Active departmental research groups include the Developmental Biology Laboratory, the Localio Laboratory, the Bogert Microsurgery Laboratory, the Cardiac Research Laboratory, the Oncology Research Laboratory, the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, the Mary Lee Johnson Richards Transplantation Center and the Vascular Surgery Laboratory. Interdisciplinary and translational research is ongoing with cell biology and other basic science departments. In 1998, our department had the largest number of Surgical Forum papers of any department. Award winning presentations were given by residents at the University Surgeons, the Association for Academic Surgery and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. Trend setting clinical research in pancreatitis, liver and splenic trauma, rectal carcinoma, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, esophageal surgery, melanoma and breast surgery, craniofacial, replantation and aesthetic surgery has established a high standard and continues to make advances.
Faculty members participate in many national and international cooperative groups.
Residents may carry out research in the Department's laboratories, in other School of Medicine departments and in other medical centers in the United States or abroad. Research periods generally last for two years. We encourage residents to participate in ongoing clinical research projects and to initiate independent studies.