Grants Funded
Grant applicants for the 2024 cycle requested a total of nearly $3 million dollars. The PSF Study Section Subcommittees of Basic & Translational Research and Clinical Research evaluated more than 100 grant applications on the following topics:
The PSF awarded research grants totaling over $650,000 dollars to support more than 20 plastic surgery research proposals.
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.
Placebo-Controlled Surgical Treatment of Migraines
Bahman Guyuron MD · Private Practice
Pre-Expansion of Recipient Site for Enhanced Fat Graft Survival
Dennis Orgill MD, PhD · Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
Prepectoral versus Subpectoral Reconstruction: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Justin Broyles MD · Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
Preventing Scar Contracture Formation by Inhibiting ROCK
Howie Levinson MD, FACS · Duke University Medical Center
Prioritizing Preferences for Breast Reconstruction Through Shared Decision-Making
Ronnie Shammas MD · Duke University Medical Center
Prospective Longitudinal Study of Non-Operative Thumb CMC Arthritis Interventions
James Higgins MD · MedStar Health Research Institute
Psychosocial and Physical Functioning Following Body Contouring Surgery
David Sarwer PhD · University of Pennsylvania
RECONJOINT: A Decision Tool for Patient-Centered Breast Reconstruction Care
Ronnie Shammas MD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)
Simultaneous Stem Cell and Composite Tissue Transplantation
David Mathes MD · University of Washington
Sirtuin Regulation of Aging Human Adipose Tissue
Ivona Percec MD, PhD · The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania