Specializing In:
- Microsurgical breast reconstruction
- Head and neck reconstruction
- Musculoskeletal oncologic reconstruction
- Peripheral nerve reconstruction
- Lymphatic reconstruction
- Vascularized lymph node transfer
Research Interests:
- Outcomes and optimization of microsurgical breast reconstruction
- Functional outcomes and quality of life after head and neck reconstruction
- Novel imaging and intraoperative technologies in microsurgery
Positions
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Assistant Professor of Oncology
- Department of Head & Neck/Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Background
Education and Training
- 2016 - MD - The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
- 2012 - BS - Chemical Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Residency
- 2022-2025 - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
- 2017-2022 - General Surgery, Thomas Jefferson Health/Abington Memorial Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
- 2025-2026 - Reconstructive Microsurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery
Professional Memberships
- American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
- American Head and Neck Society
- American Association of Hand Surgery
- American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- American College of Surgeons
Honors & Awards
- 2024 - Kentucky Society of Plastic Surgery Research Award, First Place, Addition of Antibiotic-Impregnated Bone Cement Discs for Reduction of Periprosthetic Infection in Breast Reconstruction
- 2023 - Annual Academic Achievement Award, University of Louisville Division of Plastic Surgery
- 2022 - PRS Global Open Best Paper Awards “Best Breast Paper," Outcomes of Implant Removal and Total Capsulectomy for Breast Implant Illness in 248 Patients
- 2022 - Award for Outstanding Performance on In-Service Exam, Abington-Jefferson Health General Surgery Residency Program
- 2022 - Thomas J. Leibrandt Award for excellence in academic and scholastic achievement, Abington-Jefferson Health General Surgery Program
- 2021-2022 - Academic Chief Resident, Thomas Jefferson Health/Abington Memorial Hospital
- 2019 - Award for Outstanding Performance on In-Service Exam, Abington-Jefferson Health General Surgery Program
- 2019 - Society of Vascular Surgery Annual Travel Scholarship
- 2015 - Landacre Research Honor Society, Ohio State University College of Medicine
- 2014 - Top Scoring Poster in Medical Student Research, 13th Annual Wexner Medical Center Research Day, Ohio State University College of Medicine
- 2013 - Barnes and Bennett Memorial Research Scholarship, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Publications
Connor CH, Katsnelson JY, Paul B, Mostovych AL, Carr QL, Shapiro RL. Addition of
Antibiotic-Impregnated Bone Cement Discs for Reduction of Periprosthetic Infection in
Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2026 Jul; 118:74-
82. PMID: 42167061
Katsnelson JY, Goodman DA, Paterson CK, Buinewicz BR. Regional Pain Blocks and
Perioperative Pain Control in Patients Undergoing Breast Implant Removal with
Capsulectomy. Aesthet Surg J Open Forum, 2022;4:ojac079. doi:10.1093/asjof/ojac079.
PMID: 36439052
Katsnelson JY, Tyrell R, Manstein E, Karadsheh M, Egleston B, Deng M, Patel SA.
Postoperative Complications Associated with Choice of Reconstruction in Head and
Neck Cancer: An Outcome Analysis of 4,712 patients from the ACS-NSQIP Database. J
Reconstr Microsurg 2022 Jun;38(5):343-360. PMID: 34404103
Katsnelson JY, Spaniol JR, Buinewicz JC, Ramsey FV, Buinewicz BR. Outcomes of
Implant Removal and Total Capsulectomy for Breast Implant Illness in 248 Patients. PRS
Global Open 2021 Sep 7;9(9):e3813. PMID: 34513545
Karadsheh MJ, Katsnelson JY, Weiss ES, Krupp JC, Sigurdson ER, Bleicher RJ, Ruth
K, Ng M, Shafqat MS, Patel SA. Breast Reconstruction in Inflammatory Breast Cancer:
An Analysis of Predictors, Trends, and Survival from the National Cancer Database.
PRS Global Open 2021 Apr 15;9(4):e3528. PMID: 33868877