Ashley Pistorio, MD, an associate professor with the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Plastic Surgery, has experience in general plastic, burn, reconstructive, microvascular, and aesthetic surgery, as well as the full breadth of hand and upper extremity surgery, including peripheral nerve, trauma, arthritis, tumors and congenital differences. She is board certified in general surgery, plastic surgery, and hand/upper extremity surgery.

Dr. Pistorio earned her medical degree from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and completed her residency training in general surgery at University Medical Center/University of Nevada, Reno, followed by her residency in plastic surgery at the University of Kansas. She then completed a fellowship in hand and upper extremity surgery at WellSpan York Hospital in Pennsylvania and the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland.

In addition to her surgical practice, she serves on multiple national committees for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the Plastic Surgery Research Foundation, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and the American Association for Hand Surgery. She is also a peer reviewer for a number of scientific and medical journals and active in international professional organizations, regularly presenting at national and international meetings.

Her research – she has published multiple articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored several book chapters – is in multiple areas of plastic surgery, primarily in the upper extremity and peripheral nerve. She has also served as the principal investigator in a multicenter clinical trial.

A graduate of Thomas Edison State College in New Jersey, Dr. Pistorio also earned a master’s degree in biotechnology at Johns Hopkins University. Prior to medical school, she worked in medical research for ten years -- first at the U.S. Army Institute of Chemical Defense and then at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Department of Biomedical Engineering.

For patient services, please contact the UNLV Health Plastic Surgery Clinic.