Frank H. Lau

Frank H. Lau, MD, FACS, completed his undergraduate studies in Molecular Biochemistry & Biophysics at Yale. He graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor with Research Honors. Dr. Lau then entered the Harvard Combined Plastic Surgery Training Program. During residency, he completed a two-year research fellowship at the Simches Center for Regenerative Medicine in Boston. His research focused on adipose physiology and stem cells. Following residency, Dr. Lau joined the LSU Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Residency Program, where is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery. He divides his time between clinical practice and research. He is the principal investigator of a tissue engineering and breast cancer research lab and is the recipient of 18 grants. His research interests include breast cancer, vitamin D insufficiency in COVID-19, incisional hernia prevention, pyoderma gangrenosum, regenerative approaches to limb salvage, and diseases of white adipose tissue. He has designed and administered multiple prospective, randomized clinical trials. He is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in multiple fields, having authored 39 peer reviewed publications and given many scientific presentations.