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.
Determining the Mechanism of Pediatric Capillary Malformation
Arin Greene MD
2013
Children's Hospital Boston
National Endowment for Plastic Surgery Grant
Cranio / Maxillofacial / Head and Neck
Capillary malformations are congenital, pediatric lesions that cause significant suffering in patients, primarily because they grow over time. Children are rarely cured, and drug therapy is not available. This study will determine the reasons for the formation and growth of capillary malformations so that drugs may be developed to keep these lesions small, and prevent their complications.
Dr. Greene’s research background is in the field of angiogenesis. He trained in the Harvard Combined Plastic Surgery Program and then completed a fellowship in Craniofacial/Pediatric Plastic Surgery at Children’s Hospital Boston. His basic science and clinical research is focused on vascular anomalies, lymphedema, and cranioplasty.