About Dr. Card
Elizabeth (Lizz) Card is a PGY4 resident in the integrated plastic surgery program. She received her undergraduate degree from Tufts University in Biology in 2014 and subsequently completed a year as a Fulbright Scholar in Laos. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in 2021. Lizz is an artist and her academic interests include medical illustration, trainee and patient education, and global surgery.
Societies
- American Medical Association
- Association of Medical Illustrators
Awards
2021
Alpha Omega Alpha Society
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2021
Nathan and Pauline Pincus Prize for Outstanding Achievement as a Clinician
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2021
Dr. Spencer Morris Prize Candidate
Four students selected based on academic and clinical achievement compete through an oral exam.
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2016 - 2021
Twenty First Century Scholar – Weaver Scholar
Full tuition merit scholarship - Doctor of Medicine degree
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2020
American Osler Society 2020 William B. Bean Student Research Award
For research in the Medical Humanities
Dover, Minnesota
2019
Medical Student Research Paper Prize, First Place in Orthopaedic Surgery Research
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2018
The Lancet-CUGH Best Student Poster Contest
First Place in Neglected Topics in Global Health Category
Consortium of Universities for Global Health, New York, New York
2017
Frank H. Netter Symposium on Arts and Health First Place Award for Painting
Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2017
Dr. Bipinchandra Barahia Scholarship
For research in global surgery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2014 - 2015
U.S. Fulbright Student Program English Teaching Assistantship Award
Vientiane, Laos
Research
2019 - 2021
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Visual arts in medical education
2019 - 2021
Penn Medicine Division of Plastic Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Patient education portal and shared decision-making for breast reconstruction
2019 - 2020
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Epidemiology of congenital deformities, impact of illustrations on patient education in setting of language and cultural barriers, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2017
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, Moshi, Tanzania
Traditional bone setting and access to orthopaedic care in Northern Tanzania
2014 - 2015
Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Vientiane, Laos
Causative bacteria for Scrub typhus growth in blood cultures
2011, 2013
University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Alternative treatments for congenital skin disease
2013
Tufts University Biology Department, Medford, Massachusetts
Nephron wound healing in Xenopus laevis,
Publications
- Card EB, Obayemi JE, Shirima O, Lazaro M, Massawe H, Stanifer JW, Premkumar A, Sheth NP. Practices and Perspectives of Traditional Bone Setters in Northern Tanzania. Annals of Global Health. 2020; 86(1): 61, 1–8. doi: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2878.
- Card EB, Obayemi JE, Shirima O, Rajaguru P, Massawe H, Premkumar A, Sheth NP. Patient patronage and perspectives of traditional bone setting at an outpatient orthopaedic clinic in Northern Tanzania. Patient patronage and perspectives of traditional bone setting at an outpatient orthopaedic clinic in Northern Tanzania. Afri Health Sci. 2021;21(1):418-26. https:// dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v21i1.52.
- Card EB, Elfanagely O, Mellia JA, Fischer JP. Video title: Surgical approaches for abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR). Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2020; 8(12): e3306. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003306.
- Card EB, Zimmerman CE, Kalmar CL, Trueblood E, Low DW, Ramirez JM, Friedland LR, Schwartz AJ, Jackson OA. Visual Resources for Postoperative Care to Overcome Language and Cultural Barriers. In press.
- Azoury SC, Stranix JT, Othman S, Kimia R, Card EB, Wu L, Kanchwala S, Serletti JM, Mehta S, Ahn J, Donegan D, Levin LS, Kovach SJ. Outcomes following soft-tissue reconstruction for traumatic lower extremity defects at an orthoplastic limb salvage center: The need for Lower Extremity Guidelines for Salvage (L.E.G.S.). Orthoplastic Surg. 2021; 3: 1-7.
- Patel V, Nolan IT, Card E, Morrison SD, Bared A. Facial hair transplantation for transgender patients: A literature review and guidelines for practice. Aesthet Surg J. 2021 Feb 12;41(3):NP42-NP51. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjaa430.
- Byrnes YM, Othman S, Elfanagely O, Card EB, Mellia JA, Llado-Farrulla M, Fischer JP. The “Corset Repair”: A novel technique to address complex hernias. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2020; 8(12): e3308. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003308.
- Akinbiyi T, Calvert C, Familusi O, Othman S, Card EB, Percec I. Better results in facial rejuvenation with fillers. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 2020 Oct; 8(10): e2763. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000002763.
- Obayemi JE, Card EB, Shirima O, Massawe H, Mandari F, Pallangyo A, Temu R, Premkumar A, Sheth NP. Psychosocial health of patients receiving orthopaedic treatment in northern Tanzania: A cross-sectional study. Ann Med Surg, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2019.10.020.
- Dittrich S, Card E, Phuklia W, Rudgard WE, Silousok J, Phoumin P, Bouthasavong L, Azarian S, Davong V, Dance DA, Vongsouvath M, Phetsouvanh R, Newton PN. Survival and growth of Orientia tsutsugamushi in conventional hemocultures. Emerg Infect Dis, 2016 Aug 22 (8); 1460-3.
- Shakir S, Card EB, Kimia R, Greives M, Nguyen PD. Anterior Cranial Base Reconstruction in Complex Craniomaxillofacial Trauma: An Algorithmic Approach and Case Series. In press.