Theoretically, we should be able to induce the surrounding tissue to grow and re-create the missing mound. He already has tested the hypothesis on bone regeneration. In a 1991 Journal of the American Medical Association article, he reported on skeletal replacement part formation using muscle flaps and growth factors. He presented more bone regeneration research at the American College of Surgeons' meeting in October. Khouri will continue to test this idea and others.
Most scientists make a career out of one good idea.
I develop one, and before I become a recognized authority in that particular field, another interesting and completely new idea comes along. I have more fun exploring new territory than building an empire based on what already has been defined. Pushing the frontiers of microsurgery' Khouri's colleagues give his ideas high praise. Joseph Upton III, M.D., associate professor of plastic surgery at Harvard Medical School, has known Khouri since 1981, when Khouri was a surgery resident at Brown University. He is pushing the frontiers of microsurgery because he is so bright and aggressive.