Virtuosity is defined as attaining the highest level of achievement in the practice of a fine art, a term which certainly applies to the faculty of the 43rd Annual Baker Gordon Symposium. To become a virtuoso requires a lifetime of effort, the ingredients of which are dedication to the progression of one’s art, the development of the highest level of technical skill, culminating in the ability to consistently produce beautiful aesthetic results. In our opinion, the faculty for this year’s symposium represents true mastery in cosmetic surgery. Through both their commitment to excellence and a dedication to educating their colleagues, they have changed the course of plastic surgery and how it is currently practiced. The 43rd Annual Baker Gordon Symposium honors their contributions.
Thursday’s program begins with Dr. Glenn Jelks examining virtuosity in periorbital rejuvenation, lecturing on the key elements for consistent solutions in blepharoplasty. This will be followed by live surgical demonstrations of endoscopic brow lifting, upper and lower blepharoplasty, transpalpebral corrugator resection and retinacular canthopexy. Later on Thursday afternoon, we will switch our focus to advances in cosmetic medicine, examining alternatives in non-surgical fat removal, as well as an update on ablative and non-ablative fractional resurfacing. We will also discuss finesse in injectable fillers, examining the array of fillers available to improve specific regions of the face.
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Friday’s program will feature the 43rd Annual Baker Gordon Symposium keynote speaker, Dr. Henry Kawamoto, who will share with us his twenty year perspective on how craniofacial surgery has transformed facial cosmetic surgery. Dr. Sherrell Aston will then present virtuosity in facial rejuvenation, followed by lectures on facial aging from both an anatomic and morphologic perspective. The program will then shift to treatment planning in microgenia, discussing the role of alloplastic implants and osseous genioplasty. Following the didactic lectures on Friday morning, the afternoon program will feature live demonstrations of osseous genioplasty, and face lift with fame technique. Interactive videos on alloplastic chin augmentation and a video cadaver demonstration delineating the anatomic differences in facial fat repositioning between alternative face lifting techniques will be presented.
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Saturday’s program will focus on open and endonasal rhinoplasty. Dr. Jack Gunter will present virtuosity in rhinoplasty – consistent solutions in nasal shaping. Other lectures will include a twenty year perspective in both open and endonasal rhinoplasty by our expert faculty followed by an in-depth panel discussion regarding consistent solutions in primary rhinoplasty. The morning session will then be followed by a live demonstration of both endonasal and open rhinoplasty, as well as interactive videos on both open and endonasal primary rhinoplasty.
Thursday, February 5th, 2009
Friday, February 6th, 2009
Saturday, February 7th, 2009
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| Sherrell J. Aston, M.D. Mariano Busso, M.D. Mark B. Constantian, M.D. Steven Fagien, M.D. Jack Gunter, M.D. Glenn W. Jelks, M.D. Henry Kawamoto, Jr., M.D. Jeffrey M. Kenkel, M.D. |
Val Lambros, M.D. Joel E. Pessa, M.D. Rod J. Rohrich, M.D. Dean Toriumi, M.D. S. Anthony Wolfe, M.D. Thomas J. Baker, M.D. James M. Stuzin, M.D. |
In the tradition of the Baker Gordon Symposium, we have limited our faculty in an attempt to allow focus on interactive interchange between faculty, hosts and audience. The tradition of combining academic didactics with live demonstrations by masters in plastic surgery has always been the hallmark of the Baker Gordon Symposium. Hopefully, this year’s meeting will continue our tradition of excellence in aesthetic surgery education.