annual report - The Plastic Surgery Foundation

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annual report - The Plastic Surgery Foundation
2013
ANNUAL
REPORT
Our mission is to advance the quality of care delivered to plastic surgery patients
by encouraging the highest standards of training, ethics, physician practice
management, and research in plastic surgery.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) is the largest plastic surgery
specialty organization in the world. Founded in 1931, the Society is composed
of more than 7,000 physician members and represents more than 94 percent
of all board-certified plastic surgeons in the United States who perform cosmetic
and reconstructive surgery.
PlasticSurgery.org
Founded in 1948, The Plastic Surgery Foundation (The PSF) works on behalf of
the specialty to guide future innovation and organizational collaboration. Our goal is
to guide the latest breakthroughs in plastic surgery research and develop guidelines
for plastic surgeons in order to promote the highest clinical outcomes and patient
safety. The PSF is a world leader in research, championing initiatives that have
a significant impact on clinical practice. We also work to educate and cultivate
the pipeline of surgeon scientists to assure that ASPS members will spearhead
research and medical innovation now and for years to come.
ThePSF.org
CONTENTS
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ASPS/PSF LETTERS TO MEMBERS
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ASPS/PSF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
10 ASPS/PSF FINANCIAL RESULTS
14MEMBERSHIP
16 ADVOCACY MATTERS
19 QUALITY AND HEALTH POLICY
22 COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH
24PUBLICATIONS
26 ASPS EDUCATION
28 MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES
30 RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS
33 RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND IDEA INCUBATION
34 INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS IN PLASTIC SURGERY
35 RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAMS
40 SCHOLARSHIP AWARD PROGRAMS
41 GRANT AWARDS
42 BREAST RECONSTRUCTION AWARENESS FUND
43 FELLOWS OF THE MALINIAC CIRCLE
44 THE PSF SUPPORTERS
56 SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM
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2013 HIGHLIGHTS
ASPS made significant progress in leveraging the Plastic Surgery Education Campaign
funds by deploying new tactics to promote public awareness efforts that include ASPS
messaging on board certification and patient safety.
•The PSF is in a more prominent position on the national fundraising stage, increasing
our ability to support charitable care, research, and public awareness outside of
individual member contributions
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery launched the first in a series of PRS Clinical
Masters which helped the publication reach an additional five percent increase
in advertising revenue
• In 2013, ASPS made great strides in the development of Plastic Surgery Practice
Solutions (formerly Plastic Surgery Business Solutions). We entered into a strategic
alliance with Strathspey Crown, a physician-owned private equity firm that is set to
launch a suite of practice management and practice marketing tools
2013 Consumer Plastic Surgery Snapshot since 2012
•15.1 million cosmetic surgery procedures, including both minimally-invasive and surgical,
were performed in the United States in 2013—up three percent
•In addition, 5.7 million reconstructive surgery procedures, which improve function
and appearance to abnormal structures, were performed—up two percent
•Silicone implants were used in 72 percent of all breast augmentations while saline
implants were used in 28 percent
•Nearly 10,000 buttock augmentations with fat grafting were performed—an increase
of 16 percent
•Neck lifts are becoming increasingly popular, with more than 55,000 procedures
performed—up six percent
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FRESH IDEAS ALREADY PAYING OFF
It’s been a very successful year at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and
The Plastic Surgery Foundation. As you will see throughout this report, we have continued
to develop innovative ways to represent our members and to fight to protect the specialty.
By far, the largest single concern of ASPS members, especially those of you in private
practice, is the increasing encroachment on the specialty by non-plastic surgeons who see
the self-pay, aesthetic surgery marketplace as their salvation from declining reimbursement.
The leading edge of our battalion in this fight is the Plastic Surgery Education Campaign—
to which every ASPS member contributes—that provides approximately $2 million to
reinforce public awareness of the specialty and the ASPS Symbol of Excellence. We continue
to leverage these resources in creative ways, such as producing our own multimedia news
releases that tell real-life patient stories. These compelling and empathetic news stories
(whether talking about “botched” cosmetic surgery procedures or highlighting procedural
trends) are released to the media ready for broadcast by TV news stations across the country.
The most recent media coverage of ASPS statistics, highlighting an increase in upper arm
lift procedures, garnered an audience of more than 1 billion in its first month alone, with
an advertising value of $4 million for the ASPS brand and its members. One of our key
objectives for 2014 will be to develop new sources of funding to increase the national scale
of our public awareness campaigns.
We have also partnered with members to help fight for our causes in Washington and in
state capitals. This year, we supported legislation requiring truth and transparency
in advertising by non-physician providers. We also fought to repeal the flawed Medicare
physician payment formula (SGR) and worked against a 24 percent payment cut. We continue
to work closely with members of Congress as a permanent repeal proposal takes shape.
We are also aggressively developing tools for member practices. We currently offer
the ASPS Practice Marketing App, the Passionate Patient Education Brochures, the Informed
Consent Resource, eClinical Works electronic medical records software, and Access Medical
Purchasing, our group purchasing organization.
I would like to extend my gratitude to Gregory Evans, MD and Charles Verheyden MD, PhD,
and to the Executive Committee and Board of Directors for their continued support and
advice over the past year. I also wish to acknowledge the incredibly hard-working and
devoted staff at the headquarters office in Chicago and satellite office in Washington, DC
as well as the PRS office in Dallas.
I look forward to working with the membership and with all sub-specialty societies in
the coming year as we continue our combined efforts to strengthen our position on behalf
of our members.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL D. COSTELLOE, JD
Executive Vice President
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
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YOUR DUES DOLLARS AT WORK
Media Outreach/Public Relations
Health Policy and Advocacy
PSEC
and Public Awareness Campaigns
Federal-level Advocacy
State-level Advocacy
Quality Measures
Other­—Health Policy, Regulatory Affairs
Education Programs
PSEN
ACCME Accreditation
General and Administrative
Finance, IT, Facilities,
Executive, HR, Legal, etc.
Membership Programs
Governance
Member Services
Programs
Communications
Other—TOPS™ 2.0, Website Access,
Special Interest Groups,
Sub-specialty Relations
Membership Publications
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Plastic Surgery News
PRS Global Open
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DOING OUR BEST TO SERVE OUR SURGEONS
AND PATIENTS—2013 HIGHLIGHTS
It seems like it was yesterday that I stepped into the ASPS presidency with much
responsibility and the best interests of all ASPS members on my mind. It’s been
a challenging but exciting year, and we’ve accomplished a lot while steering
the organization in new directions to combat the ever-changing medical and
economic climates. No longer can an organization’s success stand on its dues-paying
members alone. Success will continue to demand new paradigms and our members
will continue to demand more benefits—and rightly so.
We are constructing these paradigms and are supplying these benefits by embracing
new opportunities now available to us. We have experienced double-digit international
membership growth—12 percent. ASPS is in the process of creating a Management
Services Organization to directly help our members in expanding their practices,
and earlier this year, PRS launched PRS Global Open, a new journal that provides
opportunities to publish high-quality articles and manuscripts in the rapidly growing
open access arena.
ASPS continues to be financially viable, which further allows us the opportunity to help
our state societies move to the forefront of local and national issues. We have helped
push legislation forward in the U.S. Congress to require that women receive all possible
information regarding their post-mastectomy breast reconstruction options, and we have
also supported truth-and-transparency legislation to combat false advertising by
non-physician providers.
As physicians, we are truly blessed to have the opportunity to treat our fellow
human beings. Each day, we all arrive at work and do our best for our patients while
trying to be advocates for health care. I am privileged to be a part of the greatest
profession in the world. Thank you for allowing me to be your president and I look
forward to seeing where this great organization is headed next.
Sincerely,
GREGORY R.D. EVANS, MD, FACS
President
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
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A COMMITMENT TO ADVANCEMENT
It has been an exciting year of growth and advancement for The Plastic Surgery
Foundation (The PSF). We have made great strides in strengthening The PSF’s core
focus of developing projects and initiatives that support the clinical priorities and
needs of plastic surgeons and plastic surgery patients. The PSF’s diverse portfolio
exemplifies our commitment to effectively leveraging the philanthropic and innovative
spirit of our members—the spirit that has made the plastic surgery specialty a leader
in medical advancement. Working collaboratively with all stakeholders, we are driven
to execute the most promising new initiatives that are poised to transform The PSF’s
ability and potential to impact lives.
Our goals are ambitious and our legacy is grounded by our focus toward the future.
The research that The PSF develops and funds must have realistic, real-world
implications on healthcare delivery and patients’ lives. We rely on feedback and advice
from our advisory councils, members, partner organizations, and external agencies
to help us best allocate our resources toward the most important areas, which are
needed to strengthen and develop the future of medicine. In the years ahead,
The PSF will expand its presence as a reliable funding source and incubator for new
and innovative research. We will also continue to proactively develop multi-center
projects for the purpose of quality improvement and patient safety as part of our
overall strategy.
Building off of our strengths and previous successes, The PSF is positioned to be
a world leader in breast procedures, fat grafting, patient-reported outcomes,
and transplantation research. To do this, we rely on contributions from our dedicated
volunteers and donors. Their support and expertise enable The PSF to develop
and invest in the issues dear to the heart of plastic surgeons, including programs
that drive the development of new technologies and techniques, provide access
to care, and address timely patient safety issues. Through The PSF, the specialty
has the capability to advance medicine in 2014 and beyond.
Two-thousand thirteen was a year of significant growth. We are proud of the results
that were achieved, but the years ahead hold even more promise. We are grateful for
your support and partnership as we work together to continue to make advancements
for the specialty.
Sincerely,
KEITH M. HUME, MA
Staff Vice President and Chief Operations Officer
The Plastic Surgery Foundation
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ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF MEDICINE
This past year serving as The PSF president has been an incredible experience. We saw
our development efforts blossom, research fellowships and projects funded, breast
reconstruction patients and children cared for domestically and around the world,
registries developed—the list goes on—it has been tremendously exciting.
By annually supporting new research, The PSF fosters an environment for scientific
discovery that improves patient care and helps plastic surgery stay on the cutting
edge of medicine.
The registry efforts—breast implant, ALCL, fat grafting, and others—bring together plastic
surgeons, other specialists, and government leaders, who want to contribute to answering
important questions that can only be solved through broad participation. The argument
could be made that these types of studies yield results that are quicker to realize and are
more immediately tangible than more basic science-oriented projects. This means
the PSF will have a direct impact on the clinical application of these innovative new ideas.
A wonderful example is fat grafting. I have used this technique from head to (almost) toe,
and the number of applications continues to increase. Probably the single most common
topic of projects granted research dollars for the next fiscal year is expanding our
knowledge in this area and helping us do it better.
We have been a leader in other areas as well. The BRA Day USA campaign, beginning
its third year, has already produced impressive results. Every one of us who does
autogenous or implant-based breast reconstruction benefits from this public awareness
effort—as do our patients.
The Caring for Kids campaign and VIPS efforts are, respectively, new and existing ways
that The PSF helps the public, both by directly funding patient care and increasing
awareness of plastic surgery’s efforts in this area. This expenditure of time, energy,
and money has positive effects in the United States and around the world.
I wish I had a crystal ball to see five, 10, 20 years down the road to see all that we’ve
been able to accomplish together. Thank you for allowing me to guide our path these
last 12 months.
Sincerely,
CHARLES N. VERHEYDEN, MD, PHD
President
The Plastic Surgery Foundation
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2013 ASPS/PSF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the Plastic Surgery Foundation would like to
thank the many volunteer officers, Board members, committee chairs, committee members,
and member volunteers for their dedication to advancing certified plastic surgery.
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GREGORY R.D. EVANS, MD, FACS
ASPS President*
CHARLES N. VERHEYDEN, MD,
PHD, FACS
The PSF President*
ROBERT X. MURPHY, JR, MD
ASPS President-Elect*
KEVIN C. CHUNG, MD
The PSF President-Elect*
NICHOLAS B. VEDDER, MD, FACS
Board Vice President
of Academic Affairs
and International Affairs Service*
KEITH E. BRANDT, MD
Board Vice President
of Education*
DAVID H. SONG, MD, MBA, FACS
Board Vice President
of Finance and Treasurer*
SCOT BRADLEY GLASBERG, MD,
FACS
Board Vice President of Health
Policy and Advocacy*
CHARLES E. BUTLER, MD
Board Vice President
of Research*
MALCOLM Z. ROTH, MD
ASPS Immediate-Past President*
MICHAEL W. NEUMEISTER, MD,
FRCSC, FACS
The PSF Immediate-Past President*
ROXANNE J. GUY, MD, FACS
ASPS Trustee
CAROLYN L. KERRIGAN, MD
ASPS Trustee
DEBRA J. JOHNSON, MD
Member-at-Large
LYNN L.C. JEFFERS, MD
Member-at-Large DONALD H. LALONDE, MD
AAHS Representative
W. JOHN KITZMILLER, MD
ACAPS Representative
STEVEN R. BUCHMAN, MD
ASMS Representative
PAUL S. CEDERNA, MD
ASPN Representative
PETER C. NELIGAN, MB
ASRM Representative
GARY A. SMOTRICH, MD
Council on State Affairs
Representative
GEOFFREY C. GURTNER, MD
PSRC Representative
C. BOB BASU, MD, MPH, FACS
YPS Representative
EAMON B. O’REILLY, MD
Resident Representative
*Executive Committee Member
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR PLASTIC SURGERY COUNCIL OF ADVISORS
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR PLASTIC SURGERY COUNCIL OF ADVISORS
KAROL GUTOWSKI, MD, CHAIR
MICHAEL KALISMAN, MD
PAUL CEDERNA, MD
BRIAN M. KINNEY, MD, FACS
GARY R. CULBERTSON, MD, FACS
MICHAEL W. NEUMEISTER, MD, FRCSC, FACS
ARUN GOSAIN, MD
JOHN PERSING, MD
JEFFREY JANIS, MD
ANNE TAYLOR, MD
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ASPS FINANCIAL RESULTS
Fiscal year 2013 (FY2013) was an important year for the Society.
Through its strong cash position and stringent expense management,
ASPS continues to have the financial strength to invest in new programs
and other business development opportunities that will provide even
greater value to members and their practices now and in the years ahead. This past year
saw revenue growth from the success of our new symposium Managing Complications
and a strong scientific meeting at Plastic Surgery The Meeting in New Orleans.
On a consolidated basis, ASPS earned $23.7 million in operating revenues in FY2013
and incurred $21.2 million in operating expenses, resulting in Net Operating Income
(earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) of $1.7 million. Net operating
revenue was adversely affected by a combination of lower advertising revenues from
ASPS publications, The Regenerative Medicine Symposium, and the rotation of educational
programs that occur on a biennial basis.
ASPS made several technical investments to its infrastructure that ensures it continues
to effectively and efficiently address the needs of its members. These include additional
investments in the Society’s website, PlasticSurgery.org, as well as Plastic Surgery
Education Network (PSEN) and Access Medical Purchasing (AMP). The continuing
investment in each of these programs in FY2014 should establish a strong foundation
upon which members should realize value for many years to come.
ASPS FINANCIAL RESULTS ($000)
FY2011 FY2012FY2013
Revenue$21,931 $21,804 $23,688 Expense$19,708 $19,733 $21,213
EBITDA
$2,223 $2,071 $2,475
Net Non-Operating Activities($1,042)($1,772) ($678)
Net Income (Loss) $1,181 $299 $1,797
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ASPS CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL RESULTS ($000)
ASPS FY2013 OPERATING REVENUE
ASPS FY2013 OPERATING EXPENSES
Year ended June 30, 2013
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THE PSF FINANCIAL RESULTS
In 2013, The PSF made significant investments in long-term projects and research to help
plastic surgery grow. By annually supporting new research, The PSF fosters an environment
for scientific discovery that improves patient care and helps plastic surgery stay on
the cutting edge of medicine. We reviewed 144 grant applications—almost a 10 percent
increase from 2012—further illustrating our presence as a funding institution. In 2013,
The PSF awarded 34 projects and invested more than $770,000 in clinical, basic, and
translational research. The future of plastic surgery is promising, and the winners of our
prestigious research awards represent the best and brightest, leading the specialty
to greater heights through investigator-initiated research and innovation.
The PSF has a unique ability to foster innovation and open new fields of treatment,
programs that transform the lives of patients, provide educational workshops, and award
grants and fellowships to advance the career development of young plastic surgeons.
Fifty-two percent of the funding comes from member contributions and 29 percent
from partnerships with industry.
THE PSF FINANCIAL RESULTS ($000)
FY2011
FY2012
FY2013
Revenue $2,130 $974$1,594
Expense $2,510 $1,926$2,404
EBITDA ($620)($952) ($810)
Net Non-Operating Activities $3,202 ($470)$756
Net Income (Loss) $2,822 12
($1,422)
($54)
THE PSF FY2013 OPERATING REVENUE
THE PSF FY2013 OPERATING EXPENSES
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MEMBERSHIP
EVERY DUES DOLLAR YOU INVEST IS OF VALUE TO YOU—
TO OUR SPECIALTY—TO YOUR PRACTICE
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons focuses on members first, ensuring each
initiative, program or product delivers value and a significant return on investment for
your membership dues and contributions to The Plastic Surgery Foundation. We continue
to identify global partners that meet our criteria to grow our membership abroad.
While our domestic growth is limited to the number of plastic surgery residents completing
training (200 annually), we continue to be the leading organization representing 94 percent
of all American Board of Plastic Surgery-certified plastic surgeons
MEMBERSHIP
FY09
FY10
FY11
FY12
FY13
Domestic (USA and Canada)
7,763
8,029
8,104 8,182 8,257
792 885 993
International
Total
MEMBERSHIP AT A GLANCE
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484
61 1 8,2478,6408,896 9,0679,250
INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIP OUTREACH
We continue our global outreach with more international members than ever before,
which creates an opportunity to exchange ideas with colleagues overseas for initiatives and
innovations driving the specialty. We also help international residency programs by making
the training portion of PSEN available to 14 international society partners. With members
from nearly 70 countries, ASPS is the global organization for plastic surgery.
ASPS GLOBAL PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
COUNTRYORGANIZATION
AUSTRALIA
Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons
BELGIUMRoyal Belgian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic
Surgery (RBSPS)
BRAZIL
Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica (SBCP)
FRANCESociété Française de Chirurgie Plastique Reconstructrice
et Esthétique (SOFCPRE)
IRELAND
Irish Association of Plastic Surgery (IAPS)
ISRAEL
Israel Society of Plastic & Aesthetic Surgery (ISPAS)
ITALYSocietà Italiana di Chirurgia Plastica Ricostruttiva
ed Estetica (SICPRE)
NETHERLANDS
Nederlandse Vereniging voor Plastische Chirurgie (NVPC)
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand Association of Plastic Surgeons (NZAPS)
SINGAPORE
Singapore Association of Plastic Surgeons (SAPS)
SOUTH AFRICAAssociation of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
of Southern Africa (APRSSA)
SOUTH KOREAKorean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (KSPRS)
TAIWAN
Taiwan Society of Plastic Surgery (TSPS)
UNITED KINGDOMThe British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic
Surgeons (BAPRAS)
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ADVOCACY MATTERS
STATE LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
In 2013, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons continued to make significant strides
advocating for the plastic surgery specialty at the state government level. As a member
of the Stop Medical Taxes Coalition, ASPS worked with legislators and other specialty
groups to defeat damaging cosmetic tax proposals in Minnesota and Maine. ASPS was also
involved in efforts to repeal the sales tax on cosmetic medical procedures in Connecticut
and continues to support any future efforts to repeal cosmetic taxes.
As part of the American Medical Association’s Scope of Practice Partnership (SOPP),
ASPS opposed legislation in New York that would have expanded dental scope of
practice and also supported a bill in Louisiana that would have greatly expanded
the scope of optometry. ASPS continues to work on this issue with a goal of protecting
patient safety by challenging scope of practice expansions that are not proportionate
with a non-physician provider group’s education and training.
In 2013, passage of “Name Your Board” legislation, which remains a priority for ASPS,
was successful in Maine, Maryland and Nevada, and supported by ASPS in California,
Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Ohio. ASPS will continue to work with other
stakeholder physician groups to draw attention to the need for healthcare providers
to clearly and honestly advertise their level of training, education, and certification.
The Society worked closely with the Maryland Society of Plastic Surgeons and
the Maryland State Medical Society to protect plastic surgery’s interest in office-based
surgery. As a result, a measure was passed into law which strengthened oversight after
a highly publicized string of infections were tied to a local medical spa in the state.
Finally, legislation designed to implement an education campaign to inform women,
especially those in racial and ethnic minority groups, on their reconstructive options after
breast cancer was signed into law in Alabama, Illinois, and Ohio. ASPS continues to support
legislation at the state level to inform women of their reconstructive options after breast
cancer treatment in concert with our Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day initiatives.
FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
We are proud of ASPS’ work with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to clarify
the definition of reconstructive surgery used for insurance plans under the Affordable
Care Act, which includes all follow-up procedures for children with congenital deformities
or injuries.
ASPS also continued to fight for a permanent repeal of the flawed Medicare physician
payment formula (SGR) and stopped a 24 percent physician payment cut by working
closely with members of Congress as they developed a permanent repeal proposal,
commenting on various drafts from congressional committees of jurisdiction and meeting
with members of Congress to express ASPS priorities.
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The Society worked with members of Congress in both the House of Representatives and
the Senate to have the Breast Cancer Patient Education Act introduced, which is designed
to increase breast cancer patient awareness about reconstruction options. ASPS also built
a coalition of support for the legislation. See below and next page for full list of supporters.
Challenges with the Affordable Care Act remain a priority in Congress and ASPS fought
for the repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). The repeal legislation
reached 220 bipartisan co-sponsors in the House of Representatives and 36 bipartisan
cosponsors in the Senate in 2013. Additionally, we worked on legislation to repeal language
in the Affordable Care Act that would deem it illegal “discrimination” under federal law
for private health plans to make qualification distinctions between physicians and nonphysician healthcare providers when forming insurance plan panels.
ASPS also worked on critical issues to enable physicians to engage in private contracting
with Medicare beneficiaries; recommended legislation to combat false advertising by
non-physician providers; proposed changes to the meaningful use standards for electronic
health records; supported legislation that would increase the number of Graduate Medical
Education (GME) positions available, and ensure that newly created slots be designated
for specialty shortage residency programs.
WHO SUPPORTS THE BREAST CANCER PATIENT EDUCATION ACT?
Several prominent senators and representatives have co-sponsored the bill, while prominent
organizations have given their support.
SENATE CO-SPONSORS
Sen. Sherrod Brown (OH)
Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (HI)
Sen. Susan M. Collins (ME)
Sen. Angus S. King, Jr. (ME)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (CA)
Sen. Jon Tester (MT)
Sen. Deb Fischer (NE)
Sen. David Vitter (LA)
HOUSE CO-SPONSORS
Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ-1)
Rep. David Loebsack (D-IA-2)
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN-7)
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY-4)
Rep. Donna M. Christensen
(D-VI-At Large)
Rep. David B. McKinley (R-WV-1)
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11)
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
(R-WA-5)
Rep. Renee L. Ellmers (R-NC-2)
Rep. Michael H. Michaud (D-ME-2)
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-16)
Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10)
Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ-7)
Rep. Robert Pittenger (R-NC-9)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA-13)
Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH-15)
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ORGANIZATIONS ON THE COALITION LETTER
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
American Osteopathic Association
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American Society of Plastic Surgical Nurses
California Society of Plastic Surgeons
Curémonos
Evelyn’s Breast Friends Forever
Illinois Society of Plastic Surgeons
Living beyond Breast Cancer
Myself: Together Again
New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons
Washington Society of Plastic Surgeons
NATIONAL BREAST RECONSTRUCTION AWARENESS (BRA) DAY
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons and The Plastic Surgery
Foundation continue to work to raise awareness about breast
reconstruction for cancer patients. Many women diagnosed with
breast cancer are not being informed of their reconstructive options
following breast cancer surgery. We hope to increase the number of
breast cancer patients who undergo restorative breast reconstruction
following their mastectomies, as it greatly improves a woman’s
quality of life. National Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day, took place on
October 16, 2013 with events nationwide.
TOTAL 2013 BRA DAY FUNDS RAISED–$282,000
NATIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE
•Today Show, Univision’s Primer Impacto (First Impact), the #1 rated Spanish news,
and Entertainment Tonight, the #1 entertainment news magazine in the world, plus
Daily Buzz and OK!TV
•Print articles in The New York Daily News, The Orlando Sentinel, and The Ottawa Citizen
•Web coverage on Yahoo! News, Huffington Post, IMDB, Hulu, Fox News, ABC News,
and CBS News
SOCIAL MEDIA
•9,084 copies of Jewel’s song “Flower” have been sold to benefit the Plastic Surgery
Foundation and the song has been streamed more than 35,150 times
• YouTube views for all three Public Service Announcements total: 234,430
ADVERTISING
•Print ad reach: More than 4.5 million impressions through MLB League Championship
Program, USA Today Women’s Health Guide, and Emmy® magazine’s “Emmy Bash
Photo Splash” issue
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QUALITY AND HEALTH POLICY
QUALITY AND EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE
The society advanced its Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Initiative, incorporating critically
appraised literature into all quality products including clinical practice guidelines and
quality initiatives. As a part of the initiative, the ASPS Evidence-Based Clinical Practice
Guideline on Breast Reconstruction with Expanders and Implants was finalized and
published in 2013. The guideline was accepted for publication to the National Guidelines
Clearinghouse website (guidelines.gov) and a guideline summary article will be published
as a PRS Journal CME article in 2014.
Consistent with the ASPS EBM initiative, staff continued a monthly critical appraisal and
assigned Levels of Evidence to PRS articles. We also provided additional critical appraisal
services, for MOC and CME reference articles to appropriately assign Levels of Evidence.
This year, we initiated participation in the “Choosing Wisely” campaign, an initiative of
the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). As the voice of plastic surgery among
thought leaders in the profession, ASPS member volunteers and Quality staff participated
in meetings with the National Quality Forum (NQF), Surgical Quality Alliance (SQA),
Guidelines International Network (G-I-N), Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS),
and the AMA Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (AMA-PCPI).
ASPS staff developed content for an online Performance Improvement Continuing Medical
Education (PI-CME) Module on Reduction Mammaplasty, which contains performance
measures, based on the most recent evidence, cited in the ASPS Clinical Practice Guideline
on Reduction Mammaplasty. Physician volunteers and staff also facilitated a collaboration
with the SQA, to draft and finalize the “Surgery & Public Reporting: Recommendations
for Issuing Public Reports on Surgical Care” document, which provides guidance on how
surgical specialties may go about initiating public reporting.
The Quality and Performance Measurement Committee reviewed four skin cancer
guidelines, developed by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), which
received ASPS’ endorsement.
The Quality and Performance Measurement Committee reviewed and submitted comments
on the National Quality Forum (NQF) Measure Evaluation guidance document; as well as for
the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, and
the Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance Draft 2014 International Pressure Ulcer Guideline,
further solidifying the Society’s position as a thought leader and highlighting ASPS
expertise in performance measure development, guideline development, and evidence
based medicine.
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HEALTH POLICY
ASPS physician representatives and Health Policy staff advocated on behalf of plastic
surgery through the development and submission of comments on the CMS “proposed”
and “final” rules for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. In this regard, ASPS fought to
prevent burdensome changes to the PQRS (Physician Quality Reporting System) program,
including a transition away from allowing performance measures to be reported via claims
and dramatically increasing reporting requirements.
Through the submission of comments, ASPS also successfully advocated for CMS to
consider including the Surgical CAHPS instrument in national reporting programs and
collaborated with Coding and Payment Policy volunteers to respond to potential changes
to the process for determining Practice Expense Relative Value Units (RVU), which directly
impact physician reimbursement. In addition, surgeon leaders and ASPS staff evaluated
and responded to changes in the healthcare system that directly impact the delivery of
plastic surgery care, including, but not limited to, implications of the Affordable Care Act
as well as participation in Accountable Care Organizations.
The team also conducted a thorough review and provided feedback to CMS, through
a third party vendor, on the search terms included on the Physician Compare website,
via the intelligent search functionality. ASPS also participated in the Alliance of Specialty
Medicine as Super Users for the Quality and Resource Use Reports (QRUR). QRURs provide
comparative information so physicians can view examples of the clinical care their patients
receive in relation to the average care and costs of other physicians’ Medicare patients.
ASPS will continue participating in this effort and providing feedback going forward.
Staff also shared education resources to assist ASPS members with ensuring compliance
with updated HIPAA requirements, PQRS, E-prescribing, and EHR incentive programs.
ASPS IS PLASTIC SURGERY’S VOICE WITH KEY OPINION LEADERS
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CODING AND PAYMENT
Member volunteers and ASPS staff worked to develop recommendations to the Relative
Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) on practice expense RVUs, for plastic surgeryrelated CPT codes, and also provided guidance to plastic surgeons on coding for plastic
surgery procedures. Work was also done to advocate on behalf of members to third party
payors, regarding existing and newly established policies for coverage and reimbursement
of acellular dermal matrix (ADM).
ASPS worked to ensure that plastic surgery’s voice was heard with our responses to CMS
regarding NCCI (National Correct Coding Initiative) and MUE (Medically Unlikely Edits)
with regards to CPT coding. As the leader for the specialty, ASPS facilitated participation
in the RUC and CPT Editorial Panel. Our comments on proposed insurance coverage
policies for bio-engineered skin and soft tissue substitutes and destruction of
pre-malignant skin lesions were submitted to insurance companies in order to share
the plastic surgery perspective on appropriate use of and any potential reimbursement
issues for this advanced technology.
ASPS surgeon leaders and staff also successfully advocated against use of OPPS
(Outpatient Prospective Payment System) and ASC (Ambulatory Surgical Center)
rates in developing RVUs. ASPS staff also shared monthly Regulatory Updates to
the membership on issues affecting Health Policy and Physician Payment, which were
disseminated to the membership via Plastic Surgery News.
ASPS staff initiated the development of educational resources to assist members in
transitioning to ICD-10 and overall ICD-10 implementation.
PATIENT SAFETY
We evaluated government publications and position statements describing increased
complication rates that directly impacted patient safety in plastic surgery. In March 2013,
ASPS established a collaborative relationship with the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) in order to disseminate information about plastic surgery complications.
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COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH
ASPS DC FLY-IN
Each Fly-In gives members an opportunity to have
an impact in Washington, DC with different
opportunities throughout the year to engage
Congress and advocate for ASPS’ legislative
priorities. Together we work to stress the importance
of issues related to the specialty as we confront
regulatory and legislative challenges and work to
improve access to care for patients.
SOCIAL MEDIA
The Society’s vast network of print, Internet, and mobile resources include
industry-leading PlasticSurgery.org; educational portal PSENetwork.org;
plastic surgery news site PSNExtra.org; and public and member-centric
social media pages on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
FIND-A-SURGEON
The Find-a-Surgeon page on PlasticSurgery.org drives
patient referrals. In 2013, the tool received an average
of 58,000 visits per month with approximately 69 percent
of those visitors conducting a search online for an ASPS
Member Surgeon.
CARING FOR KIDS FUND
The Plastic Surgery Foundation established the Caring for Kids Fund
to transform the lives of disadvantaged children with physical
deformities. The public awareness campaign raises funds to increase access to care for
children in need of reconstructive surgery due to congenital birth anomalies, accidents,
abuse, or disease.
FRESH START CARING FOR KIDS FOUNDATION
In 2013, The Plastic Surgery Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding with
San Diego-based Fresh Start Surgical Gifts, a renowned charity that helps improve the lives
of children across the world through the gift of reconstructive surgery, to bring their charity
surgical care to children in Chicago at the University of Chicago Hospitals before 2016.
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THE PATIENTS OF COURAGE: TRIUMPH OVER ADVERSITY
SUPPORTED BY:
The Patients of Courage: Triumph over Adversity program
honors reconstructive plastic surgery patients whose lives
were restored through reconstructive plastic surgery and whose charitable
actions influence the lives around them. This celebrates our 10 years of
the Patients of Courage Awards.
2003-2013 PATIENTS OF COURAGE
Scott Donnelly
Tracie Metzger
Kevin Pollak
Alicia Frede-Rankey
Tina Driskell
Candy Wood
Bonnie Northey
Anne Chesson
Cliff Meidl Kristy Adams
Matthew Warmerdam
Mabel Wong
Caitlin Sarubbi
Lillie Shockney
Ashley McGrath
Susan Carlisle
Oscar Canon
Allyson Roach
Scott Rigsby
A.J. Reed
Beth Silverman
Erin Hope Williams
Missy Fish
Rachel Cooney
Robert Bartlett
Abigail Hardin
Jane Escher
Janet Smith
Uday Hattam
Donna Creighton
Jason Schechterle
Marcus Engel
Saydee Robinson
Aaron Mankin
Dallas Wiens
Dee Dee Ricks
Jamie Verdi
Kim Sport
Dora Arias
Beth Borden-Goodman
Danielle Beverly
Gina Maisano
Carson Tinker
Molly Bloom
Emily Keefner
New Jersey
Ohio Arizona
Missouri
Maryland
Alabama
South Carolina
Alabama
California
North Carolina
Georgia
California
New York
Maryland
Florida
North Carolina
California
California
Georgia
Texas
New York
Maryland
Missouri
Maryland
Washington, D.C.
Alabama
Maryland
Ohio
Iraq
Utah
Arizona
Florida
Michigan
Texas Texas
New York
Michigan
Louisiana
New Jersey
Georgia Georgia
New York
Alabama
Colorado New York
Orbital-facial cleft
Breast reconstruction
Wounded warrior
Car accident abdominal wall injury
Abdominal wall tumor
Skull and nasal base tumor
Breast reconstruction
Struck by bus
Electrical shock to knees
Breast reconstruction
Plane crash burn
Pit bull attack
Physical abnormalities of the head, face, skin, and fingers
Breast reconstruction
Cleft palate
Leg infection
Wounded warrior; explosion and gun shot wound
Burn victim
Leg amputation
Gun shot wound to head
Breast reconstruction
Treacher Collins syndrome
Breast reconstruction
Child burn victim
Wounded warrior
Port wine stain
Nasal skin cancer
Breast reconstruction
Wounded warrior
Breast reconstruction
Burn victim
Car accident
Crouzon Syndrome
Wounded warrior
Face transplant
Breast reconstruction
Facial cleft
Breast reconstruction
Breast reconstruction
Breast reconstruction
Breast reconstruction
Breast reconstruction
Leg skin graft
Accident leg amputee
Cleft lip
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PUBLICATIONS
PLASTIC AND
RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
prsjournal.com
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
remains a leader among all surgical
journals and its impact factor continues.
It is now ranked 13 of 198 surgery
journals. There have been more than 25,000 downloads of
the iPad® app. PRS articles are published in China and Brazil.
• PRS circulation: 9,526
PRS is the top scientific journal in plastic surgery with an impact factor of 3.535
•
(the impact factor of its next closest competitor is 1.469)
•The PRS app: The United States accounts for 28 percent of app use, followed by Brazil
(7.3 percent), Mexico (6 percent), South Korea (4.5 percent), and Italy (3.7 percent)
PRS received Gold Award as the Best Peer-Reviewed Journal from the American
•
Society of Healthcare Publication Editors
PRS was named finalist for Medical Marketing & Media Award for “Best Healthcare
•
Professional Media Brand”
The PRS website is in the second of a two-year agreement to host Brazil’s Revista
journal online, which gives ASPS members access to Brazilian articles. The Journal also
has a licensing agreement with the Chinese Journal of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery.
The publisher continues to seek new international licensing agreements.
PRS GLOBAL OPEN
prsgo.com
PRS Global Open is an open access, peer-reviewed, international
journal (with a truly international editorial board) focusing on global
plastic and reconstructive surgery.
PRS Global Open is the Society’s inaugural entry into the rapidly
expanding open-access publishing arena. It was conceived both as a way to keep pace
with this trend and to retain many of the good-to-great articles that were not accepted
by PRS for a variety of reasons.
PRS Global Open has partnered with the Archives of Plastic Surgery, the official journal
of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, to bring readers research
from around the globe, via a “reciprocal linking agreement.” The agreement formalizes
the sharing of open-access content and should result in increased traffic and submissions
from Korea. India is targeted for an additional reciprocal linking agreement in 2013-2014.
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PLASTIC SURGERY COMPLETE: THE CLINICAL MASTERS OF PRS
The first in a planned series of textbooks-on-app, “Plastic Surgery Complete: The Clinical
Masters” of PRS released its cosmetic edition in 2013. Through a sophisticated interface,
the Cosmetic Clinical Masters app features landmark PRS studies, pivotal CME articles and
embedded videos, as well as exclusive links to surgical videos and lectures from the Baker
Gordon Cosmetic Symposium. The cosmetic collection addresses core procedures,
including rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, facelift, cosmetic medicine, breast augmentation, body
contouring and more. The collection is a comprehensive resource for plastic surgeons at any
stage of their careers, The Clinical Masters of PRS is available in the iTunes store for $119.
REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE CIRURGIA PLÁSTICA
This collaboration between Brazilian and American plastic
surgeons helps to share scientific research worldwide. It’s also
an opportunity to increase the influence and visibility of both
ASPS and PRS in the Brazilian plastic surgery community.
The PRS brand helps colleagues improve the quality of journal
articles originating in Brazil, increase quality submissions to PRS
from Brazil, and enhance the content published in Revista.
PLASTIC SURGERY NEWS
The award-winning ASPS news publication Plastic Surgery News
is read by plastic surgeons and industry professionals worldwide.
Each issue covers the news of the Society as well as legislative
and socioeconomic issues impacting the entire specialty of plastic
surgery. For the eighth consecutive year, PSN garnered national
honors with awards for feature writing, general excellence, and
editorial content. PSN is also available on iPad®. PSN received
Silver Excel Award for General Excellence: Newspapers by
Association Media and Publishing in 2013.
PSN CONNECTION
This weekly e-mail newsletter offers readers links to national and
international news selected by the PSN editorial team allowing
readers to keep up-to-date on what the mass media is covering
in the specialty.
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ASPS EDUCATION
In partnership with ASPS Member Physicians, the ASPS Education Department champions
the ongoing development of educational programming in four priority areas: Resident
Education, Cosmetic Education, Practice Management Education, and MOC Education.
In 2013, ASPS advanced online education to further complement and enrich live education.
ASPS also formalized the Aesthetic Education Council to provide guidance on and content
for live and online aesthetic programming. The council is structured around the key areas
of aesthetic plastic surgery: aesthetic breast, oculoplastic, rhinoplasty, body, cosmetic
medicine/injectables/lasers, face, and regenerative medicine/fat.
2012-2013 LIVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
•First joint meeting with the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic
Surgeons (BAPRAS) in more than 20 years-NEW
•ASPS Regenerative Medicine Summit-NEW
•ASPS CPT Coding Workshops offered at four locations
•In-Service Exam
•Oral and Written Board Preparation Course
•Plastic Surgery The Meeting 2012
• Senior Residents Conference
•Technology Innovations in Plastic Surgery
JOINT SYMPOSIA WITH ASAPS
•Breast Surgery and Body Contouring Symposium
• Expanding Horizons Symposium: New Paradigms in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
ASPS AESTHETIC EDUCATION COUNCIL
CHAIR: MAURICE NAHABEDIAN, MD
VICE CHAIR: AMY ALDERMAN, MD
AESTHETIC BREAST: DENNIS HAMMOND, MD
BODY: J. PETER RUBIN, MD
FACE: J. WILLIAM LITTLE, MD
INJECTABLES/LASERS: KAROL GUTOWSKI, MD
OCULOPLASTIC: PATRICK SULLIVAN, MD
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE/FAT: SYD COLEMAN, MD
RHINOPLASTY: ALAN MATARASSO, MD
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Plastic Surgery The Meeting 2013 in San Diego demonstrated
ASPS’s unwavering commitment to innovation in education.
More than 3,200 medical professionals helped make
the San Diego meeting one of our most successful events
in recent years.
Highlights:
•Plastic Surgery Senior Residents Conference
was linked to the ASPS Annual Meeting, further
demonstrating the meeting is a “must attend”
event. A standout year, almost 125 residents took
advantage of the Senior Residents Conference.
• Residents Day at Plastic Surgery The Meeting
consistently draws 200-250 attendees, and ASPS
continues to be the “must join” specialty society
for plastic surgery residents.
•ASPS has significantly increased cosmetic programming at the Annual Meeting since
2010. “Session Cosmetic” was introduced and proved to be a huge success. In 2014,
further expansion of this content is planned to meet the dynamic needs of our members
based on their feedback and input in the program
Plastic Surgery The Meeting values the continued contributions of our
Premier Industry Supporters.
PSENetwork.org
Plastic Surgery Education Network (PSEN) continues to publish
new material every month, expanding to meet the needs of
an increasing number of surgeons who stay current with surgical techniques and earn
continuing medical education credit online. The site is the fastest growing component
of the ASPS education department and houses the most comprehensive plastic surgery
library on the Internet. This centralized, interactive resource brings plastic surgeons
together to learn and share on a daily basis and is a part of 90 percent of all U.S. plastic
surgery residency programs.
The members-only site features:
• Special Aesthetic, Reconstructive and Research Sections
• Resident Education Center with hundreds of journal articles, lectures and test questions
• More than 600 annual meeting and symposia recorded lectures
• MOC-PS™ and CSAT self-assessment modules
• More than 200 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ available
• More than 100 surgical “how-to” procedure videos
• Dozens of Literature Reviews and Case Reports
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MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES
The Plastic Surgery Education Campaign continues to promote
our public-facing initiatives. In fact, ASPS was honored
to be nominated for two Emmy Awards this year for our public
service announcements. Our nationally distributed statistics for plastic surgery also
continue to generate headlines nationwide and promote the importance of seeking
ASPS member surgeons.
Our Do Your Homework patient safety public education campaign
addresses a misconception among consumers that all doctors are
properly trained to perform plastic surgery.
Tracking Operations and Outcomes for Plastic Surgeons®
(TOPS) continues to grow as a resource for members to be able
to provide national data to measure against in their practice
and outcomes. It provides an evidence-based tool to use in comparing patient outcomes
and helps to identify clinical strengths and areas needing improvement on an individual
level. In 2013, we formed the TOPS Steering Committee charged with monitoring and
providing oversight/governance of the TOPS program. The committee also helps with
recommending strategic direction and organizational needs for the TOPS registry and
monitoring research and clinical activities. In 2013, more ASPS Members donated their
ABPS-MOC case log to TOPS than over the last five years (a 14 percent increase over 2012).
TOPS now contains more than 730,000 completed plastic surgery cases and 1.3 million
plastic surgery procedures.
The ASPS Women Plastic Surgeons Forum (WPS) represents and
advocates for the interests and concerns of the female plastic surgeon
members and candidates for membership of ASPS. The WPS Forum
seeks to empower female plastic surgeons within the Society through
networking, education, advocacy, and mentoring. The WPS Forum works to promote
women plastic surgeons and increase their involvement within organized medicine and
plastic surgery as a whole while simultaneously advancing the mission of ASPS.
The ASPS Young Plastic Surgeons Forum (YPS) is a diverse community
and resource for young plastic surgeons which provides opportunities for
networking, sharing of ideas, political advocacy, and leadership development. As a liaison
between plastic surgeons in the early stages of their careers and established ASPS
Member Surgeons, the YPS Forum facilitates opportunities for plastic surgeons who are
under the age of 42 and/or have been in practice for fewer than five years to become
involved in the Society, fostering an openness to new ideas and fresh perspectives.
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2013 VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM
The PSF sponsors visiting professors who enrich the education of plastic surgeons
by sharing their clinical, technical, and educational expertise.
• LAWRENCE B. COLEN, MD
• FREDERICK J. MENICK, MD
• GEOFFREY C. GURTNER, MD
• WILLIAM C. PEDERSON, MD
• MALCOLM A. LESAVOY, MD
• NICHOLAS B. VEDDER, MD
VOLUNTEERS IN PLASTIC SURGERY PROGRAM
Over the past three decades, with the help of its international care missions, more than
150,000 children and adults have received medical treatment from dedicated foundation
volunteers. In 2013, our new website for Volunteers in Plastic Surgery makes it easier
for ASPS member surgeons to participate in care missions.
Our strategic alliance with eClinicalWorks helps
plastic surgeons bring the next generation of
Electronic Medical Records technology to their practices and meet the future requirements
for Electronic Health Records (EHR). Proactively developed by ASPS, this strong members-only benefit offers Members out-of-the-box templates for common spa and cosmetic
surgery procedures at affordable Members-only pricing. The system is cloud-based and
features the eClinicalTouch™ native iPad® app.
Additional system features include:
• Patient tracking and automated patient communication
• Photo management and inking notations on drawings or photos
• Auto-posting of swiped credit card payments, online statements, and e-payments
• Inventory management
ASPS ENDORSED PRACTICE SOLUTIONS
We have already spent the time and devoted the resources necessary to identify the most
effective providers in the specialty. All endorsed companies have been fully vetted by ASPS
and collectively serve as the one-stop solution for the best practice management tools.
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RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS
COLLABORATE ACROSS PLASTIC SURGERY TO FIND PRIORITIES
FOR RESEARCH IMPACTING THE SPECIALTY
ADVISORY COUNCILS, PLANNING AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Investigator Initiated Research
Fellowships
Awards
Researcher Education
and
Innovation Incubation
Registries
Clinical Studies
Outcomes
CLINICAL TRIALS NETWORK
The Clinical Trials Network (CTN) is a leading facilitator of evidence-based medicine and
plastic surgery clinical trials research. It is focused on improving quality of care and patient
safety. Over the past year, The Plastic Surgery Foundation has allocated nearly $400,000
to study issues that have an immediate impact on the clinical practice of plastic surgery
through multi-center research initiatives. Our Late Breaking Research Abstracts session at
Plastic Surgery The Meeting provided attendees with up-to-the-minute data and provided
abstract presenters with notable exposure and recognition for studies likely to have
a significant impact on clinical practice. This year, four researchers presented their
“late-breaking” research. Topics ranged from Patient Reported Outcomes in Breast
Reconstruction to Volumizing Hyaluronic Acid Filler for Mid-Face Volume Deficit,
to Botulinum Toxin Type A for Raynaud’s Phenomenon.
The PSF Clinical Trials Network:
•Builds multi-center networks of leading clinicians and sites to identify and conduct
clinical research in priority areas in plastic surgery
•Identifies strategic research priorities suitable for multi-center clinical studies
•Develops and implements key research projects
2013 RESEARCH OVERSIGHT COUNCIL MEMBERS
Charles E. Butler, MD
Keith Hume, MA
Charles N. Verheyden, MD, PhD, FACS
Kevin C. Chung, MD
Michael W. Neumeister, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Paul S. Cederna, MD
Andrea L. Pusic, MD
Gayle Gordillo, MD
Arun K. Gosain, MD
David T. Netscher, MD
Joseph E. Losee, MD
Keith E. Brandt, MD
H. Peter Lorenz, MD
Nicholas B. Vedder, MD, FACS
Babak J. Mehrara, MD
Geoffrey C. Gurtner, MD
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Board Vice President, Research
Staff Vice President, The PSF
The PSF President
The PSF President-elect
The PSF Immediate Past President
Chair, Researcher Education Committee
Chair, Clinical Trials Network Committee
Chair, Research Development Committee
AAPS Representative
AAHS Representative
ACAPS Representative
ASRM Representative
ASMS Representative
Board Vice President, Academic Affairs
& International Service
Vice Chair, Clinical Trials Network Committee
PSRC Representative (May 2013)
FAT GRAFTING TO THE BREAST ONCOLOGIC SAFETY STUDY
Fat grafting to the breast is a procedure that shows great promise, although epidemiologic
studies of the technique’s oncologic safety are lacking. To meet this need, The PSF,
through the CTN, developed the first rigorously designed epidemiologic study of this topic.
It is evaluating a hospital-based population of stages I, II, and III breast cancer patients
who had mastectomy with reconstruction, comparing the relative risk of breast cancer
recurrence after autologous fat grafting to the breast compared to the risk for those who
did not receive fat grafting. The project is led by Principal Investigators Clara Lee, MD
and Terry Myckatyn, MD, and will determine if the use of autologous fat grafting to
supplement post-mastectomy breast reconstruction is associated with an increased risk of
local, regional, or distant breast cancer recurrence during the study period (2006 to 2011)
and will compare them to a random sample of patients without recurrence as controls.
The project is retrospectively collecting data from the following centers: MD Anderson
Cancer Center, University of Chicago, Washington University in St. Louis, and Memorial
Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Data collection is ongoing at this time.
GENERAL REGISTRY FOR AUTOLOGOUS FAT TRANSFER
J. Peter Rubin, MD, and Babak Mehrara, MD, serve as
Principal Investigators for the General Registry for
Autologous Fat Transfer (GRAFT) registry which was
initiated through the CTN. Core Site case collection is scheduled to begin in Spring 2014
and will open to all board-certified plastic surgeons following this initial phase.
GRAFT:
•Is a web-accessible national quality assurance registry that collects patient
demographics, procedural variables, complications, and incidence of new
or recurrent breast cancers at established time points
•Is the first U.S.-based, nation-wide registry developed to determine the safety
and efficacy of fat grafting to the breast for aesthetic and reconstructive surgery
•Applies The PSF’s BREAST-Q® scales to patient-reported outcomes and quality of life
• Provides insight into patient safety and establishes best practice guidelines that
have a broad impact on the plastic surgery community
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PATIENT REGISTRY AND OUTCOMES FOR BREAST IMPLANTS AND
ANAPLASTIC LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA ETIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
In 2011, The PSF, ASPS, and the FDA began collaborating on
INVESTIGATING ALCL
& BREAST IMPLANTS
a five-year research project to conduct research and develop
a comprehensive breast implant-ALCL registry called the PROFILE.
This registry was started in response to reports of a possible link between women with
breast implants and anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL). PROFILE serves as an effort
to learn more about this potential association. The PSF serves as the coordinating center
and is responsible for all aspects of study coordination and project management.
A team of experts was comprised of plastic/breast surgeons, pathologists/oncologists,
and epidemiologists, to contribute their scientific input to the study and provide
recommendations on establishing case definitions, inclusion criteria, data points,
case report forms, and follow-up strategies.
Data collection is ongoing. Potential and confirmed cases of ALCL can be reported
to The PSF through ThePSF.org/profile.
NATIONAL BREAST IMPLANT REGISTRY
In June 2012, an amendment was made to the existing Cooperative
Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between the ASPS,
The PSF, and the FDA to incorporate the exploration and development
of a National Breast Implant Registry into the existing infrastructure
set up for the PROFILE study.
In October 2012, ASPS, The PSF, and the FDA convened a stakeholder meeting with
the three device manufacturers with breast implants approved in the United States
(Allergan, Mentor, and Sientra). The meeting was an opportunity for each stakeholder
to discuss their role in the future registry, their concerns, and their expectations.
Since the October 2012 meeting, the stakeholder group has met regularly to identify
appropriate questions and data points to be addressed by the National Breast Implant
Registry. A systematic review of the breast implant literature is currently ongoing
to help inform which questions are appropriate and relevant for the registry. A Request
For Proposal (RFP) for database development will be issued in Spring 2014 with data
collection anticipated to begin in early 2015.
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RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND IDEA INCUBATION
GRANT APPLICATION MENTORING SESSION
The PSF matches seasoned researchers with grant applicants whose grant proposals
were not funded or who are applying to The PSF or other funding agencies for grants
in the upcoming cycle. Established researchers review the grant proposals in advance
and then meet with the applicants during Plastic Surgery The Meeting to give them
advice on how the proposals could be strengthened or improved. The goal is to have
the applicants incorporate suggestions and then submit or resubmit their grant proposals
for the next funding cycle. The 2013 Grant Mentoring Workshop, led by Ergun Kocak, MD
was a huge success, with more than 10 applicants receiving mentoring.
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION IN PLASTIC SURGERY
To further incubate and identify areas ripe for new technology, The PSF
hosted the Technology Innovation in Plastic Surgery (TIPS) meeting
May 31—June 2, 2013 in San Francisco. The meeting featured a global
faculty of leading plastic surgeons, dermatologists, and wound care
experts. This forum provided attendees with a broad view of innovations that have shaped
the industry and offered a glimpse of the products and technologies on the horizon.
TIPS was created to maintain a dialog among physicians and thought leaders from all
disciplines and industry to share information, solve problems, educate each other,
address unmet needs in the areas of aesthetic and reconstructive surgery, and accelerate
the development of better technology for patients.
SUPPORTED BY
2013 TIPS SNAPSHOT
•Interactive discussions with representatives from the highest level of industry
that enabled clinicians to share what they want and need in their practice
•A forum for “early-adopter” physicians to debate the direction of technology
investment to address the most meaningful clinical problems
•The Inaugural Innovation Challenge lead the way for new ideas and brought industry
into the mix early in the process
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INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS IN PLASTIC SURGERY
2013 PSF AND ASMS INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS
The program enables plastic surgeons from abroad to study
at host plastic surgery institutions in the United States for
three to six months.
OTENE CLETUS IKECHUKWU,
MBBS, FWACS
Nigeria | Achauer Fund Scholar
•Management of Burns
and Its Complications
• Breast Surgeries
• Hand Surgeries
• Cleft Lip and Palate
• Aesthetic Surgeries
JACQUELINE CRUZ, MD
Peru | Plastic Surgery
Foundation Scholar
• Microsurgical Reconstruction
• Cleft Lip and Palate
• Aesthetic
PRASETYANUGRAHENI
KRESHANTI, MD
Indonesia | ASMS/WCF Scholar
• Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery
RACHEL ROSSINE BAPTISTA, MD
Brazil | Peer Foundation Scholar
PHAM HIEU LIEM, MD, MSC
Viet Nam | Plastic Surgery
Foundation Scholar
•Mammoplasty
• Aesthetic Surgery
• Microsurgical Reconstruction
• Craniofacial Surgery
•Vascularized Composite
Allotransplantation
• Lymphedema Surgery
SURAWEJ NUMHOM, MD
Thailand | Peer Foundation Scholar
• Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery
• Breast Reconstruction
• Body Contouring Surgery
• Aesthetic Surgery
•Adipose-derived Stem
Cell Research
2013 SMILE TRAIN/PSF INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS
The opportunity aims to recognize the excellence
and commitment of Smile Train partners on a global
stage and enable continuing training and exchange
opportunities to strengthen comprehensive cleft
care around the world.
MEKONEN ESHETE ABEBE, MD,
FCS-ECSA
Ethiopia | Smile Train Scholar
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Craniofacial Surgery with Special
•
Interest in Cleft Surgery
•Hand Surgery
(acquired and congenital)
•Ear Reconstruction
LORA MAE A. DE GUZMAN, MD
Philippines | Smile Train Scholar
• Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery
•Burns
• Hand Surgery
• Aesthetic Surgery
RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAMS
In 2013, The Plastic Surgery Foundation awarded 34 investigator-initiated projects and
allocated nearly $772,000 to support the newest, clinically relevant research in plastic surgery.
This maintains the significant increase in PSF research funding seen for the past several years.
The PSF leadership is committed to continually providing high levels of investigator-initiated
research support to ensure that plastic surgeons have the needed resources to be pioneers
and innovators in advancing the practice of medicine.
2013 GRANT APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY TOPIC
The PSF Study Section, chaired by Charles Butler, MD was broken into the Basic and
Translational Research Section, chaired by J. Peter Rubin, MD and Babak Mehrara, MD.,
and the Clinical Study Section, chaired by Clara Lee, MD and Amy Alderman, MD, MPH.
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2013 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR PLASTIC SURGERY GRANT RECIPIENTS
Goal: To encourage and support research projects which address clinically relevant issues
facing the practice of plastic surgery. Applications must address a topic of importance
to the current clinical practice of plastic surgery and a clear, realistic path for application
of acquired knowledge to the practice of plastic surgery must be described.
GRACE CHIOU, MD
Palo Alto Institute for Research
and Education, Inc.
Tendon-Bone Composite Tissue
Engineering in a Rabbit Model
SAMUEL LIN, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center
Degradable Orthopedic Devices
to Modulate Healing
ABIGAIL MACIOLEK COCHRAN, MD
Southern Illinois University School
of Medicine
Therapeutic Fat Grafting: Breast
Cancer Treatment and Reconstruction
DENNIS ORGILL, MD, PHD
Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Inc.
Pre-Expansion of Recipient Site
for Enhanced Fat Graft Survival
ARIN K. GREENE, MD, MMSC
Children’s Hospital Boston
Determining the Mechanism
of Pediatric Capillary Malformation
ZHONG ZHENG, PHD
The Regents of the University
of California, Los Angeles
FReP cell-based Therapy
for Skeletal Muscle Generation
ALEXANDER LIN, MD
Saint Louis University
BMP-2 Alveolar Bone
Reconstruction in the Growing
Facial Skeleton
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2013 PSF RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP GRANT AWARD RECIPIENTS
Goal: To encourage research and academic career development for plastic surgery residents
and junior faculty to supplement salary during a mentored research experience.
SUPPORTED BY:
AVIRAM GILADI, MD
The Regents of the University
of Michigan
Outcomes and Impairment
Assessment After Finger Amputations
FREDERICK WANG, MD
The Regents of the University
of California, San Francisco
Breast Microenvironment
After Fat Grafting
LOUIS POPPLER, MD
Washington University in St. Louis
Nerve Regeneration Following
Composite Tissue Allotransplantation
SHOSHANA WOO, MD
The Regents of the University
of Michigan
Muscle Graft Design in a Regenerative
Peripheral Nerve Interface
2013 COMBINED PILOT RESEARCH GRANT AWARD RECIPIENTS
Goal: To foster the development of surgeon scientists and be committed to increasing the amount
of research dollars to fund research, peripheral nerve research, microsurgery research,
education, hand research, and stimulating fundamental research in plastic surgery.
SCOTT J. FARBER, MD
Washington University in St. Louis
Schwann Cell Senescence: A Result
of Chronic Denervation?
AAHS/PSF Combined Pilot
Research Grant
AARON BERGER, MD, PHD
Stanford University Medical Center
Head Mounted Video Cameras
for Surgical Skill Education
A
CAPS/PSF Combined Pilot
Research Grant
NICHOLAS LANGHALS, MSE, PHD
The Regents of the University
of Michigan
Biosignal Insulators in Regenerative
Peripheral Nerve Interfaces
SPN/PSF Combined Pilot
A
Research Grant
JASON SPECTOR, MD
Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical
College of Cornell University
Vascularized Tissue Engineered
Scaffolds for In Vivo Anastomosis
A
SRM/PSF Combined Pilot
Research Grant
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2013 PSF PILOT RESEARCH GRANT AWARD RECIPIENTS
Goal: To promote plastic surgery advancement and innovation. These grants provide “seed” funding
and are intended to support the research efforts of residents and junior faculty to address
focused research questions, obtain preliminary data to support larger plastic surgery science
grant proposals in the future, and to develop a line of research that can be carried forward
into an academic career.
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ALEXANDER ALLORI, MD, MPH
Duke University Medical Center
Standardization of Clinical Outcomes
for Cleft Care and Research
SWAPNA GHANTA, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center
T-regulatory Mediated
Immunosuppression
After Lymphatic Injury
DANIEL CUZZONE, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center
Decellularized Lymph Nodes
for Lymph Node Tissue
Engineering
JEFFREY GUSENOFF, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Autologous Fat Grafting
for Pedal Fat Pad Atrophy
BRENT R. DEGEORGE, JR., MD, PHD
The Rector and Visitors
of the University of Virginia
The Biophysical Properties
of Composite Flexor Tendon
Allografts
NAVEEN KUMAR, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Obesity-induced Hypoxia
and Adipokines in Breast Cancer
BRIAN H. GANDER, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Further Analysis of Craniosynostotic
Rabbit Suture with LCM
ANGELO A. LETO BARONE, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Role of Non-Adherent
Clonogenic ASCs on
T-cell Immunomodulation
ANDREW GASSMAN, MD
The Regents of the University
of California, Los Angeles
Remote Ischemic Preconditioning’s
Effect on Fat Graft Volume
ERIC LIAO, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
(The General Hospital Corp.)
Human Muscle Progenitor
and Regeneration
REID A. MACLELLAN, MD, MMSC
Children’s Hospital Boston
Vascular Malformations: Investigation
of Pubertal Hormone Expression
JUSTIN M. SACKS, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Lymphatic Inhibition
and Dendritic Cells
013 Bernard G. Sarnat Excellence
2
in Grant Writing Award:
Basic and Translational Research
AMY MOORE, MD
Washington University St. Louis
The Effect of a Supercharge Nerve
Transfer on Functional Recovery
HARRY SALINAS, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
(The General Hospital Corp.)
Prevention of Vein Graft
Intimal Hyperplasia via PTP
SANJAY NARAN, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Strategies for Repair of Infected
Calvarial Bone Defects
WESLEY SIVAK, MD, PHD
University of Pittsburgh
Transfected Adipose Stem Cells
for Peripheral Nerve Repair
NIJAGUNA PRASAD, PHD
Johns Hopkins University
Post-transplant Malignancy
in Organ Transplant Patients
DEREK STEINBACHER, DMD, MD
Yale University School
of Medicine
FGFR2 Inhibition Mitigates
Craniosynostosis in Crouzon
Syndrome
013 Bernard G. Sarnat Excellence
2
in Grant Writing Award:
Clinical Research
SUDHEER KUMAR RAVURI, PHD
University of Pittsburgh
Overexpression of sFRP1 Enhances
Adipogenesis in Tissue Repair
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2013 OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PLASTIC SURGERY
RESEARCH AWARD RECIPIENTS
Goal: To recognize an investigator whose innovative research will evolve the treatment of surgical
disorders and the practice of plastic surgery.
I. KELMAN COHEN, MD
Outstanding Achievement in Basic
and Translational Research Award
Recipient
SUSAN MACKINNON, MD, F.R.C.S.
(C.), FACS
Outstanding Achievement in Clinical
Research Award Recipient
2013 RESEARCH IMPACT AWARD RECIPIENT
Goal: To identify and recognize outstanding PSF-funded research that has been successfully
incorporated into practice or served as an innovative catalyst for the development
of new technologies or procedures.
BAHMAN GUYURON, MD, FACS
(Award supported by the D Ralph Millard, Jr. MD Plastic Surgery
Society & Education Foundation)
THE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD PROGRAMS
AAPS/PSF ACADEMIC SCHOLAR AWARD RECIPIENT
SAMUEL J. LIN, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
THE PSF INNOVATION CHALLENGE RECIPIENTS
Goal: To foster the development of the best new technology and inventions
in the field of plastic surgery.
GREGORY DUMANIAN, MD
Northwestern University
BREANNE EVERETT, MD
Orpyx Medical Technologies, Inc.
THE 2013 PSF GRADUATE RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP AWARD RECIPIENT
Goal: To provide tuition support to a plastic surgeon in their pursuit of an advanced degree
in research.
KRISTOPHER SUGG, MD
University of Michigan
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SUPPORTED BY:
2013 BREAST RECONSTRUCTION AWARENESS FUND
CHARITABLE CARE GRANT AWARDS
The PSF will award grants, ranging from $5,000 to $10,000, to U.S. based, tax-exempt public
501(c)(3) charities that have demonstrated a commitment to providing breast reconstruction
surgery charity care. Grant funds must be used to directly support the surgical care expenses
for women having breast reconstruction.
2013 BRA FUND CHARITABLE CARE GRANT RECIPIENTS
• BREAST TREATMENT TASK FORCE
• EVELYN’S BREAST FRIENDS FOREVER
• GATEWAY TO HOPE
• MY HOPE CHEST
• SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
2013 BREAST RECONSTRUCTION AWARENESS FUND
PUBLIC AWARENESS GRANT AWARDS
The PSF will award grants, up to $10,000, to U.S. based, tax-exempt public 501 (c)(3) charities
that have demonstrated a commitment to increasing the awareness of breast reconstruction
surgery. Grants are awarded to charities with a demonstrated commitment to developing
and implementing projects and programs for the purpose of raising the awareness of breast
reconstruction surgery options in the community.
2013 BRA FUND PUBLIC AWARENESS GRANT RECIPIENTS
• BUSTED FOUNDATION
• EVELYN’S BREAST FRIENDS FOREVER
• GATEWAY TO HOPE
• LIVING BEYOND BREAST CANCER
• MY HOPE CHEST
• MYSELF: TOGETHER AGAIN
• SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
• UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
• THE ROSALYN L. WEISER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
SUPPORTED BY:
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BREAST RECONSTRUCTION AWARENESS FUND
Only 33 percent of eligible women with breast cancer undergo breast
reconstruction. Less than a quarter of women know the wide range of breast
reconstruction options available. Established in 2012, The Breast Reconstruction
Awareness Fund plans to change these statistics by raising awareness about
the options for women following mastectomy, supporting breast reconstruction
organizations, and funding breast reconstruction research to ensure patients
experience the best care possible. Through this effort, The PSF is making an investment in
the lives of women as well as the specialty.
CARING FOR KIDS FUND
Every day many children courageously face the world with physical
imperfections caused by birth defects, disease, or injury. Reconstructive
surgery can help correct many of these issues, but many children do not have access to additional
surgery and care they need. The PSF has established this fund to provide financial support
to children in need of reconstructive and cosmetic surgery. This fund will also support research
into deformities caused by birth defects, abuse, and disease.
We partnered with Fresh Start Surgical Gifts for a concert benefitting
pediatric and craniofacial surgery at a concert by Grammy® Award-winning
singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow on the USS Midway in San Diego during
Plastic Surgery The Meeting 2013. These efforts represent an opportunity
to expand beyond the normal bounds of a professional organization and
to help with what is most important—patient care. More than $300,000
was raised for the partnership with more than $150,000 going to The Plastic
Surgery Foundation.
ANNUAL FUND
Gifts to The PSF’s Annual Fund promote the next generation of researchers through seed grants
which allow them to test scientific concepts specific to the specialty.
THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR PLASTIC SURGERY
Founded to support research and development in the field of plastic surgery,
NEPS specifically funds research directed toward immediate issues facing
the clinical practice of plastic surgery. All contributions to The Endowment
are added to the principal and remain there in perpetuity. Only the income generated by prudent investing of this principal is available to fund projects.
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FELLOWS OF THE MALINIAC CIRCLE
Maliniac Fellows have committed $50,000 or more in cash or securities or have provided
a minimum of $100,000 deferred gift through such instruments as life insurance, a bequest,
or trust to the National Endowment for Plastic Surgery or The Plastic Surgery Foundation.
Dr. Bruce* and Tamara Achauer
Dr. Arun and Smita Gosain
Dr. Luis M. Rios, Sr.*
Dr. John and Candese Alexander
Dr. Richard J. and Robin Greco
Drs. Rod Rohrich and Diane Gibby
Dr. Bernard and Dr. Susan Alpert
Dr. Subhas and Seema Gupta
Dr. Stephen and Leslie Ronan
Drs. Darrick and Elizabeth Antell
Dr. Geoffrey and Kathryn Gurtner
Dr. Robert and Cynthia Ruberg
Dr. Stephan and Viviane
Leao Baker
Dr. Karol and Ellen Gutowski
Dr. Robert and Anne Russell
Dr. Bahman and Lora Guyuron
Dr. Kenneth and Luci Salyer
Dr. Keith and Tina Brandt
Dr. James and Barbara Hoehn
Dr. Bernard* and Rhoda Sarnat
Dr. Richard E. and
Colleen A. Brown
Dr. Ronald and Virginia Iverson
Dr. Loren S. Schechter
Dr. Jeffrey E. Janis
Dr. James D. and Kathleen
Schlenker
Dr. Brentley and Diane Buchele
Dr. Rafael C. and Lori Cabrera
Dr. Theodore and Sheryl Calianos
Dr. John and Laurie Canady
Drs. Andrew and Amy Chen
Dr. Eugene and Ruth Ann Cherny
Dr. Bernard I. Cohen*
Dr. Norman and Pat Cole
Dr. Sydney R. Coleman
Dr. Mark and Charlotte
Constantian
Dr. Mary Ann Contogiannis
and Ralph E. Huey
Dr. Robert N. Cooper
Dr. James R. and Gayle Cullington
Dr. J. Douglas and Barbara Cusick
Drs. Richard and Brenda D’Amico
Dr. Lynn Damitz
Dr. Tancredi D’Amore
Dr. Glenn and Maryann Davis
Dr. Sharadkumar Dicksheet*
Dr. T. Michael Dixon
Dr. Greg and Helga Dowbak
Dr. Sepehr Egrari
Dr. Walter and Carolyn Erhardt
Dr. John and Marcia Jarrett
Dr. Michael Kalisman
Dr. Susan Kaweski
Dr. Brian Kinney
Dr. Gurmander and Maninder Kohli
Dr. William Kuzon and Linda
Dr. David and Sherry Larson
Dr. J. William Little
Dr. Dennis and Mary Lynch
Dr. Sergio Pasquale Maggi
Fred* and Mary McCoy
Foundation
Dr. Michael Francis McGuire
Dr. Dan and Jan Mills
Dr. Peter Neligan
Dr. Michael W. Neumeister
Dr. R. Barrett and Barbara Noone
Dr. Douglas Ousterhout
Dr. James and Diane Payne
Dr. John and Susan Persing
Drs. Linda and William Phillips
Dr. Patrick Proffer
Dr. Norman and Deborah
Rappaport
Drs. David and Lisa Genecov
Dr. Debra Ann Reilly-Culver
and Robert H. Culver
Dr. Scot and Alisa Glasberg
Dr. William and Peggy Riley
Dr. R. Cole Goodman
Dr. Luis M. Rios, Jr.
Dr. Petra Schneider-Redden
and Curt Redden
Dr. Paul and Barbara Schnur
Dr. Jack and Anitra Sheen
Dr. Michele Shermak
and Howard Sobkov
Dr. Randy Sherman
Dr. Margaret and Stephen Skiles
Dr. David H. and Janie Song
Dr. Scott and Cynthia Spear
Dr. Anne Taylor and David Heutel
Dr. Karen B. Vaniver
Drs. Nicholas B. Vedder
and Susan R. Heckbert
Dr. Charles and Gale Verheyden
Dr. Amy G. Wandel
Dr. Philip D. and Elizabeth L. Wey
Dr. Linton and Renata Whitaker
Dr. Thomas C. Wiener
Dr. Robert and JoAnne Winslow
Dr. Robin T. W. Yuan
Dr. Elvin G. and Sharon Zook
Anonymous (3)
*Deceased
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THE PSF SUPPORTERS
The PSF supports investigators from the beginning of their careers, during residency,
through becoming well-established plastic surgeons. New procedures, new ways of thinking,
and new funding occur only with your support.
MALINIAC CIRCLE PLEDGE
CONTRIBUTORS
Michael Costelloe
Leo McCafferty, MD
John Culbertson, Jr., MD, FACS
Babak Mehrara, MD
Sepehr Egrari, MD
William de Haas, MD
Pierre Michaud, MD
Nicholas Vedder, MD, FACS
Vipul Dev, MD
Mark Migliori, MD
Joseph Disa, MD
Michael Miller, MD
Michael Eisemann, MD
Nana Mizuguchi, MD
Walter Erhardt, MD
Joseph Mlakar, MD, FACS
David Reath, MD
Randall Feingold, MD
Steven Morris, MD
Thomas Zaydon, Sr., MD
James Fernau, MD
David Motoki, MD
Neil Fine, MD
Kiya Movassaghi, MD
Julius Gaudio
Satoru Nagata, MD
Lloyd Gayle, MD
Vasu Pandrangi, MD
David Genecov, MD
Jagruti Patel, MD
Mary Gingrass, MD
Simona Pautler, MD
David Greenspun, MD
Samuel Pejo, MD
Karol Gutowski, MD, FACS
Wayne Perron, MD
Phillip Haeck, MD
John Persing, MD
Elizabeth Hall-Findlay, MD
Linda Phillips, MD
David Halpern, MD
Mark Pinsky, MD
Christine Hamori, MD
James Platis, MD
Hauw Han, MD
Keith Rae, MD
Stephen Hardy, MD
Stephan Ralston, MD
R. Scott Haupt, MD
Brian Reedy, MD
Robert Havlik, MD
Ramon Robles, MD
Todd Hewell, III, MD
Jody Rodgers, MD
PLATINUM LEVEL:
$5,000-$7,499
GOLD LEVEL:
$2,500-$4,999
Steven Bonawitz, MD
Keith Brandt, MD
Gregory Evans, MD, FACS
Scot Glasberg, MD, FACS
Richard Greco, MD
W. John Kitzmiller, MD
Garlana Matthews
Michael Neumeister, MD, FRCSC, FACS
John Paletta, MD
Malcolm Roth, MD
Anne Taylor, MD
Charles Verheyden, MD, PhD, FACS
Robert Whitfield, MD, FACS
Thomas Wiener, MD
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Daryl Hoffman, MD
James Romanelli, MD
STERLING LEVEL:
$1,000-$2,499
William Hoffman, MD
Matthew Rosenberg, MD
Scott Hollenbeck, MD
Leonard Roudner, MD
Robert Anderson, MD
William Huffaker, MD
J. Peter Rubin, MD
Gunnar Bergqvist, MD
Kenneth Hui, MD
Lori Saltz, MD
Brentley Buchele, MD
Robert Jetter, MD
S. Larry Schlesinger, MD
Hoang Bui, MD
Debra Johnson, MD
Peter Schwartz, MD
Gregory Buncke, MD
Ronald Johnson, MD
The Selz Foundation
M. Bradley Calobrace, MD
Efrem Kamen
Charles Slack, MD
James Chang, MD
Carolyn Kerrigan, MD
Dell Smith, MD
Constance Chen, MD
Brian Kobienia, MD
Scott Spiro, MD
June Chen, MD
Michele Koo, MD
Brooke Stone
Kevin Chung, MD
Edmund Kwan, MD
John Stratis, MD
Clifford Clark, MD
Val Lambros, MD
William Strinden, MD
James Clayton, MD
Carl Lentz, MD
Gregory Swank, MD
Gustavo Colon, MD
David Low, MD
Mahira Tanovic, MD
John Corey, MD
Dennis Lynch, MD
Michael Teague, MD
THE PSF SUPPORTERS
Charles Thorne, MD
John Bass, MD
W. Lorne Brown, MD
Lee Thornton, MD
C. Bob Basu, MD, MPH
Jennifer Buck, MD
Jon Paul Trevisani, MD, FACS
John Bauer, MD
Louis Bucky, MD
Gregory Turowski, MD
Harold Bautista, MD
Reuben Bueno, Jr., MD
Bruce Van Natta, MD
Richard Baxter, MD
Mary Bugella
Victoria Vastine, MD, FACS
Mohamad Bazzi, MD
Duc Bui, MD
Rafael Villalobos, MD
Gilles Beauregard, MD
William Bull, MD
Simeon Wall, Jr., MD
Glenn Becker, MD
Todd Burdette, MD
Amy Wandel, MD
Thomas Bell, MD
John Burns, MD
Guy Williams, III, CMPE
Laura Bennett, MD
George Burruss, MD
Steven Williams, MD, FACS
Michael Bentz, MD
M. Shayne Burwell, MD
Saul Berger, MD
Michael Busuito, MD
SILVER LEVEL:
$375-$999
Keith Berman, MD
Jennifer Butterfield, MD
Mario Bernier, MD
Bruce Byrne, MD
Todd Adam, MD
John Bershof, MD
Rafael Cabrera, MD
Robert Louis Adams, MD
Robert Bialas, MD
William Caldwell
Ghada Afifi, MD
Rafi Bidros, MD
Athleo Cambre, MD
Arturo Aguillon-Bouche, MD
Nir Binur, MD
Earl Campbell, MD
James Albertoli, MD
Jon Bishop, MD
Orlando Canizares, MD
Peter Aldea, MD
James Blackburn, MD
Lucie Capek, MD
Kaveh Alizadeh, MD, MSc, FACS
Janet Blanchard, MD
Robert Caridi, MD
Robert Allen, MD
Nadia Blanchet, MD
Alexander Carli, MD
Hazem Aly, MD, PhD
Thomas Bobo
Steven Carp, MD
Andrew Amunategui, MD
James Boehmler, MD
Robert Carpenter, MD
Scott Andochick, MD
Glen Bolduc
William Carpenter, MD
Gregg Anigian, MD
D. Glynn Bolitho, MD, PhD, FACS
Sean Carroll, MD
Pamela Antoniuk, MD
Matthew Bonanno, MD, FACS
Holly Casey Wall, MD
Antony Anuja
E. Richard Bonnecarrere, MD
Mauricio Castellon, MD
Amy Arnold, MD
Joel Borkow, MD
Pedro Cavadas, MD, PhD
Balvant Arora, MD
John Borkowski, MD
Simon Ceber, MD
Mokhtar Asaadi, MD
Mark Boschert, MD
Paul Cederna, MD
Duffield Ashmead, MD
Richard Bosshardt, MD
Jennifer Chan, MD
Fouad Atalla, MD
David Bottger, MD
Jeffrey Chapman, MD
Paul Audi, MD
Ian Bourhill, MD
Lilly Chen, MD
Edwin Austin, MD
Sean Boutros, MD
Patrick Chen, MD
Andrew Baertsch, MD
Sandra Bouzaglou, MD
Stefan Chevalier, DO
M. Hugh Bailey, MD, FACS
Denis Branson, MD
Zeno Chicarilli, MD
Anureet Bajaj, MD
Scott Brenman, MD, FACS
Leland Chick, MD
Daniel Baker, MD
Amy Hill Brewster, MD
Stephen Chidyllo, MD, FACS
Robert Ball, MD
R. McIntyre Bridges, Jr., MD
Mihye Choi, MD
Jillian Banbury, MD
Glen Brooks, MD
Albert Chow, MD
Joseph Barnthouse, MD
Juan Brou, MD
Joseph Chun, MD
Alfonso Barrera, MD
Robyn Browdy
Johnny Chung, MD
Samuel Bartholomew, MD
David Brown, MD, FACS
Jubert Cibantos, MD
Richard Bartlett, MD
Mitchell Brown, MD
Orlando Cicilioni, MD
Fritz Barton, Jr., MD
W. Harold Brown, MD
Loren Clayman, MD
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THE PSF SUPPORTERS
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Mimis Cohen, MD
Tassos Dionisopoulos, MD
E. Bradley Garber, MD
Steven Cohen, MD
J. Frederick Doepker, MD
Onelio Garcia, MD
Clifford Coleman, MD
James Dolph, MD
Carla Garrison, MD
Sydney Coleman, MD
Nayiri Doudikian-Scaff, MD
Daniel Garritano, MD
Lawrence Colen, MD
Richard Dowden, MD
Michael Gartner, DO
Donald Collins, Jr., MD
Christopher Dress, MD
Richard Garvey, MD
Fernando Colon, MD
David Dreyfuss, MD
John Gatti, MD
Francisco Colon, MD
Frederick Duffy, MD
Antonio Gayoso, MD
Gerald Conner, MD
Raymond Dunn, MD
Jack Gelman, MD
Rafael Convit, MD
Daniel Durand, MD
Michael Genoff, MD
Donald Conway, MD
David Durst, MD
Robert Gerding, MD
Matthew Coons, MD
Charles Dyas, MD
Bahram Ghaderi, MD, FACS
Benjamin Cooper, MD
William Dzwierzynski, MD
Peter Giacobazzi, MD
Rodney Dean Cooter, MD
Patricia Eby, MD
Cecchini Giammatteo, MD
Frederic Corbin, MD
Aric Eckhardt, MD
Jacinthe Giasson
Clement Cotter, Jr., MD
Themistocles Economou, MD
Paul Gill, MD
Thomas Crais, MD
Dina Eliopoulos, MD
Christopher Godek, MD
Karen Craven
Mark Elliott, MD
David Goldberg, MD
J. Lauren Crawford, MD
Lars Enevoldsen, MD
Myles Goldflies, MD
William Crawley, MD
Scott Engel, MD
Robert Goldstein, MD
Winston Crookendale, MD
Michael Epstein, MD
Raul Gonzalez, MD
Kevin Cross, MD
Heather Erhard, MD
David Goodkind, MD
J. L. Crow, MD
Elof Eriksson, MD
Gayle Gordillo, MD
George Csank, MD
David Ettinger, MD
William Gorman, MD
Gary Culbertson, MD, FACS
Raymond Faires, MD
Robert Graper, MD
James Cullington, MD
Joel Feldman, MD
Mitchell Grasseschi, MD
Catherine Curtin, MD
Lu-Jean Feng, MD
John Griffin, MD
Lynn Damitz, MD
Steven Fern, MD
Peter Grothaus, MD
Catherine Daniels
Robert Fernandez, MD
James Grotting, MD
John Davidson, MD
Julius Few, MD
Edward Guarino, MD
Glenn Davis, MD, FACS
Tammy Fiabema, MD
Arturo Guiloff, MD
William Davis, MD
Paul Figlia, MD
Geoffrey Gurtner, MD
Konrad Dawson, MD
Paul Fischer, MD
Jeffrey Gusenoff, MD
Charles Day, MD
Peter Fisher, MD
E. Philip Gutek, MD
Stefania de Fazio, MD, PhD
Jeffery Flagg, MD, DDS
Roxanne Guy, MD
Jorge de la Torre, MD
Patti Flint, MD
Christian Guzman, MD
Carl de los Reyes, MD
Bryan Forley, MD
Richard Ha, MD
Richard de Ramon, MD
Robert Forte, MD
Josef Hadeed, MD
John de Waal, MBChB, FRACS
Amanda Fortin, MD
Thomas Hahm, MD
Anne DeLaney, MD
Thomas Francel, MD
Cyril Halbert, MD, FACS
Ronald DeMars, MD
William Franckle, MD
Gary Hall, MD
Lynn Derby, MD
Harold Friedman, MD
Jonathan Hall, MD
Mark Deutsch, MD
Ronald Friedman, MD
Stephen Hall, MD
Gregory Dick, MD, FACS
James Frost, MD
Robert Hamas, MD
Theodore Diktaban, MD
Gustavo Galante, MD
Kevin Hammons
Vincent DiNick, MD
Charles Garbaccio, MD
Neal Handel, MD
THE PSF SUPPORTERS
Michelle Hardaway, MD
Peter Kay, MD
Kimberly Lee
Jennifer Harrington, MD
Jeffrey Keim, MD
Peter Lee, MD, FACS
Melinda Haws, MD
Christopher Kelly, MD
Viviyan Lee
Thomas Hayakawa, MD
Michael Kelly, MD
Mark Leech, MD
Barbara Hayden, MD
Denise Kenna, MD
Jason Leedy, MD
M. Scott Haydon, MD
Debbie Kennedy, MD
Nathan Leigh, MD
Jeffrey Healy, MD
Suzanne Kerley, MD
William Leighton, MD
Frederick Heckler, MD
Leslie Kerluke, MD
Dann Leonard, MD
Katherine Hein, MD
Lawrence Kerr, MD
Vincent Lepore, MD
Peter Hetzler, MD
Sami Khan, MD
Douglas Leppink, MD
Mark Hill, MD
Mark Kiehn, MD
Lucie Lessard, MD
P. Craig Hobar, MD
Prasad Kilaru, MD
Gerald Levandoski, Jr., MD
Patrick Hodges, MD
Garry Killyon, MD
Howard Levinson, MD, FACS
Lloyd Hoffman, MD
James Kim, MD
John Lindsey, MD
Neal Hoganson, MD
Seung Kim, MD
Maria LoTempio, MD
Terry Holdredge, MD
Robert Kimmel, MD
Paul LoVerme, MD, FACS
Thomas Horn, MD
Stephen King, MD
Leonard Lu, MD
James Hoyt, MD
Timothy King, MD, PhD
Jay Lucas, MD
Henry Hsia, MD
Gilson Kingman, MD
Herluf Lund, MD
David Huang, MD
Anya Kishinevsky, MD
Billy Lynn, MD
Linda Huang, MD
Juris Kivuls, MD
Gregory Mackay, MD
Thomas Hubbard, MD
J. Gregory Kjar, MD
Mark Magnusson, MD
Lowell Hughes, MD
Kenneth Kneessy, MD
Raman Mahabir, MD
Keith Hume
Daniel Knight, MD
Ellen Mahony, MD
Jonathan Hutter, MD
Albert Ko, MD
Marcel Malek, MD
Peter Hyans, MD
Richard Korentager, MD
Sami Mamoun, MD
Scott Ingram, MD
Bill Kortesis, MD
David Marcus, MD
Clyde Ishii, MD
Jeffery Krueger, MD
Michael Margiotta, MD
Yoshiko Iwahira, MD
Hans Kuisle, MD
Philip Marin, MD
Ricardo Izquierdo, MD
Lawrence Kurtzman, MD
Eric Mariotti, MD
Gary Jacobs, MD
Rafic Kuzbari, MD
Bernard Markowitz, MD
Errol James, MD
William Kuzon, MD, PhD
Timothy Marten, MD
Ellen Janetzke, MD
Sophia Kwo, MD
Richard Martin, MD
Raymond Janevicius, MD
Khoa Lai, MD
Peter Marzek, MD
Timothy Janiga, MD, FACS
Paul Lambert, MD
Kiyoshi Matsuo, MD
Jeffrey Janis, MD
Howard Langstein, MD
Samuel Maurice, MD
Lynn Jeffers, MD
Jonathan Larkin
G. Patrick Maxwell, MD
Glenn Jelks, MD
Michael Law, MD
Jeff Mazur
George Jennings, MD
W. Thomas Lawrence, MD
Joseph McCarthy, MD
Robert Kagan, MD
Carol Lazier
W. Scott McDonald, MD
Sharon Kalina, MD
Thomas Leach, MD
Patricia McGuire, MD
Loree Kalliainen
Norman Leaf, MD, FACS
James McMahan, MD
Michael Kamen
Geoffrey Leber, MD
William Mealer, MD
Michael Kaplan, MD
Peter Ledoux, MD
N. Bradly Meland, MD
Nolan Karp, MD
Edward Lee, MD
Emmanuel Melissinos, MD
Martin Kassan, MD
Gilbert Lee, MD
Pedro Meneses, MD
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Frederick Menick, MD
Shannon O’Brien, MD
Jason Potter, MD, DDS
Wyndell Merritt, MD
Kenneth Odinet, MD
Andrea Pozez, MD
Andrew Messa, MD
Ferdinand Ofodile, MD
Jason Pozner, MD
Charles Messa, III, MD, FACS
Laura O’Halloran, MD
Christian Prada, MD
Robert Micek
Eric Okamoto, MD
David Pratt, MD
Basil Michaels, MD
Michael Olding, MD
Carl Price, MD
Lorelle Michelson, MD, FACS, LLC
Morry Olenick, MD
Sandy Pritchard, MD
Catherine Milbourn, MD
Alfonso Oliva, MD
Patrick Proffer, MD
Leonard Miller, MD
Barron O’Neal, MD
Jeffrey Ptak, MD
Paul Mills, MD
Patrick O’Neill, MD
Kimberly Pummill, MD
Joseph Minarchek, MD
Takuya Onizuka, MD
Anil Punjabi, MD, DDS
Jorge Miranda, MD
Richard Orr, MD
Andrea Pusic, MD
Todd Mirzai, MD
Roger Orsini, MD
Sidney Rabinowitz, MD
Dinu Mistry, MD
Kristina O’Shaughnessy, MD
Vasdev Rai, MD
Cynthia Mizgala, MD
Kitti Outlaw, MD
Geoffrey Randolph, MD
David Mobley, MD
William Overstreet, III, MD
David Rapaport, MD
Raymond Mockler, MD
Steven Ozeran, MD
Norman Rappaport, MD
Mehrdad Mofid, MD
David Palaia, MD
Gregory Ratliff, MD
Fernando Molina, MD
Angela Parisi-Parker
Larry Reaves, MD
Jeffrey Morehouse, MD
Young Jin Park, MD
Rene Recinos, MD
Luis Morell, MD
Thornwell Parker, III, MD
P. Pravin Reddy, MD
Donald Morris, MD
Janet Parler, MD
Sudarshan Reddy, MD
Mathew Mosher, MD
Behzad Parva, MD
Robert Reiffel, MD
Timothy Mountcastle, MD
Ann Passmore, MD
John Reinisch, MD
Karl Mueller, MD
Ash Patel, MD
Bradley Remington, MD
Lisa Murcko, MD
Mahesh Patel, MD
Ira Rex, III, MD
Robert Murphy, Jr., MD
James Payne, MD
Charlotte Rhee, MD
Terrence Murphy, MD
Samuel Pearl, MD
Dee Dee Ricks
E. Anthony Musarra, II, MD
Richard Pecunia, MD
Jeffrey Ridha, MD
Florence Mussat, MD
Ziv Peled, MD
Steven Ringler, MD
Maurice Nahabedian, MD
Christopher Pellegrino, MD
Thomas Rishavy, MD
Raja Nalluri, MD
Victor Perez, MD
Lucian Rivela, MD
Gregory Neil, MD
Vincent Perrotta, MD
Karen Roche, MD
Peter Neligan, MB
Charles Perry, MD
Heather Rocheford, MD
G. Hunt Neurohr, MD
Craig Person, MD
W. Bradford Rockwell, MD
Adam Newman, MD
Mary Lee Peters, MD
Bruce Rodgers, MD
G. William Newton, MD, FACS
Christine Petti, MD
Rod Rohrich, MD, FACS
Van Thanh Nguyen, MD
Michael Philbin, MD
Donald Roland, MD
Nicholas Nikolov, MD
F. Leigh Phillips, MD
Ralph Rosato, MD
Scott Nishikawa, MD
Gaye Phillips
Allen Rosen, MD
Katharine Nitta, MD
Rodger Pielet, MD
Lorne Rosenfield, MD
R. Barrett Noone, MD
Sheryl Pilcher, MD
Nachman Rosenfeld, MD
Morgan Norris, MD
Emilia Ploplys, MD
David Ross, MD
Brian Novack, MD
Silvio Podda, MD
Kenneth Rothaus, MD
Phillip Nunnery, MD
Byron Poindexter, MD
Bennett Rothenberg, MD
James O’Brien, MD
Charles Polsen, MD
Paul Rottler, MD
THE PSF SUPPORTERS
Robert Ruberg, MD
Kenneth Smith, MD
Theodore Uroskie, MD
William Sabbagh, MD
Lane Smith, MD
Peter Van Hoy, MD
Justin Sacks, MD
Wendell Smoot, III, MD
Henry Vasconez, MD
Sandra Sacks, MD
Gary Smotrich, MD
Rajeev Venugopal, MD
A. Michael Sadove, MD
Kristen Snyder Costa
Jon Ver Halen, MD
Michel Saint-Cyr, MD
Bendy So, MD
Carlin Vickery, MD
Shahram Salemy, MD
Hooman Soltanian, MD
Mark Villa, MD
Gary Salomon, MD
Nicole Sommer, MD
Michael Vincent, MD
Amorn Salyapongse, MD
Chia Soo, MD
Dean Vistnes, MD
A. Neil Salyapongse, MD
Ren-Yeu Soong, MD
A. George Volpe, MD
Julene Samuels, MD
C. Russell Sparenberg, MD
James Wade, MD
Aysel Sanderson, MD
John Sparrow, MD
Jeffrey Wagner, MD
Christopher Saunders, MD
Scott Spear, MD, FACS
Samina Wahhab, MD
Eric Schaffer, MD
Jason Spector, MD
Seung-Yeun Waitze, MD
Loren Schechter, MD
Kenrick Spence, MD
Robert Wald, Jr., MD
Michael Schenden, MD
Robert Spies, MD
Kathleen Waldorf, MD, FACS
Clark Schierle, MD, PhD
Isaac Starker, MD
Charles Wallace, MD
James Schmidt, MD
Hans Ulrich Steinau, MD
William Wallace, MD, FACS
Michael Schneider
Alan Stephens, MD
Katheryn Warren, MD
Petra Schneider-Redden, MD
Russell Stokes, MD
Gregory Waslen, MD
Ronald Schuster, MD
Michael Streitmann, MD
Michael Watanabe, MD
Steven Schuster, MD
Louis Strock, MD
Theodore Watchtell
Jaime Schwartz, MD
Brent Stromberg, MD
Paul Watterson, MD
Karl Schwarz, MD
Steven Struck, MD
Denton Watumull, MD
Michael Schwartz, MD
James Stuzin, MD
Robert Weber, MD
Alan Serure, MD
Yongsook Suh, MD
John Weeter, MD
William Seward
Sam Sukkar, MD
Larry Weinstein, MD
Kenneth Shaheen, MD
Kelly Sullivan, MD
Verne Weisberg, MD
Joel Shanklin, MD
Patrick Sullivan, MD
James Wells, MD
Samuel Shatkin, Jr., MD
Michael Suzman, MD
Frederick Weniger, MD
Imad Shehadi, MD
Jeff Swail, MD
William Wennen, MD
Michele Shermak, MD
Michael Sweet, MD
George Weston, MD
Mary Shinn, MD
Chau Tai, MD
Jane Weston, MD
Yukio Shirakabe, MD
Norio Takayama, MD
Philip Wey, MD
Steven Siciliano, MD
Masaki Takeuchi, MD
Bruce White, MD
Fred Siegel, MD
Mia Talmor, MD
Steven White, MD
Robert Sigal, MD
Chad Tattini, MD
Fred Wilder, MD
Timothy Silvester, MD
Jason Taylor, MD
Robert Wilke, MD
Susan Skanes, MD
Gary Tearston, MD, FACS
Virgil Willard, MD
Richard Skolnik, MD
Steven Teitelbaum, MD
H. Bruce Williams, MD
Sumner Slavin, MD
Daniel Thomas, MD
Henry Wilson, MD
Brian Slywka, MD
Scott Tucker, MD
Libby Wilson, MD
Tzvi Small, MD, FACS
Louise Turkula, MD
Timothy Wilson, MD
George Smith, MD
Ivan Turpin, MD
Richard Winters, MD
James Smith, MD
Sue-Mi Tuttle, MD
Jamie Wisser, MD
Jeffrey Dean Smith, MD
Chris Tzarnas, MD
William Wittenborn, MD
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Gregory Wittpenn, MD
Gary Baker, MD
Wilfred Brown, MD
Thomas Woloszyn, MD
Stephan Baker, MD
Lani Brumley
June Wu, MD
Stephen Baker, MD
Mark Brzezienski, MD
David Yan, MD
James Banich, MD
David Buchanan, MD
R. Scott Yarish, MD
Joseph Banis, MD
Robert Buchanan, MD
Michael Yates, MD
Vivek Bansal, MD
Steven Buchman, MD
Steven Yearsley, MD
Marc Baraban, MD
Barbara Budgake
Randall Yetman, MD
James Barber, MD
John Bulger, MD
Yohko Yoshimura, MD
Kenneth Barraza, MD
Evie Bulliard
Sean Younai, MD
Freddie Barron, MD
Elisa Burgess, MD
George Zavitsanos, MD
Scott Paul Bartlett, MD
A. Jay Burns, MD
H. Daniel Zegzula, MD
Bruce Barton, MD
Brian Burns, MD
Richard Zienowicz, MD
Adam Basner, MD
Fernando Burstein, MD
James Zins, MD
Richard Baxter, MD
Charles Butler, MD
John Zinsser, MD
Joel Beck, MD
Joao Cabas-Neto, MD
Stephen Zonca, MD
Ramin Behmand, MD
Joseph Camarata, MD, DMD
Robert Zubowski, MD
Cesar Benavides, MD
Linda Camp, MD
Paul Zwiebel, MD
Lea Bendo
Joseph Capella, MD
Thomas Benhaim, MD
Philippe Capraro, MD
OTHER CONTRIBUTORS:
Della Bennett, MD
Bryan Carey
David Abramson, MD
James Bennett, MD
Matthew Carty, MD
Boris Ackerman, MD
Lindsay Bensko
Lisa Cassileth, MD
Habib Al-Basti, MD
Jonathan Berman, MD
Harley Cavalcante, MD
Per Alberius, MD
Steven Bernard, MD
Michael Cedars, MD
Bruno Alfandari, MD
Nada Berry, MD
David Chang, MD
Hiyad Al-Husaini, MD
Paul Berry, MD
Ta-Lee Chang, MD
William Alison, MD
Shawn Birchenough, MD
Mimi Chao, MD
Bahir Allawi, MD
Roger Bise, MD
Juan Chavanne, MD
Donald Altman, MD
David Black
Gustavo Chavarria, MD
Al Aly, MD
Steven Black, MD
Shyi-Gen Chen, MD
Raj Ambay, MD
Matthew Blanton, MD
Tim-Mo Chen, MD
Patrice Amin
Martin Blue, MD
Chester Cheng, MD
Manushak Amzoyan, MD
Adam Boettcher, MD
Ee Cherk Cheong, MD
Antigonos Anastasiou
Jennifer Boll, MD
Thomas Cherry, MD
Michael Angel, MD
Aaron Bonorato
Lori Cherup, MD
Darrick Antell, MD
Adriana Borges, MD
Caroline Chester, MD
John Anton, MD
Alessandro Borgognone, MD
Pierre Chevray, MD, PhD
Mark Anton, MD
Mark Bosbous, MD
Shim Ching, MD
Lauren Archer, MD
Allister Boustred, MD
David Chiu, MD
Sandra Archer
Joseph Boykin, Jr., MD
Joon Hyun Cho, MD
Chandran Arianayagam, MD
James F Boynton, MD, FACS
Christopher Chung, MD
Kathleen Arneson
Brian Brantner, MD
Steven Clark, MD, DMD, FACS
Fabiano Arruda, MD
Daniel Brauman, MD
James Clarkson, MD
Subramaniam Arumugam, MD
Francisco Bravo, MD, PhD
Julio Clavijo-Alvarez, MD
Eric Ashby, MD
Lilla Breyer, MD
Richard Clement, MD
William Austen, MD
Patricia Briscoe, MD
Brian Coan, MD
THE PSF SUPPORTERS
Thomas Cochran, MD
Luu Doan, MD
John Flory, MD
Adam Cohen, MD
Andrew Dodd, MD
Arthur Flynn, MD
Stephen Colbert, MD
Barry Dolich, MD
Douglas Forman, MD
Williams Collins
Jeffrey Donaldson, MD
James Fowler, MD
Lee Colony, MD
William Doubek, MD
Richard Fox, MD
Gregory Combs, MD
Trent Douglas, MD
Cecilia Franco-Webb, MD
Alexandra Condé Green, MD
Daniel Downey, MD, FACS
W. Dale Franks, Jr., MD
John Connors, III
Susan Downey, MD
Daniel Freet, MD
Damon Cooney, MD
Tracy Dreiling
Beverly Friedlander, MD
Joshua Cooper, MD
Ivica Ducic, MD, PhD
Jeffrey Friedman, MD
Timothy Cooper, MD
Stephen Dudick, MD
Marthe Ann Gabey, MD
Bradley Coots, MD
Lauren DuFresne
Kent Gabriel, MD
Julia Corcoran, MD
Kelli Duggan
Allen Gabriel, MD, FACS
Steven Couchell, MD
Deason Dunagan, MD
James Gaffield, MD
Luis Crespo, MD
Dana Dupre
Bing Siang Gan, MD
Andrew Crocker, MD
Sue Dykema
Pedramine Ganchi, MD
Shain Cuber, MD
Cameron Earl, MD
Emilio Garcia-Tutor, MD
Dean Cunha Gomes, MD
Steven Earle, MD
Facundo Garfias Vargas, MD
Bruce Cusenz, MD
Raquel Eckert Montandon, MD
Steven Garner, MD
J. Douglas Cusick, MD
John Edney, MD
Ralph Garramone, MD
Leonardo D’Alo, MD
James Edwards, MD
Peter Gee, MD
Richard D’Amico, MD
Wilfred Ehrmantraut, Jr., MD
Michael Gelband
Vigen Darian, MD
Steven Eisenstadt, MD
Louis Germain, MD
Francis Darmanin, MD
Frederick Eko, MD
Timothy Germain, MD
Howard Dash, MD
Fredda Elzweig
Gunter Germann, MD
Mark Davenport, MD
Mark Espinosa
Royal Gerow, MD
David David, MD, FRCS, FRACS
Enrique Etxeberria, MD, PhD
Michelle Gesser
Michael Davis, MD, FACS
Gerald Everson
Anup Gheewala, MD
Wellington Davis, III, MD
DeLaine Ewing-Joyner
Nourollah Ghorbani, MD
Joseph de Brux, Jr., MD
Thaddeus Fabian, MD
Rami Ghurani, MD
Luiz Victor de Fortuna
Carneiro, Jr., MD
Steve Fallek, MD
Sharon Giese, MD
Scott Thorne Farber, MD
Mirko Gilardino, MD
Onesimo De Las Casas, MD, PhD
Paul Faringer, MD
Jessica Gillespie, MD
Raul De Leon, MD
Joseph Fata, MD
Robert Gilman, MD
Joao Carlos de Moura Menezes, MD
Behnaz Fayazi, MD
Jerry Ginsel
Khashayar Dehghan, MD, PhD, FACS
Jeffrey Fearon, MD
Lawrence Glassman, MD
Ervin DeLoach, MD
Bohdan Fedczuk, MD
Kimberley B. C. Goh, MD
Patricia DePoli, MD
Robert Feins, MD, FACS
Guillermo Gomez
Michael DePriest, MD
F. Ronald Feinstein, MD
Rita Gomez
John Derr, MD
Nelson Fernandes de Moraes, MD
Robert Gotkin, MD
B. W. DeShazo, MD
John Fernandez, MD
Lisa Gould, MD
Elise Di Vincenzo
Laura Figura, MD
Walter Gracia, MD
Ryan Diederich, MD
Ronaldo Filho
Kenneth Graham, MD
Kevin Dieffenbach, MD
Orna Fisher, MD
Miles Graivier, MD
Donald Ditmars, MD
James Fletcher, MD
Leonard Gray, MA,MD
Rodrigo Do Canto, MD
Jeanette Flores
Gregory Greco, DO
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Lauren Greenberg, MD
Louis Iorio, MD
A. Charlotta La Via, MD
Stephen Greenberg, MD
Abdel-Raouf Ismail, MD, FRCSC
Mark Labowe, MD
John Griffin, MD
William Jackson, MD
Melinda Lacerna Kimbrell, MD
Joe Griffin, MD
Lisa Jacob, MD
Phillip Lackey, MD
John Griggs, MD
Elliot Jacobs, MD
Sabrina Lahiri, MD
David Grimes
Michael Jazayeri, MD
Lars-Uwe Lahoda, MD, PhD
Lawrence Gross, MD
Jay Arthur Jensen, MD
Fee Lai, MD
John Grossman, MD
Sun Jing, MD
Donald Lalonde, MD
Sanjay Grover, MD
Robin Joseph
John LaManna, MD
Tiffany Grunwald, MD
Koji Kagawa, MD
Gail Lanter, CPC
Laura Gunn, MD
Adin Kahhn
Alan Larsen, MD
Ali Gurlek, MD
Behrooz Kalantarian, MD
Nathalie Lavallee Harris, MD
Joao Gusman Pereira, MD
Brandon Kallman, MD
David Lavine, MD
Robert Gwinn
Ram Kalus, MD
Carol Lazier
Adam Hamawy, MD
Tiffany Kanga
Claude Le Louarn, MD
Moustapha Hamdi, MD, PhD
Mark Kanter, MD
Danielle LeBlanc, MD
Barbara Hamilton
Anil Kapur
Alex Lechtman, MD
Sam Hamra, MD
Ercan Karacaoglu, MD
Anhtuyet Thi Bui Lee, MD
Warren Hankins, MD
Heather Karu, MD
Clara Lee, MD
M. Keith Hanna, MD, FACS
Maan Kattash, MD
Daniel Lee, MD
Jill Haring
Jennifer Keagle, MD
Myung Ju Lee, MD
Marco Harmaty, MD
Leo Keegan, MD
Paik-Kwon Lee, MD, PhD
Leonard Harris, MD
Erin Kennedy, MD
Steve Lee, MD
Rhonda Harvey
Jai Kesari, MD
Joanne Lenert, MD
Randal Haworth, MD
Jaffer Khan, MD
Mimi Leong, MD
Peter Hayashida, MD
Habib Khoury, MD
Oren Lerman, MD
Phil Hayes
Philip Kierney, MD
E. Dwayne Lett, MD
Jennifer Hein, MD
Matthew Kilgo, MD
John Lettieri, MD
Kent Hein, MD
Elizabeth Kim, MD
JoAnne Levitan, MD
Robert Hein, MD
Jin Kim, MD
KaMing Li, MD
Douglas Hendricks, MD
Ju Han Kim, MD
Jared Liebman, MD
Karl Hiatt, MD
Sukwha Kim, MD
Eric Lin, MD
Staci Hix-Hernandez, MD
Gabriel Kind, MD
Ines Lin, MD
Charles Hollingsworth, MD
David Kirn, MD
Ray Yung-Chiou Lin, MD
Nathaniel Holzman, MD
Juris Kivuls, MD
Samuel Lin, MD
Joon Pio Hong, MD
Karen Klopp
David Lipton
Maarten Hoogbergen, MD, PhD
Suresh Koneru, MD
Paul Loewenstein, MD
Jeffrey Horowitz, MD
Sang-Hwan Koo, MD
Joseph Losee, MD
John Houle, MD
Joshua Korman, MD
Alberto Magno Lott Caldeira, MD
Howard Hu, MD
Brian Kreul, MD
William Loutfy, MD
Georgeanna Huang, MD
David Kulber, MD
Robert Louton, MD
Michael Huntly, MD
Michael Kulick, MD
William LoVerme, MD
Olivia Hutchinson, MD
Markian Kunasz, MD
Bonnie Lowen
Susan Hyman
Kelly Kunkel, MD
W. Glenn Lyle, MD
John Iacobucci, MD
Daniel Kuy, MD
Gregory Lynam, MD
Yojiro Inoue, MD
Giorgio La Scala, MD, PD
Matthew Lynch, MD
THE PSF SUPPORTERS
Robert Lyons, MD
Gregory Mesna, MD
John Oliphant, MD
Genevieve MacDonald, MD
Kathleen Meyer, MD
Juan Ortiz, MD
Rosemarie Machala
Bryan Michelow, MD
John Osborn, MD
Kevin Maguire, MD
Joseph Michienzi, MD
Kimberley O’Sullivan, MD, FACS
Herbert Maguire, MD
Timothy Mickel, MD
Susan Early Otero, MD
Ashish Mahajan, MD
John Miller, MD
William Owen, MD
Charan Mahatumarat, MD
Robert Miller, MD
Sumanth Pagadala, MD
Wojciech Majewski, MD
Glenn Milliet
Jui-Jung Pai, MD
R. Kevin Majzoub, MD
Tansar Mir, MD
Jorge Palacios-Martinez, MD
Ramotsumi Makhene, MD
Reza Miraliakbari, MD
Sanjay Parashar, MD
Lee Malan, MD
Gordon Mitts, MD
Mark Pardoe, MD
Rodrigo Mangaravite, MD
Cassio Miura, MD
Chul Park, MD
Luis Manozzo, MD
Jamal Mohammad, MD
Frederick Park, MD
Ken Marcus
Pradeep Mohan, MD
Hyun Park, MD
Richard Marcus
Breno Monteiro Massahud, MD
Maida Parkins, MD
James Marsh, MD
Bufford Moore, MD
Wendy Parsons
Elizabeth Marshall, MD
Gregory Moorman, MD
Alexandre Passos, PhD
Mark Martin, MD
Kenneth Moquin, MD
Gregory Pastrick, MD
Peggy Martinez
Isidoros Moraitis, MD
Joél Payne
Rosendo Martinez, DO
Ronnie Moro
Patricia Payne
Jose Martinez-Mendez, MD, PhD
John Morris
Richard Peck, MD
Dimitrios Mastorakos, MD, PhD
James Motlagh, MD
Roosevelt Peebles, Jr., MD
Alan Matarasso, MD
Delora Mount, MD
Leandro Pellarin, MD
Michael Matthew, MD
Alexander Moya, MD
Christopher Pelletiere, MD
John Matthews
Kurtis Moyer, MD
Richard Perez
Andre Mattos, MD
Kenneth Murray, MD
Jose Perez-Gurri, MD
Karen Matuza
Sabir Osman Mustafa, MD
Howard Perofsky, MD
Gwendolyn Maxwell, MD
Eid Mustafa, MD
Allan Perry, Jr., MD
Kevin Mayfield, MD
Judith Myers
Barbara Persons, MD
Tracy McCall, MD
Randall Nacamuli, MD
Calvin Peters, MD
Shannon McCarrens
Ryan Naffziger, MD
Kendall Peters, MD
Tiffany McCormack, MD
Yukihiro Nakamura, MD
L. Elizabeth Peterson, MD
Jonathan McCue, MD
Oyun Namjil, MD
Robert Peterson, MD
Terry McCurry, MD
Maurizio Bruno Nava, MD
Justin Piasecki, MD
Margaret McGill, MEd
Carlos Navarro, MD
Piyapas Pichaichanarong, MD
Mark McGovern, MD
Ahmed Nawres, MD
Brian Pinsker
Mary McGrath, MD
Martin Newman, MD
Mary Ann Piskun, MD
Robert Craig McKee, MD
Scott Newman, MD FACS
Peggy Pissareck
Scot McKenna, MD
Hien Nguyen, MD
C. Edwin Pittman, MD
Meredith McKinney, MD
Son Nguyen, MD
Marie Pletsch, MD
Sarah McMillan, MD
Anne Nickodem, MD
Jonathan Pollack, MD
Michael McNeel, MD
Jean-Luc Nizet, MD
Larry Pollack, MD
Adam Mecinski, MD
Leif Nordberg, MD
Todd Pollock, MD
Jay Meisner, MD, FACS
Bartlomiej Noszczyk, MD
Bohdan Pomahac, MD
Jorge Menendez, MD
Fadi Nukta, MD
G. Wesley Price, MD
Marianne Mertens, MD
David O’Donovan, MD
Carly Prutkin
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Mark Prysi, MD
Scott Sassa
Christopher Spittler, MD
Eric Pugash, MD
Alisa Savoretti
John Squires, MD
Richard Rahdon, MD
Richard Schaefer, MD
D. Heath Stacey, MD
Sai Ramasastry, MD
Andrew Schneider, MD
William Starr, MD
Peter Randall, MD
David Schnur, MD
Ronald Stefani, MD
Khurram Rashid, MD
Wesley Schooler, MD
Elisa Stein, MD
Jana Rasmussen, MD
Warren Schutte, MD
Steven Stein, MD
Adam Ravin, MD
Robert Schutz, MD
J. Anthony Stephens, MD
Roman Rayham, MD
Graham Schwarz, MD
Erez Sternberg, MD
Douglas Reavie, MD
Gregory Scott, MD
Hans-Joachim Stocker, MD
Benjamin Rechner, MD
John Semple, MD
Mike Stokes
Henry Redmon, MD
Adolfo Sesto, MD
Eugene Strasser, MD
Jeremiah Redstone, MD
Derek Shadid, MD
Joel Studin, MD
Edward Reece, MD
Himansu Shah, MD, FACS
W. John Suber, MD
Martin Rees, MD
Samir Shah, MD
Laura Sudarsky, MD
David Reid, MD
Faisal Shareefi, MD
Man-Soo Suh, MD
Owen Reid, MD
Subramanya Shastri, MD
Stephen Sullivan, MD
Ann Reilley, MD
Lawrence Shaw, MD
Gregory Surfield, MD
Joel Rein, MD
Reginald Sherrill, MD
Donald Sweitzer, MD
Neal Reisman, MD, JD
Boris Shilov, MD
John Symbas, MD
Charlotte Resch, MD
Nobuyuki Shioya, MD
Leonard Tachmes, MD
Edward Ricciardelli, MD
Jeremy Silk, MD
Tina Tavares
Mark Richards, MD
Ody Silveira, Jr., MD
Alastair Taylor, MD
Luis Rios, Jr., MD
Paul Silverstein, MD
B. Jackson Taylor, MD
Jean-Pierre Riou, MD
Roger Simpson, MD
Jason Taylor
David Alan Robinson, MD
Elan Singer, MD
Lisa Taylor, MD
Stavroula Rodopoulou, MD
Davinder Singh, MD
John Teichgraeber, MD
Darlen Rodrigues Vieira, MD
Pamela Sipple
David Teplica, MD
Stephen Ronan, MD
Margaret Skiles, MD
Joel Teplinsky, MD
Patricia Rooney, MD, DO
David Slepyan, MD
Richard Tepper, MD
Kevin Rose, MD
Ronnie Slochowsky
Rudolf Thompson, MD
Michael Rosenberg, MD
Anthony Smith, MD
William Thompson, MD
Percy Rossell-Perry, MD, FACS
Diana Smith
Gunnar Thors, MD
Douglas Rowe, MD
Renee Smith
Vivian Ting, MD
Stephanie Rowen, MD
Rick Smith, MD
Pankaj Tiwari, MD
John Rowley, MD
Michael Smock, MD
Adam Tobias, MD
Paul Ruff, IV, MD, FACS
Steven Snively, MD
Gladys Tsao-Wu, MD
Isha Ruparel
Mary Snyder, MD
Irodanis Tsikentzogou
M. Zakir Sabry, MD
Ashley Sockol
Christopher Tsoi, MD
Tariq Saeed, MD
Mark Solomon, MD
Robert Tuchler, MD
Ali Sajjadian, MD, FACS
Katie Sommers
Anthony Tufaro, MD
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Jason Yeung
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SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM
MICHAEL D. COSTELLOE, JD
Executive Vice President
KEITH M. HUME
Staff Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer, PSF
CAROL L. LAZIER
Staff Vice President,
International Relations
and Chief Membership Officer
MARK ESPINOSA
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Finance/Administration
GINA T. MCCLURE
Senior Director,
Education and Meetings
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Business Development,
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Director,
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Director,
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Director,
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Director,
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Director,
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Manager,
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