Sameer Shakir, MD
Plastic Surgery
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
About me
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Education and training
- Medical School: University of Pittsburgh
- Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Fellowship: University of Washington Hospital and Clinics
My Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Plastic Surgery, 2023
- American Cleft Palate Association, National
- American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons, National
- American Society of Plastic Surgery (candidate member), National
- International Society of Craniofacial Surgery (Associate Member), International
Treatments and Conditions
My research
Kosyk MS, Salinero LK, Morales CZ, Shakir S, Cielo CM, Scott M, Nah HD, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA, Swanson JW Comprehensive long-term outcomes following mandibular distraction osteogenesis , Cleft Palate & Craniofacial Journal, 62(1): 2025,108-116
Dominguez E, O'Donnell CM, Bacos JT, Havlik RJ, Lin KY, Shakir S, Klement KA Intraoperative factors affecting pain management and postoperative narcotic use in cranial vault remodeling: A retrospective review , Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 36(1): 2025,219-223
Ai JB, McQueen RG, McCarty RM, Sharda M, Zagloul M, Shakir S, Yi C, Klement K, Lin KY A comparative assessment of outcomes following mandibular distraction osteogenesis and tongue-lip adhesion in Pierre Robin Sequence , Journal of Craniofacial Surgery: 2024 (Epub)
Ng JJ, Chang AE, Villavisanis DF, Shakir S, Massenburg BB, Wu M, Romeo DJ, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA A coddling of the sagittal suture: Inequality in spring-assisted expansion , Child's Nervous System, 40(12): 2024,3993-4002
Shakir S, Low DW, Lin KY Ear reconstruction , Grabb & Smith's Plastic Surgery, Ninth Edition: 2024
Shakir S, Ettinger RE, Susarla SM, Birgfeld CB Pediatric panfacial fractures , Oral Maxillofacial Surgical Clinics of North America, 35(4): 2023,607-617
Wagner CS, Pontell ME, Shakir S, Xu E, Zhang E, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA Utilization of carbonated calcium phosphate cement for contouring cranioplasty in patients with syndromic craniosynostosis , Childs Nervous System, 39(8): 2023,2155-2160
Villavisanis DF, Blum JD, Barrero CE, Kalmar CL, Plana NM, Cho DY, Shakir S, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA, Swanson JW Correlation between degree of sagittal suture fusion and surrogates of elevated intracranial pressure in sagittal craniosynostosis , Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics, 32(2): 2023,223-230
Cao D, Shakir S, Klement K, Havlik R, Lin K Comparative outcomes assessment of velopharyngeal insufficiency and oronasal fistula following modified Furlow versus straight line palatoplasty- What modifiable factors affect outcomes? , Cleft Palate & Craniofacial Journal, 60(5 Suppl): 2023,38
Shakir S, Birgfeld CB, Susarla SM Discussion: Surgical timing and neurocognitive development among patients with craniosynostosis: Analysis of confounders , Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 151(4): 2023,830-831