Oklahoma Hand Surgery Center

Physicians:  Kenneth A Hieke, MD         Daron C. Hitt, MD
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 DARON C. HITT, MD

    Hand/Microsurgery Fellow
    University of Southern California 
    Division of Plastic Surgery
    Los Angeles, California, 2008-2009

    Hitt Aesthetic & Reconstructive Surgery
    Midwest City, Oklahoma, 2007-2008

    Assistant Professor Division of Plastic Surgery
    East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine
    Greenville, North Carolina, 2004-2007

 Post-Graduate Training

    2008-2009  Hand/Microsurgery Fellow, University of Southern California Division of Plastic Surgery, Los Angeles, CA.

    2003-2004 Chief Resident in Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas

    2001-2003 Plastic Surgery Residency, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas

    2000-2001 Chief Resident in General and Peripheral Vascular Surgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center,
                      Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    1999-2000 Surgical Residency, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    1998-1999 H. Dale Collins Surgical Research Fellowship, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center,
                      Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    1996-1998 Surgical Residency, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    1995-1996 Surgical Internship, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 Education

    University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, M.D. June 1995

    Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma, B.S. with high honors, May 1991

 Certification

    Diplomate American Board of Surgery, February 2003

    USMLE Step 3 1996, Step 2 1995, Step 1 1993

 Professional Affiliations and Honor Societies

    ASPS Candidate

    ASAPS Candidate

    Pitt County Medical Society

    Texas Medical Association

    Bexar County Medical Society

    Oklahoma State Medical Association

    Oklahoma County Medical Society

    Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

    Phi Eta Sigma Freshmen Honor Society

 Research Experience

  1998-99  University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Surgery, " Construction of recombinant adenoviral vectors for fracture healing gene therapy."
Preceptor:  Dr. Jeffrey Gimble
Involved the construction, propagation, and purification of recombinant adenoviral vectors expressing either constitutively active or truncated forms of bone morphogenetic receptors IA or IB.

    1998-99  University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Surgery, "Tissue engineered bone with human adipocyte stroma."
Preceptor:  Dr. Jeffrey Gimble
Explored the in vivo bone forming potential of conditioned human preadipocytes in three dimensional implants.

    1992  University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Anatomical Sciences, "The teratogenic effects of valproic acid in human chondrogenesis in vitro."
Preceptor:  Dr. Amy Aulthouse
Evaluated the deleterious effects of valproic acid in human chondrogenesis in vitro, utilizing histochemical, immunocytochemical, statistical, and morphological techniques.

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Physicians:  Kenneth A Hieke, MD         Daron C. Hitt, MD
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