Our Pitt Plastic Surgery team presented >20 research projects and served on three panels at the 70th Annual Robert H. Ivy Society Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA, March 22-24, 2024! In the panel “Shaping the Future of Plastic Surgery,” Dr. Liz Moroni discussed her experience as a resident, focusing on her completion of the core competency training program in five years. Drs. Jeff Gusenoff and Kacey Marra participated in the panel “Innovation in Plastic Surgery,” each discussing their experiences with their start-up companies, PopSole and Swan NeuroTech, respectively. Drs. Isaac James and David Turer participated in the panel "Aesthetic Surgery". Dr. Chandan Sen presented the keynote lecture, "Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine." Three of our researchers won awards in the basic science and clinical research categories:
2nd Place: Clinical, Casey Zhang, BS, Pitt Medical Student
“Absorbable Antibiotic Bead Prophylaxis for Implant-based Breast Reconstruction: A Single-Institution Experience”
Casey Zhang, BS; Hilary Liu, BS; Shirley Liu, MS; James Fisher, MD PhD; Carolyn De La Cruz, MD; Michael Gimbel, MD; Vu Nguyen, MD; Brodie Parent, MD, MS
1st Place: Basic Science, Andreea Gavrilescu, BA, UWash Medical Student
“Cells with or without Collagen: A Randomized, Controlled, Paired, Triple-Blinded, Explorative Clinical Trial”
Andreea Gavrilescu, BA; Frederik Mamsen, MD; Lea Munthe-Fog, PhD; Stig-Frederik Kølle, MD
2nd Place: Basic Science, Vanessa Mroueh, MD, Research Fellow
“Wound Healing over Non-Vascularized Structures with Biologic Wound Matrices”
Vanessa Mroueh, MD; Fuat Baris Bengur, MD; Chiaki Komatsu, MD; Benjamin K. Schilling, PhD; Mario G. Solari, MD
