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, MD

  • IC 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, MD

  • IC 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, MD

  • BP#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, MD

  • BP#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, MD

  • BP#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, MD

  • BP#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, MD

  • BP#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 MD

  • BP#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, MD

  • BP#408: AI in microsurgery – Past, Present and Future
    Moderator: Justin Sacks, MD
    Panelists: Graham Schwarz, MD; Edward Ray, MD; Ryan Cauley, MD

  • BP#409: LVA: outcomes of ideal bypass
    Moderator: Joseph Dayan
    Panelists: Kyle Xu, MD; Johnson Chia-Shen Yang MD; Hidehiko Yoshimatsu MD; Wei Chen MD

  • BP#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, MD 

  • BP#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, MD

  • BP#412: Robotic training in Plastic Surgery
    Moderator: Richard Baynosa, MD
    Panelists: Sarah Bishop, MD; David Kurlander, MD; Alice Yao, MD; John Shuck, MD

  • BP#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, MD

  • BP#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, MD

  • BP#416: Future of lymphatic surgery
    Moderator: David Chang, MD
    Panelists: Yushi Suzuki, MD; Demetrius Diamesius, MD; Michelle Coriddi, MD; Dung Nguyen, MD

  • BP#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, MD

  • BP#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, MD

  • BP#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, MD

  • BP#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, MD

  • BP#422: Alternative flaps in Autologous Breast Reconstruction
    Moderator: David Greenspun, MD
    Panelists: Carrie Chu, MD; Jamie Zampell, MD; Rachel Anolik, MD; Deana  Shenaq, MD

  • BP#423:Current Controversies in Head and Neck Reconstruction
    Moderator: Lawrence Gottlieb, MD
    Panelists: Farooq Shahzad, MD; Patrick Garvey, MD; Mario Solari, MD; Noopur Gangopadhyay, MD

  • BP#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, MD

  • BP#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, MD

  • BP#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