Plastic Surgery 2009

New Program & Schedule

ASPS, PSEF and ASMS are excited to announce positive changes, value plans and new dates for Plastic Surgery 2009, Friday, October 23 – Tuesday, October 27, in Seattle. The ASPS/ASMS Symposium will be offered on Thursday, October 22, 2009.

The shifted program schedule, beginning and ending a day earlier, will provide tremendous advantages for the specialty – Members, Surgeons, Corporate Partners, and Exhibitors.

View the new program schedule.

The exciting week will commence on Friday with the Welcome Reception at Seattle's famous Museum of Flight. Aviation enthusiasts will delight when we will have exclusive access to the museum and its impressive artifact collection representing air and space history.

To celebrate the end of an inspiring week, join colleagues at "Party with a Purpose", the Presidential Closing festivity featuring 50 Amp Fuse. The high-energy band will delight those who remember the hits from 1970-1990 and will surely have everyone singing along. Supported by Medicis Aesthetics and open to all, attendees will enjoy Pacific Northwest cuisine before returning home. In addition a portion from each ticket sold will be donated to PSEF to support its research initiatives as well as Food Lifeline, a Washington affiliate of Feeding America.

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Invited Keynote Speaker: Atul Gawande, MD

Atul Gawande, MD will speak at the Opening Ceremonies. An accomplished writer, teacher and speaker, Dr. Gawande delights his audiences with a unique perspective on the practice of medicine, the reform of health care, and the human struggle to do better and to improve performance.

Special Closing Session Speaker: William H. Frist, MD

The Honorable William H. Frist, MD, a recognized heart and transplant lung surgeon will conclude the week with an address at the Closing Session on Tuesday. As a U.S. Senator and Majority Leader, Dr. Bill Frist emerged to become one of the leading voices on health care in America today.

His 20 years treating patients with innovative new therapies as a surgeon and 12 years in health care policy at the highest levels of government serves as the backdrop as he presents his vision of increased availability and affordability of quality health care. He will discuss his long, hard fight to strengthen Medicare and provide seniors with better access to prescription drugs, emphasizing prevention, wellness and lowering costs to the consumer. During his extensive career as one of the country's foremost surgeons, Frist performed over 150 heart and lung transplants, which means he not only is educated on the topic, he has also lived his word. This broad spectrum of experience provides insight into what both the private sector and the current Congress can do to further implement these ideas.

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New! Roundtable Presentations

New Roundtable Presentations: Come to the meeting with problems and leave with answers! Open to all attendees, these 1-hour sessions will focus on answering your case management and technique questions. Watch for the "Call for Technique and Case Management Questions" in the Plastic Surgery 2009 Registration Brochure and electronically submit questions and photos for experts to review. During the meeting, small group sessions will be organized by topic and allow for discussion by selected faculty and your ASPS colleagues from across the country. Submit a question in advance or just join in the discussion.

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Point-Counterpoint Debates

Come participate as expert faculty debate the merits of different approaches to both common and unique surgical problems. These moderated debates will provide a forum to discuss the strengths and limitations of cosmetic and reconstructive techniques. Topics will be announced in the Registration Brochure, and audience members should come prepared to ask questions of the presenters.

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Meet Leone Ardo, Official Artist for Plastic Surgery 2009!

Leone Ardo creates almost all her paintings in the heart of Seattle’s world famous Pike Place.

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