This two-day symposium offers an opportunity to learn new techniques and reinforce skills and methods through presentations, video, panel discussion and interaction with acknowledged experts in plastic surgery, facial reconstruction, and dermatology. The program is divided into sessions with faculty panels and question and answer sessions interspersed to encourage interactivity between participants and session presenters. Aesthetic and facial plastic surgery topics explored include avoiding the pitfalls of revision rhinoplasty, fat grafting techniques, skin resurfacing, and blepharoplasty. This year, the program will also feature presentations from residents wishing to make an academic contribution to the specialty of plastic surgery during their training. The overall goal of this program is to present new, clinically useful, innovative and practical surgical and non-surgical techniques to enable plastic surgeons to provide improved care to their patients seeking aesthetic and reconstructive surgery.
Plastic and reconstructive surgical and non-surgical procedures vary widely. Patient needs range from birth defects to facial rejuvenation, accidents to rhinoplasty, breast reduction to fat grafting - and all require unique skill sets and experience. This demand for aesthetic procedures and reconstruction gives rise to numerous new technologies and techniques and keeping pace with such advances can be challenging. This program will present participants with cutting edge knowledge that can be applied directly to their practice with the ultimate goals of patient safety, improved performance and achieving the best possible outcomes for aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery patients.
Target Audience
This program has been designed to meet the educational needs of plastic surgeons, facial plastic surgeons, general surgeons, otolaryngologists, dermatologists, and other healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients with aesthetic and reconstructive needs.
Learning Objectives - Review the science of human facial transplantation.
- Reinforce blepharoplasty techniques to prevent complications in patients requiring eyelid surgery.
- List the benefits of using 3D techniques for facial rejuvenation to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of facial injuries.
- Counsel patients seeking facial rejuvenation on available treatment options to improve aesthetic facial features.
- Review and apply proven techniques in revision rhinoplasty to minimize complications and maximize functional and aesthetic nasal structure for patients seeking to correct or improve facial features.
- Review the pertinent anatomy of the lower lid, nose, and orbital rim.
