Dr. Pane is originally from Connecticut, and graduated from the University of Connecticut (UCONN) medical school. He then completed five years of general surgery training at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine. He then completed two years of Plastic Surgery training at Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. He served the department as chief resident in his final year. Dr. Pane is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery as well as the American Board of Surgery. He began his practice in Newport, Rhode Island and relocated to South Florida in 2006.
Two common questions:
Q: Dr. Pane? That sounds like "Pain". Why would I go to a doctor with a name like that?
A: This is a common question and in fact, the name is the Italian word for “bread” which is actually pronounced “PAH-nay”. However, usually only folks who speak Italian will recognize this. The family tends to use the “pain” pronunciation. And don’t worry. Dr. Pane goes to great length to minimize the discomfort associated with surgical and non surgical procedures.
Q: Thomas Pane? Isn’t that someone from American History? Are you related to him?
A: The individual in question is the Englishman Thomas Paine, who came to the American Colonies in 1774 and wrote the important historical document “Common Sense”. This pamphlet was instrumental in gathering popular support for the American Revolution and the ideas presented within were later used to shape the new American government. He also wrote other works but “Common Sense” was the most significant. As he was English and Dr. Pane is of Italian and Sicilian descent, there is no relation.
Board Certifications:
American Board of Plastic Surgery
American Board of Surgery
Residency Training:
Plastic Surgery, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center. Detroit, MI
General Surgery, Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University. Springfield, MA
Medical School:
University of Connecticut. Farmington, Connecticut.
Undergraduate School:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Worcester, Massachusetts.
Professional Memberships:
American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
Associate Fellow, American College of Surgeons.
Hospital Affiliations:
St. Mary's Medical Center
Jupiter Medical Center
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center
Good Samaritan Medical Center
Columbia Hospital
Jupiter Outpatient Surgery Center
North County Surgicenter
Publications:
Pane T. Pseudoaneurysm of the superficial temporal artery after blunt trauma. Plas Reconstr Surg. 116:2040-2041, 2005.
C Balakrishnan, LM Brandt, D Rankin, TA Pane. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome associated with burns of the upper extremity. Can J Plast Surg 2004;12(1)37-38.
C Balakrishnan, TA Pane, AJ Khalil. Use of groin flap in the closure of through and through defect of a forearm: A case report. Can J Plast Surg 2004;12(1)47-48.
Pane T, Madden R, Kurbanov A, Lipkowitz G. Intravenous pyelography is unnecessary for the preoperative evaluation of living renal donors. Dialysis & Transplantation, March 2001.
