Ramin Reza Rajaii conducts clinical outcomes and health economics research in plastic and reconstructive surgery at two academic medical centers, with a focus on lymphedema, supermicrosurgery, and access to reconstructive care in safety-net health systems.
Work with Dr. Min-Jeong Cho in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
He is lead investigator on an IRB-approved retrospective cohort study (n>150) examining the clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of axillary reverse mapping in preventing post-mastectomy lymphedema in patients undergoing axillary lymph node dissection. The work covers comprehensive chart abstraction, medical record review, and clinical outcomes measurement under institutional data governance policies, and he is first author on the manuscript in preparation.
He is second author on a systematic review and meta-analysis of vascularized lymph node transfer outcomes published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine, synthesizing 25+ studies under PRISMA methodology with random-effects modeling, and has conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of GLP-1 agonist effects on BMI and lymphatic conditions across more than 200 patients.
Work with Dr. Scott Hansen in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
He developed OASIS, an implementation framework for outpatient injection-related soft tissue infection services in a safety-net setting, paired with a full cost-benefit and social return on investment analysis. The service model reaches more than 500 patients annually. He is first author on both manuscripts, currently under review at Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Annals of Plastic Surgery, and the work was accepted to PSRC 2026 with a podium presentation at Plastic Surgery The Meeting in October 2026.
The underlying data work reconciled 27,731 source rows into 5,939 encounters representing 3,464 patients, defined a 409-patient eligible cohort with follow-up measured in 284, and supported three prespecified analyses plus five sensitivity analyses.
He is also first author on a systematic review of virtual surgical planning and 3D printing in hand surgery distal to the distal radius, synthesizing more than 40 studies, and contributed to a 194-case retrospective review of perioperative therapies in hidradenitis suppurativa surgery published in Annals of Plastic Surgery.
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