Research Summary
Active Research Projects:
1. Comparison of revision rates and long-term satisfaction/outcome following autologous tissue transfer vs. implant-based breast reconstruction. (Primary Investigator)
2. Impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on immediate breast reconstruction. (Primary Investigator)
3. Impact of immediate breast reconstruction on adjuvant therapy for breast cancer. (Primary Investigator)
4. Transplantation of allograft face or facial subunit for treatment of burn or cancer related facial defects. (Co-investigator)
IRB Approval for the following research protocols as a primary investigator:
1. Abdominal donor site morbidity and functional outcome following bilateral TRAM flap breast reconstruction.
2. Use of tumescent mastectomy technique as a risk factor for native breast skin flap necrosis following immediate breast reconstruction.
3. Alloderm as a risk factor for post-operative infection following immediate breast reconstruction.
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