Paul Won, MD

I want to spend my training years at the busiest trauma center in the country. Additionally, the surgical volume and connections to top plastic surgeons and hospitals are invaluable opportunities.

Paul Won, MD

Undergraduate Education: Yale University

Med School Education: University of Southern California

Selected Awards:

  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
  • Gold Humanism Honor Society
  • Dean’s Research Year Scholarship with Distinction in Research

Selected Publications:

  • Won, P., Bello, M. S., Stoycos, S. A., Carrera, B. T., Kurakazu, D. M., Briere, J., Garner, W. L., Gillenwater, J., & Yenikomshian, H. A. (2021). The Impact of Peer Support Group Programs on Psychosocial Outcomes for Burn Survivors and Caregivers: A Review of the Literature. Journal of burn care & research: official publication of the American Burn Association, 42(4), 600–609. https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irab042
  • Won, P., Celie, K. B., Perez, V., Gillenwater, T. J., & Yenikomshian, H. A. (2021). The Patient’s Perspective: Burn Reconstructive Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of burn care & research: official publication of the American Burn Association, 42(6), 1140–1145. https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irab128
  • Won, P., Stoycos, S., Johnson, M., Gillenwater, T. J., & Yenikomshian, H. A. (2023). Psychiatric Illness and Substance Abuse: Unaddressed Factors in Burn Injury. Journal of burn care & research: official publication of the American Burn Association, 44(6), 1393–1399.
  • Won, P., Stoycos, S. A., Ding, L., McMullen, K. A., Kowalske, K., Stewart, B. T., & Yenikomshian, H. A. (2023). Worse Itch and Fatigue in Racial and Ethnic Minorities: A Burn Model System Study. Journal of burn care & research: official publication of the American Burn Association, 44(6), 1445–1451. https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irad054
  • Won, P., Choe, D., Gomez, L. H., Gillenwater, T. J., & Yenikomshian, H. A. (2023). Minority pediatric burn survivors require more surgeries: A single center’s five-year experience. Burns. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2023.10.005
  • Won, P., Cooper, M., Gillenwater, T. J., & Yenikomshian, H. A. (2023). Treatment of Hypertrophic Burn Scars With Laser Therapy: A Review of Adverse Events. Annals of plastic surgery, 91(6), 715–719. https://doi.org/10.1097/SAP.0000000000003712
  • Won, P., Premaratne, I. D., Stoneburner, J., Naidu, P., Collier, Z. J., Yenikomshian, H. A., & Carey, J. N. (2023). Gaps in plastic surgery training: A comparative literature review of assessment tools in plastic surgery and general surgery. Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS, 87, 238–250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2023.10.055
  • Won, P., Celie, K.B., Rutter, C., Gillenwater, T.J., Yenikomshian, H.A. Burn Patient Perspectives on Disability Weights and the Philosophy of Disability: A Gap in the Literature. European Burn Journal. 2023; 4(4):563-572. https://doi.org/10.3390/ebj4040037
  • Won, P., Pickering, T. A., Schneider, J. C., Kowalske, K., Ryan, C. M., Carrougher, G. J., Stewart, B. T., & Yenikomshian, H. A. (2024). Physical and psychosocial outcomes among burn-injured people with heterotopic ossification: A burn model system study. Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries, 50(4), 957–965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2024.01.017
  • Won, P., Choe, D., Abu-Ghazaleh, J., Bernabe, R., & Gillenwater, T. J. (2024). The Efficacy of Onion Extract on the Prevention or Treatment of Scars: A Systemic Review. Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association, irae116. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irae116

PRS Interests: Microsurgery, Aesthetics, Hand

Hobbies: Traveling, restaurants, music festivals

Paul was born in New York and attended high school in New Jersey before moving to Connecticut for college. During college, after shadowing orthopedic surgery, Paul knew he wanted to become a surgeon. Before medical school, he completed a research year at the Boston Children’s Hospital. During this time, his parents moved to southern California which led him to choose USC for medical school. During medical school, Paul fell in love with plastic surgery and ended up couples matching with his partner to Houston. As they both have rigorous surgical residencies for the next couple of years, he is excited to explore Houston and call it home.