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Uldis Bite, M.D.

  1. Facial Plastic Surgeon
  2. Plastic Surgeon
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  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

English

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Dr. Uldis Bite is a plastic surgeon with fellowship training in cleft lip and palate surgery as well as craniofacial surgery in children and adults.

His clinical focus includes:

  • Extensive experience in surgical repair of clefts of the lip and palate in children adolescents and adults.
  • Reconstruction of congenital and acquired deformities of the skull and face in both children and adults.
  • Reconstruction of deformities of the nose caused be congenital differences as well as from trauma and the treatment of cancers.

Dr. Bite has extensive experience over many years operating on children and adults with cleft lip and palate in other countries less developed than ours. He is also active in research and the education of residents. He authors expert content and publishes in high impact scientific journals.

  1. Bell's palsy
  2. Cleft lip
  3. Cleft palate
  4. Craniosynostosis
  5. Facial deformity
  6. Facial injury
  7. Orbital fracture
  1. Blepharoplasty
  2. Brow lift
  3. Cleft lip repair
  4. Cleft palate repair
  5. Cosmetic surgery
  6. Craniofacial implantation
  7. Craniofacial surgery
  8. Face lift
  9. Facial fracture repair
  10. Facial reconstruction
  11. Fat transfer
  12. Otoplasty
  13. Rhinoplasty
  • Craniofacial anomalies/surgery
  • Facial Plastic Surgery
  • Cleft lip and palate
  • Facial trauma
  • Aesthetic surgery
  • Rhinoplasty
  • Facelift
  • Head and neck reconstruction
  • Orbital reconstruction
  1. 1985
    Fellow - Craniofacial Surgery, Microsurgery/McLaughlin FellowshipMayo Clinic in Rochester
  2. 1983
    Post-Grad - Research fellowshipLondon Cancer Clinic
  3. 1983
    Resident - Plastic SurgeryUniversity of Western Ontario
  4. 1979
    InternshipNorth York General Hospital
  5. 1978
    MDUniversity of Western Ontario
  6. 1974
    Other - Natural Sciences and ChemistryUniversity of Western Ontario

Certifications

  1. 1988
    Plastic SurgeryAmerican Board of Plastic Surgery
  2. 1983
    Plastic SurgeryRoyal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada

Awards and honors

  1. 2019
    Teacher of the Year Mayo Fellows Association, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
  2. 1996
    "One of the Best Doctors in America"American Health Journal
  3. 1994
    Teacher of the Year in SurgeryMayo Clinic
  4. 1984
    First Prize: Best Scientific Presentation, Junior ClassificationMidwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting
  5. 1974
    ScholarshipElgin County
  6.  
    Medical Alumni Gold MedalUniversity of Western Ontario
  7.  
    Dr. F. R. Eccles ScholarshipUniversity of Western Ontario
  8.  
    ScholarshipUniversity of Western Ontario
  9.  
    Memorial ScholarshipLondon Academy of Medicine
  10.  
    Lange AwardAwarding Organization
  11.  
    Ontario ScholarAwarding Organization
  12.  
    Anatomy AwardHippocratic Society

Professional memberships

  1. 2009
    Honorary MemberLatvian Association of Plastic Surgeons
  2. 2009
    MemberLatvian Association of Plastic Surgeons
  3. 2002
    Honorary MemberBaltic Association of Maxillofacial and Plastic Surgery
  4. 1993 - present
    Program DirectorResidency Program, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery
  5. 1991 - 1997
    MemberInfection Control, Mayo Medical Center
  6. 1990 - 1998
    MemberSurgical Research Committee, Mayo Clinic Rochester Committees
  7.  
    MemberGraduate Education Committee--Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Mayo Clinic Rochester Committees
  8.  
    FellowDivision of Plastic Surgery, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
  9.  
    Site ReviewerResidency Review Committee, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
  10.  
    Grant ReviewerPhysician's Services Incorporated Foundation
  11.  
    Grant ReviewerHospital for Sick Children Foundation
  12.  
    Oral Board ExaminerAmerican Board of Plastic Surgery
  13.  
    Site VisitorPlastic Surgery Residency Review Committee, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
  14.  
    MemberAmerican Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
  15.  
    MemberAmerican Association of Plastic Surgeons
  16.  
    MemberAmerican Latvian Physicians Association
  17.  
    MemberCanadian Society of Plastic Surgeons
  18.  
    MemberLondon Academy of Medicine
  19.  
    MemberMidwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons
  20.  
    MemberMinnesota Medical Association
  21.  
    MemberMinnesota Society of Plastic Surgeons
  22.  
    MemberOntario College of Physicians and Surgeons
  23.  
    MemberPlastic Surgery Research Council
  24.  
    MemberSigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
  25.  
    MemberZumbro Valley Medical Society, Minnesota Medical Association
  26.  
    MemberAssociation of Academic Chairmen of Plastic Surgery
  27.  
    MemberCraniomaxillofacial Committee, Educational Foundation In-Service Examination, American Society of Plastic Surgeons

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Research activities

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