Timetable
Saturday - 9 February
9:00am - 4:00pm: ISAPS Board of Directors Meeting
2:00 - 6:00pm: Registration Open
Sunday - 10 February - Video Surgery Day
8:15 am: Welcome and Introduction
8:30 - 9:15 am: Oriental Eyelid
Presenter: Dae Hwan Park (South Korea)
Moderators: Li Yu (China) and Kunihiko Nohira (Japan)
9:15 - 10:00 am: Breast Reduction
Presenter: Elizabeth Hall-Findlay (Canada)
Moderators: Marita Eisenmann-Klein (Germany) and Ruth Graf (Brazil)
10:00 - 10:45 am: Thread Lift
Presenter: Woffles T. L. Wu (Singapore)
Moderators: Nicanor Isse (USA) and Onur Erol (Turkey)
10:45 - 11:30 am: Body Contouring
Presenter: Joseph P. Hunstad (USA)
Moderators: Carlos Uebel (Brazil) and Marco Gasparotti (Italy)
11:30 - 12:15 pm: Buttock Augmentation
Presenter: Raul Gonzalez (Brazil)
Moderators: Thomas L. Roberts (USA) and Luiz Toledo (UAE)
12:15 - 1:30 pm: Lunch
1:30 - 2:15 pm: Facial Rejuvenation
Presenter: Z. Paul Lorenc (USA)
Moderators: Claude le Louarn (France) and Jose Guerrerosantos (Mexico)
2:15 - 3:00 pm: Breast Augmentation
Presenter: Jack Fisher (USA)
Moderators: Graeme Southwick (Australia) and James Grotting (USA)
3:00 - 3:45 pm: Rhinoplasty
Presenter: Ronald P. Gruber (USA)
Moderators: Darryl Hodgkinson (Australia) and Giorgio Bronz (Switzerland)
3:45 - 4:30 pm: Temporal Lift
Presenter: Alain Fogli (France)
Moderators: Malcolm Paul (USA) and Jack Friedland (USA)
5:30 - 7:00 pm: Opening Ceremony
7:00 - 8:30 pm: Welcome Reception - all welcome
Monday - 11 February
7:30 - 9:00 am: Panel 1 - Facial Rejuvenation I - Room 1
Moderator: Jose Guerrerosantos (Mexico)
Co-Moderator: Yoshiaki Hosaka (Japan)
Secretary: Doug McManamny (Australia)
Panelists:
- Renato Saltz (USA) - The Complete Aesthetic Package in Facial Rejuvenation
- Alfonso Barrera (USA) - Correction Alopecias Secondary to Facial Rejuvenation Surgery
- Satoshi Yoza (Japan) - The Face Lift Technique Using the Temporal Fascia and Retaining Ligaments: Are There Effects in Comparison with the Conventional Method?
- Yu-Ray Chen (Chinese Taipei) - Face Lift in Asians
- Oscar Ramirez (USA) - Facial Beautification with Sequential Management of Skeletal Support with Implants and Soft Tissue Remodelling
- Antonio Fuente del Campo (Mexico) - Trans-Auricular Approach for the Face Lift: Principles and Indications
- Abel de la Pena Salcedo (Mexico) - Ultrasonic Assisted Face Lift
7:30 - 9:00 am: Panel 2 - Liposuction - Room 2
Moderator: Yves-Gerard Illouz (France)
Co-Moderator: Elie Abdelhak (Lebanon)
Secretary: Tim Pitt (Australia)
Panelists:
- Hans-Henning Spitalny (Germany) - Measurement of Free Radicals and Antioxidative Status Before, During and After Aesthetic Surgical Procedures
- Carlos Navarro (Peru) - Liposuction: Problems and Solutions
- Osvaldo Saldanha (Brazil) - Lipoabdominoplasty: "Saldanha's Technique"
- Charles Hughes (USA) - Reliable Correction of the Heavy, Hanging Neck (Turkey Gobbler) in Aesthetic Facial Surgery
- Marco Gasparotti (Italy) - Tricks in Body Contouring
- Theodore Voukidis (Greece) - Further to Liposuction: From Lipofilling to Stem Cells
- Jose Carlos Daher (Brazi) - Liposculpture for Different Body Regions: Evolution of Techniques and Results
9:00 - 10:30 am: Free Papers - Facial Rejuvenation - Room 1
Moderators: Yu-Ray Chen (Chinese Taipei) and Richard A. D'Amico (USA)
Secretary: Doug McManamny (Australia)
9:00 - 10:30 am: Free Papers - Liposuction, Body Contouring, Abdominoplasty - Room 2
Moderators: Theodore Voukidis (Greece) and Osvaldo Saldanha (Brazil)
Secretary: Tim Pitt (Australia)
10:30 - 11:00 am: Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 pm: Free Papers - Blepharoplasty - Room 1
Moderators: Michael Yaremchuk (USA) and Constance Neuhann-Lorenz (Germany)
Secretary: John Newton (Australia)
11:00 - 11:30 pm: Free Papers - Ethics and Patient Safety - Room 2
Moderators: Malcolm Paul (USA) and Marita Eisenmann-Klein (Germany)
Secretary: David Caminer (Australia)
11:30 - 12:00 pm: Invited Lecture
Foad Nahai (USA) - Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons: Under Siege or on the Rise?
Moderator: Constance Neuhann-Lorenz (Germany)
12:00 - 2:00 pm: Lunch & ISAPS Business Meeting
12:00 - 2:00pm: ALLERGAN FACIAL Seminar
12:00 - 2:00pm: Q-MED Seminar
2:00 - 3:30 pm: Panel 3 - Rhinoplasty - Room 1
Moderator: Kitaro Ohmori (Japan)
Co-Moderator: Kirill Pshenisnov (Russia)
Secretary: Geoff Barnett (Australia)
Panelists:
- Darryl Hodgkinson (Australia) - The Use of Autogenous Grafting in Primary Oriental Rhinoplasty
- Yann Levet (France) - Rhinoplasty: New Tricks
- Joao Prado Neto (Brazil) - Tip Projection: Uncommon Approachs to Difficult Cases
- Nazim Cerkes (Turkey) - Correction of Anterior Appearance in Rhinoplasty
- Jose Perez-Macias (Spain) - Rhinoplasty in Mid- Life
- Salvador Rodriguez-Camps (Spain) - The Difficult Tip: Total Resection of the Alar Cartilages
- Ki-Hwan Han (South Korea) - Complete Septal Extension Graft
2:00 - 3:30 pm: Panel 4 - Toxins, Fillers and Skin Care - Room 2
Moderator: Alexis Verpaele (Belgium)
Co-Moderator: Li Yu(China)
Secretary: Warwick Nettle (Australia)
Panelists:
- Shinichi Soyano (Japan) - Treatment of Wrinkles with Injectable Materials
- Claudio De Lorenzi (Canada) - Anatomical Considerations in Facial Injections
- Florencio Lucero (Philippines) - Botulinum Toxin: An Adjunct to Facial Rejuvenation
- Jack Friedland (USA) - Skin Care in the Plastic Surgeon's Office: Should it be There?
- Ian Carlisle (Australia) - The Place of Non-Surgical Techniques in Enhancing Surgical Facial Rejuvenation
- Catherine Bergeret-Galley (France) - How Can We Deal with the Complications of Fillers and What will be the Future?
- Richard H. Bensimon (USA) - Experience with the Modern Croton Oil Peel
3:30 - 4:00 pm: Coffee Break
4:00 - 4:30 pm: Free Papers - Rhinoplasty - Room 1
Moderators: Darryl Hodgkinson (Australia) and Nazim Cerkes (Turkey)
Secretary: David Ross (Australia)
4:00pm - 4:30 pm: Free Papers - Hair Transplantation, Genital Surgery - Room 2
Moderators: Alfonso Barrera (USA) and Carols Uebel (Brazil)
Secretary: Craig Rubinstein (Australia)
4:30 - 6:00 pm: Panel 5 - Breast I - Room 1
Moderator: Albert De Mey (Belgium)
Co-Moderator: Farid Hakme (Brazil)
Secretary: David Ross (Australia)
Panelists :
- Asko Salmi (Finland) - Breast Aesthetics in Reconstructive Breast Surgery and the Role of Anatomical High Profile Implants with LD
- Ruth Graf (Brazil) - Subfascial Breast Augmentation
- Javier De Benito (Spain) - Complications in Breast Augmentation: How to Avoid or Resolve These Complications
- Brian Kinney (USA) - Decision Making in Breast Surgery: A Logical System to Determine Implant Location, Size, Shape and Projection (Over vs. Under; Textured vs. Smooth; Teardrop vs. Round)
- Neeta Patel (India) - Planning of Breast Augmentations
- Marita Eisenmann-Klein (Germany) - Breast Reduction with Short Scars for All Breast Sizes
- Roger K. Khouri (USA) - Breast Augmentation by External Expansion and Lipofilling
4:30 - 6:00 pm: Panel 6 - Abdomen - Room 2
Moderator: Chaula L. Sukasah (Indonesia)
Co-Moderator: Elsa Meza Britez (Paraguay)
Secretary: Richard Bloom (Australia)
Panelists:
- Jan Gordon Poell (Switzerland) - Abdominoplasty: More is Better
- Abdul-Reda Lari (Kuwait) - Abdominoplasty: Do's and Don'ts
- Carlos Uebel (Brazil) - Lipoabdominoplasty: Personal Approach
- Abdennasser Lahlali (Morocco) - Maximal High Superior Tension Abdominoplasty
- Joao Sampaio Goes (Brazil) - Miniabdominoplasty
- Richard Zienowicz (USA) - Transabdominal Breast Augmentation (TABA) with Abdominoplasty
- Angel Papadopulos Escobar (Mexico) - Lipoabdominoplasty: A 30 Year Perspective
All Day - Electronic Papers - Exhibit Hall
6:00 - 8:00 pm: ANGIOTECH Seminar
6:00 - 9:00 pm: Ethicon Seminar
7:00 - 10:30 pm: Faculty Dinner - by invitation
Tuesday - 12 February
8:00 - 9:30 am: Panel 7 - Facial Rejuvenation II - Room 1
Moderator: Irina Khrustaleva (Russia)
Co-Moderator: Tibor Balajthy (Hungary)
Secretary: Chris Moss (Australia)
Panelists:
- Hai Ming Zhang (China) - Microdissection of the Temporofrontal Scalp and its Clinical Application
- Malcolm Paul (USA) - Panfacial Rejuvenation: Incorporating Barbed Sutures for Facial Shaping in Open Procedures
- Ryuichi Utsugi (Japan) - Ligament to Ligament Ligated Face Lift
- Yoonho Lee (South Korea) - Double Plane Face Lift Using Two Different Vectors
- Andreas Kouppas (Greece) - The Evolution From IPL Laser to Electro-Optical Synergy for Facial Rejuvenation
- Aldo Mottura (Argentina) - The Running Lock Suture for Face Lift
- Daniel Knutti (Switzerland) - The Lateral Vertical Mid-Face Elevation
8:00 - 9:30 am: Panel 8 - Body Contouring I - Room 2
Moderator: Ana Zulmira Diniz Badin (Brazil)
Co-Moderator: Luis Mario Ginesin (Argentina)
Secretary: Keith Mutimer (Australia)
Panelists:
- Ivo Pitanguy (Brazil) - Contribution to the Basic Principles of Body Contouring
- Luiz Toledo (UAE) - Obtaining Optimum Results in Body Contour Surgery
- Miodrag Colic (Serbia) - Total Body Lift Refinements
- Jin Wang Kim (South Korea) - The Old and New in Body Contouring
- Ashok Gupta (India) - Profiloplasty: Global Body Lift Following Massive Weight Loss or Bariatric Surgery
- Flavio Saccomanno (Italy) - Medial Thigh Dermolipectomy
- Joao Erfon Ramos (Brazil) - Abdominoplasty Through a Closed Vascular System Associated with Liposuction
9:30 - 10:00 am: Free Papers - Rhinoplasty - Room 1
Moderators: Jose Perez-Macias (Spain) and Yukio Shirakabe (Japan)
Secretary: Chris Moss (Australia)
9:30 - 10:00 am: Free Papers - Body Contouring - Room 2
Moderators: Miodrag Colic (Serbia) and Flavio Saccomanno (Italy)
Secretary: Keith Mutimer (Australia)
10:00 - 10:30 am: Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00 pm: Panel 9 - Facial Rejuvenation III - Room 1
Moderator: Daniel Jacubovsky (Chile)
Co-Moderator: Su-Ben Tsao (Chinese Taipei)
Secretary: Allan Kalus (Australia)
Panelists:
- James Grotting (USA) - Ultrasonic Lipocontouring of the Face With and Without Limited Incision Face Lifting
- Ithamar N. Stocchero (Brazil) - Short Scar Face Lift Using the Round Block SMAS Treatment: Ten Year Follow Up
- Norbert Pallua (Germany) - Bivectorial Lipo-Face Lift
- Onur Erol (Turkey) - To Create Youth and Harmony in Facial Rejuvenation
- Jacques Buis (France) - Concentric Malar Lift and Face Recurve Concept: A New Way for Natural Face Rejuvenation
- Paraskevas Kontoes (Greece) - Laser Blepharoplasty and the Single Suture Traction Technique (SSTT) for Rejuvenation of the Periorbital Region
- Desmond Fernandes (South Africa) - Scarless Mid-Face Lift
10:30 - 12:00 pm: Panel 10 - Asian Aesthetic Surgery - Room 2
Moderator: Yilin Cao (China)
Co-Moderator: Susumu Takayanagi (Japan)
Secretary: Tam Dieu (Australia)
Panelists:
- Philip Chen (Chinese Taipei) - Reduction of Lower Facial Width in Orientals
- Kunihiko Nohira (Japan) - Limited Skin-Excision Upper Blepharoplasty for the Elderly
- Charan Mahatumarat (Thailand) - Oriental Blepharoplasty
- Yukio Shirakabe (Japan) - Asian Rhinoplasty
- Li Teng (China) - Experience of Cosmetic Facial Surgery for Eastern People
- Lan Mu (China) - Cosmetic Shaping Strategy of Reconstructive Breast According to Different Mastectomy Incisions
12:00 - 1:00 pm: Lunch
12:00 - 1:00pm: THERMAGE Seminar
12:00 - 1:00pm: Ultrashape Seminar
1:00 - 1:30 pm: Ohmori Lecture
Thomas Biggs (USA) - ISAPS: Where Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the World Come Together
Moderator: Joao Sampaio Goes (Brazil)
1:45 - 2:15 pm: Free Papers - Breast Surgery - Room 1
Moderators: Iman Susanto (Indonesia) and Finn Worm Knudsen (Sweden)
Secretary: Simon Bernard (Australia)
1:45 - 3:15 pm: Free Papers - Lasers, Toxins, Fillers and Skin Care - Room 2
Moderators: Catherine Bergeret-Galley (France) and Terrence Scamp (Australia)
Secretary: Richard Hamilton (Australia)
2:15 - 3:15 pm: Free Papers - Research - Room 1
Moderator: Morten R. Kveim (Norway) and Jim Wang Kim (South Korea)
Secretary: Simon Bernard (Australia)
3:15 - 3:45 pm Coffee Break
3:45 - 5:15 pm: Panel 11 - Peri-Orbital - Room 1
Moderator: Yueh-Bih Tang Chen (Chinese Taipei)
Co-Moderator: Rene Valerio (Philippines)
Secretary: Andrew Greensmith (Australia)
Panelists:
- Richard Warren (Canada) - A Modified Lateral Brow Lift and the Unfavorable Brow
- Michael Yaremchuk (USA) - Reassessing Brow Aesthetics and Brow Lift Reversal
- Wei Wang (China) - The Combination of Releasing and Lift of Fascia Ligament of Orbital Muscle for Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty
- Fahd Benslimane (Morocco) - Periorbital Rejuvenation: The "Benslimane's Frame" Theory
- Constance Neuhann-Lorenz (Germany) - Laser Assisted Blepharoplasty: A Twelve Year Overview with New Tips and Tricks
- Robert Flowers (USA) - Mag 5: The Best Operation in Aesthetic Surgery
- Morten R. Kveim (Norway) - Upper Eyelid Region: Beyond Routine Blepharoplasty
3:45 - 5:15 pm: Panel 12 - Body Contouring II - Room 2
Moderator: Petter Frode Amland (Norway)
Co-Moderator: Alejandro Duarte (Mexico)
Secretary: Moris Ritz (Australia)
Panelists:
- Thomas L. Roberts (USA) - Buttocks Augmentation by Micro Fat Grafting - Experience from 350 Cases
- Spyro Joannides (Greece) - High Gluteal Dermolipectomy: "The Tanga Lift"
- Ewaldo Bolivar de Souza Pinto (Brazil) - UAL Lypomiosculpture
- Miguel Chamosa (Spain) - Liposuction of the Lower Limbs: Personal Ideas
- Luiz Haroldo Pereira (Brazil) - Composite Body Contouring
- In-Suck Suh (South Korea) - Calf Reduction with Selective Neurectomy and Liposuction
All Day - Electronic Papers
6:30 - midnight: Australia Night - tickets required
Wednesday - 13 February
8:00 - 9:30 am: Panel 13 - Breast II - Room 1
Moderator: Fernando Magallanes-Negrete (Mexico)
Co-Moderator: David Sharpe (Great Britain)
Secretary: Naimh Corduff (Australia)
Panelists:
- Antonio Porcuna (Spain) - Considerations on Subfascial Implant
- Moustapha Hamdi (Belgium) - Salvage Procedures and Tertiary Autologous Breast Reconstruction
- Peet Van Deventer (South Africa) - Improving the Results of Mastopexy and Breast Reduction Procedures by Reconstructing the Ligamentous Suspension of the Breast
- Marcus Ferreira (Brazil) - Breast Augmentation: Current Experience at the University of São Paulo
- Graeme Southwick (Australia) - "Parenchyma-as-an-implant" Mastopexy
- Michele Zocchi (Italy) - Bicompartmental Breast Lipostructuring: History, Present Status and Future Perspectives
- Giorgio Bronz (Switzerland) - Correction of Breast Asymmetry
9:30 - 10:00 am: Invited Lecture
Timothy Marten (USA) - Eyebrow Aesthetics and the Mid-Face and Orbit: Refining Our Aesthetic Goals for Age Appropriate Rejuvenation of the Forehead and Brow
Moderator: Giorgio Bronz (Switzerland)
10:00 - 10:30 am: Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 am: Invited Lecture
Claude Le Louarn (France) - Update on Facial Ageing Causes and Consequences: Adjustment of Medical Techniques (Botulinum Toxin and Fillers) and Surgical Techniques (Face Lift, Concentric Malar Lift and Face Recurve)
Moderator: Renato Saltz (USA)
11:00 - 12:30 pm: Free Papers - Breast Surgery - Room 1
Moderators: Ruth Graf (Brazil) and Julian Lofts (New Zealand)
Secretary: Craig Rubinstein (Australia)
12:30 - 1:30 pm: Lunch
12:30 - 1:30 pm: ISAPS Seminar - Public Relations
1:30 - 2:00pm: Invited Lecture
Gino Rigotti (Italy) - Lipoaspirate Transplant: Is the Age of Adipose-Derived Stem Cell Therapies Upon Us?
Moderator: Foad Nahai (USA)
2:00 - 3:30 pm: Panel 14 - Facial Rejuventation IV
Moderator: Lawrence Robbins (USA)
Co-Moderator: Andreas Foustanos (Greece)
Secretary: Chris Edwards (Australia)
Panelists:
- Daniel Baker (USA) - Short Scar Rhytidectomy: Indications and Limitations
- Bryan Mendelson (Australia) - Use of the Premasseter Space in Cervico Facial Rejuvenation
- Bryant Toth (USA) - High SMAS (Suprazygomatic) for Facial Rejuvenation
- Patrick Tonnard (Belgium) - The MACS-Lift and its Combination with Other Minimal Invasive Facial Rejuvenation Techniques
- Nicanor Isse (USA) - Minimalist Approaches and Maximum Results on Facial Rejuvenation
- Abel Chajchir (Argentina) - Facial Rejuvenation, Stem Cells, and Growth Factors
- Jorge Herrera (Argentina) - Vertical SMAS Flaps, Short Scar Face Lift
3:30 - 4:30 pm: Award Paper Presentations - Repeat of award winning papers
Moderator: Bryan Mendelson (Australia)
Co-Moderator: Thomas Biggs (USA)
4:30 pm: Adjourn
Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons designates this educational activity for a maximum of 29 AMA PRA Category 1 credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
This educational activity has been approved in the College's CPD Program. Fellows who participate can claim one point per hour (maximum 29 points) in Category 4: Maintenance of Clinical Knowledge and Skills towards 2008 CPD totals.
Thomas Biggs, USA
Dr. Thomas Biggs attended Yale and Rice Universities and received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine. He interned at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and received general surgery and plastic surgery training at the Baylor affiliated hospitals. Dr. Biggs served as a Captain in the US Air Force and was Chief of Plastic Surgery at Travis Air Force Base Hospital before returning to Houston, Texas to begin private practice.
He was as a member of the Cronin, Brauer & Biggs Clinic Association from 1966 until 1988 when he opened a private practice. Dr. Biggs is on the Emeritus staff at St. Joseph Medical Center in Houston where he served three terms as Chairman of the Department of Surgery. He is currently a Clinical Professor, in the division of plastic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Biggs is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He was President of ISAPS, 2002-2004, and is currently a Trustee and Editor-in-Chief of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the official journal of ISAPS.
Dr. Biggs is a member of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Biggs was named 2005 Distinguished Plastic Surgeon by the Houston Society of Plastic Surgeons, one of only two recipients in the 50 year history of the society. He has published over 30 articles and book chapters on plastic surgery and has been a member of the faculty or the scientific program chair of many plastic surgery organizations throughout the world.
Timothy Marten, USA
Dr. Marten is founder of the Marten Clinic of Plastic Surgery, and is also Medical Director of the San Francisco Center for the Surgical Arts. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He received his medical degree with honors from the University of California and went on to complete training in general and microsurgery. He received his plastic surgery training at the University of Illinois, and then completed aesthetic surgery fellowships with Bruce Connell, Tom Baker, Howard Gordon, James Stuzin, and Richard Mladick.
Dr. Marten is an internationally recognized expert in surgery to rejuvenate the face and is a member of over twenty professional societies including the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the American Association of Plastic Surgeons. He has made over one hundred and fifty scientific presentations at national and international symposia on aesthetic plastic surgery, and has published numerous scientific articles and textbook chapters on facelift surgery and related topics.
Dr. Marten is a sought after teacher and speaker in plastic surgery techniques and has
received numerous professional, scientific and academic awards for his contributions
to plastic surgery.
Foad Nahai, USA
Dr. Nahai graduated from medical school at the University of Bristol, England. He then spent one year as a house officer in Bristol before moving to the United States where he served as an intern and first year resident at the Johns Hopkins affiliated hospitals in Baltimore. He then moved to Atlanta to complete general surgery and plastic surgery training at Emory University, staying on the faculty at Emory where he eventually became a tenured professor in plastic surgery. He has been in private practice at Paces Plastic Surgery in Atlanta since 1998.
Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Dr. Nahai has also served as a Director on its Board. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of many local, national, and international plastic surgical societies.
Dr. Nahai has authored several textbooks, over 40 book chapters, and more than 140 original articles. He has received numerous awards including the James Barrett Brown Award of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, has lectured and demonstrated surgical procedures throughout the world, and has been a visiting professor at over 20 centers of higher education.
His current interests are centered on aesthetic surgery of the face, breast, and body. Dr. Nahai is the current president of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and is First Vice President of ISAPS.
Gino Rigotti, Italy
Gino Rigotti was born in Verona Italy and graduated cum laude in Medicine and Surgery from Modena University in 1969, where he won the Lepetit Prize for the best Degree Thesis of the academic year. In 1970, he joined the staff as Chief Assistant in the Plastic Surgery Unit of the Verona Hospital Institutes. He is Board Certified in Plastic Surgery by the University of Turin. He is Board Certified in Space and Aeronautical Medicine by the University of Rome and is head of the Division of Plastic Surgery, Burn Unit and State Center for Breast Reconstruction of the Azienda Ospedaliera of Verona.
Since 1988, he has been a microsurgery consultant at the Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori of Milan in reconstructive microsurgery. He has directed many international courses on microsurgery, head and neck surgery, and breast reconstruction. In the last 15 years, he has been mostly dedicated to breast reconstructive surgery using autologous and alloplastic materials.
He is primarily involved in clinical activity and research on adipose derived stem-cells. He has published 120 articles and chapters in leading journals and books and is a member of the Società Italiana di Chirurgia Plastica, EURAPS,ASPS, SPRAS. He is a Founding Member and President of the Società Italiana di Microchirurgia and a Founding Member of the Società Latina di Microchirurgia. Dr. Rigotti is in demand internationally to speak about and demonstrate various surgical procedures.
ANGIOTECH Seminar
Angiotech Quil SRS
Date: Monday - 11 Februray
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
This course will present the evolution of barbed suture technology in aesthetic face, breast, and body contouring indications. Patient selection, operative techniques including edited videos, management of sequelae and complications, and results will be presented. Attendees will have a clear understanding of how this interesting emerging technology may be applied in their clinical practice to save time, decrease material required, avoid the need for surgical knots and potentially improve results.
THERMAGE Seminar
Drive your practice growth with advancements in non- invasive skin tightening and body shaping from Thermage.
Date: Tuesday - 12 February
Time 12:30 - 1:30pm
This educational satellite seminar will discuss the application of Thermage technology for non-invasive skin tightening and body shaping. An experienced Thermage user will share their knowledge on patient selection, managing expectations, treatment protocols and how they integrated the Thermage procedure into their practice to achieve high levels of patient satisfaction.
ISAPS Seminar
Public Relations and Promotional Strategies For Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.
Date: Wednesday - 13 February
Time: 12:30 - 1:30pm
Tony Staffieri is an internationally acclaimed public relations professional.
He has been actively involved with ISAPS for three years and has become an important consultant for ISAPS branding and marketing initiatives. From this position, he has gained a well informed perspective about the unique opportunities and challenges facing individual and multi-physician aesthetic plastic surgery practices. Staffieri will present a series of real life, day-to-day strategies for surgeons to help them grow their practices using effective, informative,and elegant promotional techniques. A handbook of best practices and technical approaches will be provided to seminar attendees only. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Please email the ISAPS Executive Office at isaps@sover.net to be added to our list.