The Plastic Surgery Research bears the philosophy of enhancing the clinical care to plastic surgery patients through advanced education based on knowledge acquired from basic research. Our goal is to advance the clinical care of key plastic surgery areas through a convergent research approach in clinical and basic research and to contribute in the generation of highly trained clinician-scientists and scientist-clinicians to advance Plastic Surgery. Research FacilitiesOur division has dedicated and core-facility laboratory space in the Plastic Surgery Department at UTSW Medical Center and at the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (TSRHC). At TSRHC, a wet lab has been fully equipped with areas dedicated to scaffold casting, recombinant DNA and bacteriology, and cell and molecular biology. TSRH also has a relative new Zeiss LSM5 Pascal Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope equipped for time-lapse live cell imaging. The Department also has three shared facilities for DNA sequencing, cell culture, and histopathology including electron microscopy. Dedicated lab space at UTSW is shared with Dr. Keith Tansey and is fully equipped for animal surgery, post-operative care, electrophysiological experiments and complete behavioral analysis for sensory-motor testing. Overview of Research InterestsRegenerative NeurobiologyWe conduct research in the general area of nerve injury and repair with the long-term goal of uncovering the molecular basis of neurite growth, axon guidance and target recognition, both during development and after injury. Wound Healing
Laser Biology
Anatomical Studies
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