Alessandra L. Moore
Rochester
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
Work History
Mentor
Stanford University School of Medicine
- Michael Longaker M.D., M.B.A
- F.A.C.S
URSMD Bridge Program
- Mentored URIM undergraduate interested in a career in Medicine and Science
- Provided feedback on coursework and scheduling
- Provided opportunity to perform research in laboratory
- Facilitated access to clinical spaces for shadowing opportunities with myself and other providers.
UTL Faculty Search Committee Representative
Stanford University School of
01.2017
- Interviewed and ranked applications for a research focused faculty position in the Stanford University
- School of Medicine Department of Surgery.
Endocrinology Fellow
MENTEES, Hye Jeong Han
01.2024 - Current
Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Kyungmin Lee
01.2023 - Current
- Educated in grant writing, fellowship application, scientific paper submission, and scientific figure design
- Worked on individual and group projects based on stem cell biology and tissue engineering
- Mentored and managed new lab employees including: one medical student, one M.D
- Ph.D
- Student, one masters student, and two postdoctoral fellows
- Acquired advanced skills in tissue processing and histology, imaging with confocal microscopy, FACS sorting, assay design, stem cell culture, rodent surgery, humanized murine modeling, and transgenic animal design
- Training Courses: Association of Academic Surgeons Fall 2017 Courses: Grant Writing, Experiment
Leonardo Benavides
01.2023 - Current
Zoe Lewin
01.2023 - Current
Cadence Chan, BA Candidate
01.2023 - Current
Brianna Wind
01.2023 - Current
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Endocrinology
University of Rochester Medical Center
08.2022 - Current
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Endocrinology
University of Rochester, Laboratory Suite
08.2022 - Current
General Surgery Resident
Chelsea Marin
01.2022 - Current
Harini Prabaharan
01.2022 - Current
Associate Surgeon
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
08.2021 - 07.2022
Assistant
Massachusetts General Hospital
08.2021 - 07.2022
General Surgery Resident
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
06.2014 - 06.2021
Brigham and Women’s Resident, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Provided quarterly education to residents on topics pertaining to childrearing and childbearing in residency
- Focused on health, support, and openness of communication.
LEADERSHIP General Surgery Wellness Committee Representative
Brigham
01.2018 - 01.2021
- And Women’s Hospital General Surgery Residency Program
- Implemented initiatives to improve resident wellbeing, safety, and health
- Transitioned from resident to chief level responsibilities as PGY-4.
Association of Women, Stanford University
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Bay Area Association of Women in Science (AWIS)
- Received directed mentoring from a female Professor of Plant and Microbiology at the University of
- California, Berkeley
- Mentored a female master’s student in Environmental Engineering at Stanford University on career development, career path, and grant writing.
Moonlighting Research Fellow
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
01.2017 - 06.2018
Doctoral Research Fellow
Hagey Lab for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine
07.2016 - 06.2018
Shamik Mascharak
01.2017 - 01.2018
Heather desJardin, Parks
01.2017 - 01.2018
Bryan Duoto, BS
01.2017 - 01.2018
Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Stanford University School of Medicine
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Mentored new lab employees including: one medical student, one MD PhD student, one masters student, and two postdoctoral fellows
- Managed a group/ team within the lab focused on projects examining the phenomena of scarless fetal wound healing.
Surgery Interest Group Leader
University of Massachusetts Medical School
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Elected by current class officers, classes 2010
- Represented the class of 2014 in selecting and developing female faculty members., Elected after application by current Surgery Interest Group leadership
- Planned events for second, third-, and fourth-year medical students scheduling clerkships
- Organized events to improve operative skills for medical students.
s Faculty Committee Representative
Women
01.2010 - 01.2011
Senior Research Technician
The Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
01.2009 - 01.2011
- For Engineering in Medicine:, Educated new employees on lab safety and equipment
- Supervised the clean-room training of two new technicians
- Responsible for teaching all necessary lab skills for new employees.
Mentor
Google, Alessandra
1 1 - 01.2001
- Christoph Pröschel, Ph.D
- Embedded into Senior Mentor Lab to facilitate Lab Start-up
- Received substantial start-up funds as initiative by Department of Surgery
- Employed and trained first laboratory technician
- Topics: Aging, stress, and the effect of stress on tissue resident stem cell populations, including in skin and wound healing
- Lab Website: www.themoorelabaturmc.com
- ORCID ID Number:, -7815-178X, L
- Moore, MD - Google Scholar
- IRBs: (1) STUDY00008285, (2) STUDY00008954
Education
Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MassachusettsBoston, Massachusetts
Stanford University School of Medicine
M.B.A -
Post-Doctoral Research -
Harvard Medical School
Stanford, CaliforniaCategorical General Surgery Internship -
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Boston, MassachusettsDoctor of Medicine -
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MassachusettsStanford University Graduate School of Business
Bachelor of Science - Biology
University of Queensland, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, New YorkCertificate in General Surgery -
American Board of Surgery
M.B.A -
.C.S, Stanford University School of Medicine
M.D -
University of Rochester Department
2027
Ignite Program -
Stanford University
2018
AAS Resident -
UMASS Medical
2018
B.A. -
.C.S
2018
M.B.A -
C.S
2018
M.D -
American College of Surgeons
2017
Michael Longaker M.D -
American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress
2017
M.B.A -
C.S
2017
Presentation: “A -
2017
M.B.A., F -
2008
Accomplishments
- Design, Innovative Ideas in Surgical Practice, Stanford University Postdoctoral Seminar Series:
- Professional Development Bootcamp Series, Face to Face Networking Seminar, Mentoring in Research
- Analyzing and Visualizing Data with MatLab, Practical Guide to RNA Sequencing, Pubmed: Basic to
- Advanced Techniques, Rodent Stereotactic Surgery, Fundamentals of Creating Figures with Illustrator
- Novel Designs: (1) Protocol for the isolation of specific fibroblast populations from En1 positive fibroblasts (2) Hydrogel for preventing abdominal adhesion formation (3) Anti-scarring therapy for skin (4) Gene therapy for scar prevention (5) Machine learning algorithm to predict scarring phenotype
- Disclosures: 2
- Student, Clinical/Translational Research Pathway (CTRP) August 4, 2010 – June 1, 2014
- University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Worcester, Massachusetts
- Mentors: Patricia Franklin, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H., Lee Hargraves, Ph.D., and Carol Upshur, Ed.D
- Awarded competitive scholarship and four-year research training program
- Received funding to support research employment during summer 2011
- Trained on translating research from “bench to bedside”
- Research Assistant May 1, 2011 – July 1, 2011
- University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Worcester, Massachusetts
- Mentors: David Guertin, Ph.D
- And Joan Sanchez, Ph.D
- Acquired new skills in Western Blots, PCR, RT-PCR, and genotyping
- Analyzed a proposed novel mouse model of Madelung’s disease for protein and genetic abnormalities associated with the disease
- Presented at the annual medical student research poster session
- Research Technician July 1, 2008 – July 1, 2010
- The Center for Engineering in Medicine: BioMEMS Resource Center
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Mentors: Mehmet Toner, Ph.D
- And Sunitha Nagrath, Ph.D
- Responsible for the development of novel microfluidic technology for the isolation and characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) in rare (Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, LAM) and more common (Lung, Breast, and Prostate) cancers
- Analyzed multiple forms of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and silicon microfluidic devices for purification of captured cell populations
- Investigated alternative surface chemistries to improve target cell capture
- Aided in the development of a new technology for single cell storage and cryopreservation
- Acquired skills in human cell culture, immunofluorescent microscopy, immunohistochemistry, fluorescent in-situ hybridization, histological staining, grant writing/revising, data analysis, protocol development, chip functionalization and microfabrication techniques (PDMS pouring, bonding, spinning, SU-8 photolithography, Piranha cleaning, plasma ashing)
- Novel Designs: (1) Microchip for CD45-positive cell isolation and enrichment (2) Microchip for detection and isolation of circulating LAM cells (3) Circulating tumor cell cryopreservation protocol for creation of a tumor cell bank
- B.A., F.A.C.S
- Presentation: “M2 Macrophage Enrichment Enhances Cutaneous Wound Healing Via Recruitment of
- Angiogenic Precursor Cells”
- American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2018
- Mentor: Michael Longaker M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S
- Presentation: “Engrailed1- Positive Fibroblasts May Modulate Transcription of the TGF-beta Pathway in the Transition from Scarless Healing to Scarring Phenotype”
- American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2018
- Mentor: Michael Longaker M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S
- Presentation: “Reduced Scar Thickness Achieved by Topical Doxycycline is Mediated by Specific Skin
- Fibroblast Populations and Not Immune Cell Infiltrate”
- American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2018
- Mentor: Michael Longaker M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S
- Presentation: “A Mouse Model with CJUN Overexpression Eludes to Deep Dermal Fibroblast
- Expansion and Immune Cell Recruitment as the Biologic Mechanism of Hypertrophic Scarring”
- Brigham and Women’s John A
- Mannick Research Award Day 2018
- Mentor: Michael Longaker M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S
- Presentation: “Nuclear Transcription Factors Regulating TGF-β Control Early Dermal Fibroblast Cell
- Fate and Reprogramming into Cells with Intrinsic Scarring Potential”
- Brigham and Women’s Surgical Department End of Research Presentations 2018
- Mentor: Michael Longaker M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S
- Presentation: “Investigating the Cells Responsible for Scar Formation”
- Plastic Surgery Research Council 2018
- Mentor: Michael Longaker M.D., M.
Affiliations
Society of Surgical Oncology Grant Writing Course March 2024
Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) Annual Meeting
Atlanta, Georgia
Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Neck Ultrasound Course October 2023
American College of Surgeons, Clinical Congress 2023
Boston, Massachusetts, Association of Academic Surgeons (AAS)
Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO)
International Association for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES)
American College of Surgeons (Candidate)
American Medical Association
Association of Women Surgeons
Association of Women in Science
Massachusetts Medical Society
Additional Information
- LICENSURE , Physician and Surgeon’s License 2022 – Present State of New York Physician and Surgeon’s License 2021 – 2023 State of Massachusetts Physician and Surgeon’s License 2016 – 2023 State of California
- HONORS AND AWARDS , John A. Mannick, MD Research Award for Top Research Abstract (two abstracts) 2018 Stanford Plastic Surgery Research Day Award for Best Resident Presentation 2018 Wound Healing Foundation Research Fellow Travel Award 2018
- Guarantee: , $500,000 for 5 years with roll-over Wound Healing Foundation 3M Fellowship Travel Award 2018 Wound Healing Society Awarded: $400 to attend the Wound Healing Society Annual Meeting Li Ka Shing Surgeon Scholars Fund Travel Award 2017 Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery Awarded: $1000 to attend the Association of Academic Surgeons Fall Courses 2017 National Institute of Health Pediatric Loan Repayment Program 2017 – 2019 Program Fellowship Awardee, National Institute of General Medical Sciences Awarded: $70,000 Tissue and Transplant Fellowship Endowment Fund 2017 Stanford University Transplant and Tissue Engineering Excellence Leadership Group Awarded: $60,000 Society of University Surgeons Resident Scholar Award 2016 Society of University Surgeons Awarded: $30,000 Tissue and Transplant Fellowship Endowment Fund 2016 Stanford University Transplant and Tissue Engineering Excellence Leadership Group Awarded: $30,000
Timeline
Endocrinology Fellow
MENTEES, Hye Jeong Han
01.2024 - Current
Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Kyungmin Lee
01.2023 - Current
Leonardo Benavides
01.2023 - Current
Zoe Lewin
01.2023 - Current
Cadence Chan, BA Candidate
01.2023 - Current
Brianna Wind
01.2023 - Current
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Endocrinology
University of Rochester Medical Center
08.2022 - Current
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Endocrinology
University of Rochester, Laboratory Suite
08.2022 - Current
General Surgery Resident
Chelsea Marin
01.2022 - Current
Harini Prabaharan
01.2022 - Current
Associate Surgeon
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
08.2021 - 07.2022
Assistant
Massachusetts General Hospital
08.2021 - 07.2022
Brigham and Women’s Resident, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
01.2020 - 01.2021
LEADERSHIP General Surgery Wellness Committee Representative
Brigham
01.2018 - 01.2021
UTL Faculty Search Committee Representative
Stanford University School of
01.2017
Association of Women, Stanford University
01.2017 - 01.2019
Moonlighting Research Fellow
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
01.2017 - 06.2018
Shamik Mascharak
01.2017 - 01.2018
Heather desJardin, Parks
01.2017 - 01.2018
Bryan Duoto, BS
01.2017 - 01.2018
Doctoral Research Fellow
Hagey Lab for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine
07.2016 - 06.2018
Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Stanford University School of Medicine
01.2016 - 01.2018
General Surgery Resident
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
06.2014 - 06.2021
Surgery Interest Group Leader
University of Massachusetts Medical School
01.2013 - 01.2014
s Faculty Committee Representative
Women
01.2010 - 01.2011
Senior Research Technician
The Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
01.2009 - 01.2011
Mentor
Stanford University School of Medicine
URSMD Bridge Program
Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Stanford University School of Medicine
M.B.A -
Post-Doctoral Research -
Harvard Medical School
Categorical General Surgery Internship -
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Doctor of Medicine -
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Bachelor of Science - Biology
University of Queensland, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Certificate in General Surgery -
American Board of Surgery
M.B.A -
.C.S, Stanford University School of Medicine
M.D -
University of Rochester Department
Ignite Program -
Stanford University
AAS Resident -
UMASS Medical
B.A. -
.C.S
M.B.A -
C.S
M.D -
American College of Surgeons
Michael Longaker M.D -
American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress
M.B.A -
C.S
Presentation: “A -
M.B.A., F -
Mentor
Google, Alessandra
1 1 - 01.2001
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