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.
Skeletal muscle regeneration by human satellite cells following denervation
Alvin Wong MD · The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco
Stem Cell Therapy for Tolerance Induction in Composite Tissue Allografts
Maria Siemionow MD, PhD · The Cleveland Clinic
Study of the Relationship Between Breast Implants and Lymphoma
Garry Brody MD · USC/University of Southern California
Targeted Mechanism Based Treatment of Heterotopic Ossification
Benjamin Levi MD · The Regents of the University of Michigan
Targeting Adipocyte IL-6 Production For Breast Cancer Prevention
Scott Hollenbeck MD, FACS · Duke University Medical Center
Targeting Neutrophil Extracellular Traps to Improve Extremity Trauma Outcomes
Michael Sorkin MD · University of Michigan, Section of Plastic Surgery
Targeting NRIP1 to Improve Allogeneic Adipose Stem Cells in Diabetic Wounds
Michael Neumeister MD, FRCSC, FACS · Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Targeting pro-adipogenic BMP signaling in secondary lymphedema
Shailesh Agarwal MD · Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
Tendon-Bone Composite Tissue Engineering in a Rabbit Model
Grace Graw MD · Palo Alto Institute for Research and Education, Inc.
The Brief MHQ: Conceptual Development and Application for MOC
Kevin Chung MD, MS · The Regents of the University of Michigan