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Scientific Program |
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Keynote |
Awards and Recognition |
Social Events |
Sporting Events
Tours and Activities |
Hotel and Travel |
Exhibitors and Corporate Support
We invite you to spend a few days with your colleagues, at one of the premiere resorts in the southeast, during our 55th Annual Scientific Meeting, planned for June 2-6, 2012. Our destination this year is Amelia Island, FL, one of the southernmost of the Sea Islands, a chain of barrier islands that stretches along the east coast of the United States from South Carolina to Florida. Incidentally, Amelia Island is also home to Fernandina Beach, a popular vacation destination.
Every year, Amelia Island, FL plays host to a variety of exciting events, including the Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival, the Amelia Island Jazz Festival, the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, the Amelia Island Film Festival, the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance and the Amelia Island Blues Festival. Now, this barrier island welcomes SESPRS for what promises to be an unforgettable week! We hope you will plan to join us in June, 2012. Hotel reservations are available now. This site will be continuously updated as new information become available. Please mark your calendars!
Online registration available soon. Please check back for further details.
The deadline for abstract submission has passed. Thank you for your participation in this process! The abstract submission deadline for the 2013 Annual Scientific Meeting will begin on or around November 1, 2012.
(Current as of November 30, 2011 - Subject to change)
| Friday, June 1 | |
| Board Dinner (invitation only) | |
| Saturday, June 2 | |
| Board Meeting | |
| Registration Open | |
| Welcome Reception | |
| Sunday, June 3 | |
| 6:30 - 7:30AM | Continental Breakfast/Exhibits Open |
| 7:30 - 7:35AM | Invocation |
| 7:35 - 7:45AM | Presidential Welcome: W. Byron Barber, MD |
| 7:45 - 8:00AM | Reports from American Society of Plastic Surgeons and Plastic Surgery Foundation (Malcolm Z. Roth, MD) , America Board of Plastic Surgery and American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (Leo R. McCafferty, MD, President-Elect, ASAPS) |
| 8:00 - 8:40AM | Resident Paper Competition (1-4) with Discussion Chairman: James Wade, MD, Secretary: John Lindsey, MD |
| 8:40 - 9:30AM | Member Papers 1-6 with Discussion Chairman: Bruce Shack, MD, Secretary: Elliott Chen, MD |
| 9:30 - 10:15AM | Keynote Speaker: Charles Bierbauer, Dean School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of South Carolina |
| 10:15 - 10:45AM | Break, Visit Exhibits |
| 10:45AM -12:00 Noon | Panel #1 Moderator: Bert Losken, MD Detlev Erdmann, MD: What is New in Body Contouring Monte Eaves, MD: Patient Selection in Body Countouring: Match Patients and Procedures. Richard Greco, MD: Around the World Tummy Tucks (Belt Lipectomies) in Non MWL Patients Richard Greco, MD: Brachioplasty Surgery: Options for Excess Arm Skin Simeon Wall, MD: Incorporating SAFELipo into your practice (video) |
| 12:00 - 12:15PM | Discussion |
| 12:15 - 12:45PM | Break, Visit Exhibits, Visit Posters |
| 12:30 - 2:30PM | Teaching Course: Fred Menick, MD Modern Nasal Reconstruction |
| 1:00 - 5:00PM | Tennis Tournament |
| 6:30 - 10:00PM | Annual Theme Dinner |
| Monday, June 4 | |
| 6:30AM | Fun Run |
| 7:00 - 8:00AM | Continental Breakfast / Exhibits Open |
| 8:00 - 8:30AM | Member papers (7-9) with Discussion Chairman: Ed Luce, Secretary: Patricia Eby |
| 8:30 - 9:40AM | Panel #2- Facial Reconstruction: Fred Menick, MD Fred Menick, MD: How to do a Revision of a Failed Nasal Reconstruction Mark Codner, MD: Reconstruction of the Upper Eyelid Tony Wolfe, MD: Orbital Mal-Positions Eduardo Rodriguez, MD (title TBD) |
| 9:40 - 10:35AM | Resident Paper Competition 5-8 Chairman: Scott Corlew, MD, Secretary: Hamid Massia, MD |
| 10:35 - 11:20AM | Upchurch Lecture |
| 11:20 - 11:40AM | Break, Visit Exhibits, Visit Posters |
| 11:40AM - 1:00PM | Panel #3 Monty Eaves, MD The Science Behind the Art Monty Eaves, MD: Evidenced Based Medicine in Plastic Surgery Spencer Brown, MD: Why and how adipose derived stem cell work Leroy Young, MD: Fat Grafts "The Science of Fat Grafting" |
| 1:30 - 6:30PM | Golf Tournament |
| Tuesday, June 5 | |
| 6:30 - 7:30AM | Continental Breakfast/ Exhibits |
| 7:30 - 8:30AM | Patient Safety CME: Brian Rinker, MD: Evils of Nicotene Leroy Young, MD: Antibiotics and Preventing SSI in Plastic Surgery |
| 8:30 - 9:20AM | Patterns in Rhinoplasty: Deformities and Solutions. Mark Constantian, MD |
| 9:20 - 10:40AM | Problems and Pearls with Members Participation Moderator: John McCraw, MD Panel Members: Scott Hultman, MD, Louis Vasconez, MD, Jorge de la Torre, MD |
| 10:40 - 11:00AM | Break, Visit Exhibits, Visit Posters |
| 11:00AM - 12:00 Noon | Panel #4 Facial Rejuvenation, To Operate or to Inject, Laser or Peel Panel Members: Mark Codner, MD, Louis Bucky, MD, Michael Kane, MD |
| 12:00 Noon - 1:00PM | Luncheon with Residents Mark Codner, MD Blepheroplasty and Managing Complications (Residents only) |
| 12:00 Noon - 1:00PM | SESPRS Annual Business Meeting (all members encouraged to attend) |
| 7:00 - 11:30PM | Black Tie Reception and Dinner Dance (separate registration may be required) |
| Wednesday, June 6 | |
| 7:15 - 8:00AM | Continental Breakfast/Exhibits Open |
| 8:05 -8:20AM | Update on 2011 SESPRS Research Grant/Presentation of Results |
| 8:20 - 9:00AM | Member Papers 10-14 with Discussion |
| 9:00 - 10:00AM | Panel #5 The Electronic Medical Record Moderator: Braun Graham, MD Panel Members: Bruce Mast, MD, Carmen Kavali, MD, Orlando Cicilioni, MD, Al Cohn, MD |
| 10:00 - 10:30AM | Break, Visit Exhibits |
| 10:30AM | Exhibit Hall Closes |
| 10:30 - 11:00AM | Update on Federal Medicare Mandates "The dog ate my homework no longer works" - Implementation of Health Care Reform, ASPS Resources, Malcolm Z. Roth, MD |
| 11:00 - 11:30AM | SESPRS 2011 Clinical Fellowship Presentation: Ross Stutman (Fellow of Mark Codner, MD) - "Review of the Tear Trough Deformity" |
| 11:30AM Adjourn | (Light Brunch Available) |
This year we have added a two day special meeting for office staff and nurses. This meeting will cover ICD 10, EMR, malpractice, ways to improve the practice, cosmetic nursing practice and many other issues of importance to physicians and their staff. Best of all, this program is offered alongside the rest of the educational program on Sunday and Monday, allowing you and your staff to make the most of your time in Amelia Island. We strongly urge member and non-member physicians to bring your staff to this meeting, which has been specially designed for them. See below for the detailed program. Separate registration is required.
| Saturday, June 2 | |
| Welcome Reception | |
| Sunday, June 3 | |
| 6:30 - 7:30AM | Continental Breakfast/Exhibits |
| 7:30 - 7:40AM | Welcome Harold Friedman / Cecily McCoy |
| 7:45 - 9:15AM | ICD-10 "A complete revamp coming to your office soon" John Bishop PA-C, CPC, CGSC,CPRC |
| 9:15 - 10:15AM | "Liability and the office — how to handle the disgruntled patient" Harry L. Goldberg LLC |
| 10:15 - 10:30AM | Break/ Exhibits |
| 10:30 - 11:15AM | "Would Tiffany's Hire Your Patient Coordinator to Sell Silver" Karen Zupko |
| 11:15 - 12:00 Noon | "Management of Spider Veins" Terri Harper RN, Clinical Director SPA Medical |
| Monday, June 4 | |
| 7:00 - 8:00AM | Continental Breakfast/Exhibits |
| 8:00 - 8:45AM | "The Electronic Medical Record Why and How" Lindsay Cone MD |
| 8:45 - 9:15AM | "HIPPA with teeth" Lindsay Cone MD |
| 9:15 - 10:00AM | "Technologies that Can Improve Your Bottom Line" Karen Zupko |
| 10:00 - 10:20AM | "Skin Care, Facials and Chemical Peels" Celiste Arthur LME |
| 10:20 - 10:45AM | "Update on Neurotoxins" Terri Harper RN |
| 10:45 - 11:30AM | "Update on Facial Injectibles" Haley Wood MSN, WHNP, CPSN |
| 11:30AM | Adjourn |
Charles Bierbauer was for many years CNN's senior Washington correspondent and a veteran reporter covering national and international affairs. As a CNN correspondent, Bierbauer reported on five presidential campaigns and served as CNN's senior White House correspondent for almost a decade during the Reagan and Bush Administrations. He has traveled with American presidents to all 50 states and more than 30 nations.
He started his commercial broadcast career as a radio reporter for WKAP radio in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1963. He also worked in print journalism, writing for The Morning Call in Allentown. He was a reporter with the Associated Press in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1967-68) and a correspondent in Bonn for the Chicago Daily News.
Bierbauer was an overseas correspondent for ABC News (1977-81), first as Moscow bureau chief and later as the Bonn bureau chief. Prior to that, he worked in Philadelphia, London, Bonn and Vienna as a correspondent for Westinghouse Broadcasting. He worked for CNN for 20 years. In 2001 he was reporter and producer for a Discovery Channel documentary on the September 11, 2001 attacks.
In 1997, he won an Emmy for anchoring CNN coverage of the 1996 Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta. He also is a recipient of the ACE Award from the Association for Cable Excellence and the Overseas Press Club Award for his reporting of the Yom Kippur War.
Bierbauer became the first dean of the newly merged College of Mass Communications and Information Studies at the University of South Carolina in July 2002. He is currently the dean of The School of Journalism and Mass Communication at The University of South Carolina We are very pleased to have Dr. Bierbauer deliver the keynote address for the 2012 Annual Scientific Meeting next summer.
The announcement of the winner of our Annual Resident Paper Competition, with the winner receiving the coveted Glancy Award, and our first-ever Best Paper Competition, will be notable highlights. In addition, a presentation on the 2011 SESPRS research grant will be given. We hope you will plan to join us! More information will be provided soon.
Our annual golf tournament, tennis tournament and "fun run" should provide hours of enjoyment for both you and your family! The golf tournament will be held Monday, June 4th. The annual tennis tournament, planned for Sunday, June 3rd, was a very popular activity in 2011. More information regarding these activities will be provided soon.
The Ritz Carlton Amelia Island will serve as the official host and the location for most of our annual meeting events. More information on this first-class hotel is available by clicking here. Reservations are available now by visiting the hotel reservations page. Be sure to enter the special group code of SSPSSPA to receive the exclusive rate of $269.00, single or double occupancy. You may also secure your rooms by calling 1-800-241-3333. Please mention that you plan to attend the SESPRS Annual Meeting. The deadline to secure a room for this event is Tuesday, May 1st.
Reach SESPRS members and enjoy a first-class facility as the Annual Meeting comes to the Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island. This resort area is new to SESPRS members and is sure to be an excellent draw. The cost for exhibit space this year is still $1,500.00 (no change from the previous year), and will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Potential industry support will find a variety of high-profile opportunities that put you in front of your target audience for a very reasonable cost, including the popular education sessions, lunches, dinners, receptions and sporting events. New this year is an opportunity to support all SESPRS meetings and receive recognition all year-round. To view the exhibitor prospectus and reserve a sponsorship/exhibit table, click here.