Plastic Surgery Research Fundamentals Workshop

The career of a Surgeon-Scientist is both filled with challenges and limitless rewards. As Nobel Laureate winner Joseph E. Murray, MD said, "My life as a surgeon-scientist, combining humanity and science, has been fantastically rewarding. In our daily patients we witness human nature in the raw-fear, despair, courage, understanding, hope, resignation, heroism. If alert, we can detect new problems to solve, new paths to investigate."

This year's free workshop covered a broad range of topics focusing on the career development of the surgeon-scientist and the skills needed to perfect the art of grant writing. During the first day of the program, attendees listened to leaders in plastic surgery tell their stories of how they obtained their first NIH award. Faculty also provided a detailed look at the path of first developing a fundable idea and turning that idea into a successful grant proposal that will lead to extramural funding. At the close of the first day, faculty explored opportunities with the PSEF, NIH and other federal agencies as well as industry. The last day was devoted to the peer review system and your career as a plastic surgeon-scientist.

The Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation (PSEF) is the research arm of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). PSEF is dedicated to supporting plastic surgery research and the development of the field of plastic surgery. PSEF accomplishes its mission of ensuring the well being and future of plastic surgery by providing invaluable support to the research of plastic surgery sciences.

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Examine how to successfully manage your career as a surgeon-scientist
• Identify and develop ideas for fundable research projects
• Utilize increased knowledge to obtain extramural funding from federal and non-federal sources
• Build a competitive CV for funding success
• Prepare a successful grant proposal
• Understand the structure of the NIH and the Peer Review Process
• Participate in Basic Science Research and Multi-Center Clinical Trials

Kevin C. Chung, MD
Program Co-Chair
Ann Arbor, MI

Paul S. Cederna, MD
Program Co-Chair
Ann Arbor, MI

Peter C. Neligan, MD
Seattle, WA

Herb Chen, MD
Madison, WI

J. Peter Rubin, MD
Pittsburgh, PA

William M. Kuzon, MD
Ann Arbor, MI

Gayle Gordillo, MD
Columbus, OH

Geoffrey C. Gurtner, MD
Stanford, CA

Andrea L. Pusic, MD
New York, NY

Keith M. Hume, MA
Arlington Heights, IL

Amy Alderman, MD
Ann Arbor, MI

Charles E. Butler, MD
Houston, TX

Michael Neumeister, MD
Springfield, IL

H. Peter Lorenz, MD
Stanford, CA

Edwin Wilkins, MD
Ann Arbor, MI

Program Faculty is subject to change.

Disclosure Policy 

Disclosure provided at the activity.