Grants Funded
ASPS/PSF leadership is committed to continuing to provide high levels of investigator-initiated research support to ensure that plastic surgeons have the needed research resources to be pioneers and innovators in advancing the practice of medicine.
Research Abstracts
Search The PSF database to have easy access to full-text grant abstracts from past PSF-funded research projects 2003 to present. All abstracts are the work of the Principal Investigators and were retrieved from their PSF grant applications. Several different filters may be applied to locate abstracts specific to a particular focus area or PSF funding mechanism.
Using AI to Predict Palatal Dynamics in Patients with Velopharyngeal Insufficency
Miles Pfaff MD, MHS · The Regents of the University of California, Irvine
Utilizing Costal Cartilage Chondrocytes for Tissue Engineered Cartilage Construct
Miles Pfaff MD, MHS · The Regents of the University of California (Irvine)
Utilizing Double Negative T Regulatory Cells to Induce Tolerance
Dong Zhang · University of Pittsburgh
Utilizing Smart Phone Technology for Hand Surgical Education
Shaun Mendenhall MD · Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Validating a Web-Based Microsurgery Curriculum
Thomas Satterwhite MD · Stanford University
Validating SCAR-Q: A Patient-Reported Outcome Instrument for Scars
Natalia Ziolkowski MD, PhD · The Hospital for Sick Children
Validation of a novel model of Pfeiffer syndrome in zebrafish
Jennifer McGrath MD · Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Validation of a novel pressure sensor to monitor skin growth in tissue expansion
Joanna Ledwon PhD · Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Vascular Malformations: Investigation of Pubertal Hormone Expression
Reid Maclellan MD, MMSc · Children's Hospital Boston
Vascularized Tissue Engineered Scaffolds for In Vivo Anastomosis
Jason Spector MD · Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University