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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

  • 2:30pm – 6:45pm ASRM Micro Skills Course

  • 7:00pm – 8:30pm Micro Skills 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: Stephania Tuinder, MD
    Panelists: JJ Huang, MD; Ziv Peled, MD, Lisa Gfrerer, 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; Jamie Levine, MD; Steve Kovach, MD; Jonathan Isaacs, MD; Jerry I Huang, 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

SGS Program: 

1:00pm – 1:20pm      SGS Business Meeting

1:20pm – 1:50pm      ASRM Best of the Best Gender Papers ASRM

1:50pm – 2:20pm      Young Surgeons Roundtable

                                  Speakers: Roberto Travieso, MD, Drew Marano, MD, Brielle Weinstein, MD and Shane Morrison, MD

2:20pm – 2:30pm      BREAK

2:30pm – 3:15pm     Keynote: Rachel Gross, author Vagina Obscura

3:15pm – 4:45pm     Panel Discussion: Nerve and Sensory Outcomes in Gender-Affirming Surgery:  Evolving Concepts in Sensation and Sexual Function

Speakers: Blair Peters, MD; Neurophysiologist; Devin Coon, MD

           Moderator/Speaker Intros: Blair Peters (5 min)

Targeted Nipple-Areolar Complex Reinnervation and Free Nipple Grafts in Gender-Affirming Chest Surgery: What is the Evidence? Lisa Gferer (15 min)

Supporting Sensation Beyond the Nerve Repair: Sensory Re-Education and Cortical Plasticity - a Review of the Evidence. Christine Novak (15 min)

Phantom Sensation in the Transgender and Gender Diverse Population: Embodiment, Trans Phantoms and Understanding the Gendered Experience. S.J. Langer (20 min)

Current Concepts in Genital Gender-Affirming Surgery: A Comprehensive Approach to Sensation and Sexual Function. Blair Peters (20 min)

4:45pm – 4:55pm        Q&A

5:00pm                        Adjourn

 

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- Head and Neck Reconstruction

7:00am – 8:15am           Paper Session- Extremity Reconstruction

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; John Shuck, MD; Amber Leis, MD

10:15am – 10:45am      Break 

10:45am – 11:45am      ASRM Best Paper Session

10:45am – 11:45am      Paper Session- Breast Reconstruction

11:45am – 12:45pm      Lunch

11:45am – 12:45pm      WMG Luncheon: Leadership Up and Down the Ladder

                                      Christine Rohde, MD; Paul Cederna, MD; Joan Lipa, MD; Peirong Yu, MD; Babak Mehrara, MD

11:45am – 12:45pm      Nerve Tape Lunch Symposium 

12:45pm – 1:45pm        Breakout Panels

BP#400: Optimizing Aesthetics in Breast Reconstruction– Cosmetic Considerations

                              Moderator: Sean Boutros, MD

         Panelists: Arash Momeni, MD; Meredith Collins, MD; Andrei Odobescu, MD, Jin Sup Eom, MD

BP#401: Building an Efficient Microsurgical Team: A road to the outpatient DIEP flap

                              Moderator: Evan Matros, MD

                              Panelists: Suhail Kanchwala, MD; JT Stranix, MD; Ed Buchel, MD

BP#402: ASLS- Current Data on Vascularized Lymph Node Transfer: Does Location Matter?

                              Moderator: Mark Schaverien, MD

                   Panelists: Yujin Myung, MD; Mark Schaverien, MD; Min Jeong Cho, MD;  Gemma Pons, MD

BP#403: Looks Great But Does it Work: Functional Head and Neck Reconstruction

                              Moderator: Bo Pomahoc, MD

                              Panelists: Yixin Zhang, MD; Adam Maciejewski, MD; Steven Chinn, MD; Edward Chang, MD

BP#404: Maximizing QOL in Traumatic Limb Salvage: Knowing When Enough is Enough

                              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: Nicole Lindenblatt, MD

                              Panelists: Nicole Lindenblatt MD; Alex Nistor MD; Daniel Murariu MD; Suzanne Marie Inchauste MD; Scott Levin, MD

BP#406: Enhancing Growth and Sustainability in Microsurgical Practice 

                              Moderator: Stephanie Caterson, MD

                              Panelists: Summer Hanson MD; Heather Erhard, MD; Rachel Anolik MD; Susanna Correa, MD; Dung Nguyen, 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 Family Dinner

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    Paper Session- Extremity, H&N, Gender Affirmation and General Reconstruction

7:00am – 8:00am   Breakout Panels

BP#407: Optimizing Aesthetic Results with Autologous Breast Reconstruction in Obese and Ptotic Patients

                              Moderator: TBD

         Panelists: Andrea Moreira, MD; Katie Weichman, MD; Dave Mathis, MD; Sebastian Winocour, MD

BP#408: AI in Reconstructive Surgery

                              Moderator: Tim King, MD

                              Panelists: Graham Schwarz, MD; Edward Ray, MD; Ryan Cauley, MD; 

BP#409: ASLS - Debating the ideal technique in LVA: tricks and outcomes (how I do it and does it work)

                              Moderator: Joseph Dayan, MD

                              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: Kongkrit Chaiyasate, MD  

        Panelists: Tarek Ismail, MD; Hung-Chi Chen, MD; Renee Largo, MD; Lawrence Gottlieb, MD; 

BP#411: Supermicrosurgical Approaches in Extremity Reconstruction: Minimizing morbidity while maximizing function

                              Moderator: Jp Hong, MD

        Panelists: John Felder, MD; Ketan Patel, MD

BP#412: Robotic Training in Plastic Surgery

                              Moderator: Richard Baynosa, MD

                              Panelists: Sarah Bishop, MD; Alice Yao, MD; John Shuck, MD; Daniel Murariu, MD

BP#413: Moving on up: Career and Academic Advancement 

                              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

                              Moderator: Robert Allen, Sr., MD

         Panelists: Sumeet Teotia, MD; Risal Djohan, MD; Jaume Masia, MD; Josh Levine, 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: ASLS- Future of lymphatic surgery

                              Moderator: Michelle Coriddi, MD

                              Panelists: Yushi Suzuki, MD; Al Hassanein, MD; Dung Nguyen, MD; Akitatsu Hayashi, 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. Scott Levin, MD, FACS; Guenter Germann, MD

         Panelists: Stephen Kovach, MD; Karen Evans, MD; James Higgins, MD

BP#419: Optimizing phalloplasty donor sites – improving outcomes and decreasing morbidity.

                              Moderator: Blair Peters, MD

        Panelists: Walter Lin, MD; Edward Ray, MD; Isak Goodwin, MD; Rebecca Farmer, MD

 

8:15am – 9:15am     YMG Panel

9:15am – 9:45am           Break with Exhibitors

9:45am - 11:45am          Paper Session- Breast Neurotization and Lymphedema (ASLS Session)

9:45am – 10:45am         Panel 

                                 ASLS- Lymphedema patient counseling, selection, and evaluation of outcomes

                                Moderator: Dhruv Singhal, MD;

                                Panelists: Ara Salibian, MD; Laura Tom, MD; Dimitris Dionysiou, MD; Carolyn De La Cruz, MD;

 

10:45am – 11:45am      Panel

                                Evaluating Outcomes in Autologous Breast Reconstruction Practice

                                Moderator: Joan Lipa, MD
                                Panelists: 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- Breast, Lymphedema and Innovation

7:30am – 8:30am           Breakout Panels 

BP#421: Beyond Breast Reconstruction: Quality of Life considerations in breast cancer care

                               Moderator: David Adelman, MD

                               Panelists: Sophoclese Voineskos, MD; Carrie Stern, MD; Angela Cheng, MD; Rebecca Knackstedt, 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; Mario Solari, MD; Noopur Gangopadhyay, MD; Ravi Garg, MD

BP#424:Super thin flaps in obese patients: Improving outcomes and Enhancing recovery

                               Moderator: Hidehiko Yashimoto, MD

                               Panelists: Raj Parik, MD; Takumi Yamamoto, MD; John Felder, MD; David Colen, MD

BP#425: Microsurgeons as Athletes; Training and routines to maintain Longevity, Wellness and prevent injuries

                              Moderator: Paul Cederna, MD

                              Panelists: David Chang, MD; George Kokosis, MD; Christine Rohde, MD: James Butterworth, MD; Stefan Hofer, MD; Paul Shay, MD

BP#426: Evaluating candidates for microvascular genital reconstruction
 

                              Moderator: Jonathan Keith, MD

                              Panelists: JT Stranix, MD; Melissa Poh, MD; Isak Goodwin, MD

BP#427: Integrating Residents and Fellows while maintaining efficiency in Microsurgery

                              Moderator: Matthew Hanasono, MD

                              Panelists: Sam Poore MD; Vishal Thanik MD; Steve Kovach MD; Paige Myers, MD

9:00am – 10:00am  Panel

                             WMG: Robotics in Autologous Breast Reconstruction

                              Moderator: Jesse Selber, MD

                              Panelists: Hyun H. Han, MD; JJ Huang, MD; Max Kueckelhaus, MD; Andrea Moriera, MD

10:30am – 1:30pm      Council Meeting

10:00am – 11:00am     Paper Session Grant Recipients

10:00am – 11:00 am    Paper Session Breast Reconstruction

12:00pm – 3:00pm       Advanced Practice Provider