Endorsed by
Invitation to Participate
11-14 February 2016, Crown Conference Centre Melbourne
Endorsed by The Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, The Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons and approved by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Mr. Graeme Southwick, Mr. Morris Ritz, Mr. Andrew Greensmith, Mr. Damon Thomas, Mr. Edmund Ek and Dr. Natalie Ngan have great pleasure to invite you to the 20th Annual Advanced Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Workshop to be held at the Crown Conference Centre, Melbourne from 11 to 14 February 2016.
The 2016 Workshop’s extensive program will provide an in depth study of the most up to date techniques on Aesthetic Rhinoplasty and Nasal Reconstruction. A team of local experts will join our experienced international guests to help make the 20th Advanced Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Workshop a successful event once again.
Our aim is to educate in the many aspects of Rhinoplasty and Nasal Reconstruction and to raise the 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 11th February 2016 and finish at lunchtime on Sunday 14th February 2016. 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.
Once again 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
11 – 14 February 2016
20th Advanced Aesthetic
Plastic Surgery Workshop
11 – 14 February 2016
AAPSW Cocktail Reception
Guest Professors
Frederick Menick, MD graduated from Yale University Medical school. Over 9 years, he completed general surgical training at Stanford University and the University of Arizona. He then specialized in plastic surgery at the University of California, Irvine. Advanced Fellowships in Plastic Surgery followed in England, California, and at the University of Miami.
Dr. Menick is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is a member of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society Of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the American Society Of Maxillofacial Surgeons, the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons, and the Rhinoplasty Society (President 2006). He was the Visiting Professor for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons 2012 and the Visiting Professor for the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons 2010
Currently in private practice, Dr. Menick was Chief of Plastic Surgery (1991 — 1996) at the University of Arizona and Chief of Plastic Surgery (1985 — 1998) at the Tucson Veterans Administration Hospital. He is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Plastic Surgery at the University of Arizona.
Dr. Menick has authored 2 textbooks on nasal and facial reconstruction, edited 3 books on facial cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, and published 42 book chapters and 47 peer-reviewed papers. He was awarded the James Barrett Brown Prize in Plastic Surgery in 1989 and 2002 for the most important paper published in the journals of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Annals of Plastic Surgery in that year and the Rubin Prize for the best presentation at the American Association of Plastic Surgeons. He lectures in United States and around the world.
During 15 overseas trips, he has performed charitable reconstructive surgery in Brazil, the Philippines, Korea, Africa, and Vietnam. Dr. Menick is included in The Best Doctors in America and Top Surgeons.
David W. Kim, M.D. is a clinical associate professor in the department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. He is a double-board certified facial plastic surgeon, by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and by the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), the most respected association of surgeons in the world. He serves on the Board of Directors for both the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery as well as on the Rhinoplasty Society.
Dr. Kim specializes in rhinoplasty and revision rhinoplasty and is a recognized as an expert in the field. He has produced over 50 papers, articles and chapters in the medical literature, and taught at over 50 conferences throughout the world. He has served as course director for several large international rhinoplasty and facial plastic surgery meetings. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including several for excellence in teaching.
His private practice, which is in San Francisco, California, caters to an international patient base. He lives nearby in the beautiful foothills of Marin north of San Francisco with his wife and three children.
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