15th International Course on Perforator Flaps - NYU Langone ...

Sponsored by the NYU Post-Graduate Medical School
Department of Plastic Surgery, NYU School of Medicine
15TH INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON
PERFORATOR
FLAPS
THURSDAY - SUNDAY • NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 2, 2012
New York, NY

CME
INFORMATION
<strong>Course</strong> Description
This educational activity will involve
in-depth discussions on all aspects
of perforator flaps including basic
research, anatomy, physiology, and
surgical technique. Live surgery, in
three simultaneous operating rooms
over two days, will be a highlight for
all participants.
FACULTY
COURSE CO-CHAIRMEN
Robert Allen, MD
Nolan S. Karp, MD
Steven Morris, MD
HONORARY
COURSE CHAIRMAN
Joseph McCarthy, MD
NYU Faculty
Christina Ahn, MD
Robert Allen, MD
Daniel Ceradini, MD
David Chiu, MD
Ernest Chiu, MD
Mihye Choi, MD
Alexes Hazen, MD
Target Audience
Plastic Surgeons, Microsurgeons,
Residents and Fellows
Statement of Need
There is a gap between the
actual and potential frequency
of perforator flap surgery. It is
underutilized in clinical practice.
This is the result of a lack of
adequate training in this technique
among many clinicians who do
reconstructive surgery.
Nolan Karp, MD
Jamie Levine, MD
Michael Margiotta, MD
Pierre Saadeh, MD
Sheel Sharma, MD
Visiting <strong>International</strong> Faculty
Claudio Angrigiani, MD
Corinne Becker, MD
Phillip Blondeel, MD
Christoph Heitmann, MD
Joon P. Hong, MD
Isao Koshima, MD
Jaume Masia, MD
Steven Morris, MD
Lan Mu, MD
Gemma Pons, MD
Educational Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity,
participants should be able to:
n Develop strategies to increase
the frequency of perforator flap
techniques in practice to reduce
recovery time and surgical
complications.
Nathalie Roche, MD
Eric Santamaria, MD
Elaine Sassoon, MD
Koenraad Van Landuyt, MD
Visiting United States Faculty
Constance Chen, MD
Heather Erhard, MD
David Greenspun, MD
Geoffrey Hallock, MD
Joshua Levine, MD
Maria LoTempio, MD
Peter Neligan, MB
Ali Sadeghi, MD
Aldona Spiegel, MD
Julie Vasile, MD
M. Whitten Wise, MD
The views expressed and the subject material presented in the course of any activities sponsored by The American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery including
lectures, seminars, instructional courses, or otherwise, represent the personal views of the individual participants and do not represent the opinion of the American
Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery. The Society assumes no responsibility for such views or materials, or implied, for the content of any Society sponsored
presentations. Further, the Society hereby acknowledges that while its broad purpose is to promote the development and exchange of knowledge pertaining to
the practice of Microsurgery, it does so only in the context of a private forum without making any representation to the public whatsoever. Accordingly, the Society
declares that its primary purpose is to benefit only its physician members, and responsibility of the Society for acts or omissions of Society members dealing with the
public is hereby expressly disclaimed.

GENERAL
INFORMATION
Location
NYU School of Medicine
Alumni Hall, Farkas Auditorium
550 First Avenue (31st St.)
New York, NY 10016
PHOTO IDENTIFICATION
IS REQUIRED TO ENTER
THE MEDICAL CENTER.
Online Registration Preferred
Applications will be accepted in order
of their receipt. In order to reserve your
seat, please register in advance, as
on-site registration is not guaranteed.
An e-mail confirmation will be sent
confirming your registration. Written
confirmation will not be mailed. Visit our
secure website http://cme.med.nyu.
edu/ICPF to submit online registration.
Please Note: We cannot accept
telephone or e-mail registration.
Mailing Address and
Contact Information:
Registration Office
NYU Post-Graduate Medical School
P.O. Box 1855
Murray Hill Station
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 263-5295
Fax: (212) 263-5293
Abstract and E-Poster Submissions
Submission Deadline: 10/1/12
Decisions will be released on 10/15/12
Abstract Guidelines:
All abstract submissions must adhere to
the following rules:
1. Include all authors and institutions
2. 400 words or less
E-Poster Guidelines:
All e-poster submissions must adhere to
the following rules:
1. Include all authors and institutions
2. Formatted as a PowerPoint
presentation with 5 slides
3. Structured as: 1-Title, Objective;
2-Methods; 3-Results; 4-Discussion
and Conclusions
Visit http://cme.med.nyu.edu/ICPF
to submit your abstract or e-poster.
Please be sure to include your contact
information with your submission.
Accreditation Statement
The NYU Post-Graduate Medical School
is accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical
Education to provide continuing
medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation Statement
The NYU Post-Graduate Medical
School designates this live activity for a
maximum of 23.75 AMA PRA Category
1 Credits TM . Physicians should claim only
the credit commensurate with the extent
of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement
The NYU Post-Graduate Medical School
adheres to the ACCME Essential Areas
and Policies, including the Standards for
Commercial Support, regarding industry
support of continuing medical education.
In order to resolve any identified Conflicts
of Interest, disclosure information is provided
during the planning process to ensure
resolution of any identified conflicts.
Disclosure of faculty and commercial
relationships as well as the discussion
of unlabeled or unapproved use of any
drug, device or procedure by the faculty
will be fully noted at the meeting.
Hotel Accommodations
Rooms are in very heavy demand in New
York City; we urge you to make your
reservations early. You may obtain a list
of hotels located near NYU School of
Medicine by visiting our website:
http://cme.med.nyu.edu/travel
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Streets between First and Second
Avenues, as well as at the Schwartz
Health Care Center garage on First
Avenue and 30th Street. For more
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Please Note: We cannot validate
parking for registrants.
PROGRAM
Thursday,
November 29, 2012
6:00-8:00 pm Welcome Reception
Smilow Lobby, Ground Floor
Friday,
November 30, 2012
Conference Day 1
7:00 am Registration and
Continental Breakfast
8:00 Welcoming Remarks
Robert Allen, MD
8:05 Honorary Chairman
Joseph McCarthy, MD
Session I – Principles of
Perforator Flaps
Moderators: Nolan Karp, MD and Steven
Morris, MD
8:15 History of Perforator Flaps
Steven Morris, MD
8:30 Nomenclature of Perforator Flaps
Geoffrey Hallock, MD
8:45 Perforator Flap Technique
Phillip Blondeel, MD
9:00 Preoperative Imaging
Jaume Masia, MD
9:15 Avoidance of Pitfalls in Perforator
Flap Surgery
Peter Neligan, MB
9:30 Supermicrosurgery
Isao Koshima, MD
9:45 The 2011 Perforator Flap Meeting
Joon P. Hong, MD
10:00 Coffee Break and
Viewing of E-Posters
Session II – Individual Perforator Flap
Technique: How the Masters Do It
Moderators: Jamie Levine, MD and
Pierre Saadeh, MD
10:30 How I Do It — Deep Inferior
Epigastric Artery Perforator
Flap (DIEP)
Phillip Blondeel, MD
10:50 How I Do It — Anterolateral
Thigh Flap (ALT)
Nathalie Roche, MD
11:00 How I Do It — Superficial
Inferior Epigastric Artery Flap
(SIEA)
Aldona Spiegel, MD
11:10 How I Do It — Gluteal Artery
Perforator Flaps (GAP Flaps)
Koenraad Van Landuyt, MD
11:20 Discussion

11:30 How I Do It — Intercostal Artery
Perforator Flaps (ICAP Flaps)
Joshua Levine, MD
11:40 How I Do It — Profunda Artery
Perforator Flap (PAP)
Robert Allen, MD
11:50 How I Do It — Thoracodorsal
Artery Perforator Flap (TAP Flap)
Claudio Angrigiani, MD
12:00 pm How I Do It — Superficial
Circumflex Iliac Artery Perforator
Flap (SCIP)
Joon P. Hong, MD
12:10 How I Do It — Sural Artery
Perforator Flap
Geoffrey Hallock, MD
12:20 Discussion
12:30 Lunch and Viewing of E-Posters
Session III – Breast Reconstruction
Moderators: Mihye Choi, MD and
Nolan Karp, MD
1:30 Patient and Flap Selection
Robert Allen, MD
1:45 Shaping the Breast
Phillip Blondeel, MD
2:00 Breast Reconstruction Planning
Christina Ahn, MD
2:15 Sensate Breast Reconstruction
Aldona Spiegel, MD
2:30 Fat Grafting of Perforator Flap in
Breast Reconstruction
Ali Sadeghi, MD
2:45 Primary Breast Reconstruction
in the Irradiated Bed
Christoph Heitmann, MD
3:00 Perforator Flaps in Breast
Reconstruction, Common Errors
and Prevention
Eric Santamaria, MD
3:15 Lymphedema Surgery
Corinne Becker, MD
3:30 Coffee Break and
Viewing of E-Posters
Session IV – Women’s Perspective on
Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction
Moderators: Constance Chen, MD
and Maria LoTempio, MD
4:00 Standard Bearing for the
Perforators!
Elaine Sassoon, MD
4:10 Women on Top: A Female
Surgeon’s Perspective on
Perforator Flap Breast
Reconstruction
Nathalie Roche, MD
4:20 Integral Treatment of Breast
Cancer Patients
Gemma Pons, MD
4:30 Difficult Breast and Chest Wall
Reconstruction with Free Bi-lateral
DIEP by Anastomased to the Two
Ends (Proximal and Distal) of
Internal Mammary Vessels
Lan Mu, MD
4:40 When to Turn the Headlights On:
Patients’ Perspectives Concerning
Nipple Reconstruction
Heather Erhard, MD
4:50 Discussion
Session V – Introduction of Patients for
Live Surgery
Moderator: Nolan Karp, MD
5:00 Brief review of 4 patients
scheduled for surgery on Saturday
Mihye Choi, MD
Brief review of 4 patients
scheduled for surgery on Sunday
Mihye Choi, MD
6:00 pm Adjourn
Saturday,
December 1, 2012
7:00 am Registration and
Continental Breakfast
8:00 Announcements
8:05 LIVE SURGERY
Broadcast to Auditorium Through-
out the Day: 2 Free Tissue
Transfers, 2 Pedicled Perforator
Flap Cases
Introduction of Surgeons,
Assistants, Staff, Patients, Rooms
and Positioning, Surgical Planning.
Each surgeon discusses case,
thought process involved, planning
of the flap, etc.
Moderators: Nolan Karp, MD and
Steven Morris, MD
These lectures will occur concurrently
with the live surgery:
Session VI
9:00 Panel: Local Free Flaps
Moderator: Steven Morris, MD
Panelists: Geoffrey Hallock, MD
and Pierre Saadeh, MD
10:00 Coffee Break – Live Surgery
Continues in Auditorium
10:30 Continual Update on Live
Perforator Flap Surgery
12:30 pm Lunch and Viewing of Live Surgery
1:30 Continual Update on Live
Perforator Flap Surgery
3:00 Free Papers
5:00 pm Adjourn
Sunday,
December 2, 2012
7:00 am Registration and
Continental Breakfast
8:00 Announcements
8:05 LIVE SURGERY
Broadcast to Auditorium
Throughout the Day: 2 Free Tissue
Transfers, 2 Pedicled Perforator
Flap Cases. Each surgeon
discusses case, thought process
involved, planning of the flap, etc.
Introduction of Surgeons,
Assistants, Staff, Patients, Rooms,
Positioning, Surgical Planning
Moderators: Nolan Karp, MD and
Steven Morris, MD
These lectures will occur concurrently
with the live surgery:
9:00 Imaging in Perforator Flap Surgery
Moderator: David Greenspun, MD
Panelists: Jaume Masia, MD,
Peter Neligan, MB,
and Julie Vasile, MD
10:00 Coffee Break – Live Surgery
Continues in Auditorium
10:30 Continual Update on Live
Perforator Flap Surgery
12:30 pm Lunch and Viewing of Live Surgery
1:30 Continual Update on Live
Perforator Flap Surgery
3:00 Panel: Problem Solving in
Perforator Flap Surgery:
Complications, Avoidance, Pearls,
Pitfalls. “Disasters of the Masters”
Moderators: Robert Allen, MD and
Phillip Blondeel, MD
Panelist:
Koenraad Van Landuyt, MD
5:00 Adjourn
7:00 pm Gala
Join us
For an evening of dinner, dancing and
entertainment at the Gala reception on
Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 7:00 pm.
Price: $150 per ticket
Full details will be posted on our course
website closer to the course date.
http://cme.med.nyu.edu/ICPF

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November 29 - December 2, 2012
NYU Langone Medical Center, Farkas Auditorium, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016
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15TH INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON
PERFORATOR
FLAPS
THURSDAY - SUNDAY
NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 2, 2012
New York, NY