Dr. Joseph A. Greco III
Plastic Surgeon
Dr. Joseph Angelo Greco III is a highly trained and experienced plastic and reconstructive surgeon with a distinguished background in academic medicine, clinical surgery, and aesthetic innovation. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Greco earned his Bachelor of Science in Cellular Biology, graduating cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Georgia in 1998. He went on to receive his Doctor of Medicine from the Medical College of Georgia in 2002, where he was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha and recognized as the most outstanding student in surgery.
Dr. Greco completed his general surgery residency and served as Chief Resident at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he also completed his fellowship in plastic surgery. During this time, he conducted research in wound healing and reconstructive techniques, publishing numerous peer-reviewed studies and presenting at national surgical conferences.
A dedicated clinician and researcher, Dr. Greco is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and several prestigious surgical societies. He continues to bring a patient-centered, academically grounded approach to aesthetic and reconstructive surgery. His areas of expertise include body contouring, reconstructive surgery, breast surgery, and aesthetic transformation.
Originally hailing from New York, Dr. Greco has two children Joseph Alexander Greco IV (18) & Carter Jane Greco (15), and is also a published author of a work of fiction - https://www.amazon.com/stores/J.-Angelo-Greco-III/author/B009VRPR1K
ACADEMICS
- B.S. Cellular Biology, Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1998
- M.D., Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, 2002
INTERNSHIP & RESIDENCY
- Department of General Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; 07.2002—06.2008
- Chief Resident, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt 07.2008—06.2009
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; 07.2009—06.2011
FELLOWSHIP IN RESEARCH
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; 07.2005—06.2007
BOARD CERTIFICATION
- American Board of Surgery, 2010, Board Eligible, American Board of Plastic Surgeons
HONORS & AWARDS
- Phi Beta Kappa, 1998
- Alpha Omega Alpha, 2002
- William Dion Most Outstanding Student in Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, 2002
- Health Professionals Merit Scholarship, Medical College of Georgia, 1998—2002
- University of Georgia Alumni Scholarship, 1994—1998
- Hope Scholarship, University of Georgia, 1994—1998
SOCIETIES
- American College of Surgeons,
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons,
- Tennessee Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
- J.B. Lynch Society (Vanderbilt Plastic Surgeons),
- H. William Scott Surgical Society (Vanderbilt General Surgeons)
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
- Greco JA 3rd, Castaldo ET, Nanney LB, Wendel JJ, Summitt JB, Kelly KJ, Braun SA, Hagan KF, Shack RB. The Effect of Weight Loss Surgery and Body Mass Index on Wound Complications After Abdominal Contouring Operations. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 2008 Sep; 61 (3): 235-42.
- Greco JA 3rd, Castaldo ET, Nanney LB, Wu YC, Donahue R, Wendel JJ, Hagan KF, Shack RB. Autologous Breast Reconstruction: The Vanderbilt Experience (1998 to 2005) of Independent Predictors of Displeasing Outcomes. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2008 July; 207 (1): 49-56.
- Greco JA 3rd, Pollins AC, Boone BE, Levy SE, Nanney LB. A Microarray Analysis of Temporal Gene Expression Profiles in Thermally Injured Human Skin. Burns. 2010 Mar; 36(2):192-204.
- Castaldo ET, Guillamondegui OD, Greco JA 3rd, Feurer ID, Miller RS, Morris JA Jr. Are adrenal injuries predictive of adrenal insufficiency in patients sustaining blunt trauma? The American Surgeon. 2008 Mar; 74(3): 262-6.
- Sexton KW, Spear M, Pollins AC, Nettey C, Greco JA 3rd, Shack RB, Hagan KF, Nanney LB. The correlation of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 to albumin ratio in wound fluid with post-surgical complications after body contouring. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 2014 Oct; 134(4): 530-538e.
ABSTRACT & PRESENTATIONS
- Greco JA, Pollins AC, Sims LP, Nanney LB; The Human Burn Injuries: Can Perspectives Gained Through Microarray Aid in Burn Wound Healing? Wound Repair & Regeneration. 14(2): A64, Mar-Apr 2006. Oral presentation at the 16th Annual Wound Healing Society Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona—May 2006.
- Greco JA, Ellis DL, Davidson JM, Nanney LB; A Novel Model for Creating Reproducible Partial Thickness Wounds in Mice to Study Resident Stem Cell Activity. Oral presentation at the 2006 Tennessee Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting & 2006 Vanderbilt University Research Forum.
- Greco JA, Castaldo ET, Feurer ID, Pinson CW, Chakravarthy AB, Merchant NB, Parikh AA; Survival Benefit with Adjuvant Radiation Therapy in Surgically Resected Pancreatic Cancer: A Population Based Study. Oral presentation at the 2007 American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, Orlando, Florida—January 2007 & poster at the Society of Surgical Oncology, Washington D.C.—March 2007.
- Castaldo ET, Greco JA, Feurer ID, Pinson CW, Chakravarthy AB, Parikh AA, Merchant NB; Adjuvant Radiation Therapy Improves Survival for Surgically Resected Gastric Adenocarcinoma: A Population Based Study. Oral presentation at the 2007 American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, Orlando, Florida—January 2007 & poster presentation at the Society of Surgical Oncology, Washington D.C.—March 2007.
- Greco JA, Nanney LB; Analysis of Local Gene Expression Alterations Induced by Thermal Injury. Oral poster presentation at the 2nd Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Phoenix, Arizona—February 2007.
- Greco JA, Castaldo ET, Parikh AA, Merchant NB; The Impact of Extended Lymph Node Dissection on the Surgical Resection of Pancreatic Head Adenocarcinoma. Oral presentation at the 2007 American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Congress, Las Vegas, Nevada—April 2007.
- Greco JA, Ellis DL, Davidson JM, Nanney LB; A Novel Murine Model for Creating Partial Thickness Thermal Injury to Study Progenitor Cell Activity in Wound Healing. Wound Repair & Regeneration. 15(2): A23, 2007. Oral presentation, Young Investigators Award Forum of the 17th Annual Wound Healing Society Meeting, Tampa, Florida—May 2007.
- Greco JA, Castaldo ET, Nanney LB, Wendel JJ, Summitt JB, Kelly KJ, Braun SA, Hagan KF, Shack RB; The Effect of Weight Loss Surgery on Wound Complications Following Abdominal Contouring Operations. Accepted for oral presentation at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons: Resident Research Competition—June 2007.
- Greco JA, Castaldo ET, Nanney LB, Wu E, Donahue R, Wendel JJ, Hagan FK, Shack RB; Autologous Breast Reconstruction: The Vanderbilt Experience 1998-2005, Independent Predictors of Displeasing Outcomes. Oral presentation, Surgical Forum of the American College of Surgeons 93rd Annual Clinical Congress, New Orleans, Louisiana—October 2007 & Plastic Surgery 2007, Baltimore, Maryland.
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