Current News:

The Chinese team that performed the 2nd facial tissue transplant, in 2006, report their 2-year follow-up in the article (Guo, S., Han, Y., Zhang, X., Lu, B., Yi, C., Zhang, H., Ma, X., Wang, D., Yang, L., Fan, X., Liu, Y., Lu, K., Li, H. Human facial allotransplantation: a 2-year follow-up study. Lancet 372: 631-638, 2008); Abstract available at: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673608612763/abstract

The French team that performed the facial tissue transplant in Paris, in 2007, report their 1 year follow up (Lantieri, L., Meningaud, J. P., Grimbert, P., Bellivier, F., Lefaucheur, J. P., Ortonne, N., Benjoar, M. D., Lang, P., Wolkenstein, P. Repair of the lower and middle parts of the face by composite tissue allotransplantation in a patient with massive plexiform neurofibroma: a 1-year follow-up study. Lancet 372: 639-645, 2008); Abstract available at: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673608612775/abstract

The Plastic Surgery Research Laboratories at the University of Louisville conduct clinically applicable research focused on developing better treatments for patients. 

Our research team consists of clinical and basic science faculty, research fellows, and medical students from diverse educational and training backgrounds.

We work together identifying clinical problems, designing experimental protocols, developing animal models, performing experiments, collecting/organizing/evaluating and interpreting data and publishing and presenting our findings in scientific journals and scientific meetings.

Our research focuses on facial and hand transplantation, ischemia/reperfusion Injury, dynamic myoplasty and microcirculation.