Background: The current climate of health care reform and research funding restrictions
presents new challenges for academic plastic surgery. Collaboration with private enterprise …

Background: Few dedicated, funded clinical research fellowship positions exist in plastic
surgery. This study provides insights from an established clinical research fellowship …

Background: Decreasing funding rates and increasing competition for National Institutes of
Health research grants have prompted diverse interventions in various fields of biomedicine …

Background: Academic research productivity is limited by strenuous resident and faculty
schedules but nevertheless is imperative to the growth and success of our discipline. The …

Although research and innovation is a key within the field of plastic and reconstructive
surgery, the impact of team structure, interpersonal dynamics, and/or standardized …

PURPOSE: Interdisciplinary collaboration is known to enhance patient care and outcomes.
This study aimed to quantify interdisciplinary collaboration patterns in plastic surgery …

Background Recent data show that aesthetic surgery research is lagging compared with
reconstructive surgery: research funding and institutional disparities within aesthetic surgery …

Background: The influence of research team structure on institutional scholarly activity,
culture, and productivity is sparsely reported in the literature. Here, we present a single …

Methods Reviews of hiring records, publications, grant allocations, and interviews with key
personnel were used to generate a road map of initiatives. Average impact factor was …

PURPOSE: Research remains a foundational component of academic plastic surgery and is
crucial for advancement of the specialty. This longitudinal analysis provides key insights …