Maxwell was the surgeon and co-author of the first successful report of microsurgical transfer of the latissimus muscle flap,[1] at Johns Hopkins University in the late 1970s. In the early 1980s, he relocated to Nashville, where he founded the Nashville Plastic Surgery Institute and established a fellowship training program in breast and cosmetic surgery.
Maxwell is credited with a significant advancement in the design of tissue expanders used for breast reconstruction by co-developing textured surfaces[2][3] (to decrease capsular contracture) and helping to introduce prostheses which more closely resemble the shape and feel of the natural breast. The two-stage method of expander-implant reconstruction as described by Maxwell and Spears has become the most widely used technique for implant-based breast reconstruction.[4]
His work on concepts of matching implants and surgical techniques to individual soft-tissue characteristics in cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery[5] led to a method called the "biodimensional approach" which advanced dimensional analysis[6][7] rather than volume when using breast implants and expanders.[8] In 2003, Maxwell helped found the Inamed Academy, a series of international educational symposia focusing on breast surgery.[9]
He has contributed a number of articles to the anatomic descriptions, clinical applications, and aesthetic refinements of the transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM)[10] and latissimus flap procedures[11] for breast reconstruction, and is an authority on silicone breast implants and ultrasonic liposuction technologies.[12]
Maxwell was also the co-founder of the Tennessee-Kentucky chapter of Operation Smile, past president of the Nashville Chapter of the American Cancer Society, a founder and board member of the Aspen Center for Integrative Medicine, and co-founder and Executive EVP Diversified Specialty Institute.
On April 17, 2007, Maxwell was recognized for his contributions to medicine by Representative Marsha Blackburn (Republican-Tennessee) through a resolution written into the US Congressional Record.[13]
Professional recognition
2007 US Congress resolution recipient honoring his contributions in medicine[14]
Three time recipient of the Walter Scott Brown Award for best education videotape/film awards from the Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation.[15]
1997 In Chul Song Award winner for a plastic surgeon whose philanthropic plastic surgery efforts to citizens in less fortunate countries best exemplifies humanitarian service[16]
Maxwell GP. Review of "Immediate Breast Reconstruction Using Biodimensional Anatomical Permanent Expander Implants: A Prospective Analysis of Outcome and Patient Satisfaction". Gerald P. H. Gui, M.S., F.R.C.S., Su-Ming Tan, F.R.C.S.(Ed.), Eleni C. Faliakou, M.D., Christina Choy, F.R.A.C.S., Roger A'Hern, M.Sc., and Ann Ward, S.R.N., M.A. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 111(1):139–140, January 2003
Hester TR Jr, Tebbetts JB, Maxwell GP (Jul 2001). "The polyurethane-covered mammary prosthesis: facts and fiction (II): a look back and a 'peek' ahead". Clinics in Plastic Surgery. 28 (3): 579–586. doi:10.1016/S0094-1298(20)32397-X. PMID11471963.
Maxwell GP, Clugston PA "Management of Complications Following Augmentation Mammaplasty". Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Reconstructive Surgery (3rd Edition). Georgeiade GS (editor). Williams & Wilkins. 2001
Clugston PA, Gingrass MK, Azurin D, Fisher J, Maxwell GP (Jan 2000). "Ipsilateral pedicled TRAM flaps: the safer alternative?". Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 105 (1): 77–82. doi:10.1097/00006534-200001000-00013. PMID10626973. S2CID28435850.
Maxwell GP (1999). "Use of hollow cannula technology in ultrasound-assisted lipoplasty". Clinics in Plastic Surgery. 26 (2): 255–60. doi:10.1016/S0094-1298(20)32610-9. PMID10327265.
^Barone FE, Perry L, Keller T, Maxwell GP (July 1992). "The biomechanical and histopathologic effects of surface texturing with silicone and polyurethane in tissue implantation and expansion". Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 90 (1): 77–86. doi:10.1097/00006534-199207000-00012. PMID1615095.
^Maxwell GP, Falcone PA (June 1992). "Eighty-four consecutive breast reconstructions using a textured silicone tissue expander". Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 89 (6): 1022–1034. doi:10.1097/00006534-199206000-00003. PMID1584864. S2CID21755891.
^Maxwell GP and Spear SL "Two-Stage Breast Reconstruction Using the Biodimensional System." McGhan Medical Corp 1995
^Hammond DC, Perry LC, Maxwell GP, Fisher J (August 1993). "Morphologic analysis of tissue-expander shape using a biomechanical model". Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 92 (2): 255–259. doi:10.1097/00006534-199308000-00009. PMID8337275. S2CID33690338.
^Maxwell GP "Immediate Breast Reconstruction Using Biodimensional Anatomical Permanent Expander Implants: A Prospective Analysis of Outcome and Patient Satisfaction" (discussion) Plast Reconstr Surg. Jan 2003 111(1): 139–140
^MCGhan Product Catalog pg. 17 "Archived copy"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 2006-07-13. Retrieved 2006-12-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^Maxwell GP (April 1981). "Latissimus dorsi breast reconstruction: an aesthetic assessment". Clinics in Plastic Surgery. 8 (2): 373–387. doi:10.1016/S0094-1298(20)30463-6. PMID7273637.
^Maxwell GP, Gingrass MK (January 1998). "Ultrasound-assisted lipoplasty: a clinical study of 250 consecutive patients". Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 101 (1): 189–202. doi:10.1097/00006534-199801000-00034. PMID9427937.
