Clinical Focus

• Plastic Surgery

Professional Education

Postdoctoral Advisees

Michael Januszyk , Michael Sorkin , Hirotaka Suga , Victor Wong

Industry Relationships

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Current Research Interests

Geoffrey Gurtner's Lab is interested in understanding the mecahnism of new blood vessel growth following injury and how pathways of tissue regeneration and fibrosis interact in wound healing.

Publications

• Tissue engineering using autologous microcirculatory beds as vascularized bioscaffolds. Chang EI, Bonillas RG, El-ftesi S, Chang EI, Ceradini DJ, Vial IN, Chan DA, Michaels J, Gurtner GC. FASEB J. 2009; 23 (3): 906-15
• The molecular basis for impaired hypoxia-induced VEGF expression in diabetic tissues. Thangarajah H, Yao D, Chang EI, Shi Y, Jazayeri L, Vial IN, Galiano RD, Du XL, Grogan R, Galvez MG, Januszyk M, Brownlee M, Gurtner GC. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009; 106 (32): 13505-10
• IFATS collection: Adipose stromal cells adopt a proangiogenic phenotype under the influence of hypoxia. Thangarajah H, Vial IN, Chang E, El-Ftesi S, Januszyk M, Chang EI, Paterno J, Neofytou E, Longaker MT, Gurtner GC. Stem Cells. 2009; 27 (1): 266-74
• Wound repair and regeneration. Gurtner GC, Werner S, Barrandon Y, Longaker MT. Nature. 2008; 453 (7193): 314-21
• Hypoxia-induced mediators of stem/progenitor cell trafficking are increased in children with hemangioma. Kleinman ME, Greives MR, Churgin SS, Blechman KM, Chang EI, Ceradini DJ, Tepper OM, Gurtner GC. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2007; 27 (12): 2664-70