Jacob A. Thayer, M.D. CV

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI

• August 2008 – May 2012
• Bachelor of Science, Nursing, magna cum laude.

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

• August 2012 – April 2016
• Doctor of Medicine.

Southern Illinois University Institute for Plastic Surgery, Springfield, IL

• July 2016 – June 2022
• Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

• July 2022 – August 2023
• Plastic Surgery Hand Fellowship.

TRAINING AND EXPERTISE

• Advanced Training in Facial Aesthetic Medicine, including cadaver-based facial anatomy dissections, comprehensive dermal filler techniques involving the mid/lower face, temple and periorbital areas, as well as neuromodulator injection techniques.
• Performed facial anatomy cadaveric dissections during residency focusing on mid and lower face anatomy as well as volumetric assessment and filler/fat transfer enhancements.
• Completed advanced, hands-on training course through Allergan Surgical Skills Symposium 2023 focused on breast surgery with emphasis on augmentation and augmentation mastopexy.
• Completed Independent Aesthetic Injection Clinic for 6 years during residency, providing facial fillers, neuromodulators, and facial laser treatments with focus on individualized aesthetic outcomes and patient safety.
• Chief Resident, Cosmetic Surgery Clinic and cases: evaluated, planned, and managed patients undergoing facial rejuvenation, breast surgery, and body contouring procedures.
• Cosmetic Surgery Rotations: extensive experience in aesthetic nonsurgical volumetric enhancements as well as facelift, blepharoplasty, breast augmentation and revision, abdominoplasty, and liposuction in high-volume aesthetic practices.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Local

• Jacob Thayer, John LoGiudice, Use of Integra Biologic in Complicated Craniotomy Wounds with Exposed Dura (poster), Medical College of Wisconsin Research Day, Milwaukee, WI, 8/12/2014.
• Jacob Thayer, Brian Mailey, Versatility of the Berger-Tenenhaus Approach for Mandibular Fractures (podium), Southern Illinois University Resident Research Day, Springfield, IL, 4/5/2019.
• Jacob Thayer, Greg Lee, Brian Mailey, Radiographic Landmarks for Portal Placement in Wrist Arthroscopy (podium), Southern Illinois University Resident Research Day, Springfield, IL, 4/5/2019.

Regional

• Jacob Thayer, John LoGiudice, Use of Integra Biologic in Complicated Craniotomy Wounds with Exposed Dura (podium), Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 05/10/2014.
• Jacob Thayer, Ji-Geng Yan, Comparison of Peripheral Nerve Axonal Area Differences in Central and Peripheral Zones of Injured and Repaired Nerves (podium), Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 05/30/2015.
• Jacob Thayer, Kirk Ludwig, Timothy Ridolfi, Management of Redo Colorectal and Coloanal Anastomoses (podium), Wisconsin Surgical Society Annual Meeting, Kohler, WI, 11/14/2015.

National

• Jacob Thayer, Ji-Geng Yan, Comparison of Peripheral Nerve Axonal Area Differences in Central and Peripheral Zones of Injured and Repaired Nerves (poster and podium), American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual National Meeting, Washington, D.C., 5/6/2015.
• Jacob Thayer, Kirk Ludwig, Timothy Ridolfi, Management of Redo Colorectal and Coloanal Anastomoses (poster), American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 5/1/2016.
• Ryan Schmucker, Jacob Thayer, Frederick Butt, Carrie Harrison, Ashim Gupta, Michael Neumeister, Investigations of Fat Grafting as a Treatment Modality for Skin Fibrosis in Scleroderma (poster), American Association for Hand Surgery Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 1/10/2018.
• Jacob Thayer, Greg Lee, Brian Mailey, Fluoroscopic Guidance for Portal Placement in Wrist Arthroscopy (poster), American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 9/5/2019.
• Austin Beason, Jacob Thayer, Brian Mailey, Anterior Scalene Muscle Block as Diagnostic Indicator for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Release (podium), American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 9/7/2019.
• Jacob Thayer, Tim Daugherty, Brian Mailey, Reuben Bueno, Surgical Technique for Targeted Muscle Reinnervation at the Time of Below-Knee Amputation (podium), American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 9/19/2019.
• Jacob Thayer, Brian Mailey, Versatility of the Berger–Tenenhaus Approach for Mandibular Fractures (podium), American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 9/20/2019.
• William J. Bruce, Kristin Delfino, Jacob Thayer, Carrie E. Harrison, Ryan W. Schmucker, Michael Neumeister, Reactions of Fibrotic Skin to Fat Grafting in a Rodent Model (virtual podium), Plastic Surgery Research Council Annual Meeting (Virtual), 6/24/2020.
• Jacob Thayer, Austin Beason, Brian Mailey, Anterior Scalene Muscle Block as Diagnostic Indicator for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Release (virtual podium), American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting (Virtual), 10/17/2020.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. Thayer JA, Yan JG, Zhang LL, Agresti M, Havlik R, Comparison of Peripheral Nerve Axonal Area Differences in Central and Peripheral Zones of Injured and Repaired Nerves. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2015 Jun 30.
2. LoGiudice JA, Thayer JA, Hoyt A, Mueller WM. Use of a Dermal Regeneration Template in Complicated Craniotomy Wounds: Review of a Series. Neurosurgery. 2015 Aug 14.
3. Yan, J.-G., Shen, F.-Y., Thayer, J., Yan, Y., LoGiudice, J., Matloub, H., Sanger, J., Zhang, L.-L., Havlik, R. (2017), Repair of the musculocutaneous nerve using the vagus nerve as donor by helicoid end-to-side technique: an experimental study in rats. Journal of Neuroscience Research. doi:10.1002/jnr.24074.
4. Thayer J, Mailey B. Versatility of the Berger-Tenenhaus Approach for Mandibular Fractures. J Craniofac Surg. 2020 Mar 11. PubMed PMID: 32168128.
5. Thayer J, Mailey BA. Two-stage Neoscrotum Reconstruction Using Porcine Bladder Extracellular Matrix after Fournier’s Gangrene. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2020;8(8):e3034. Published 2020 Aug 25.
6. Thayer J, Lee G, Mailey B. Radiographic Landmarks for Ideal Port Placement in Wrist Arthroscopy. Journal of Wrist Surgery. Accepted for publication 10/19/21.

BOOKS, CHAPTERS AND REVIEWS

1. Neumeister EL, Beason AM, Thayer JA, El Bitar Y. Perioperative Pain Management in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery. Clin Plast Surg. 2020 Apr;47(2):323-334. doi:10.1016/j.cps.2019.12.004. Epub 2020 Feb 5. Review. PubMed PMID: 32115058.
2. Romanelli MR, Thayer JA, Neumeister MW. Ischemic Pain. Clin Plast Surg. 2020 Apr;47(2):261-265. doi:10.1016/j.cps.2019.11.002. Epub 2020 Jan 7. Review. PubMed PMID: 32115051.

HONORS & AWARDS

• 2010 - Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Medical Honor Society Inductee.
• 2011 - Alpha Sigma Jesuit Honor Society Inductee.
• 2013 - Kohler Company Scholarship Recipient.
• 2014 - 1st Place Best Medical Student Presentation, Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons.
• 2015 - 1st Place Electronic Poster in Spine and Peripheral Nerve Category, American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
• 2015 - Bennett Hiner Research Award Recipient.
• 2017 - SIU Surgical Resident Teaching Award Recipient.
• 2020 - American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting Travel Scholarship Recipient.
• 2020 - SIU Surgical Resident Teaching Award Recipient.
• 2021 - American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting Travel Scholarship Recipient.
• 2021 - SIU Surgical Resident Teaching Award Recipient.
• 2024 - Milwaukee Magazine Top Doctor - Plastic Surgery.
• 2025 - Milwaukee Magazine Top Doctor - Plastic Surgery.
• 2026 - Milwaukee Magazine Top Doctor - Plastic Surgery.

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS HELD

• 01/2013 – 05/2016: Member, Student Assembly Professionalism Development Committee.
• 03/2013 – 05/2014: Vice President of MCW Chapter, American Geriatric Society.
• 04/2013 – 04/2014: Chair of Plastic Surgery, MCW Student Surgical Society.
• 01/2015 – 04/2015: Group Leader, MCW Physician Scientist Pathway M1 Research Group.

ACTIVITIES & SERVICE

• 08/2012 – 05/2015: Participant, Physician Scientist Pathway Program.
• 09/2012 – 01/2013: Volunteer, MCW Physiology Curriculum Review Panel.
• 05/2013 – 07/2013: Volunteer, Da Vinci Robotic Surgery Training Study.
• 05/2013 – 08/2013: Participant, MCW Medical Student Summer Research Program.

MEETINGS ATTENDED

• American Association of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, 2018, Seattle, WA.
• American Association of Hand Surgery Annual Meeting, 2019, Palm Springs, CA.
• American Association for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting, 2019, Las Vegas, NV.
• American Association for Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting, 2019, San Diego, CA.
• American Association for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting, 2021, San Francisco, CA.
• The Aesthetic Meeting, 2022, San Diego, CA.
• Allergan Surgical Skills Symposium 2023, Las Vegas, NV.

MEMBERSHIP

• 2025 – Present: American Society for Plastic Surgeons Member.
• 2025 – Present: Aesthetic Society Member.