Plastic Surgery Research

The Division of Plastic Surgery grant is awarded every six months to one or two projects internal to the Division that involves at least one faculty member and one resident from the Division.

PAST RECIPIENTS

February 2024

• "Use of a Decision Aid Learning Tool for Patients Undergoing Breast Cancer Surgery: A Cohort Study” Principal Investigator and Co-Investigators: Amber Carr M.Ed; Joanna Chen BA; Catherine Bautista, BS; Alvin Kwok, MD; Jay Agarwal, MD

August 2023

• "Family Planning and Pregnancy During Plastic Surgery Residency” Principal Investigator and Co-Investigators: Alvin C. Kwok, MD, MPH; Jay P. Agarwal, MD; Joanna Chen, BS; Catherine H Bautista, BS; Whitney D. Moss, MD
• “State Variation in Medicare Reimbursement Changes for the Top Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Procedures 2013-2022” Principal Investigator and Co-Investigators: Alvin Kwok, MD, MPH; Matthew Holdaway, BS; Mackenzie French, MD
• “Radiation-Induced Tissue Fibrosis: Identifying RNA Expression Variants for the Development of Evidence-Based Therapeutic Targets” Principal Investigator and Co-Investigators: Henning De May, MD/PhD; Jay Agarwal, MD, Sujee Jeyapalina, PhD, Andrew Miller, MS, Jill Shea, PhD, David Rou

February 2023

• "The Role of Feedback in Microsurgery” Fatma Tuncer, MD; Jack D. Sudduth, MD, MS; Jessica L. Marquez, BA; Ashraf Patel, MD
• “ADM versus no ADM: Patient Reported Second Stage Outcomes” Alvin Kwok, MD, MPH; Jessica L. Marquez, BA; Jack D. Sudduth, MD, MS

August 2022

• "Radiation-Induced Tissue Fibrosis: Identifying RNA Expression Variants for the Development of Evidence-Based Therapeutic Targets” Henning De May, MD, PhD, Jay Agarwal, MD, Sujee Jeyapalina, PhD, Andrew Miller, MS
• “Capturing Longitudinal Outcomes in Breast Reconstruction Using National Inpatient Services and National Ambulatory Surgery Services Database” Greg Hobson, DO, Jack D. Sudduth, MD, Jessica L. Marquez, BA, Alvin Kwok, MD, MPH, Jay Agarwal, MD

February 2022

• “Variation in Opioid Prescription Habits and Predictors of Opioid Misuse and Chronic Use After Surgery” Alvin Kwok, MD, MPH, Whitney Moss, MD, Giovanna Pires, Jaewhan Kim

August 2021

• “Biodegradable Cages For Promoting Bone Restoration In Craniofacial Defects” Lucia Collar Yagas MD, Sujee Jeyapalina PhD, Barbu Gociman MD, PhD
• “Lower Extremity Reconstruction Outcomes” Irfan Rhemtulla, MD, MS, Alvin Kwok, MD, MPH, Whitney Moss, MD, Giovanna Pires
• “Disparities in Breast Reconstruction Among Underserved Women in Utah” Kaylee Scott, MD, Laurel Ormiston, MD, Fatma Tuncer, MD, Whitney Moss, MD, Giovanna Pires

February 2021

• “Biodegradable Cages For Promoting Bone Restoration In Craniofacial Defects” Lucia Collar Yagas MD, Sujee Jeyapalina PhD, Barbu Gociman MD
• “A national analysis of early and late readmissions following major surgeries: is 30 days enough?” Jessica Luo MD, Thomas Wright MD, Meg Rosales MD, Jayant Agarwal MD, Alvin Kwok MD, MPH

August 2020

• “Targeted Muscle Reinnervation of the Foot for Morton’s Neuroma – An Anatomic Study” Evelyn Reed, MD; Jessica Lou, BS; Shaun Mendenhall MD, Mark Mahan MD, Robert Kim MD, Chad Taylor BS.
• “Thermographic Imaging Of Breast T-Junction Approximation as a Predictor of Complications”  Paul Tenzel, MD; Courtney Crombie, MD; Alvin Kwok, MD

February 2020

• “Mammoglobin – An Antibody Target for Labeling Breast Tissue” James Willcockson, MD; Alvin Kwok, MD, MPH; Shawn Owen, PhD
• “Extended-Release Local Anesthetic Wound Dressing” Jacob Veith, MD; Brett Davis; Caleb Lade; Jay Agarwal, MD

August 2019

• “Development of a novel cost-effective ear molding product” Dino Maglic, MD; Barbu Gociman, MD,PhD; Duane Yamashiro, DDS; Faizi Siddiqi, MD
• “Nerve density and ultrastructural end organs of the glans penis” Jacob Veith, MD;  Erinn Kim, MD; Isak Goodwin, MD; Jill Shea, PhD

February 2019

• “Survey of Current Practices in Pathologic Assessment of Breast Tissue in Female-to-male Transgender Top Surgery” Jacob Veith, MD; Jared Garlick, MD; James Willcockson, MD; Isak Goodwin, MD; Cori Agarwal, MD; Cindy Matsen, MD; Alvin Kwok, MD
• “Tissue-Engineering of Blood Vessels” Kate Holoyda, MD; Thomas Wright, MD; James Willcockson, MD; Alvin Kwok, MD

August 2018

• “Investigation of the Effect of Caffeine on Free Flaps in a Rat Model” Alvin Kwok, MD; James Willcockson, MD; Kate Holoyda, MD; Tom Wright, MD
• “Prescription Opiate Use Following Breast Reconstruction” Melody Scheefer, MD; Willem Collier, BS, PhD candidate; Ray Hosein, MD; Joanna Manum, PA-C; Jay Agarwal, MD

February 2018

• “The Effects of Activity on Drain Output and Seroma Formation in Plastic Surgery Procedures” Sagar Mehta, MD; Cori Agarwal, MD; Courtney Crombie, MD
• “The Use of Bilateral Paraspinous Muscle Flaps and Bilateral Composite Latissimus Dorsi and Gluteus Maximus Flaps for Closure of Lumbosacral Myelomeningocele Defects in Infants” Kate Holoyda, MD; Barbu Gociman, MD; Faizi Siddiqi, MD; John Kestle, MD; Dino Maglic, MD

August 2017

• “Interventions to Reduce the Gender Related Confidence Gap in Plastic Surgery Training” Melody Scheefer, MD; Cori Agarwal, MD; Amalia Cochran, MD; Courtney Crombie, MD; Kate Holoyda, MD
• “Labeling Tissue with Breast-Specific Antibodies to Improve Surgical Technique” James Willcockson, MD; Alvin Kwok, MD, MPH; Shawn Owen, PhD

February 2017

• “Cosmetic Patient Preferences” Jared Garlick, MD; Courtney Crombie, MD
• “Gene Expression in Radiation” Daniel Donato, MD

August 2016

• “Lower Back Forces following Abdominoplasty” W. Bradford Rockwell, MD
• “Fixed Dose Heparin” Christopher Pannucci, MD, MS

February 2016

• “ACS vs TAR” Neal Moores, MD

August 2015

• “Genetics of Synostosis” Barbu Gociman, MD, PhD; Faizi Siddiqi, MD
• “Transgender Surgery” Cori Agarwal, MD