
Annual Meeting Program

Beyond the Ladder
DAYS-AT-A-GLANCE
Thursday, January 16, 2025
8:30am - 4:00pm Women in Microsurgery Workshop
8:30am – 9:00am Breakfast
12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch
6:30pm – Dinner Reception
Friday, January 17, 2025
8:00am – 12:00pm ASRM Council Meeting
12:30pm – 1:30pm MicroSurge Management Board of Managers Meeting
2:00pm – 6:00pm WSRM/ASRT Symposium
3:00pm – 7:00pm ASRM Micro Skills Course
3:00pm – 7:00pm ASRM Ultra Sound/Imaging Course
7:00pm – 8:30pm Micro Skills/Ultrasound Course networking cocktail reception
Saturday, January 18, 2025
6:30am – 8:00 am Breakfast
7:00am – 8:00 am AAHS/ASPN/ASRM
IC 201 The Amputated Extremity: Principles for Success
IC 202 Birth Brachial Plexus Injuries
IC 203 Using Patient Reported Outcome Measurers to Build your Practice and Research Program
IC 204 How to Differentiate Ulnar Sided Hand Numbness
IC 205 My Most Unbelievable Outcome in Nerve Surgery
IC 206 Progress in Neurotization in Breast Reconstruction: How far have we come?
Moderator: Joseph Serlett, MD
Panelists: Aldona Spiegel, MD; JJ Huang, MD; Ziv Peled, MD, Stephania Tuinder, MDIC 207 Targeted muscle reinnervation: and Extremity Nervse transfers- Outcomes and Lessons Learned
Moderator: Amy Moore, MD
Panelists: Grant Kleiber, MD; Meg Roubaud, MD; Helen Hui-Chou, MD; Sami Tuhafa, MDIC 208 Facial Reanimation: Techniques vs. Outcomes
Moderator: Sameer Mardini, MD
Panelists: Phoung Nguyen, MD; Joe Dayan, MD; Michael Klebuc, MD; Greg Borschel, MD
8:15AM – 8:30AM AAHS/ASPN/ASRM Welcome
8:30AM – 9:30AM AAHS/ASPN/ASRM Panel
IC 208 Facial Reanimation: Techniques vs. Outcomes
Moderator: Sameer Mardini, MD
Panelists: Phoung Nguyen, MD; Joe Dayan, MD; Michael Klebuc, MD; Greg Borschel, MD
9:30AM – 10:00AM Break
10:00AM – 11:00AM AAHS/ASPN/ASRM Invited Speaker
11:00 AM – 12:00PM AAHS/ASPN/ASRM Outstanding Papers
Marc Richard, MD; Robin Kamal, MD; Kyle R. Eberlin, MD; Johnny Chuieng - Yi Lu, MD; Jonas Nelson, MD; Robert Allen Jr., MD
12:00PM – 1:00PM ASRM Lunch
12:00PM – 1:00PM ASRM Lunch Symposium #1
12:00PM – 1:00PM ASRM Lunch Symposium #2
1:00PM – 5:00PM Master Series
1:00PM – 5:00PM Society of Gender Surgeons
12:30PM Golf Tournament
5:30PM – 6:30PM YMG/New Member Reception
6:30PM – 8:00PM ASRM/ASPN Welcome Reception
Sunday, January 19, 2025
6:30am – 8:00am Breakfast
7:00am – 8:15am Paper Session
7:00am – 8:15am Paper Session
8:15am – 9:15am ASPN/ASRM Joint Panel
Combined Panel: Flap Neurotization: How? Why? Outcomes
Moderator: Bauback Safa, MD
Panelists: Grant Kleiber, MD; Jung Ju Huang, MD; Ron Yu, MD; Sami Tuffaha, MD
9:15am – 10:15am ASPN/ASRM Joint Panel
Free Functioning Muscle Transfers: Donor Nerves, Donor Sites
Moderator: James Higgins, MD
Panelists: Alex Shin, MD; Shai Rozen, MD; JW Choi, MD; Jan Vranckx, MD
10:15am – 10:45am Break
10:45am – 11:45am Papers
10:45am – 11:45am Papers
11:45am – 12:45pm Lunch
11:45am – 12:45pm WMG Luncheon
11:45am – 12:45pm Lunch Symposium #3
12:45pm – 1:45pm Breakout Panels
BP#400: Optimizing Aesthetics in Breast Reconstruction
Moderator: Sean Boutros, MD
Panelists: Arash Momeni, MD; Meredith Collins, MD; Suhail Kanchwala, MD; Andrei Odobescu, MDBP#401: Building an Efficient Microsurgical Team: A road to the outpatient DIEP flap
Moderator: Evan Matros, MD
Panelists: Sean Boutros, MD; Nicholas Haddock, MD; JT Stranix, MD; Ed Buchel, MDBP#402: Current data on vascularized lymph node transfer: does location Matter?
Moderator: Roman Skoracki, MD
Panelists: Yujin Myung, MD; Mark Schaverien, MD; Min Jeong Cho, MD; Jemma Pons, MDBP#403: Looks great but does it work: Functional head and neck Recon
Moderator: Eric Santamaria, MD
Panelists: Yixin Zhang, MD; Jason Spector, MD; Adam Maciejewski, MD; Steven Chinn, MDBP#404: Maximizing QOL in traumatic limb salvage: knowing when to say when
Moderator: Stephen Kovach, MD
Panelists: Amber Leis, MD; Hollie Power, MD; Johnny Lu, MD; Pedro Cavadas, MDBP#405: Robotic surgery in head and neck, extremity and lymphedema
Moderator: Marco Innocenti, MD
Panelists: Nicole Lindenblatt MD; Alex Nistor MD; Dan Murariu MD; Suzanne Marie Inchauste MDBP#406: Enhancing growth and sustainability in microsurgical practice (WMG managed)
Moderator: Stephanie Caterson, MD
Panelists: Summer Hanson MD; Jordan Frey MD; Meredith Collins MD; Rachel Anolik MD
12:45pm – 1:45pm YMG Forum
2:00pm – 3:00pm President Lecture: Babak Mehrara, MD
3:30pm – 5:00pm Best Case Best Save (Chair Michael Zenn, MD)
5:30pm 7:00pm YMG Roundtable
5:30pm – 7:00pm YMG Spouse Panel
7:00pm – 8:00pm YMG Cocktail Reception
6:00pm – 10:00pm President Dinner
Monday, January 20, 2025
6:30am – 8:00am Breakfast
7:00am – 8:00am Breakout Panels
BP#407: Optimizing Aesthetic Results with Autologous Breast Reconstruction in Obese and Ptotic Patients
Moderator: Phillip Blondeel, MD
Panelists: Andrea Moreira, MD; Katie Weichman, MD; Marcella Sanchez, MD; Jian Farhadi, MDBP#408: AI in microsurgery – Past, Present and Future
Moderator: Justin Sacks, MD
Panelists: Graham Schwarz, MD; Edward Ray, MD; Ryan Cauley, MDBP#409: LVA: outcomes of ideal bypass
Moderator: Joseph Dayan
Panelists: Kyle Xu, MD; Johnson Chia-Shen Yang MD; Hidehiko Yoshimatsu MD; Wei Chen MDBP#410: Everything has a Cost: Considering Donor Site Morbidity in Flap Selection Head and Neck
Moderator: TBD
Panelists: Tarek Ismail, MD; Hung-Chi Chen, MD; Renee Largo, MD; Lawrence Gottlieb, MD; Kongkrit Chaiyasate, MDBP#411:Supermicrosurgical Approaches in Lower Extremity: Minimizing morbidity while Maximizing function
Moderator: Jp Hong, MD
Panelists: Hide Yoshimatsu, MD; Nicolas Pereira, MD; Yixin Zhang, MD; Ketan Patel, MDBP#412: Robotic training in Plastic Surgery
Moderator: Richard Baynosa, MD
Panelists: Sarah Bishop, MD; David Kurlander, MD; Alice Yao, MD; John Shuck, MDBP#413: Moving on up: Career and Academic Advancement (WMG managed)
Moderator: Christine Rhode, MD
Panelists: Paige Myers, MD; Heather Erhard, MD; Noopur Gangopadhyay, MD; Alison Sndyer-Warwick, MD;
18:00am – 8:15am Transition Time
8:15am – 9:15am Breakout Panels
BP#414: Optimizing Flap Perfusion: Imaging for Perforator Selection, Delay Procedures, APEX Flap, and Supercharging with the Superficial System
Moderator: Robert Allen, Sr., MD
Panelists: Sumeet Teotia, MD; Risal Djohan, MD; Jaume Masia, MD; Hugo St. Hilaire, MDBP#415: Good data in, Good data out: Improving outcomes research in Microsurgery
Moderator: Bernard Lee, MD
Panelists: Brett Phillips, MD; Alexander Mericli, MD; Lily Mundy, MD; Carrie Stern, MDBP#416: Future of lymphatic surgery
Moderator: David Chang, MD
Panelists: Yushi Suzuki, MD; Demetrius Diamesius, MD; Michelle Coriddi, MD; Dung Nguyen, MDBP#417: Preoperative Planning in Complex Head and Neck Reconstruction
Moderator: Jamie Levine, MD
Panelists: Evan Garfein, MD; Evan Matros, MD; Matthew Hanasono, MD; Sameer Patel, MDBP#418: Building an Effective Limb Reconstruction Program – Organization and Implementation
Moderator: L. Scot Levin, MD, FACS; Guenter Germann, MD
Panelists: Jason Souza, MD; Ian Valerio, MD; Stephen Kovach, MD; Karen Evans, MD; James Higgins, MDBP#419: Improving the Radial Forearm Donor Site – i.e. Incorporating Prophylactic or Therapeutic LV Bypasses
Moderator: Blair Peters, MD; Isak Goodwin, MD
Panelists: Walter Lin, MD; Edward Ray, MD; Rachel Bluebond-Langner, MD; Rudy Buntic, MDBP#420: Where have we come in the Past Decade? Advances, Dilemmas, and Current Challenges from a QOL Perspective
Moderator: TBD
Panelists: Bahar Bassiri-Gharb, MD; Bohdan Pomahac, MD; Eduardo Rodriquez, MD; Samir Mardini, MD
8:15am – 9:15am YMG Panel
9:15am – 9:45am Break with Exhibitors
9:45am – 10:45am Panel
Lymphedema Society Panel
10:45am – 11:45am Panel
Evaluating Outcomes in Autologous Breast Reconstruction Practice
Moderator: Joan Lipa, MD
Panelists: Nicholas Haddock, MD; Andrea Pusic, MD; Liza Wu, MD; Adeyiza Momoh, MD
11:45am – 12:00pm Transition Time
12:00pm – 1:00pm Business Meeting
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
1:15pm – 1:30pm Awards and Recognition
1:30pm – 2:30pm Buncke Lecture: Peirong Yu, MD
2:30pm – 3:30pm Godina Lecture: Edward Chang, MD
6:00pm – 7:00pm Godina Alumni Reception
6:00pm – 7:00pm WMG Reception
7:00pm – 10:00pm ASRM Celebration
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
7:00am – 8:30am Breakfast
7:30am – 8:45am Paper Session
7:30am – 8:30am Breakout Panels
BP#421: QOL in the Autologous Breast Reconstruction Patient
Moderator: Toni Zhong, MD
Panelists: Sophoclese Voineskos, MD; Michele Manahan, MD; David Adelman, MD; Scott Hollenbeck, MDBP#422: Alternative flaps in Autologous Breast Reconstruction
Moderator: David Greenspun, MD
Panelists: Carrie Chu, MD; Jamie Zampell, MD; Rachel Anolik, MD; Deana Shenaq, MDBP#423:Current Controversies in Head and Neck Reconstruction
Moderator: Lawrence Gottlieb, MD
Panelists: Farooq Shahzad, MD; Patrick Garvey, MD; Mario Solari, MD; Noopur Gangopadhyay, MDBP#424:Super thin flaps in obese patients: Improving outcomes and Enhancing recovery
Moderator: Phillip Blondeel, MD
Panelists: Andrea Moreira, MD; Katie Weichman, MD; Marcella Sanchez, MD; Jian Farhadi, MDBP#425: Microsurgeons as Athletes; Training and routines to maintain Longevity, Wellness and prevent injuries
Moderator: Paul Cederna, MD
Panelists: Melissa Poh, MD; David Chang, MD; George Kokosis, MD; Christine Rohde, MD: James Butterworth, MD; Stefan Hofer, MDBP#426: Evaluating candidates for microvascular genital reconstruction
BP#427: Integrating Residents while maintaining efficiency in Microsurgery
Moderator: Matthew Hanasono, MD
Panelists: Sam Poore MD; Vishal Thanik MD; Steve Kovach MD; Evan Matros MD
9:00am – 10:00am Panel
WMG: Robotics in Autologous Breast Reconstruction
10:30am – 1:30pm Council Meeting
10:00am – 11:00am Paper Session
10:00am – 11:00 am Paper Session
12:00pm – 3:00pm Advanced Practice Provider