Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society; member
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons; member
• thePlasticsFella; editor of thePlasticsFlash