Publications
Yuan, J.S., Ansari, M., Samaan, M., & Acosta, E.J. Linker-based lecithin microemulsions for transdermal delivery of lidocaine. 2008. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 349:130-143. Finelli, A., Burrows, L., DiCosmo, F., DiTizio, V., Sinnadurai, S., Oreopoulos, D.G., and Khoury, A.E. 2002 (In Press). Colonization resistant antimicrobial coated peritoneal dialysis catheters: Evaluation in a newly developed rat model of persistent Pseudomonas aeruginosa peritonitis. Peritoneal Dialysis International 22: 27-31. DiTizio, V., Karlgard, C., Lilge, L., Khoury, A.E., Mittelman, M.W. & DiCosmo, F. 2000. Localized drug delivery using cross-linked gelatin gels containing liposomes: factors influencing liposome stability and drug release. J. Biomat. Mater. Res. 51: 96-106. Pugach, J.L., DiTizio, V., Mittelman, M.W., Bruce, A.W., DiCosmo, F. & Khoury, A.E. 1999. Antibiotic hydrogel coated foley catheters for prevention of urinary tract infection in a rabbit model. J. Urol. 162: 883-887. DiTizio, V., Ferguson, G.W., Mittelman, M.W., Khoury, A.E., Bruce, A.W. & DiCosmo, F. 1998. A liposomal hydrogel for the prevention of bacterial adhesion to catheters. Biomaterials 19: 1877-1884.
Scientific Presentations
Frank DiCosmo, Commercialization and Growth by Acquisition in the Biomedical Device Industry, 2008 Annual Meeting of the Licensing Executives Society, October 2008, Orlando, FL. Valerio DiTizio, Faustina Giraldo and Frank DiCosmo. Antimicrobial Activity of Novel Covalently-Grafted Coatings Containing Silver. BioInterface 2007 Workshop and Symposium, San Mateo, CA. Yuehua Xiao, Hamed Abbasian, Val DiTizio and Frank DiCosmo. Novel Collagen-Alginate Dressing Displays Superior Hemostatis Activity. SAWC 2007, San Diego, CA. Yuehua Xiao, Faustina Giraldo, Val DiTizio and Frank DiCosmo. Physical Properties and Antimicrobial Activity of a Novel Collagen with Silver Dressing. SAWC 2006, Tampa, FL. Lori Burrows. Protecting medical devices from infection: A pre-emptive strike, 42nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 2002. San Diego, CA A. Finelli, L.L. Burrows, F.D. DiCosmo, V. DiTizio, S. Sinnardurai, D. Oreopoulos, A.E. Khoury, Evaluation of Colonization - Resistant Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Coatings Using a New Rat Model of Chronic Peritonitis, 2001 World Dialysis Conference, Quebec City, Quebec. Andrew W. Bruce, Antoine Khoury, Frank DiCosmo, Valerio DiTizio, Selva Sinnardurai, Lori Burrows. Phase I Clinical Evaluation of a Liposomal Ciprofloxacin Hydrogel-coated Foley Catheter. 2001 Annual Meeting American Urology Association. DiCosmo, F. and DiTizio, V. Stability and Release characteristics of ciprofloxacin-loaded liposomal hydrogels containing polyethylene glycol. 25th Annual Meeting Society for Biomaterials, April 28-May 2, 1999. Providence, RI.