PlastyPod

Includes stories on:

• How a faltering economy may impact plastic surgery practices—and how to weather the storm
• Practice management tips to engage your staff and create a patient-friendly practice
• Dr. Andrea Pusic’s groundbreaking patient-reported outcomes questionnaires

Includes:

• An interview with Dr. William Magee, the founder of Operation Smile, which treats children with facial deformities
• A discussion of the impact of the tragic death of Donda West on prospective plastic surgery patients
• An update on ASPS’s Tracking Operations and Outcomes for Plastic Surgeons (TOPS) program

Coverage from Plastic Surgery 2007, including:

• A recap of the keynote address by Bill Taylor, author of the business book Mavericks at Work
• A discussion on the fledgling science behind using brain implants to operate prostheses
• Incoming ASPS President Dr. Richard D’Amico’s focus for the coming year of his presidency

Includes reports on:

• An innovative new comprehensive breast care institute
• The Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2007
• The ASPS-ASAPS Cosmetic Medicine Workshop in New York City

Includes:

• A celebration of Women in Medicine Month
• Tips on managing the cosmetic medicine aspect of your practice or medical spa
• A report on an ASPS presentation to national association executives on innovative leadership development

Includes:

• A report on Iraq Star, a non-profit that connects wounded veterans with volunteers who provide treatment to disfigured war wounds
• Interviews with participants of a recent panel discussion on performance measurement and Maintenance of Certification
• The revitalized mission of the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation to fund plastic surgery research

Includes:

• Drs. Carolyn Kerrigan and Anne Taylor on an evolutionary trend in group plastic surgery consultations
• A report on the recent Medical Spa workshop in Los Angeles and the upcoming September workshop, Cosmetic Medicine: The Bottom Line
• CPT coding tips from Practice Management Education Committee member Dr. Martha Matthews

Includes interviews with:

• Drs. Arun Gosain and Kenneth Salyer on the latest attempt at separating craniopagus twins, three-year-old Anastasia and Tatiana Dogaru
• Consultants on how plastic surgeons can use the news media to market their practices

Includes stories on:

• Plastic surgeons lobby for reconstructive coverage for kids
• Clinical advances explored at the ASAPS Annual Meeting
• Fresh Start volunteers change lives of many young Americans

Includes:

• Five strategies for the future of plastic surgery
• The redevelopment of TOPS
• Plavix risk management

Includes:

• Tax tips for plastic surgeons
• Considerations in converting the prospective cosmetic patient

Includes:

• Annual Meetings of AAHS, ASPN, ASRM
• Pathways to Leadership Program
• Risk Management: Patient Confidentiality and Public Education

Includes:

• Interview on the member vote for a closer integration between ASPS and PSEF
• Financial consultants on practice money management
• How to address clinical patient safety situations that a plastic surgeon might face

Includes:

• A discussion of silicone breast implants
• How to correctly handle the challenging plastic surgery patient, part 2

Includes:

• Tips on launching and managing a medi-spa
• How to correctly handle the challenging plastic surgery patient, part 1

Includes:

• Coverage of Plastic Surgery 2006
• Interviews talking about the society’s bicycle “Helmets For Safety” program
• Excerpts from speeches from the ASPS President and Allergan Medical President

News about:

• Volunteering for a 2007 ASPS or PSEF Committee
• The potential for a future shortage in the plastic surgeon workforce
• A risk management Q&A about Botox use

Interviews with:

• Plastic surgeons about the state of New Orleans a year after Hurricane Katrina
• The Smile Train's co-founder about a $1 million dollar grant
• Three Kentucky plastic surgeons who went on an educational mission trip to China

News about:

• The proposed ASPS/PSEF integration
• The recent ASPS State and Regional Society Summit
• Plastic surgery's response to the Institute of Medicine report on the trauma system

Reports about:

• A lawnmower safety education campaign
• A women plastic surgeon's leadership initiative
• A recent ASPS Regional Advocacy Fly-In to Washington, D.C.

News about:

• The ASAPS Annual Meeting
• The American Society of Plastic Surgical Nurses
• Risk management tips on post bariatric surgery patients.

News about:

• The acquisition of Inamed by Allergan
• The release of the ASPS Procedural Statistics

Includes:

• An interview with the plastic surgeon who operated on a kangaroo
• Stories about a survey on residency pathways
• An interview with the CEO of The Doctors Company

Includes:

• Coverage of the recent Baker Gordon Symposium
• Discussion of the French facial transplant
• An interview with the ASPS Washington, D.C. Legislative representative Vicki Hart