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Nancy L. Ascher, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor & Chair, Department of Surgery

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Department of Surgery »  Research

Research

The Department excels in all areas of research. Its broad portfolio of basic science and clinical outcomes research includes fetal surgery, transplantation immunology, tissue engineering, immunogenetics, vascular biology, trauma prevention, wound healing, genomics, cancer biology, and neurobiology of digestive diseases.   The Department also has a strong presence in  translational research,  an area that promises to move advances from the lab to the patient bedside.