Grants We Funded
In 2018, The Plastic Surgery Foundation (The PSF) awarded 33 investigator-initiated projects and allocated $891,274 to support the newest, clinically relevant research in plastic surgery.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons/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.
Human Muscle Progenitor and Regeneration
Eric Chien-Wei Liao MD, PhD · Massachusetts General Hospital (The General Hospital Corp.)
Hydrogen sulfide as pre-and post-ischemic cytoprotectant in vivo
Jason Spector MD · Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Identification of the Human Cutaneous Fibroblast Stem Cell
Mimi Borrelli MD · Stanford University
IGF-1 Nanoparticles to Improve Functional Recovery after Peripheral Nerve Injury
Philip Hanwright MD · Johns Hopkins University-School of Medicine
IGFR1: A Potential Therapeutic Target For Dupuytren's Disease
Bing Siang Gan MD · Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson)
IL-2 immunomodulation and topical immunosuppression in CTA
Rishi Jindal MD · University of Pittsburgh
Immune Cell Specific Therapy to Prevent Extremity Heterotopic Ossification
David Stepien MD, PhD · The Regents of the University of Michigan
Immune Cell Trafficking After Hind Limb Transplantation
Mario Solari MD · University of Pittsburgh
Immune Tolerance for Surgical Transplantation of the Hand or Face
David Mathes MD · University of Washington
Immunogenicity of Chondrocytes Removed From Extracellular Matrix
Mark Randolph · Massachusetts General Hospital