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Since its launch five years ago, the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has been flourishing in size and scope. Our faculty numbers have more than doubled, our laboratories and clinical programs are impacting the field, and we continue to develop groundbreaking approaches and solutions by building on our interdisciplinary collaborations and forging new ones. Five years ago, our team set out under a banner of “Teamwork, Collaboration, Mentorship and Innovation,” a motto that continues to guide our approaches today in patient care, resident and fellow training, and cutting-edge research. Our 13 new clinical faculty members hail from 13 different residency programs, bringing with them complementary sets of skills and perspectives. In a spirit of lifelong curiosity and advancement, we learn from one another and offer our residents a wide array of professional styles and career pathway models. Intentionally seeking synergy by building bridges with overlapping disciplines, we have developed clinical and/or research collaborations with dozens of departments. Our work alongside colleagues in ENT, Orthopaedics, Dermatology, Immunology, Transplant, Neurosciences, Psychiatry, Biomedical Engineering, Genetics, Rehabilitation, Hematology, Urology and Bioethics is changing the role of reconstruction and plastic surgery in the clinic, and contributing to scientific advancement in a variety of fields. Our new Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) Research Laboratory brings together investigations into transplant immunology, nerve regeneration and stem cell biology, supermicrosurgery, and regenerative medicine. The lab’s work made possible the first clinical protocol in VCA using minimal immunosuppression and shares its results worldwide in the new VCA Journal, which debuted in October 2014. New clinical VCA programs in face, genitourinary system and abdominal wall are being established. Our team’s 2012 double-arm transplant represented a culmination of efforts by faculty surgeons, collaborators and researchers. This milestone, now immortalized in the illustrated 126-year history of The Johns Hopkins Hospital lining a main corridor of the hospital, formally put plastic surgery on the map of Johns Hopkins. We are proud of our young department’s accomplishments and look forward to continuing to uphold our role in the institution’s venerable tradition for generations to come. W. P. Andrew Lee, M.D. The Milton T. Edgerton, M.D., Director and Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery From the Director W. P. Andrew Lee “We continue to develop groundbreaking approaches and solutions by building on our interdisciplinary collaborations and forging new ones.” Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | 1 2 I n five short years, the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has grown from a modestsized division to an independent, flourishing department that is second to none for scientific discovery and clinical advances. It has quickly developed a global reputation for its cutting-edge techniques, groundbreaking research and surgeons who are deeply driven to deliver the best possible care to their patients. Highlights of those five years include: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: Looking Back on the Last Five Years ANNIVERSARY Over the past five years, the department has added one full professor, three associate professors and 10 assistant professors, including the department’s first faculty member at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, FL. A comprehensive research laboratory has been established conducting scientific investigation in transplant immunology, regenerative medicine, cutaneous cancer biology and nerve research and stem cell biology. Laboratory personnel now include three full-time research faculty members and about 20 pre- and postdoctoral fellows and technicians. Since its launch five years ago, the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has been flourishing in size and scope. Our faculty numbers have more than doubled, our laboratories and clinical programs are impacting the field, and we continue to develop groundbreaking approaches and solutions by building on our interdisciplinary collaborations and forging new ones. Five years ago, our team set out under a banner of “Teamwork, Collaboration, Mentorship and Innovation,” a motto that continues to guide our approaches today in patient care, resident and fellow training, and cutting-edge research. Our 13 new clinical faculty members hail from 13 different residency programs, bringing with them complementary sets of skills and perspectives. In a spirit of lifelong curiosity and advancement, we learn from one another and offer our residents a wide array of professional styles and career pathway models. Intentionally seeking synergy by building bridges with overlapping disciplines, we have developed clinical and/or research collaborations with dozens of departments. Our work alongside colleagues in ENT, Orthopaedics, Dermatology, Immunology, Transplant, Neurosciences, Psychiatry, Biomedical Engineering, Genetics, Rehabilitation, Hematology, Urology and Bioethics is changing the role of reconstruction and plastic surgery in the clinic, and contributing to scientific advancement in a variety of fields. Our new Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) Research Laboratory brings together investigations into transplant immunology, nerve regeneration and stem cell biology, supermicrosurgery, and regenerative medicine. The lab’s work made possible the first clinical protocol in VCA using minimal immunosuppression and shares its results worldwide in the new VCA Journal, which debuted in October 2014. New clinical VCA programs in face, genitourinary system and abdominal wall are being established. Our team’s 2012 double-arm transplant represented a culmination of efforts by faculty surgeons, collaborators and researchers. This milestone, now immortalized in the illustrated 126-year history of The Johns Hopkins Hospital lining a main corridor of the hospital, formally put plastic surgery on the map of Johns Hopkins. We are proud of our young department’s accomplishments and look forward to continuing to uphold our role in the institution’s venerable tradition for generations to come. W. P. Andrew Lee, M.D. The Milton T. Edgerton, M.D., Director and Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery From the Director W. P. Andrew Lee “We continue to develop groundbreaking approaches and solutions by building on our interdisciplinary collaborations and forging new ones.” Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | 1 I n five short years, the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has grown from a modestsized division to an independent, flourishing department that is second to none for scientific discovery and clinical advances. It has quickly developed a global reputation for its cutting-edge techniques, groundbreaking research and surgeons who are deeply driven to deliver the best possible care to their patients. Highlights of those five years include: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: Looking Back on the Last Five Years ANNIVERSARY Over the past five years, the department has added one full professor, three associate professors and 10 assistant professors, including the department’s first faculty member at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, FL. A comprehensive research laboratory has been established conducting scientific investigation in transplant immunology, regenerative medicine, cutaneous cancer biology and nerve research and stem cell biology. Laboratory personnel now include three full-time research faculty members and about 20 pre- and postdoctoral fellows and technicians. Departmental sponsored research funding has increased some 20-fold on an annual basis (see graph). This research support comes from a variety of government, foundation, industry and institutional sources. Department of Defense funds make up approximately 80 percent of the total, with NIH, multiple foundation and industry grants making up the balance. A 2010 gift from Milton Edgerton, the first full-time plastic surgery chief at Johns Hopkins, and the blue moon fund established the Milton T. Edgerton, M.D., Professorship and Directorship of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, held since then by department director W. P. Andrew Lee. In spring 2015, the department opened a state-ofthe-art craniofacial center and high-tech dental lab to support the pediatric cleft and craniofacial program. The center will be capable of full digital imaging, planning and support of three-
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