Alison Snyder-Warwick, MD
Director, Plastic Surgery Residency Program
Associate Professor of Surgery
Contact:
To request an appointment with Dr. Snyder-Warwick, please call (314) 362-7388 or request an appointment online.
Overview
Patients Seen
Adults and Children
Specialties
- Facial paralysis
- Peripheral nerve surgery
- Pediatric plastic surgery
Common conditions treated
- Facial paralysis
- Bell’s palsy
- Facial nerve injuries
- Synkinesis
- Cleft lip and palate
- Corneal anesthesia
- Syndactyly
- Polydactyly
- Macromastia/breast hypertrophy
Education
Board Certification
American Board of Plastic Surgery
Medical School
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo., 2004
Residency
2004-2007 General Surgery Residency, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.
2009-2011 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency, Washington University School of Medicine/, St. Louis, Mo.
Fellowship
2007-2009 Department of Developmental Biology and Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Research Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.
2011-2012 Pediatric Plastic Surgery Fellowship, The Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Memberships
- American Society of Plastic Surgery
- American Association of Pediatric Plastic Surgeons
- Sir Charles Bell Society
- American Society for Peripheral Nerve
- Plastic Surgery Research Council
- American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
- American Cleft Palate Association
- Academic Women’s Network
Awards and Honors
- 2019 NIH Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program Award Recipient
- 2019 Shenaq Award (to Research fellow, Johnny Chuieng-Yi Lu), 64th Annual Plastic Surgery Research Council Meeting
- 2019 Inaugural American Society of Peripheral Nerve Traveling Fellowship
- 2019 Best Clinical Research Paper Resident Award, ASPN Annual Meeting (for medical student mentee Alexandra Keane)
- 2018 Selected Scholarship Attendee, Women in Surgery Leadership Development Conference, Ann Arbor, Mich.
- 2018 Mentor of the Year, Clinical Research Training Center, Washington University School of Medicine
- 2018 Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons, 1st place Medical Student Research Award (for medical student mentee,Alexandra Keane)
- 2017 Plastic Surgery Foundation Bernard G. Sarnat Excellence in Grant Writing
- 2017 -2018 “Best Doctors in America” for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Best 2019 Doctors, Inc.) and “Best Doctors in St. Louis Magazine” list member
- 2017 Plastic Surgery Foundation / American Society for Peripheral Nerve Combined Pilot Research Grant Recipient
- 2017 March of Dimes Scholarship recipient for the Human and Mammalian Genetics and Genomics: The 58th McKusick Short Course
- 2017 Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons, 2nd Place Medical Student Research Award (for medical student mentee Alexandra Keane)
- 2017 NIH Career Development Award (K08
- 2016 NIH NRSA F32 Grant (for research fellow Katherine Santosa)
- 2016 James Barrett Brown Resident Research Day Award (for research fellow Katherine Santosa)
- 2016 Plastic Surgery Foundation Research Fellowship (for research fellow Katherine Santosa)
- 2016 American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery Medical Student Research Grant (for medical student mentee Alexandra Keane)
- 2016 Plastic Surgery Foundation / American Society for Peripheral Nerve Combined Pilot Research Grant Recipient
- 2016 Napoleon Area Schools Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame Inductee
- 2016 American Association of Plastic Surgeons Academic Scholar Award
- 2016 Alpha Omega Alpha Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship (for medical student mentee,Alexandra Keane)
- 2016 American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery Women’s Microsurgery Group
- 2016 Resident Travel Scholarship (for research fellow Katherine Santosa)
- 2016 American Society of Surgery of the Hand
- 2016 Annual Meeting Resident Travel Scholarship (for research fellow Katherine Santosa)
- 2016 Washington University Musculoskeletal Research Center Pilot & Feasibility Grant recipient (NIH P30)
- 2015 Plastic Surgery Foundation Pilot Research Grant Recipient
- 2015 Best Poster Award, American Society for Peripheral Nerve
- 2014 Plastic Surgery Foundation / American Society for Peripheral Nerve Combined Pilot Research Grant Recipient
- 2014 Hugs for Heroes Award
- 2012 Group for the Advancement of Microsurgery of Canada Annual Meeting, Best Resident/Fellow Presentation
- 2011 Chang Gung-Mayo Clinic Symposium in Reconstructive Surgery Best Resident/Fellow Paper
- 2011 Resident Teaching Award Recipient, Washington University School of Medicine
Research
- Nerve, muscle and the neuromuscular junction
- Terminal Schwann cells
Innovations
- Performed the first corneal neurotization procedure, in conjunction with Washington University ophthalmologist Steven Couch, MD
- Performed the first gender-affirming bottom surgery in 25 years at Washington University, in conjunction with Washington University urologist Gino Vricella, MD