ACAPS @ ASPS
September 20 - 21, 2019
San Diego, CA
NOTE: The ACAPS meetings below require a separate admission to attend. Registration is not included with any Plastic Surgery The Meeting registration. To register for PSTM 2019, please visit: www.plasticsurgery.org. Registering for these ACAPS meetings DOES NOT register you for PSTM 2019.

NOTE: The ACAPS meetings below are only available to those who register for Plastic Surgery The Meeting. To register for PSTM 2019, please visit: www.plasticsurgery.org. Registering for the above ACAPS meetings DOES NOT register you for PSTM 2019.

Residents Day
September 20, 2019
7:30 am - 12:00 pm
San Diego Convention Center, 20D
San Diego, CA
11:05 am Introduction to ACAPS
Arun Gosain

ACAPS Panel @ ASPS
September 21, 2019
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
San Diego Convention Center, 32A
San Diego, CA

Resident Aesthetic Education
Moderator: William M. Kuzon, Jr, MD

Aesthetic surgery is an integral part of the specialty of Plastic Surgery and the training of residents in aesthetic procedures is critical to their education. For a number of reasons, providing residents progressive operative independence with aesthetic procedures is challenging. This panel will explore these challenges from multiple viewpoints and propose potential solutions to this difficult problem.

Learning objectives will include:

1. Understanding the importance of this aesthetic surgery education to resident education and to the specialty of Plastic Surgery.
2. Understanding the current state of resident aesthetic education in the US.
3. Evaluating of the effectiveness resident-run aesthetic clinics.
4. Considering the ethical issues surrounding resident aesthetic education and surrounding retail medicine in general.
5. Evaluating proposals for the future of this area of resident education in aesthetic surgery.

Aesthetic Surgery: Financial and Enterprise Challenges in an Academic Setting - Felmont F. Eaves, III, MD
Benefits of a Resident Aesthetic Clinic - Peter J. Taub, MD
Marketing a Resident Aesthetic Clinic - Galen Perdikis, MD
The Ethics of Resident-run Aesthetic (or any) Clinics - Christian J. Vercler, MD

SAVE THE DATE
ACAPS Winter Retreat
February 22-23, 2020
Omni Austin Downtown
Austin, Texas