The American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) announces the recipients of clinical research project funding via its Cutting Edge Research Grant program.

A total of $99,522 has been awarded, for the following research projects, according to a media release from ASDS:

  • Ekama O. Carlson, MD, PhD (University of California, San Francisco): Incidence, characteristics, outcomes of skin cancer in non-white organ transplant recipients, and recommendations for routine screening.
  • Karen L. Connolly, MD (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center): Assessment of health-related quality of life in patients with localized stage 0 and 1 head and neck melanoma: Variations among treatment groups.
  • Sherrif F. Ibrahim, MD, PhD (University of Rochester): Fractionally ablative Er:YAG laser resurfacing for thermal burn scars, a prospective split-burn cohort study.
  • Joshua B. Kentosh, DO (Walter Reed National Military Medical Center): Microwave Ablation of Eccrine Glands as a Treatment of Hyperhidrosis in Amputees.
  • Kachiu C. Lee, MD (Rhode Island Hospital): What’s in laser hair plume?
  • Desiree Ratner, MD (Mount Sinai Beth Israel): Evaluation of the Histochemical and Immunohistochemical Effects of Cetuximab in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
  • Divya Srivastava, MD (University of Texas Southwestern): Patient Satisfaction with Mohs Micrographic Surgery for the Treatment of Melanoma in Situ.

โ€œThese grants fund projects that keep ASDS at the forefront of innovation in dermatologic surgery,โ€ says ASDS President Thomas E. Rohrer, MD, in the release. โ€œThe CERG program makes it possible for ASDS members to continue pioneering new ways to advance the specialty.โ€

[Source: American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, PRWeb]