Koenig

Zachary Koenig, MD

Resident / Plastic Surgery

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304-293-7480
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Address
PO Box 9238
64 Medical Center Drive
Morgantown, WV 26506-9238
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Positions

Resident / Plastic Surgery

Organization:
School of Medicine
Department:
Surgery
Classification:
Resident

Education

  • MD, West Virginia University

Publications

  1. Quiroga LH, Koenig ZA, Marku L, Welch L, Henderson JT, Brooke SM, Woodberry KM. The Impact of Penicillin Allergy on Infection Rates in Tissue Expander Breast Reconstruction: A 7-year Analysis. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2026 Feb 23;14(2):e7505. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000007505. PMID: 41737474; PMCID: PMC12928911.
  2. Bohler F, Koenig ZA. To the Editor: Rebalancing the Scales of Medical Student Research. J Grad Med Educ. 2026 Feb;18(1):84-85. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-25-00985.1. Epub 2026 Feb 13. PMID: 41694782; PMCID: PMC12903283.
  3. Bohler F, Koenig ZA, Noorani A, Burmeister JR, Dimock E, Harvey A, Chaiyasate K, Selber JC. Racial disparities in research productivity among integrated plastic surgery applicants. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2025 Oct 14;111:109-115. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2025.10.012. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41151308.
  4. Koenig ZA, Henderson JT, Hasan I, Brooke SM. Spaced repetition in surgical education: Understanding the barriers and opportunities for broader adoption through a plastic surgery lens. Am J Surg. 2026 Mar;253:116655. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2025.116655. Epub 2025 Oct 10. PMID: 41102126.
  5. Bohler F, Koenig Z, Chaiyasate K. Assessing Risks in Intramuscular Fat Grafting: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Complications. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2025 Oct 7. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000012499. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41056054.
  6. Koenig ZA, Rashid S, Hobbs GR, Uygur HS. "Perioperative GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Use & Surgical Outcomes in Non-bariatric Abdominal Panniculectomy: A 10-Year Retrospective Analysis". Plast Reconstr Surg. 2025 Aug 26. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000012405. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40875227.
  7. Bohler F, Koenig ZA, Chaiyasate K. Frozen Cadaveric Rib Grafts in Primary or Revision Rhinoplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2025 Aug 5;13(8):e7026. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000007026. PMID: 40765688; PMCID: PMC12323968.
  8. Bohler F, Burmeister JR, Dimock E, Harvey A, Koenig ZA, Chaiyasate K, Davidson CJ. Publication Trends of Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Applicants Without Numeric Step 1 Scores. J Surg Educ. 2025 Jul 26;82(9):103598. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103598. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40716252.
  9. Koenig ZA, Patel NK, Norcini R, Quiroga LH, Woodberry K. Comprehensive Rotation Analysis of Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency in the United States: Clarification of Rotation Metrics. J Surg Res. 2025 Jul 22;313:438-447. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2025.06.069. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40700958.
  10. Bohler F, Koenig ZA, Chaiyasate K. Letter Re: "Exploring breast implant illness and its comorbid conditions: A systematic review & meta-analysis". J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2025 Jul 18;108:86-87. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2025.06.047. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40706512.
  11. Koenig ZA, Uygur HŞ. Letter to the Editor: Medical Weight Management Considerations in Plastic Surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2025 Mar 11. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000012082. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40096701.
  12. Bohler F, Koenig Z, North, C. Plastic Surgery Research Fever: Temperatures Rise Without Step 1 Scores. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open 13(3):p e6590, March 2025. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000006590
  13. Koenig ZA, Shabih S, Uygur HŞ. Blunt Vascular Injuries of the Face and Scalp: Systematic Review and Introduction of a Grading Scheme and Treatment Algorithm. J Craniofac Surg. 2025 Mar 7. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000011196. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40062961.
  14. Miller NW, Koenig ZA, Woodberry KM. Management of a Muskellunge Fish Bite to the Thumb With Subsequent Flexor Tendon Laceration. Cureus. 2024 Dec 11;16(12):e75541. doi: 10.7759/cureus.75541. PMID: 39803061; PMCID: PMC11721989.
  15. Miller NW, Koenig ZA, Woodberry KM. Bilateral Nipple Piercings and Subsequent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Breast Abscess Formation. Eplasty. 2024 Nov 27;24:e61. PMID: 40463920; PMCID: PMC12132597.
  16. Salisbury FK, Koenig ZA, Uygur HŞ. Management of Frontal Bone Exposure Following Paramedian Forehead Flap for Nasal Reconstruction. J Craniofac Surg. 2024 Oct 25. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000010809. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39453754.
  17. Bohler F, Koenig ZA, Herr B, Gelman JJ. Non-municipal water sources as a potential for surgical site infections in plastic surgery. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2024 Dec;99:395-396. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2024.10.029. Epub 2024 Oct 18. PMID: 39442435.
  18. Koenig ZA, Koenig NI, Climov M, Uygur HŞ. Safety and Feasibility of Oncoplastic Reconstruction in the Setting of Prior Breast Reduction. Eplasty. 2024 Apr 16;24:e19. PMID: 38685994; PMCID: PMC11056623.
  19. Koenig ZA, Henderson JT, Meaike JD, Gelman JJ. Challenges in Rural Plastic Surgery: Availability, Scope of Practice, and Motivating Factors. Curr Probl Surg. 2024 Mar;61(3):101440. doi: 10.1016/j.cpsurg.2024.101440. Epub 2024 Jan 12. PMID: 38462310.
  20. Koenig ZA, Lokant BT, Weaver S, Brooke SM, Uygur HS. Surgical Guide Splint Fabrication via Virtual Surgical Planning for Complex Mandible Fractures in the Trauma Setting. J Craniofac Surg. 2024 Mar-Apr 01;35(2):649-651. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000009898. Epub 2023 Nov 16. PMID: 37973056.
  21. Shabih S, Lewis B, Koenig ZA, Brooke SM, Meltzer H, Uygur HS. Pott Puffy Tumor Secondary to Cranial Vault Reconstruction in a Patient with Metopic Craniosynostosis. J Craniofac Surg. 2024 Mar-Apr 01;35(2):634-635. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000009815. Epub 2023 Nov 8. PMID: 37938063.
  22.  Koenig ZA, Blanks W, Williams HJ, Gelman JJ. Vascularized Sural Nerve Graft, Fascial Free Flap, and Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface in the Setting of Recurrent Thigh Liposarcoma: A Case Report. Eplasty. 2023 Oct 31;23:e62. PMID: 38045100; PMCID: PMC10690764.
  23. Marku L, Brooke SM, Koenig ZA. Orofacial Clefting in Van der Woude's Syndrome. Eplasty. 2023 Jan 9;23:QA1. PMID: 36793658; PMCID: PMC9891770.
  24. Henderson JT, Koenig ZA, Climov M, Gelman J. Targeted Muscle Reinnervation: A Systematic Review of Nerve Transfers for the Upper Extremity. Ann Plast Surg. 2023 May 1;90(5):462-470. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003498. PMID: 37146311.
  25. Henderson JT, Koenig ZA, Climov M, Gelman J. Demystifying Targeted Muscle Reinnervation: A Systematic Review of Nerve Transfers for the Lower Extremity. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Mar 13;11(3):e4894. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000004894. PMID: 36923716; PMCID: PMC10010850.
  26. Henderson JT, Koenig ZA, Woodberry KM. Weight Control following Body Contouring Surgery: Long-Term Assessment of Postbariatric and Nonbariatric Patients. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2023 Nov 1;152(5):817e-827e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000010370. Epub 2023 Mar 7. PMID: 36877608.
  27. Henderson JT, Koenig ZA, Woodberry KM. Changes in Glucose Control and Lipid Levels Following Trunk-Based Body Contouring Surgery in Postbariatric and Nonbariatric Patients. Aesthet Surg J Open Forum. 2022 Oct 13;4:ojac076. doi: 10.1093/asjof/ojac076. PMID: 36447651; PMCID: PMC9687815.
  28. Koenig ZA, Henderson JT, Brooke SM. Creating a Spaced Repetition Model to Supplement Education in Plastic Surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2022 May 20;10(5):e4317. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000004317. PMID: 35620507; PMCID: PMC9126508.
  29. Koenig ZA, Burns JC, Hayes JD. Necrotic Granulomatous Inflammation after Use of Small Intestine Submucosa Matrix for Recurrent Compression Neuropathy. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2022 Jun 14;10(6):e4378. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000004378. PMID: 35720201; PMCID: PMC9197375.
  30. Quigley R, Koenig ZA, Schick S, Miller E. A Complicated Case of Postpartum Myasthenic Crisis. Cureus. 2021 Dec 7;13(12):e20247. doi: 10.7759/cureus.20247. PMID: 35018255; PMCID: PMC8737072.
  31. Brown M, Hurlburt GA, Koenig ZA, Richards D. The Multivariate Relationship Between Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Timing and Revision Rates: A 10-Year Analysis. Cureus. 2022 Jan 7;14(1):e21023. doi: 10.7759/cureus.21023. PMID: 35154993; PMCID: PMC8818616.
  32. Noorbakhsh S, Koenig ZA, Hewitt N, Climov M, Hazard-Jenkins H, Flanagan M, Woodberry K. Atypical Hyperplasia Found Incidentally during Routine Breast Reduction Mammoplasty: Incidence and Management. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2022 Feb 22;10(2):e4141. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000004141. PMID: 35223346; PMCID: PMC8865503.
  33. Seybold DJ, Bracero LA, Power P, Koenig ZA, Calhoun BC, Bush S. Predicting perinatal outcomes with an obstructive sleep apnea screening tool. J Med Screen. 2022 Mar;29(1):61-63. doi: 10.1177/09691413211043911. Epub 2021 Oct 4. PMID: 34605296.
  34. Henderson JT, Koenig ZA, Woodberry KM. Standardized Reporting of Weight Control following Body Contouring. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2021 Aug 5;9(8):e3740. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003740. PMID: 34476151; PMCID: PMC8395590.
  35. Koenig ZA, Yednock JB, Akers JL. Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Encephalitis as a Paraneoplastic Presentation of Mature Ovarian Teratoma. Am J Case Rep. 2021 Oct 19;22:e933240. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.933240. PMID: 34665797; PMCID: PMC8544169.
  36. Van Antwerp E, Koenig ZA, McCarthy R. Modern Medical Miracle: Matched Unrelated Donor Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant After Aplastic Anemia. Cureus. 2021 Feb 1;13(2):e13050. doi: 10.7759/cureus.13050. PMID: 33680594; PMCID: PMC7925059.
  37. Koenig ZA, Prasad A, Altaweel L, Sriwastava S. Post-Influenza vaccine-induced acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis treated with plasma exchange—a case report. Neurol Clin Neurosci. 2021 July 9;9:393–5. doi: 10.1111/ncn3.12535
  38. Koenig ZA, Callaham S, Waltz B, Bosley J, Mogallapu R, Ang-Rabanes M. Body Dysmorphic Disorder Insights in an Inpatient Psychiatric Setting. Case Rep Psychiatry. 2021 May 19;2021:6636124. doi: 10.1155/2021/6636124. PMID: 34113470; PMCID: PMC8154301.
  39. Koenig ZA, Turner J. Gallstone Ileus Treated by Incidental Meckel's Diverticulectomy. Cureus. 2021 Mar 24;13(3):e14078. doi: 10.7759/cureus.14078. PMID: 33907633; PMCID: PMC8065097.
  40. Koenig ZA, Robertson GA, Koenig NI, Durkin PR, McCarthy R. Massive Gasoline Ingestion in a 64-Year-Old Female: An Explosive Situation. Cureus. 2021 Feb 21;13(2):e13466. doi: 10.7759/cureus.13466. PMID: 33777555; PMCID: PMC7987296.
  41. Koenig ZA, Schick S, Quigley R, Turner J. Penetrating Thoracoabdominal Trauma With a Cryptic Diaphragmatic Injury in a 23-Year-Old Male. Cureus. 2021 Feb 3;13(2):e13102. doi: 10.7759/cureus.13102. PMID: 33728123; PMCID: PMC7934803.
  42. Schick S, Quigley R, Koenig ZA, McCarthy R. Jaw Pain and Profound Bradycardia - An Atypical Presentation of Lyme Carditis. Cureus. 2020 Nov 21;12(11):e11607. doi: 10.7759/cureus.11607. PMID: 33364125; PMCID: PMC7752794.
  43. Koenig ZA, Verhoeven A, Rosen D, Petrone AB. Lateral Heterotaxy Syndrome in a Newborn Caucasian Male. Cureus. 2020 Oct 27;12(10):e11205. doi: 10.7759/cureus.11205. PMID: 33269136; PMCID: PMC7704025.
  44. Koenig ZA, Yednock J. Dunbar syndrome as a cause of chronic abdominal pain in a 24-year-old female. Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020 Feb 26;7(1), 15. doi: 10.5430/crim.v7n1p15 

Presentations & Abstracts

  1. Bohler WF, Koenig ZA, Burmeister JR, Selber JC, Dimock E, Harvey A, & Felder JM. Pay to Play: A Cost Analysis of Open Access Publications for Successfully Matched Integrated Plastic Surgery Applicants.
    • American Council of Educators in Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting. February 14, 2026. (Oral Presentation)
  2. Koenig ZA, Patel NK, McGuire J, Winkie MP, Salisbury FK, Sofka S, & Woodberry KM. Conflict in Surgical Residency: A Systematic Review and Framework for Typology and Resolution 
    • American Council of Educators in Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting. February 13, 2026. (Poster Presentation)
  3. Koenig ZA, Rashid S, Bohler F, & Uygur HS. Parsing the Signal: Program-Level Predictors of Doximity Reputation and Research Output.
    • American Council of Educators in Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting. February 13, 2026. (Poster Presentation)
  4. Bohler F, Santiago C, Harvey A, Attisha T, Koenig ZA, & Chaiyasate K. Analyzing Artificial Intelligence-Generated Text in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Articles.        
    • Plastic Surgery – The Meeting 2025. October 9, 2025. (Oral & Poster Presentation)          
      1. Selected as a “Top 50 Abstract” overall
      2. Selected as “Highest Rated Abstract” in the Poster Track
  5. Bohler F, Koenig ZA, Burmeister J, Dimock E, Harvey, & A Chaiyasate K. (2025). The Research Quality Index: A New Method to Analyze Plastic Surgery Residency Applications.
    • Plastic Surgery – The Meeting 2025. October 10, 2025. (Oral Presentation)
  6. Bohler WF, Burmeister J, Dimock E, Harvey A, Koenig ZA, & Davidson C.  Publication Trends Among Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Applicants after the Elimination of Numeric Step 1 Scores.
    • 14th Annual William Davidson Medical Education Month Research Symposium. May 19, 2025. (Poster presentation)
  7. Koenig ZA, Rashid S, & Uygur HS. Impact of GLP-1 Agonists on Surgical Outcomes in Non-Bariatric Abdominal Panniculectomy: A 10-Year Retrospective Analysis.
    • European Association of Plastic Surgeons Meeting 2026. May 28, 2026 (Oral Presentation)
    • 47th National Congress Turkish Society of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. October 16, 2025 (Oral Presentation)
    • Ohio Valley Society of Plastic Surgeons Meeting 2025. May 15, 2025 (Oral Presentation)
  8. Koenig ZA, Patel NK, Avasarala V, Turner AE, Norcini R, Quiroga LH, Maalouf M, Brooke SM, Uygur HS, & Woodberry KM. Assessing Needlestick Injury Prevalence and Reporting Behaviors Among Resident Physicians. 
    • West Virginia Healthcare Safety, Quality, and Experience Improvement Fair 2025. February 28, 2025. (Oral Presentation)
    • West Virginia American College of Surgeons Conference. May 10, 2025. (Oral Presentation)
    • American College of Surgeons Quality & Safety Conference. July 18, 2025 (Poster Presentation)
  9. Koenig ZA, Bohler F, Hobbs G, & Woodberry KM. The Impact of ACGME Accreditation Status on Program Structure and Rotation Curricula in Integrated Plastic Surgery Programs. 
    • American Council of Educators in Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting. February 23, 2025. (Poster Presentation)
  10. Bohler WF, Burmeister J, Dimock E, Harvey A, Koenig ZA, Chaiyasate K, & Davidson C. Effect of USMLE Step 1 Pass/Fail Shift on Publication Behaviors among Successfully Matched Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Applicants. 
    • American Council of Educators in Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting. February 21, 2025. (Oral Presentation)
  11. Koenig ZA, Patel NK, Norcini R, Quiroga LH, & Woodberry KM. How Integrated is Plastic Surgery? A Cross-Country Curriculum Analysis of General Surgery Rotations.
    • Plastic Surgery – The Meeting 2024. September 27, 2024. (Oral Presentation) 
  12. Koenig ZA, Shabih S, & Uygur HS. Systematic Review and Novel Grading Algorithm for Blunt Cephalo-vascular Trauma.
    • Plastic Surgery – The Meeting 2024. September 27, 2024. (Oral Presentation) 
  13. Salisbury FK, Koenig ZA, & Uygur HS. Management of Frontal Bone Exposure Following Paramedian Forehead Flap for Nasal Reconstruction.
    • West Virginia University Van Liere Conference. September 16, 2024. (Poster Presentation)
  14. Patel N, Koenig ZA, Turner AE, Norcini R, Quiroga LH, Henderson JT, Uygur HS, Maalouf M, Brooke SM, & Woodberry KM. Intraoperative Hypothermia and Surgical Outcomes in Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction. 
    • West Virginia Healthcare Safety, Quality and Experience Improvement Research Fair. February 27, 2024. (Poster Presentation)
  15. Koenig ZA, Hasan I, Henderson JT, Brooke SM. Awareness and Utilization of Spaced Repetition in Plastic Surgery. 
    • American Council of Educators in Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting. February 24, 2024. (Poster Presentation)
  16. Koenig ZA. Applications of Anesthesia in Plastic Surgery. 
    • West Virginia University Department of Surgery. December 6, 2023. (Grand Rounds Presentation)
  17. Koenig ZA, Lokant BT, Weaver S, Brooke SM, & Uygur HS. Virtual Surgical Planning & Surgical Guide Splint for Complex Mandible Fractures in the Trauma Setting. 
    • Virginia Society of Plastic Surgeons Conference. September 21, 2023 (Oral Presentation) 
  18. Koenig, ZA, Turner AE, Norcini R, Quiroga LH, Henderson JH, Climov M, Uygur HS, Maalouf M, Brooke SM, Gelman JJ, & Woodberry KM. Health Care Provider Identity Cards Improve Patient Recognition of Their Care Team. 
    • West Virginia Healthcare Safety, Quality and Experience Improvement Research Day. May 18, 2023. (Poster Presentation)
  19. Koenig ZA, Koenig NI, Climov M, & Uygur HS. Oncoplastic Reduction in a Breast Re-Reduction Patient. 
    • West Virginia American College of Surgeons Conference. May 6, 2023. (Oral Presentation)
    • Plastic Surgery – The Meeting 2023. October 27, 2023. (Virtual Oral Presentation) 
  20. Koenig ZA. Tenets of Wounds & Wound Healing in Plastic Surgery. 
    • West Virginia University Department of Surgery. November 26, 2022. (Grand Rounds Presentation)
    • West Virginia University Department of Surgery. August 7, 2024. (Grand Rounds Presentation)
  21. Koenig ZA, Meaike J, Henderson JT, Blanks W, & Gelman JJ. Rural Plastic Surgery: A Deep Dive into Availability, Motivating Factors, and Scope of Practice. 
    • Plastic Surgery – The Meeting 2022. October 30, 2022. (Oral Presentation)
  22. Henderson JT, Koenig ZA, Climov M, & Gelman JJ. Demystifying Targeted Muscle Reinnervation: A Simplified Approach to Optimal Amputation Management.
    • Plastic Surgery – The Meeting 2022. October 30, 2022. (Oral Presentation)
    • Ohio Valley Society of Plastic Surgeons. June 4, 2022. (Oral Presentation)
  23. Koenig ZA, Quiroga L, Marku L, Welch L, Henderson JT, Brooke SM, & Woodberry KM. Tissue Expander Breast Reconstruction Infections in Penicillin-Allergic Patients. 
    • Plastic Surgery – The Meeting 2022. October 30, 2022. (Oral Presentation)
      1. Selected as a “Top Abstract.” 
    • Ohio Valley Society of Plastic Surgeons. June 4, 2022. (Oral Presentation)
  24. Henderson JT, Koenig ZA, & Woodberry KM. Changes in Glucose Control and Metabolic Syndrome Following Trunk-Based Body Contouring Surgery – A 12-Year Experience. 
    • Plastic Surgery - The Meeting 2021. October 28, 2021. (Oral Presentation)
    • West Virginia University Eastern Research Symposium April 5, 2021. (Poster)
  25. Henderson JT, Koenig ZA, & 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) 
    • Ohio Valley Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting. June 4, 2022. (Oral Presentation)
      1. Awarded “Best Clinical Paper.” 
    • West Virginia American College of Surgeons Meeting. May 3, 2021. (Poster)
  26. Koenig ZA, Henderson JT, & Woodberry KM. Comparing Weight Control in Postbariatric and Nonbariatric Body Contouring Patients. 
    • West Virginia University Eastern Research Symposium. April 5, 2021. (Poster)
  27. Koenig ZA, Yednock J, Akers JL, & 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. (Oral Presentation)
  28. Schick S, Quigley R, Koenig ZA, & 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)
  29. Koenig ZA, Petrone AB, 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)
    • Experimental Biology National Meeting. April 4, 2020. (Poster – Cancelled due to COVID-19) 
  30. Koenig ZA & 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 ZA, Ueno CM, Gelman JJ, & Woodberry KM. (2023). Use of Fluorescence Guidance in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: Skin and Muscle Flaps. In The SAGES Manual of Fluorescence-Guided Surgery (pp. 257-274). Cham: Springer International Publishing

Awards

  • West Virginia University Department of Surgery, Plastic Surgery Resident of the Year (2025)
  • West Virginia University Department of Surgery, Plastic Surgery In-Service Examination Awardee (2023, 2024, 2025)
  • West Virginia American College of Surgeons Oral Presentation Competition – First Place (2023)

Additional Info

Professional Societies/Leadership

  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society; member
  • Gold Humanism Honor Society; member
  • Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society; member
  • West Virginia University Hospitals Board Planning Committee Member (2025 – current)
  • American Society of Plastic Surgeons Regional Ambassador (2024 – current)
  • American Society of Plastic Surgeons Resident’s Council Member (2024 – current)
  • American Society of Plastic Surgeons EdNet Editorial Committee Member (2024 – current)
  • American Society of Plastic Surgeons Resident Curriculum Development Committee Member (2024 – current)
  • West Virginia University Graduate Medical Education Committee Member (2024 - current)
  • ThePlasticsFella, Editor of ThePlasticsFlash (2022 – 2024)

About Zachary Koenig

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