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Jens U. Berli

Biography​

Jens U. Berli is professor of surgery and head of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Oregon Health & Science University.1 He earned his medical degree at the University of Zurich in Switzerland.2 He trained in general surgery and orthopedic trauma at Triemli Hospital in Zurich and in general surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital.2 He completed an integrated plastic surgery residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University of Maryland Medical Center.2

Contributions​

Berli's cited work covers gender-affirming genital surgery, including phalloplasty techniques and outcomes, radial forearm nerve considerations, and vaginoplasty or vulvoplasty care.34567

Cited on WARWIKI

12 publications with Jens U. Berli as a listed author are cited on WARWIKI, ordered by the number of pages that cite them. Papers whose author list is shortened to "et al." before this name are not included.

  1. Berli JU, Knudson G, Fraser L, et al. What surgeons need to know about gender confirmation surgery when providing care for transgender individuals: a review. JAMA Surg. 2017;152(4):394–400. doi
    Cited on: Gender-Affirming Hysterectomy ± Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy (HBSO) · Genital Nullification — AFAB (HBSO + Colpectomy + Vulvectomy + Perineal Urethrostomy) · Genital Nullification — AMAB (Penectomy + Bilateral Orchiectomy + Scrotectomy + Perineal Urethrostomy)
  2. Berli JU, Ferrin PC, Buuck C, Cylinder I, Putnam C, Dy GW, Peters BR, Llado-Farrulla M, Sajadi KP, Annen A. Long-term urologic outcomes using the Big Ben method for phalloplasty. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2025;156(2):279e-290e. doi
    Cited on: Big Ben Method for Phalloplasty · Masculinizing Gender-Affirming Surgery · Pars Fixa Urethral Construction
  3. Berli JU, Monstrey S, Safa B, Chen M. Neourethra creation in gender phalloplasty: differences in techniques and staging. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021;147(5):801e-811e. doi
    Cited on: Big Ben Method for Phalloplasty · Pars Fixa Urethral Construction · Phallic Urethra: Tube-in-Tube and Pars Pendulans Construction
  4. Chen W, Cylinder I, Najafian A, Dugi DD, Berli JU. An option for shaft-only gender-affirming phalloplasty: vaginal preservation and vulvoscrotoplasty — a technical description. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021;147(2):480–483. doi
    Cited on: Non-Binary / Nullification Gender-Affirming Surgery · Masculinizing Scrotoplasty · Shaft-Only Phalloplasty with Vaginal Preservation (Chen-Berli / Moorefield)
  5. Peters BR, Richards HW, Berli JU. "Optimizing Innervation in Radial Forearm Phalloplasty: Consider the Posterior Antebrachial Cutaneous Nerve." Plast Reconstr Surg. 2023;151(1):202–206. doi
    Cited on: Radial Forearm Free Flap (RFFF) · Radial Forearm Free Flap Phalloplasty
  6. Pang J, Broyles JM, Berli J, et al. "Abdominal- Versus Thigh-Based Reconstruction of Perineal Defects in Patients With Cancer." Dis Colon Rectum. 2014;57(6):725–732. doi
    Cited on: Anterolateral Thigh (ALT) Flap · Vastus Lateralis (VL) Flap
  7. Peters BR, Sajadi KP, Berli JU. Big Ben Method phalloplasty: step by step. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023;11(7):e5126. doi
    Cited on: Big Ben Method for Phalloplasty
  8. Peters BR, Sikora Z, Timmins BH, Berli JU. "Nerve Morbidity at the Radial Forearm Donor Site Following Gender-Affirming Phalloplasty." J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2022;75(10):3836–3844. doi
    Cited on: Radial Forearm Free Flap (RFFF)
  9. Danker S, Esmonde N, Berli JU. "Staging" in phalloplasty. Urol Clin North Am. 2019;46(4):581-590. doi
    Cited on: Big Ben Method for Phalloplasty
  10. Jiang DD, Gallagher S, Burchill L, Berli J, Dugi D. Implementation of a pelvic floor physical therapy program for transgender women undergoing gender-affirming vaginoplasty. Obstet Gynecol. 2019;133(5):1003–1011. doi
    Cited on: Neovaginal Stenosis Management — Stepwise
  11. Jiang D, Witten J, Berli J, Dugi D. Does depth matter? Factors affecting choice of vulvoplasty over vaginoplasty as gender-affirming genital surgery for transgender women. J Sex Med. 2018;15(6):902–906. doi
    Cited on: Zero-Depth / Shallow-Depth Vulvoplasty (Gender-Confirming Vulvoplasty)
  12. Berli JU, Zelken J, Schuyler K, Naslund M, Rasko Y. "Ectopic hydrocele after testicular transposition." Urology. 2016;90:e9–e13. doi
    Cited on: Testicular Thigh Pouch

Footnotes​

  1. Plastic Surgery Treatment and Training at OHSU. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  2. Jens U. Berli M.D., M.B.A.. OHSU. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  3. Berli JU, Knudson G, Fraser L, et al. What surgeons need to know about gender confirmation surgery when providing care for transgender individuals: a review. JAMA Surg. 2017;152(4):394–400. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2016.5549 ↩

  4. Berli JU, Monstrey S, Safa B, Chen M. Neourethra creation in gender phalloplasty: differences in techniques and staging. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021;147(5):801e-811e. doi:10.1097/prs.0000000000007898 ↩

  5. Chen W, Cylinder I, Najafian A, Dugi DD, Berli JU. An option for shaft-only gender-affirming phalloplasty: vaginal preservation and vulvoscrotoplasty — a technical description. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021;147(2):480–483. doi:10.1097/prs.0000000000007579 ↩

  6. Peters BR, Richards HW, Berli JU. "Optimizing Innervation in Radial Forearm Phalloplasty: Consider the Posterior Antebrachial Cutaneous Nerve." Plast Reconstr Surg. 2023;151(1):202–206. doi:10.1097/prs.0000000000009771 ↩

  7. Berli JU, Ferrin PC, Buuck C, Cylinder I, Putnam C, Dy GW, Peters BR, Llado-Farrulla M, Sajadi KP, Annen A. Long-term urologic outcomes using the Big Ben method for phalloplasty. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2025;156(2):279e-290e. doi:10.1097/prs.0000000000012010 ↩