Plastic Surgery | Research

Plastic Surgery Research and Quality Improvement Initiatives 

Dr. Claire Temple-Oberle serves as the Research Director for the Section of Plastic Surgery.

A variety of clinical databases have been established to review the delivery of care to specific subsets of plastic surgery patients, including:

• children with vascular birthmarks
• head and neck cancer patients (in collaboration with ENT)
• adult and pediatric burn patients
• patients who have reconstruction after surgery for breast cancer. 

Dr. Duncan Nickerson has developed and implemented a successful Plastic Surgery Trauma Service model at the Foothills Medical Centre (FMC), which has resulted in greater efficiency in the treatment of traumatic injuries by plastic surgery at FMC.

A pediatric plastic surgery central intake pathway for doctors referring children with urgent and emergent plastic conditions has been established at the Alberta Children’s Hospital.