To celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 14-20, 2021), the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery (ABCS) announces a new way for patients to identify a cosmetic surgeon with a particular focus on safety: Cosmetic Surgery Patient Safety (CSPS) certification.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) announces that Dallas-based, board-certified plastic surgeon Rod J. Rohrich, MD, editor emeritus of the Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, has received the ASPS’ 2022 Presidential Honorary Citation.
Higher BMI is a risk factor for delayed wound healing in patients undergoing breast reduction surgery, with wound healing times longer than two months, according to a study in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
The American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery named Theda Kontis, MD, as the association’s president.
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The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) has named Gregory Greco, DO, FACS, its new president. He will serve a one-year term.
Read MoreHoward Levinson, MD, FACS, took office October 30 in Boston during Plastic Surgery: The Meeting, the society’s annual scientific meeting. He will serve as president of the foundation for one year.
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The accomplished surgeon, lecturer, and founder of Tri Valley Plastic Surgery in Dublin, Calif., will be serving as the first African-American president of the largest plastic surgery specialty organization in the world.
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Why do female plastic surgeons earn less than their male colleagues? Differences in billing and coding for procedures performed may partially explain this income gap, according to a study in the November issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
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The American Society of Plastic Surgery and the American College of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair will hold a joint strategic planning meeting on October 27 in Boston to discuss advanced fellowship training in wound healing and tissue repair.
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The Global Alliance for Women Leaders in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery hosted its first in-person panel on September 24 at the 26th ISAPS World Congress in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Terri Ross, founder and co-CEO of the APX Platform, will be a featured speaker for two sessions at the 20222 ISAPS World Congress in Istanbul.
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Three plastic surgery startups have advanced through a rigorous selection process to participate in the first cohort of the ASPS MTI Plastic Surgery Accelerator competition.
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S. Alexander Earle, MD, FACS, founder of Miami-based Pure Plastic Surgery, has been named president of the World Association of Gluteal Surgeons (WAGS), effective immediately.
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Plastic surgery residents face persistent barriers accessing affordable childcare, with high costs and a major impact on surgical training—with most of the burden falling on women residents, reports a paper in the June issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
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The Aesthetic Society has named Eugene, Ore.-based board-certified plastic surgeon Kiya Movassaghi, MD, FACS, vice president of the society.
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The Aesthetic Society has elected Austin-based plastic surgeon Jennifer Walden, MD, as the new president of the 2,200 active-member organization dedicated to aesthetic plastic surgery.
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The Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation (ASERF) has elected Indianapolis-based plastic surgeon Bruce Van Natta, MD, as its new president, in addition to announcing other executive committee appointments.
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Overall, aesthetic body procedures such as abdominoplasty, buttock augmentation, and liposuction increased by 63% since 2020, according to data collected by The Aesthetic Society.
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