Mark Shafarenko, MD

Surgical simulation, virtual reality, resident education, lymphedema outcomes, reconstructive outcomes after sarcoma, TMR, RPNI

2023    PRS Global Open Best Paper Award, Education Category. The Role of Augmented Reality in the Next Phase of Surgical Education
American Society of Plastic Surgeons | Arlington Heights, IL
2023    J.F. Murray Award for Excellence in Surgery of the Hand ($500) Development and evaluation of a mixed reality model for metacarpal reduction and K-wire fixation
Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons 76th Annual Meeting | Whistler, BC
2023    Second Prize, Innovation Category ($250) Development and evaluation of a mixed reality model for metacarpal reduction and K-wire fixation
Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons 76th Annual Meeting | Whistler, BC
2022    First Prize, Innovation Category ($500) Development and validation of a novel augmented reality K-wire fixation simulator. 
Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons 75th Annual Meeting | Quebec City, QC
2022    Best Translational Research Paper ($1000) Development and validation of a novel augmented reality K-wire fixation simulator. 
Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery Research Day | Toronto, ON
2022    Third Place, McMurrich Prize ($100). Development and validation of a novel augmented reality K-wire fixation simulator. 
Department of Surgery Gallie Day, University of Toronto | Toronto, ON

Mark Shafarenko, M.D. F.R.C.S.C., is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Plastic Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and a reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgeon at the University of Miami Health System.

Dr. Shafarenko earned his medical degree from the University of Toronto in 2019, where he also completed his plastic surgery residency. During his training, he received multiple awards for his clinical research involving augmented reality simulation.

Dr. Shafarenko also completed a microvascular surgery fellowship at the world-renowned MD Anderson Cancer Center, with comprehensive training in all aspects of oncologic and microvascular reconstruction. He is board-certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and is board-eligible by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. His clinical interests include breast reconstuction (both autologous and implant-based reconstuction), surgical management of lymphedema, and bone and softt tisue sarcoma. He has research interests in surgical simulation, targeted muscle reinnervation, and outcomes in sarcoma and lymphatic reconstruction. He has presented at numerous national and international meetings and has a number of research publications spanning topics from surgical simulation to new operative techniques. He is a candidate member of the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. He also serves as a peer reviewer for the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.