Grants We Funded
In 2017, The Plastic Surgery Foundation (The PSF) awarded 27 Investigator-Initiated projects and allocated $809,578 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.
Improving Decision Making in Breast Reconstruction: A Validated Option Grid
Katie Weichman MD · Montefiore Medical Center
Improving fat graft survival by ex vivo non-viral gene delivery
Natasa Miljkovic · University of Pittsburgh
Improving Somatosensory Cortical Response Properties After Compsite Tissue Transplantation
Kia Washington MD · University of Pittsburgh
Improving the Ex-vivo Eexpansion of Adipose Tissue Derived Stem Cells by Modulating Regulators of Cellular Senescence
Alex Wong MD · University of Pittsburgh
Improving Wound Healing Using the Naturally Occurring Antigen Alpha Gal
Jason Spector MD · Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
In Utero Gene Delivery for Rescue of Cleft Palate in a TGF-Beta 3 Knockout Mouse
Hyun Nah MD, DMD, PhD · University of Pennsylvania
In Utero Gene Therapy Repair of Cleft Palate in a Congenital Caprine Model
Shawkat Sati MD · Lahey Clinic
In Vitro Simultaneous Guided OPC & EPC Differentiation
Alexander Allori MD · New York University Medical Center
In Vivo Conditioning of Tissue Engineered Tendon Constructs Produced in Vitro
Ian Lytle MD · University of Michigan
In Vivo Trafficking of Adipose-Derived Multipotent Mesenchymal Cells to Cutaneous Wound Sites
Edward Park MD · Stanford University