Winter 2022 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() Gregory Borschel, MD PSRC Chair |
Dear PSRC Members and Friends:
We are greatly looking forward to gathering in person – particularly after having been apart for so long. The upcoming Annual Meeting will be held in Toronto, Canada, this coming June.
We received a fabulous number of abstract submissions this year, far exceeding our expectations. A total of 652 abstract were submitted, and the Program is packed with new and hot topics.
PSRC now includes more members than ever. We are 776 members strong, representing a 16% increase over pre-pandemic levels. In addition, the PSRC enjoys an increased level of global participation. PSRC now includes delegations from 21 different countries and five continents.
Meanwhile, we will hold a panel entitled: “Plastic Surgery Research: Past, Present, and Future” at the upcoming 100th Celebration of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS) to be held in April 9-12, 2022 in San Diego, California. Several luminaries will be on this panel, including numerous past PSRC chairs as well as rising stars.
Thank you again to Paige Fox for her fourth edition of the PSRC newsletter as Editor-in-Chief. Looking forward to seeing everyone soon!
Greg Borschel
![]() Allison Snyder-Warwick, MD |
Interview with Allison Snyder-Warwick, MD
By: Benjamin Levi, MD
![]() Peter Iafrate, Pharm.D |
Interview with Peter Iafrate, Pharm.D
Chair, University of Florida Gainesville Health Science Center IRB
By Harvey Chim, MD
![]() Melanie Urbanchek, PhD |
By Melanie Urbanchek, PhD
Laboratory animals are essential to almost every major advance in human and animal medicine. Animal research has helped make life-changing discoveries such as: vaccines and medicines, transplant procedures, anesthetics, and blood transfusions. Millions of humans live longer or improved lives because of animal research. Animal research can be an important adjunct to clinical and translational research.
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![]() Heather Baltzer, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS |
Heather Baltzer, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS
Director, Toronto Western Hand Program
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
University Health Network: Toronto Western Hospital
Krembil Research Institute
By: Christopher L. Sudduth, MD
Dr. Heather Baltzer is a hand surgeon with a strong interest in hand and wrist arthritis. She focuses on translational proteomics to investigate systemic and joint-specific biomarkers related to the development and progression of symptomatic osteoarthritis in the hand and wrist.
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Paige Fox, Editor
Harvey Chim, Assistant Editor
Summer Hanson, Assistant Editor
Benjamin Levi, Assistant Editor
Christopher Sudduth, Assistant Editor
Melanie Urbanchek, Assistant Editor