Gregory Borschel

About Gregory Borschel

Dr. Borschel is the Chief of Plastic Surgery at Riley Hospital for Children. His practice focuses on pediatric nerve injuries, corneal neurotization, facial paralysis, congenital hand surgery, and microvascular reconstruction. His research laboratory develops treatments for nerve injuries and improving patient outcomes. He works with neuroscientists, engineers, and doctors around the world to improve treatments for patients with these conditions. Dr. Borschel graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1997 and completed a residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Michigan in 2005. He completed a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship in neuromuscular tissue engineering at the University of Michigan, and a fellowship in Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. His clinical work focuses on pediatric facial paralysis, nerve injuries, hand surgery and microvascular reconstruction, and he has pioneered corneal neurotization, a treatment for neurotrophic keratopathy, a rare cause of blindness caused by lack of nerve supply to the cornea. His research laboratory focuses on ways to enhance peripheral nerve regeneration, including drug and growth factor delivery, electrical stimulation, and the cellular and molecular mechanisms underpinning neurotrophic keratopathy and corneal neurotization.

Experience

1. Professor and Chief, Plastic Surgery, Riley Children\'s Hospital

   Indiana University

   Oct 2020 — Present · Indianapolis, IN, US

Education

• Emory University

  BS, Chemistry and Biology

  1989 — 1993

• The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  MD, Medicine

  1993 — 1997

• University of Michigan Medical School

  Residency, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

  1997 — 2005

• The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  Doctor of Medicine - MD

  1997

• University of Toronto

  Fellowship, Pediatric Plastic Surgery

  2005 — 2006

Skills

• Regenerative Medicine
• Hand Surgery
• Tissue Engineering
• Neuroscience
• Facial Animation
• Plastic Surgery
• Nerve Injury and Nerve Regeneration Research
• Facial Paralysis in Children
• Peripheral Nerve Surgery
• Mobius Syndrome
• Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery