American Society of Plastic Surgeons

President

About

• President-Elect, American Society of Plastic Surgeons & Director, American Board of Plastic Surgery
• Founding Chair & Endowed Prof, Dept of Plastic Surgery & Prof of Bioengineering, Univ Pittsburgh Med Center (UPMC)
• Director, UPMC Wound Healing Service Line & Co-Director, UPMC Adipose Stem Cell Center
• Principal Investigator - NIH research on cell-based methods for cancer soft tissue reconstruction
• Directs Dept of Defense research on soft tissue reconstruction for injured military personnel
• Principal Investigator, NIH NIDDK Diabetic Foot Ulcer Biomarker Research Consortium & its steering committee
• Recipient of Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
• Edited four textbooks, published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, and presented over 575 invited lectures