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Clinical Research

Various clinical aspects of plastic surgery are currently being studied by the members of the UWO Division of Plastic Surgery. Each member of the Division has a short description of their research interests on their personal webpages accessible through this site. A summary of their clinical interests is found below:

Dr. Temple: Dr. Temple’s clinical research interests mirror her practice, including oncologic surgery, microsurgical reconstruction, hand transplantation and surgical education. In the realm of surgical oncology, she is studying the treatment of in transit melanoma with various modalities including isolated limb infusion and interleukin-2 injections.  She is evaluating the efficacy of topical Imiquimod in the treatment of lentigo maligna.  For cutaneous oncologic surgery, she is developing technologies for improvement in accuracy of evaluation of en face frozen sections. Regarding cancer reconstruction, her current interests involve health-related quality of life outcomes for patients undergoing breast reconstruction and those undergoing reconstruction following sarcoma resection.  Finally, in surgical education, she is validating an outcome scale for acquisition of microsurgical skills, using both traditional microsurgery and robot-assisted microsurgery.

Dr. Matic: Dr. Matic's current research interests include facial growth, the effects of botulinum toxin on nerve regeneration, and long term analysis of cleft lip repair and orbicularis oris muscle motion.

Dr. Gan: Dr. Gan's clinical research interests are focussed on several aspects of his practice. Clinically, Dr. Gan sees patients with hand and wrist problems, general reconstructive problems and chronic wounds. His clinical research centres on Dupuytren's contracture, hypertrophic scarring and fibrotic wounds. In addition, he currently studies outcomes following rheumatoid foot reconstruction. His research program is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, The US Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation, The Canadian Society for Surgery of the Hand, Lawson Internal Research Fund and the University of Western Ontario.