Research

Faculty members of the UA Department of Surgery are actively involved in a variety of clinical and basic research projects directed towards conquering disease and improving quality of life. The Department of Surgery vigorously supports scientific investigation and continues to build programs in research and research training.

Abdominal Transplantation
Bioengineering of resorbable materials
Liver transplantation
Natural hepatoprotective agents

Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
Artificial heart
Cardiovascular Complications of Diabetes
Heart transplantation
Heart-lung transplantation
Heart Ischemia-Reperfusion
Immune system and ventricular function
Mechanical circulatory devices

Biomedical Engineering Program

General Surgery
DNA damage and check point genes
Genetics of lymph vascular diseases
Laproscopic techniques for living-related liver transplantation
Lymph dynamics and pathophysiology
Metastasis in thyroid cancer
Micrometastases in pancreatic cancer
Psychosocial aspects of surgery

Informatics Laboratory
Decision making in health care

Medical Student Research Program
Genetics of lymph vascular disease

Neurosurgery
Aneurism surgery
Blood-brain barrier pathophysiology
Cerebrovascular insuffiency
Medically Intractable Epilepsy
Neuro-oncology
Robotic surgery
Spinal Cord Stimulator Implants
Stereotactic surgery

Otolaryngology
Molecular genetics of congential hearing loss

Plastic Surgery
Plastic and reconstructive surgery

Surgical Oncology
Breast cancer
Chromosome alterations in malignancies
Comprehensive evaluation of end-of -life care
Detection of breast cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Skin malignancies

Surgical Research
Identification of enhancers and inhibitors of angiogenesis
Cardiac valve stem cells
Glaucoma
Prostate cancer metastasis
Vascular occlusive diseases

Trauma & Critical Care
Antioxidant therapy in critical care
Violence prevention

Urology
Application of biodegradable hydrogels after laparoscopic partial nephrectomy
Laparoscopic nephroureterectomy
Minimally invasive surgery for urinary incontinence
Pathogenesis of urinary dysfunction
Prognostic factors in prostate cancer
Prostate cancer progression and prevention

Vascular Surgery
Diabetic complications of vascular disease
Endoluminal stents
Limb salvage surgery
Vein graft stenoisis