Dr. Coberly completed her general surgery training at the University of South Florida. She devoted a year to research focusing on skin wound healing and laser resurfacing at the prestigious University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Dr. Coberly continued her training in the UT Southwestern Plastic Surgery Program, considered one of the foremost cosmetic plastic surgical training programs in the country. She received extensive training and experience in laser therapy and skin rejuvenation, and looks forward to combining her experience with innovative new therapies to optimize your results.

In August of 2004, Dr. Coberly married her husband, Dr. Brad Johnson in the mountains of Wyoming. Dr. Johnson is a Vascular Surgeon on faculty at the University of South Florida. They enjoy traveling and many adventurous activities together, including horseback riding, snow and water skiing, and scuba diving.

LEADERSHIP

Dr. Coberly is the 2010-2011 President of the Tampa Bay Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

EDUCATION

1989-1993 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. Bachelor of Science, Pre-Veterinary Medicine
1993-1997 University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Doctor of Medicine
1997-2000 University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. General Surgery Residency
2000-2001 University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX. Plastic Surgery Research Fellow
2001-2003 University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX. Plastic Surgery Residency

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Plastic Surgery

AWARDS

Plastic Surgery Residency:

Chief Resident Research Award
Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Scientific Essay Contest Investigator Award,
Third Prize, Co-Author, 2001

General Surgery Residency:

Outstanding Intern Award

Medical School:

Medical Student Research Fellowship
Ruth Johnson Memorial Scholar
Delegate to American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress Medical Student Program

Undergraduate:

Presidents Distinguished Scholar
Regents Distinguished Scholar
Alpha Zeta Scholar
Flemming Memorial Scholar
Pi Delta Sigma Honor Society
Golden Key National Honor Society
Top Five Senior in Animal Science

High School:

Valedictorian


BIBLIOGRAPHY

S Thompson, J Canady, DM Coberly, et al. Effects of TGFЯ on Collagen Synthesis in Cultured
and Normal Fetal Mouse Palates. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal,36:5, 1999

RJ Rohrich, DM Coberly, J Kreuger, SA Brown. Planning Elective Operations on Patients who
Smoke:Survey of North American Plastic Surgeons, Plast. Reconstr. Surg, 109:1;350-355, 2002
Referenced in Family Circle.

S Brown, D Coberly, R Rohrich, J Chao. Gene Bank Accession #AF508348.1, GI:21321582.
Rattus norvegicus platelet-derived growth factor C mRNA, partial cds. 2002.

O Khodaparast, DM Coberly, J Mathey, RJ Rohrich, LS Levin, SA Brown. Effect of a transpositional
muscle flap on VEGF mRNA expression in a canine fracture model.
Plast Reconstr Surg. Jul;112(1):171-6. 2003

RJ Rohrich, DM Coberly, S Fagien, JM Stuzin. Current concepts in aesthetic upper blepharoplasty.
review. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004 Mar;113(3):32e-42e

SA Brown, DM Coberly, M Coimbra, JJ Chao, RJ Rohrich. Oral nutritional supplementation
accelerates skin wound healing: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-arm, crossover study.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004 Jul;114(1):237-44

PRESENTATIONS

Jejunal Cannulation with a Pyloric Cannulator via Stamm Gastrostomy. D Coberly, C Doherty,
M Winkler. Poster Presentation – American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Chicago, 1997

Deciding on Elective Operations on Smoking Patients: Survey of North American Plastic Surgeons.
R Rohrich, D Coberly, J Kreuger, S Brown, Annual Meeting of ASAPS & ASERF, New York, 2001

Platelet Derived Growth Factor-C (PDGF-C) in Wound Healing. D Coberly, J Chao, S Brown. Plastic
Surgery Research Council, Milwaukee, 2001

Platelet Derived Growth Factor-C (PDGF-C) in Wound Healing. D Coberly, J Chao, S Brown. Texas
Society of Plastic Surgeons, Dallas, 2001

Platelet Derived Growth Factor-C (PDGF-C) Expression in Diabetic Wound Healing, D Coberly,
J Chao, M Coimbra, S Brown. Plastic Surgery Research Council, Boston, 2002.

Platelet Derived Growth Factor-C (PDGF-C) Expression in Diabetic Wound Healing, D Coberly,
J Chao, M Coimbra, S Brown. Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons, Houston, 2002.

Efficacy of Nutritional Supplementation in Wound Healing. D Coberly, SA Brown Coimbra, J Chao,
R Rohrich. Senior Residents Conference, Las Angeles, 2003.

Oral Enzyme Product Accelerates Wound Healing, D Coberly, SA Brown, M Coimbra, J Chao,
R Rohrich. Plastic Surgery Research Council, Las Vegas, NV, 2003.