Erika Henkelman

Overview: Using education, technology, and the study of outcomes to provide patients and families with the most comfortable, evidence-based, safest, and least stressful plastic surgical care.
Publications: Pediatric Midfacial Trauma: What the Surgeon Wants to Know
RadioGraphics
Naoya Shatani and Erika Anne Henkelman and Heather Joan Bray and Sima Zakani and John Jacob and Mark Rollo Halverson
DOI: 10.1148/rg.220072
03/2023
C-CASE 2023: Promoting Excellence in Surgical Education: Canadian Conference for the Advancement of Surgical Education, Oct. 12-13, 2023, Montréal, Quebec
Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.014523
2023
A germline heterozygous dominant negative IKZF2 variant causing syndromic primary immune regulatory disorder and ICHAD
medRxiv
DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.09.23295301
2023
Dominant negative variants in IKZF2 cause ICHAD syndrome, a new disorder characterised by immunodysregulation, craniofacial anomalies, hearing impairment, athelia and developmental delay
Journal of Medical Genetics
DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2022-109127
2023
Organic facial foreign body in a ski accident: Case report and review of the literature
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
Goldman, R.D. and Kong, C. and Henkelman, E.
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.14966
2021
Topical skin adhesives for laceration repair in children
Canadian Family Physician
Adl, H. and Henkelman, E. and Goldman, R.D.
DOI: 10.46747/cfp.6704260
2021
Online Cleft Educational Videos: Parent Preferences.
The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
Spoyalo K and Courtemanche RJM and Henkelman E
DOI: 10.1177/1055665620957215
PubMed: 32929983
09/2020
Nodular fasciitis: A rapidly enlarging destructive periorbital mass in an infant
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
Tom Liu, R. and Henkelman, E. and Popescu, O. and Yin, V.T.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2018.04.019
2019
Finding Gory-bringing home an unwanted aquatic traveler
Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)
Mijovic, H. and Henkelman, E. and Goldfarb, D.M.
DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxx213
2018
Cocaine-induced full-thickness tissue necrosis: A case series
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Amalfi, A.N. and Neumeister, M.W. and Bueno, R.A. and Sommer, N.Z. and Henkelman, E.A.
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182a58afb
2013
The Stiff Joint
Decision Making in Plastic Surgery
2010
Bone and Joint Pain
Decision Making in Plastic Surgery
2010
Old age and laparotomy adversely affect abdominal muscle mechanical properties
Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Melanie Urbanchek and Shaun Patel and Albert Ma and Thane Wolcott and Erika Henkelman and Michael Franz and William Kuzon
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.05.043
09/2006
Incisional Hernia Effect on Abdominal Neuromuscular Properties in the Rat
Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery
Shaun Patel and Erika Henkelman and Thane Wolcott and Gulden Avci and Daniel Calderon and Michael Franz and William Kuzon and Melanie Urbanchek
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-949684
08/2006
Aging increases the susceptibility of skeletal muscle derived satellite cells to apoptosis
Experimental Gerontology
Jejurikar, S.S. and Henkelman, E.A. and Cederna, P.S. and Marcelo, C.L. and Urbanchek, M.G. and Kuzon Jr., W.M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2006.06.053
2006
Research: Current Project
How can we best educate families and friends of children requiring plastic surgery interventions regarding their health?
Current Project
Which IV fluids and pain medications do we order as plastic surgeons, and what is the safety evidence behind our use?
Current Project
Alveolar bone grafting using the iliac crest as a donor site – what is the recovery like?

Research Group Members

Rebecca Courtemanche, Clinical Research Manager

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BC Children’s Hospital researchers bring Mini Med School to the Yukon for the first time

World-class researchers from BCCHR will travel to the Yukon on March 28 to present a day of discovery with Mini Med School. This health science youth outreach and public education program is designed for high school students to explore the world of health sciences, career opportunities in science and medicine, and connections with leading researchers and health experts.

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Torin Halvorson and Hebah Hussaina awarded Vanier scholarships for immunotherapy and mental health research

BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) is proud to announce that two of its outstanding research trainees, Torin Halvorson, an MD/PhD student working with the Levings research team, and Hebah Hussaina, a graduate research assistant in the Brussoni Lab, have been awarded the prestigious 2024 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.

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Studies highlight the impact of the pandemic on children and youth’s mental health

The Pediatric Outcome ImProvement through COordination of Research Networks — which involves BCCHR — has published their latest research findings on mental health hospitalizations of children and youth throughout the pandemic. These findings led the team to a second study where they evaluated the relationship between hospital admissions for eating disorders and public health restrictions.

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Recognizing a brain injury quickly can save lives

Knowing how to recognize brain injury as early as possible and what to do is crucial to reduce potential long-term complications. Mild traumatic brain injuries are more prevalent in children and youth than adults, often as a result of sport- and recreation-related events.

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A decade of work advances care for children with cancer

Researchers at the Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute have been working for over a decade on the BC Pediatric Personalized OncoGenomics (PedsPOG) study, using genomics to identify treatments specific to an individual child’s cancer.

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