Endorsed by
Invitation to Participate
7-10 February 2013, Crown Conference Centre Melbourne
Endorsed by The Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, The Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons, The New Zealand Association of Plastic Surgeons and approved by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Nursing, Mr. Graeme Southwick, Mr. Morris Ritz, Mr Andrew Greensmith and Mr. Damon Thomas have great pleasure in inviting you to the 17th Annual Advanced Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Workshop to be held at the Crown Conference Centre from 7-10th February 2013.
We are pleased to advise that our 2013 Workshop will focus on breast surgery. Our extensive program will study many of the nuances of aesthetic breast surgery but will also cover reconstructive breast surgery. As well as our international guests, we will incorporate local experts and also related disciplines with interest in breast cancer management.
Our aim is to educate in he many aspects of Aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery and to raise standards of management for the betterment of our specialty and hence to improve patient outcomes.
The Workshop will commence with a welcome cocktail party on the evening of Thursday 7th February 2013 and finish at lunchtime on Sunday 10th February 2013. It will include didactic teaching, video presentations of surgical procedures and panels for discussion. Interaction of all participants with our guests will be encouraged.
We encourage you to not only support this meeting, which has become entrenched in our yearly plastic surgery calendar, but also to become involved with all participants to help us make this a great meeting to the mutual benefit of all plastic surgeons, plastic surgery trainees, dedicated plastic surgery nurses and the trade.
This year the Workshop is being held at the Crown Conference Centre in Southbank. Crown is located in the heart of the action – Melbourne’s vibrant Southbank entertainment precinct. Crown Conference Centre is adjacent to the Crown Entertainment Complex, close to the CBD, the Melbourne Exhibition Centre, and the city’s most famous arts and sporting facilities.
Scientific Program
Important Dates
7 – 10 February 2013
18th Advanced Aesthetic
Plastic Surgery Workshop
7 – 10 February 2013
AAPSW Cocktail Reception
Guest Professors
Dr. Dennis Hammond, Grand Rapids Michigan, is a world recognized and respected authority in aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery. He has co-edited one of the most influential textbooks in breast plastic surgery along with Dr. Scott Spear, authored his own textbook "Atlas of Aesthetic Breast Surgery", and contributed to numerous book chapters and journal publications. Dennis is on the editorial board of Annals of Plastic Surgery, a reviewer for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery & the Journal of Aesthetic Surgery. He has chaired the Sante Fe Breast and Body Contouring Symposium three times and been a guest for the Baker-Gordon Aesthetic Surgery Symposium. Dennis, a previous Guest professor to our 12th Advanced Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Workshop in 2007,will be very active in this Workshop and will present many new concepts in breast surgery.
Dr. Mitch Brown, Toronto Canada, is one of Canada's leading plastic surgeons specializing in aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery. Associate professor in Department of Surgery at University of Toronto, he founded the successful Toronto Annual Breast Surgery Symposium and has published numerous papers in the plastic surgery journals. As an aside, Mitch has a Masters in Education and has developed techniques to teach and evaluate technical performance in the operating room. Mitch will be making many contributions to the Workshop.
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