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CHARLES WILLIAM SPENLER, MD


Place of Birth: Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
Citizenship: U.S.A.

EDUCATION


1959-1962 Iowa Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, B.S.
1964-1968 University of Iowa, School of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, M.D.

POSITIONS


Rotating Internship
1968-1969 U.S. Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida

Military Service
1967-1972 United States Navy,

Emergency Department Physician
1970-1973 St. Francis Hospital of Lynwood, Lynwood, California

Director, Emergency Department
1972-1973 Paramount General Hospital, Paramount, California

Surgical Residency
1973-1976 Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital/
UCLA School of Medicine, Torrance, California

Chief Resident in Surgery
1975-1976 Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital/
UCLA School of Medicine, Torrance, California

Staff Physician, Department of Surgery
1976-1978 Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California

Staff Physician, Los Angeles County Paramedic Institute
1976-1978 Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital,
Torrance, California

Assistant Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine
1976-1977 Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California

Director, Surgical Emergency
1976-1977 Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California

Assistant Professor of Surgery in Residence
1976-1979 UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

Acting Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine
1977-1979 Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California

Associate Director, Department of Emergency Medicine
1979-1981 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

Emergency Department Physician
1981-1985 Little Company of Mary Hospital, Torrance, California

Trauma Surgeon
1985-1987 Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital,
Inglewood, California

Fellowship Aesthetic Surgery of the Face
1985 Dr. Bruce F. Connell, Santa Ana, California

Resident in Plastic Surgery
1985-1987 UCI School of Medicine, Irvine, California

Chief, Burn Unit Subcommittee
1991-1996 Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, California

Chief, Plastic Surgery Subdivision
1991- 1992 Little Company of Mary Hospital , Torrance, California

Medical Director, Burn Center
1993 -1997 Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, California

BOARD CERTIFICATION


1991 American Board of Plastic Surgery
1983 American Board of Emergency Medicine
1977 American Board of Surgery

LICENSURES


California Physicians and Surgeons, February, 1970
Iowa Physicians and Surgeons, June, 1969

MILITARY SERVICE


1967-1968 U.S. Navy Senior Medical Student Program, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
1968-1969 Intern Rotating, U.S. Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida
1969-1970 General Medical Officer, NSA Station Hospital, Danang, RVN
1970-1972 General Medical Officer, U.S. Naval Hospital, Long Beach, California
1972 Honorable Discharge as LCDR

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES


1989 Member, Pharmacy Committee, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, California
1981 Member, Los Angeles, County Trauma Study Subcommittee #2
1977-1980 Member, California Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians Education Committee
1977-1979 Member, Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons
1977-1978 Member, Medical Alert Center (MAC) Advisory/Patient Transfer
Committee, Los Angeles County Department of Health 1972 Participant, Countywide
Conference on Emergency Medical Services, Los Angeles Convention Center

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES


American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
American College of Emergency Physicians
Professional Staff Association/Harbor General Hospital
American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
Los Angeles Plastic Surgery Society
California Medical Association
American Burn Association
Los Angeles County Medical Association

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE


Chemist, Development Section, Process Engineering Burlington
A.E.C. Plant, Iowa, 1962-1963
Summer Programs, Public Health Services Trainee, Department
Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine
Iowa City, Iowa, Metabolism of Lipids, 1965-1966

PUBLICATIONS


Spenler, C.W. and Benfield, J.F., "Esophageal Disruption From Blunt and Penetrating External Trauma",
Arch. Surg. 111:663, 1973
Spenler, C.W. and Shoemaker, W.C., "Resuscitation Algorithmfor Management of Acute Emergencies", JACEP 7:10, 1978
Spenler, C.W., Achauer, B.M. and Vander Kam, V.M., "Treatment of Extensive Adenoma Sebaceum with a Carbon Dioxide Laser", Annals of PS 20:586, 1988
Achauer, B.M., Spenler, C.W., and Gold, M.E., "Reconstruction of Axillary Burn Contractures with the Latissiumus Dorsi Fasciocutaneous Flap", Journal of Trauma 28:211, 1988
Randzio, J. and Spenler, C.W., "Monocortical Wire Osteosynthesis for the Midface and Lower Jaw", Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 65:515, 1988

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS


Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, California
Little Company of Mary Hospital, Torrance, California

PRIVATE PRACTICE


3440 Lomita Boulevard
Suite 100
Torrance, California 90505
(310) 784-0644
1987 to Present


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Dr. Charles W. Spenler, Dr. Lisa Jewell & Dr. Michael Newman

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