Dr. Sigalove’s CV

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Residency/Fellowship

2003-2004 Chief Resident, Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, The University of Illinois at Chicago (Program Director and Chief: Mimis Cohen, MD, FACS)

2001-2004 Resident, Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, The University of Illinois at Chicago

2000-2001 Fellow, Division of Hand Surgery, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois (Program Director: Robert Schenck, MD, FACS)

1997-2000 Resident, Department of General Surgery, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois (Program Chairman: Richard Prinz, MD, FACS)

Education

1993-1997 The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois
Doctor of Medicine

1990-1993 The University of Pennsylvania Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Program,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1985-1989 Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Bachelor of Arts- History Major/Economics Minor

Licensure

Hospital Affiliations

2018-Present Scottsdale Healthcare Shea/Piper Surgery Center, Scottsdale, Arizona
2018-Present Scottsdale Healthcare Osborne/Greenbaum Specialty Hospital, Scottsdale, Arizona
2018-Present Paradise Valley Outpatient Surgery Center, Paradise Valley, Arizona
2004-2018 Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, Illinois
2004-2018 Edward Memorial Hospital, Naperville, Illinois
2004-2018 Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, Elmhurst, Illinois
2004-2018 Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Illinois
2004-2018 DuPage Medical Group Ambulatory Surgery Center, Lombard, Illinois

Discussions (Published Video Roundtables)

Kenkel JM, Surek CC, Bengtson B, Sigalove S, Pazmiño P. Incorporating High-Resolution Ultrasound Into Your Practice. Aesthet Surg J Open Forum. 2023;5:ojad060. Recorded live at The Aesthetic Meeting 2023, Miami, FL.

Nahabedian M, Sigalove S, Gabriel A, Movassaghi K. Aesthetic Breast Reconstruction: An Expert Video Roundtable Discussion. Aesthet Surg J Open Forum. 2024;ojae055. Recorded live at The Aesthetic Meeting 2024, Vancouver, Canada.

Speaking Engagements & Professional Honors — Last 10+ Years (2016–2026)

Allergan/LifeCell Engagements

2010–Present Speaker & Consultant, LifeCell/Allergan (ongoing relationship)

2019 Speaker, Presenter, Discussant, “Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction and Radiotherapy,” The Barcelona Breast Meeting, Barcelona, Spain

2019 Speaker, Discussant, Bioskills Lab Instructor- Knowledge and Education for Young Surgeons Conference, New York, New York

2019 Speaker, Discussant, Bioskills Lab Instructor- Knowledge and Education for Young Surgeons Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana

2019 Speaker-Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction, Dinner Program, Corpus Christi, Texas

2018 Speaker-Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction, Dinner Program, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

2018 Speaker-Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction, Dinner Program, Beverly Hills, California

2018 Keynote Speaker, Moderator, Panelist, Canadian National Surgeons’ Forum, Toronto, Canada

2018 Speaker, Panelist, Bioskills Lab Instructor, Breast Team-Up Surgeon’s Forum, Nashville, Tennessee

2018 Speaker, Panelist, “Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction-Keys to Success,” The Tel Aviv Breast Meeting, Tel Aviv, Israel

2018 Speaker, “Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction vs.Dual-Plane”, The American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

2018 Speaker, “Revisionary Breast Reconstructive Surgery,” ASPS Dinner Symposium, Chicago, Illinois

2018 Speaker, Panelist, Laboratory Instructor- Allergan Bioskills Lab, Chicago, Illinois

2018 Keynote Speaker- “Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction and Cohesive Gel Implants”; Allergan Dinner Presentation; Mobile, Alabama

2018 Keynote Speaker- “Use of Acellular Dermal Matrices in Prosthetic Breast Reconstruction”; Allergan Dinner Presentation; McAllen, Texas

2018 Speaker- “Use of Cohesive Gel implants and Aesthetic Revisionary Breast Surgery”; Allergan Dinner Presentation; San Diego, California

2018 Speaker-“Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction using a Team Approach”; Allergan Dinner Presentation; New Orleans, Louisiana

2018 Speaker, “Maximizing Results in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction”; Allergan Dinner Presentation, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

2018 Speaker, “Maximizing Results in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction”; Allergan Dinner Presentation; Atlanta, Georgia

2018 Speaker, “Team Approach to Treating Breast Cancer”; Allergan Dinner Presentation; Savannah, Georgia

2018 Speaker, “Maximizing Results in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction and Aesthetic Revision Breast Surgery”; Southern New Jersey Plastic Surgical Society Annual Meeting; Red Bank, New Jersey

2018 Speaker, Panelist, Laboratory Instructor; “Keys to Success in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction”; Allergan National Bioskills Lab; Miami, Florida

2018 Keynote Speaker, “Aesthetic Revision Breast Surgery and Use of Cohesive Gel Implants”; Allergan Dinner Presentation; Scottsdale, Arizona

2018 Speaker, “Keys to Success in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction”; Allergan Dinner Presentation; Tucson, Arizona

2018 Speaker, Panelist, Moderator, “Keys to Success in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction”’ Allergan Surgical Skills Symposium; Las Vegas, Nevada

2018 Speaker, “Team Approach to Improved Breast Reconstruction Resuts”; Allergan Dinner Presentation; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

2018 Speaker, “Maximizing Outcomes in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction and Use of Autologous Fat Grafting”; Allergan Dinner Presentation; Greenville, South Carolina

2018 Speaker, “Maximizing Outcomes in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction”; Allergan Dinner Presentation; Austin, Texas

2018 Speaker, “Cohesivity in Silicone Gel Breast Implants and Use of Acellular Dermal Matrices in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction”; Allergan Dinner Presentation; Las, Vegas, Nevada

2018 Speaker, “Maximizing Outcomes in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction”; Allergan Dinner Presentation; Cleveland, Ohio

2017 Guest Speaker, “Things I’ve Learned Over the Years to Improve My Results in Breast Surgery”; Allergan Dinner Presentation; Houston, Texas

2017 Speaker, Panelist, Moderator, Laboratory Instructor, “Maximizing Success in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction”; Allergan Team Up National Meeting; Nashville, Tennessee

2017 Speaker, “Keys to Success in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction”; Allergan Dinner Presentation; Denver, Colorado

2017 Speaker and Moderator, “Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction and Aesthetic Revision Breast Surgery”; Allergan National Surgical Forum; San Francisco, California

2017 Speaker and Laboratory Instructor, “Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction – Things I’ve Learned”; Allergan National Bioskills Lab; Chicago, Illinois

2017 Speaker, Presenter, Course Instructor, “Breast Augmentation Maintenance of Certification Course”; “Use of Autologous Fat Grafting in Breast Surgery”; “Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction 2017”; The American Society of Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting; Chicago, Illinois

2017 Speaker, “Maximizing Results in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction”; Allergan Dinner Presentation; Scottsdale, Arizona

2017 Speaker and Laboratory Instructor, “Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction”; Allergan National Bioskills Lab; Plano, Texas

2017 Speaker and Moderator, “Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction and Autologous Fat Grafting”; Allergan National Surgical Skills Symposium; Denver, Colorado

2017 Speaker and Laboratory Instructor, “Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction and the Team Approach”; Allergan National Bioskills Lab; San Diego, California

2016 Speaker and Laboratory Instructor, “Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction – Things I’ve Learned”; Allergan National Bioskills Lab; Tampa, Florida

2016 Speaker and Laboratory Instructor, “Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction Using a Team Approach”; Allergan Bioskills Lab; New York, New York

2016 Speaker and Moderator, “Using Acellular Dermal Matrices and Cohesive Gel Implants to Maximize Success in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction”; Allergan National Surgeon’s Forum; Nashville, Tennessee

2016 Keynote Speaker, “Maximizing Success in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction”; Allergan National Surgeon’s Symposium; Los Angeles, California

2016 Speaker, “Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction, a New Take on an Old Idea”; The American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting; Los Angeles, California

2016 Speaker, “Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction and Use of Autologous Fat Grafting”; Allergan Dinner Presentation; Morristown, New Jersey

2016 Speaker, “The Benefits of Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction”; Allergan National Surgical Skills Symposium; Las Vegas, Nevada

2016 Keynote Speaker, “Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction and Use of Highly Cohesive Silicone Gel Implants”; Allergan National Sales Meeting; Dallas, Texas

2016 Master Surgeon Preceptorship, Complex Aesthetic Breast Surgery; Director: Dr. Charles Randquist; Victoria Kliniken; Stockholm, Sweden

2016 Speaker and Laboratory Instructor, “Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction-How to be Safe”; Allergan National Bioskills Lab; Henderson, Nevada

2016 Speaker, “ Maximizing Results in Breast Augmentation”; European Breast Meeting; Rome, Italy

2015 Speaker and Panelist, “Benefits of Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction”; Allergan National Surgeon’s Forum; New Orleans, Louisiana

Sientra Engagements

2020-Present Ongoing Relationship Speaker & Consultant

Motiva Engagements

2025 Selected as one of 35 plastic surgeons nationally invited to Motiva’s “USA Pioneers Session,” Sulàyöm Innovation Campus (Establishment Labs Global Learning Center), Costa Rica — presented on the Preservé technique and next-generation tissue-preserving breast surgery

2025 Named national lead for introducing Motiva implants and the Preservé technique in the U.S., per Scottsdale Center for Plastic Surgery press release

Galatea Surgical/BD (GalaFLEX) Engagements

2020 Faculty/Panelist, “ELEVATE: Advances in the Use of Soft Tissue Support for Breast Surgery” CME roundtable, commercial support: Galatea Surgical

2023 Originator of the “GalaFLEX ravioli” technique — a 360-degree GalaFLEX (P4HB) wrap of the implant/tissue expander for prepectoral breast reconstruction, developed and named by Dr. Sigalove; discussed in his “Meet the Doctor” podcast interview and referenced by other plastic surgeons describing the technique

2022 Sigalove S, O’Rorke E, Maxwell GP, Gabriel A. Evaluation of the Safety of a GalaFLEX-AlloDerm Construct in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 Oct 1;150:7S-8S

2025 Sigalove S. Treatment of Capsular Contracture with Poly-4-Hydroxybutyrate. Clinics in Plastic Surgery. Published online Dec 10, 2025

Other Engagements/Media (2016–2026)

2020 Faculty/Panelist, “ELEVATE: Advances in the Use of Soft Tissue Support for Breast Surgery” — CME roundtable, Global Virtual Aesthetic Summit (GVAS), presented via MyFaceMyBody/X-Medica; commercial support: Galatea Surgical; co-faculty: M. Bradley Calobrace, MD, and Ashley Gordon, MD; 1.25 hours CME credit; topics: augmentation/augmentation-mastopexy, breast reduction/mastopexy, revisional surgery, mastectomy/reduction using soft tissue support (GalaFLEX)

2022 Speaker, Association of German Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons Meeting; Berlin, Germany (with Jamil Ahmad, MD, representing The Aesthetic Society)

2023 (May) Panelist, ASAPS Annual Conference, Miami Beach, FL — presented on PureGraft and Dermapose fat-grafting technologies for face, breast, and body (Bimini Healthtech)

2025 Listed speaker, Plastic Surgery The Meeting (ASPS/PSF Annual Meeting), #PSTM25

Publications (Peer-Reviewed)

Sigalove S. Treatment of Capsular Contracture with Poly-4-Hydroxybutyrate. Clinics in Plastic Surgery. Published online Dec 10, 2025 (Vol. 53, Issue 2: Breast Augmentation, guest editor Caroline A. Glicksman; print edition March 2026)

Gabriel A, Abbott EN, Maxwell GP, et al., Perdikis G, Sigalove S. Planes in Aesthetic Breast Surgery: Is Subfascial a Misnomer? Aesthet Surg J Open Forum. 2024 Nov.

von Fritschen U, Seidenstuecker K, Sigalove S. Current Trends in Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction. Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2022 Sep.

Gabriel, A; Sigalove, S, Sigalove, NM; Storm-Dickerson, TL; Maxwell, GP; Effect of Body Mass Index on Outcomes after Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction; Plastic Reconstructive Surgery. 2019. June 5

Sigalove, S; Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction and Radiotherapy – A Closer Look; Gland Surgery, 2019 Feb; 8(1); 67-74

Gabriel, A; Sigalove, S; Sigalove, NM; Stom-Dickerson, TL; Maxwell, GP; The Impact of Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy on Postoperative Breast Reconstruction Outcomes; Plastic Reconstructive Surgery Global Open; 2018 August 7; 6(8)

Sigalove, S; Gabriel, A; Sigalove, NM; Storm-Dickerson, TL; Maxwell, GP; Prepectoral Implant Based Reconstruction and Post-Mastectomy Radiotherapy – Short-Term Outcomes; Plastic Reconstructive Surgery Global Open; 2017; December 28;5(12)

Gabriel A, Sigalove S, Sigalove NM, Storm-Dickerson TL, Rice J, Pope N, Maxwell GP.; Prepectoral Revision Breast Reconstruction for Treatment of Implant-Associated Animation Deformity: A Review of 102 Reconstructions.; Aesthet Surg J. 2018 Apr 6;38(5):519-526

Chatterjee A, Nahabedian MY, Gabriel A, Macarios D, Parekh M, Wang F, Griffin L, Sigalove S.; Early Assessment of Post-Surgical Outcomes With Pre-Pectoral Breast Reconstruction: A Literature Review and Meta-Analysis.; J Surg Oncol. 2018 May;117(6):1119-1130

Sigalove, S; Options in Acellular Dermal Matrix Assembly; Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Dec; 140(6S Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction):39S-42S

Sigalove S, Maxwell GP, Sigalove NM, Storm-Dickerson TL, Pope N, Rice J, Gabriel A.; Prepectoral Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction: Rationale, Indications, and Preliminary Results.; Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Feb;139(2):287-294

Gabriel A, Sigalove SR, Maxwell GP.; Initial Experience Using Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy After Immediate Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction.; Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2016 Jul 22;4(7)

Textbooks

Gabriel, A; Sigalove, S; Maxwell, GP; Nahabedian, M; Prepectoral Techniques in Reconstructive Breast Surgery; Wolters Klewer; Feb 2018

Editorial Roles

Contributing Editor, Aesthetic Breast Reconstruction — Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum (per author affiliation notes, 2023–2024)

Professional Organizations

Interests

Playing piano, tennis, mountain biking, weight training, traveling

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