Lin's mission in medicine – guiding his practice, research and innovations – is to improve the lives of children and their families. In patient care, he focuses on what, he believes, makes us human: our faces, speech (palate) and hands. Specifically, he provides care for patients with cleft lip, cleft nose and cleft palate or other conditions of facial structures. He also performs surgery to correct problems with the bones of the skull and face (due to disorders such as craniosynostosis), the jaw (which can cause poor teeth alignment and breathing problems), and the orbit (eye socket).
In his translational research, Lin focuses on 3D printing and advanced visualization technologies to allow the use of sterile models and improve surgery by facilitating smaller incisions – serving to make procedures faster and more accurate. He has funded grants to develop artificial intelligence applications for detecting speech problems earlier in children's development, which can enable kids to receive speech therapy or corrective surgery sooner. He also studies how to merge scaffolding (implantable materials that support tissue growth) with biologic tissues for complex reconstruction surgeries.
Publications:
Surgical Management in Isolated Squamosal Craniosynostosis: A Systematic Review.
Fallahian F, Meyer A, Tadisina KK, Lin AY| | View in PubMed
The Role of Postoperative Nasal Stents in Cleft Rhinoplasty: A Systematic Review.
Nguyen DC, Myint JA, Lin AY| | View in PubMed
Seeing Cleft Lip from a New Angle: Crowdsourcing to Determine whether Scar Severity or Lip Angle Matters More to the General Public.
Sescleifer AM, Francoisse CA, Osborn TA, Rector JD, Lin AY| | View in PubMed
Defining Ideal External Female Genital Anatomy via Crowdsourcing Analysis.
Frojo G, Kareh AM, Probst KX, Rector JD, Plikaitis CM, Lund HG, Lin AY| | View in PubMed
Three-dimensional printing in medicine: a systematic review of pediatric applications.
Francoisse CA, Sescleifer AM, King WT, Lin AY| | View in PubMed
Plastic Surgery Innovation with 3D Printing for Craniomaxillofacial Operations. Lin AY, Yarholar LM| | View in PubMed
Preparing for the Plastic Surgery In-Service Exam: Evidence-Based Essentials for the Plastic Surgery Resident.
Frojo G, Tadisina KK, Kaswan S, Doston A, Lin AY| | View in PubMed
Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Fabricated in Dissolvable 3D-Printed Molds for Patient-Specific Craniofacial Bone Regeneration.
de la Lastra AA, Hixon KR, Aryan L, Banks AN, Lin AY, Hall AF, Sell SA| | View in PubMed
Systematic Review: Online Crowdsourcing to Assess Perceptual Speech Outcomes.
Sescleifer AM, Francoisse CA, Lin AY| | View in PubMed
Demystifying the "Triple Point: " Technical Nuances of the Fronto-Orbital Advancement.
Lopez CD, Kumar A, Lin AY, Bonfield CM, Weinzweig J, Naidich T, Smith CM, Taub PJ| | View in PubMed
Temporomandibular Joint Septic Arthritis.
Frojo G, Tadisina KK, Shetty V, Lin AY| | View in PubMed
Squamosal Craniosynostosis: Defining the Phenotype and Indications for Surgical Management.
Tadisina KK, Lin AY| | View in PubMed
Cryogel scaffolds from patient-specific 3D-printed molds for personalized tissue-engineered bone regeneration in pediatric cleft-craniofacial defects.
Hixon KR, Melvin AM, Lin AY, Hall AF, Sell SA| | View in PubMed
A New Classification of Three-Dimensional Printing Technologies: Systematic Review of Three-Dimensional Printing for Patient-Specific Craniomaxillofacial Surgery.
Jacobs CA, Lin AY| | View in PubMed
The Plastic Surgery Match: A Quantitative Analysis of Applicant Impressions From the Interview Visit.
Frojo G, Tadisina KK, Pressman Z, Chibnall JT, Lin AY, Kraemer BA| | View in PubMed
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline for the Diagnosis of Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly: The Role of Imaging.
Mazzola C, Baird LC, Bauer DF, Beier A, Durham S, Klimo P, Lin AY, McClung-Smith C, Mitchell L, Nikas D, Tamber MS, Tyagi R, Flannery AM| | View in PubMed
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline for the Management of Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly: The Role of Physical Therapy.
Baird LC, Klimo P, Flannery AM, Bauer DF, Beier A, Durham S, Lin AY, McClung-Smith C, Mitchell L, Nikas D, Tamber MS, Tyagi R, Mazzola C| | View in PubMed
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on the Management of Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly: The Role of Repositioning.
Klimo P, Lingo PR, Baird LC, Bauer DF, Beier A, Durham S, Lin AY, McClung-Smith C, Mitchell L, Nikas D, Tamber MS, Tyagi R, Mazzola C, Flannery AM| | View in PubMed
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on the Role of Cranial Molding Orthosis (Helmet) Therapy for Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly.
Tamber MS, Nikas D, Beier A, Baird LC, Bauer DF, Durham S, Klimo P, Lin AY, Mazzola C, McClung-Smith C, Mitchell L, Tyagi R, Flannery AM| | View in PubMed
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly: Executive Summary.
Flannery AM, Tamber MS, Mazzola C, Klimo P, Baird LC, Tyagi R, Bauer DF, Beier A, Durham S, Lin AY, McClung-Smith C, Mitchell L, Nikas D| | View in PubMed
Guidelines: Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline for the Diagnosis of Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly: The Role of Imaging.
Mazzola C, Baird LC, Bauer DF, Beier A, Durham S, Klimo P, Lin AY, McClung-Smith C, Mitchell L, Nikas D, Tamber MS, Tyagi R, Flannery AM| | View in PubMed
Guidelines: Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline for the Management of Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly: The Role of Physical Therapy.
Baird LC, Klimo P, Flannery AM, Bauer DF, Beier A, Durham S, Lin AY, McClung-Smith C, Mitchell L, Nikas D, Tamber MS, Tyagi R, Mazzola C| | View in PubMed
Guidelines: Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on the Management of Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly: The Role of Repositioning.
Klimo P, Lingo PR, Baird LC, Bauer DF, Beier A, Durham S, Lin AY, McClung-Smith C, Mitchell L, Nikas D, Tamber MS, Tyagi R, Mazzola C, Flannery AM| | View in PubMed
Guidelines: Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on the Role of Cranial Molding Orthosis (Helmet) Therapy for Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly.
Tamber MS, Nikas D, Beier A, Baird LC, Bauer DF, Durham S, Klimo P, Lin AY, Mazzola C, McClung-Smith C, Mitchell L, Tyagi R, Flannery AM| | View in PubMed
Development of Volunteer International Craniofacial Surgery Missions: The Komedyplast Protocol.
Taub PJ, Lin AY, Cladis FP, Baker SB, Gooden CK, Kumar A, Losee JE, Menard R, Starks R, Duncan JA, De Pawlikowski W, Cecchi AW, Weinzweig J| | View in PubMed
Custom porous polyethylene implants for large-scale pediatric skull reconstruction: early outcomes. Lin AY, Kinsella CR, Rottgers SA, Smith DM, Grunwaldt LJ, Cooper GM, Losee JE| | View in PubMed
Rhinoplasty sizers.
McMahon D, Lin A, Reddy V, Gruber RP| | View in PubMed
Aortic aneurysm generation in mice with targeted deletion of integrin-linked kinase in vascular smooth muscle cells.
Shen D, Li J, Lepore JJ, Anderson TJ, Sinha S, Lin AY, Cheng L, Cohen ED, Roberts JD, Dedhar S, Parmacek MS, Gerszten RE| | View in PubMed
BMP-2-mediated regeneration of large-scale cranial defects in the canine: an examination of different carriers.
Kinsella CR, Bykowski MR, Lin AY, Cray JJ, Durham EL, Smith DM, DeCesare GE, Mooney MP, Cooper GM, Losee JE| | View in PubMed
Acellular dermal matrix in the treatment and prevention of exposed vertical expandable prosthetic titanium ribs.
Gill R, Kinsella CR, Lin AY, Grunwaldt LJ, Jiang S, Deeney VF, Losee J| | View in PubMed
Nasal strips for evaluating and classifying valvular nasal obstruction.
Gruber RP, Lin AY, Richards T| | View in PubMed
A predictive test and classification for valvular nasal obstruction using nasal strips."
Gruber RP, Lin AY, Richards T| | View in PubMed
Pharmacological inhibition of BLT1 diminishes early abdominal aneurysm formation.
Kristo F, Hardy GJ, Anderson TJ, Sinha S, Ahluwalia N, Lin AY, Passeri J, Scherrer-Crosbie M, Gerszten RE| | View in PubMed
Interferon-gamma and the interferon-inducible chemokine CXCL10 protect against aneurysm formation and rupture.
King VL, Lin AY, Kristo F, Anderson TJ, Ahluwalia N, Hardy GJ, Owens AP, Howatt DA, Shen D, Tager AM, Luster AD, Daugherty A, Gerszten RE| | View in PubMed
Inhibited aortic aneurysm formation in BLT1-deficient mice.
Ahluwalia N, Lin AY, Tager AM, Pruitt IE, Anderson TJ, Kristo F, Shen D, Cruz AR, Aikawa M, Luster AD, Gerszten RE| | View in PubMed
Chemokine CXCL10 promotes atherogenesis by modulating the local balance of effector and regulatory T cells.
Heller EA, Liu E, Tager AM, Yuan Q, Lin AY, Ahluwalia N, Jones K, Koehn SL, Lok VM, Aikawa E, Moore KJ, Luster AD, Gerszten RE| | View in PubMed