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PSEF Visiting Professors

PSEF is committed to the support of research and educational programs for plastic surgeons.

Visiting Professors advance the mission of PSEF by instructing surgeons using their clinical, technical and educational expertise.

Universities and training institutions may take advantage of the wealth of knowledge and innovative perspectives on plastic surgery represented by the Visiting Professors.

Hosting a Visiting Professor

All of the 2009-2010 Visiting Professors have been scheduled for the year.  The following year's Visiting Professor participants will be available beginning in July 2010. 

2009-2010 Visiting Professors - All Visits Have Been Scheduled

Keith Brandt, MD

Keith Brandt, MD
Full Schedule, No Longer Available

Dr. Brandt lectures on complex surgical topics as well as issues impacting plastic surgeons beyond the operating room. His lecture topics include:

  • Strategies for Upper Extremity Replantation/Revascularization
  • Nerve Transfers for Upper Body Reconstruction
  • CPT Coding for Plastic Surgery; Breast Reconstruction - What I've Learned in 18 years
  • Is Running Marathons Bad for Your Health?

 Warren Garner, Md

Warner Garner, MD 
Full Schedule, No Longer Available

As one of the world's most prominent voices in wound care, Dr. Garner’s lectures focus on:

  • Acute and Reconstructive Burn Care
  • Hypertrophic Scar
  • Wound Healing: Mechanistic Understanding of Normal and Abnormal Wound Healing
  • Why Wounds Heal and Why They Do Not
  •  New Products for Treating Wounds
  • Biotechnology at the Bedside
  • Adult Learning and How We Should Teach Residents

 

Lawrence Gottlieb, MD

Lawrence Gottlieb, MD
Full Schedule, No Longer Available

Dr. Gottlieb’s lectures focus on surgical ethics and complex reconstructive surgery.  His lecture topics include:

  • Conjoined Twins: A Challenging Journey Involving Ethics, Emotions, Law and the Struggle of Life and Death
  • Life or Limb: Creating Deformity and Disability to Save a Life  
  • Complex Reconstructive Surgery Including: Head and Neck Reconstruction, Chimera Flaps, Lip Reconstruction, Cheek Reconstruction, Scalp and Cranium Reconstruction, Genito-Urinary & Perineal Reconstruction and Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections

 

James Grotting, MD

James Grotting, MD
Full Schedule, No Longer Available

Dr. Grotting lectures cover a wide range of cutting-edge topics in cosmetic surgery including:

  • Ultrasonic Lipocontouring of the Face
  • Endoscopic Browlift
  • Vertical Approach for Breast Reduction and Mastopexy
  • Precision in Augmentation Mastopexy
  • Ultrasonic Body Contouring
  • Complication Rates in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
  • Reoperative Breast Surgery
  • Treatment of Breast Asymmetry
  •  Breast Reconstruction using the Free TRAM Flap.

 

Robet Havlik, MD

Robert Havlik, MD
Full Schedule, No Longer Available

Dr. Havlik lectures on a number of reconstructive surgery-themed topics, including:

  • Contemporary Management of Cleft Lip and Palate
  • Issues in Vascular Malformations
  • Congential Hand Surgery
  • Distraction Osteogenesis: Who, What, When and Why?
  • Current Management in Fibrous Dysplasia
  • Facial Trauma
  • Managment of Craniosynostosis

 

M. Samuel Noordhoff, MD

M. Samuel Noordhoff, MD
Full Schedule, No Longer Available

Dr. Noordhoff spent his entire professional career practicing in Taiwan and brings a unique world perspective to his lectures.  His topics reflect his extensive experience:

  • Establishing Plastic Surgery in a Developing Country
  • Bilateral and Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate, Primary and Secondary

 

Charles Verheyden, MD

Charles Verheyden, MD
Full Schedule, No Longer Available

Dr. Verheyden's lectures provide a wide range range of both surgical and nonsurgical topics.  His lectures include:

  • Mangement of Melanoma
  • Tissue Expansion in Adults and Children
  • Mangement of Infantile Hemangiomas
  • Management of Cleft Lip and Palate
  • Ethical Considerations in Plastic Surgery
  • Personal Approach to Abdominoplasty
  • History of the Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • Initiating a Third-World Medical Mission Experience
  • Plastic Surgery Marriages - How to Make Them Work
  • Evolution of Breast Reduction Technique from Wise Pattern/Inferior Pedicle to Medical Pedical/Vertical Pattern

 

Edwin Wilkins, MD

Edwin Wilkins, MD

Full Schedule Pending
Dr. Wilkins' lectures cover:

  • Outcomes Research in Post-Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction
  • Prevention of Postoperative Venous Thrombolism in Plastic Surgery Patients
  • Refinements in Autogenous Tissue Breast Reconstruction

Local Sponsor Guidelines

  • The local sponsor for each visit must be an active member of ASPS/PSEF
  • PSEF provides airfare transportation
  • PSEF provides an honorarium for each day of the visit
  • It is recommended that visits be of two days duration
  • The sponsoring institution is responsible for lodging, meals and local transportation expenses
  • Each sponsor arranges specific visit details directly with the Visiting Professor
  • Visits should usually involve lecture, discussion groups, patient evaluation, and patient rounds
  • If operative procedures involving the Visiting Professor are planned, the local sponsor must arrange the legalities and specific privileges required
  • The sponsor will complete and submit an evaluation of the visit to the ASPS/PSEF Executive Office