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Joanna K. Ledwon

Medicine · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2002
Wound Healing and TreatmentsReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesCellular Mechanics and InteractionsBreast Implant and ReconstructionCraniofacial Disorders and Treatments

Publications

54

Citations

427

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

25

Publishing since 2002

Research summary
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Joanna K. Ledwon's research focuses on how skin responds and adapts to mechanical stretching (used clinically in tissue expansion for reconstructive surgery), including how radiation and wound healing affect this process. Her work also explores nerve regeneration after facial nerve grafting, craniofacial birth defects, and the use of a drug called deferoxamine to protect healthy tissue during cancer radiation therapy. This research combines laboratory studies in animal models with clinical and epidemiological data relevant to plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Skin mechanics and tissue expansionRadioprotection in cancer treatmentCraniofacial and cleft conditionsNerve regeneration and microsurgeryWound healing and skin biology

Publication output has fluctuated over the past decade without a clear upward or downward trend, generally ranging between 2 and 8 papers per year and averaging just over 4 per year in the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.2/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 8 publications8182019: 2 publications192020: 4 publications202021: 6 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 6 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open×21
  • Acta Biomaterialia×3
  • Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine×2
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery×2
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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