Plastic and Oral Surgery
Vascular anomalies
Vascular anomalies are a group of tumors and malformations that affect blood vessels. We are investigating the pathophysiology of these lesions by studying resected clinical tissue to determine why they progress over time. Our primary goal is to develop pharmacological treatments for patients with vascular malformations.
Cranioplasty
Repairing skull defects is particularly difficult in young children because of limited autologous donor sites and the reluctance to use alloplastic materials. We have shown that particulate cranial bone graft harvested from the infant effectively heals calvarial defects. We have translated our technique to an animal model and are comparing particulate graft to other cranioplasty materials.
