Grants We Funded
In 2019, 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.
Comparative Evaluation of Agents on Fibrosis and Scar Fibroblasts
Yvonne Pierpont MD · University of South Florida
Composite Muscle & Dermal Constructs as a Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface
Shelby Svientek MD · The Regents of the University of Michigan
Conjoint Analysis and Internet Crowdsourcing in Plastic Surgery
Cindy Wu MD · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Contribution of Merlin Inactivation in Facial Nerve Schwann Cell Regeneration
Richard Gurgel MD · University of Iowa
Contributions of the Immune Response After Nerve Injury to NMJ Reinnervation
Alison Snyder-Warwick MD · Washington University in St.Louis
Controlled Release of Adipogenic Factors to Enhance Fat Graft Ret
Arta Kelmendi-Doko MD · University of Pittsburgh
Controlling Peripheral Nerve Signal Transmission with Light
Sahil Kapur MD · University of Wisconsin-Madison (Board of Regents University of Wisconsin System)
Corneal neurotization: studying a novel solution for neurotrophic keratitis
Joseph Catapano MD · The Hospital for Sick Children
Coronal Suturectomy Re-Ossification in the Saethre-Chotzen Mouse Model
Michael Bykowski MD · University of Pittsburgh
Cranial Particulate Graft vs. Bone-Dust for Inlay Cranioplasty
Arin Greene MD · Children's Hospital Boston