Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Laboratory
Alexes Hazen, MD (Senior Investigator)
Jamie P. Levine, MD (Senior Investigator)
Pierre B. Saadeh, MD (Senior Investigator)
Stephen M. Warren, MD (Director and Senior Investigator)
The IRPS serves a dual function. Attending physicians provide aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery care for patients at the NYU Medical Center, Bellevue Hospital Center, Manhattan Veterans Administration Hospital, and Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital. In addition to providing patient care, attending physicians are involved in laboratory and clinical research aimed at improving the treatment of patients with a variety of plastic surgery problems. Basic science laboratory research focuses on developmental, bone, and vascular biology, biomechanical research, radiation biology, stem cell and gene therapy as well as tissue engineering. Special emphasis is placed on the translation of laboratory findings into the development of clinical protocols. Research efforts emphasize the development of new approaches to tissue engineering innovative surgical approaches to the treatment of patients’ complex problems.
The IRPS laboratory has 10 divisions:
- Anti-aging Biology and Aesthetic Surgery Research
- Bone Biology
- Computational Biology & Surgery Research
- Developmental Biology
- Biomechanics Research
- Radiation Biology
- Stem Cell Biology and Gene Therapy
- Tissue Engineering
- Vascular Biology
- Wound Healing
