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
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12:30pm – 1:30pm MicroSurge Management Board of Managers Meeting
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2:00pm – 6:00pm WSRM/ASRT Symposium
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3:00pm – 7:00pm ASRM Micro Skills Course
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3:00pm – 7:00pm ASRM Ultra Sound/Imaging Course
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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
Worst Case/No Save: Extremity Focus
Moderator: William C. Pederson, MD
Panelists: Paul S. Cederna, 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;
8:00am – 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