2023 Program

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7:00 am – 7:05 am          President Welcome  -

   Arin K. Greene, MD, MMSc, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

7:05 am – 7:10 am          Vice President / Program Chair Welcome  -  

   Russell Babbitt, III, MD, Plastic Surgery of Southern New England, Fall River, MA

7:10 am – 7:25 am          ASPS Update -

   Gregory A. Greco, DO, FACS, President, ASPS

7:25 am – 8:40 am          Scientific Session A

Clinical Problem-Solving Panel 

Moderator: Russell Babbitt, III, MD 

Panelists: A. Samandar Dowlatshahi, MD, Christopher D. Hughes, MD, 

                                    Janice F. Lalikos, MD, Rachel A. Sullivan, MD

8:40 am – 9:30 am          Scientific Session B  -  Moderator: Sumner A. Slavin, MD

1.     Impact of Breast Reconstruction Modality on Breast Cancer Recurrence Detection and Survival

Helen S. Zitkovsky, MD1, Haley Desjardins, MD2, Michael M. Jonczyk, MD1, Miguel I. Dorante, MA1, Yoon Sun Chun, MD3, Lifei Guo, MD, PhD1

1Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MD, 2University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 3Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

2.     External Validation of the Breast Cancer Surgery Risk Calculator (BCSRc): A Predictive Model for Post-Operative Complications

Michael M. Jonczyk, MD, MS1, Manish Karamchandani, MD2, Aneesh Bahadur BS3, Alessandra Zaccardelli BS3, Carla Suzanne Fisher, MD4, Brian Czerniecki, MD5, PhD, Julie A. Margenthaler, MD6; Sarah M. Persing, MD2, , Christopher Homsy, MD2, , Salvatore Nardello, MD2 , Julie O’Brien, MD1 , Albert Losken, MD7; Abhishek Chatterjee, MD, MBA2

1Lahey Hospital & Medical Center: Department of Surgery, Burlington, MA 2Tufts Medical Center: Department of General Surgery, Boston, MA 3Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 4Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, IN 5Department of Breast, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL 6Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 7Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

3.     Expanding the Role of the Goldilocks Mastectomy

Elsa Chahine MD1, Kerry A. Gaffney MD1, Aneesh Bahadur MD2, Salvatore Nardello MD1, Christopher Homsy MD1, Abhishek Chatterjee MD1, Sarah M. Persing, MD1

1Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

4.     Patient-Reported Outcomes on Subjective Nipple Sensation Following Double-Incision and Periareolar Mastectomy for Chest Masculinization

Amy Chen MD1, Shannon R. Garvey MD1, Bernard T. Lee MD1, Adam M. Tobias MD1, Ryan P. Cauley, MD1 

1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

5.     Comparing Gender Congruency in Nonsurgical versus Postsurgical Top Surgery Patients: A Prospective Survey Study

Shirley Shue MD1, Alex Joo MD1, Jing Xu MD1, Garrick Gu MD1, Anthony Camargo MD1, Isaac Bronson MD1, Alexander Morrison, MD1, Nathan Hawley, MD1, Janice F. Lalikos, MD1, Joyce K. McIntyre, MD1

1UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA

9:15 am - 9:30 am                DISCUSSION

9:30 am – 10:00 am            COFFEE BREAK  -  VISIT THE EXHIBITS 

10:00 am – 10:40 am         Scientific Session C

Introduction of Guest Lecturer: Russell Babbitt, III, MD 

Special Guest Lecturer –  Breast Implant Illness: What Is The Science?

Patricia McGuire, MD  -  Parkcrest Plastic Surgery, St. Louis, MO

10:40 am – 11:30 am          Scientific Session D  -  Moderator: William G. Austen, Jr., MD 

6.     The Effect of Early Plastic Surgery Evaluation in Traumatic Lower Extremity Limb Salvage

Brogan G.A. Evans, MD1, Kevin Hu, BS2, Mica C.G. Williams, BS2, Tomar Avraham, MD1, Henry C. Hsia, MD1  , David L. Colen, MD1

1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; 2Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

7.     Use of Bedside Ultrasound to Predict Pedicle Length in Radial Forearm Free Flaps

Noah W. Miranda, MD1, Catherine Wu, MD1,3, Sangeeta Subedi, MD1, Joseph Martinez, MD1, Dee Jolly, MD1, Ari Tabaac, MD1, Amir Taghinia, MD1, Oren Ganor, MD1

1Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; 2UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA; 3UCI, Irvine, CA

8.     Surgical Management of Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome

Toni F. Engmann, MD1, Stephen A. Stearns, BA1, Stephanie Francalancia, BS1, Pierre A. d'Hemecourt, MD2, Lyle J. Micheli, MD2, Joseph E. Upton, MD1,2, A.  Samandar Dowlatshahi, MD1

1Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

9.     Xeroform™ Stickdown Dressing: A New Technique for the Treatment of Pediatric 

Partial Thickness Burns

Jennifer Grauberger, MD, MS1, Nikita Joshi BS1, Alex Joo BA1, Alannah L. Phelan MD1, Janice F. Lalikos MD1

1Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester MA

10.     A Not-So-Glamorous Vacation: The Impact of Cosmetic Surgical Tourism on Patients and 

the Healthcare System

Lauren Valentine, BS1; Angelica Hernandez Alvarez, MD1; Emily Long, MD1; Erin Kim, BA1; Valeria P. Bustos, MD1; Allan A. Weidman, BS1; Jose Foppiani, MD1; Helen Xun, MD1; Bernard T. Lee, MD, MBA, MPH1; Samuel J. Lin, MD, MBA, FACS1

1Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

11:15 am - 11:30 am        DISCUSSION

11:30 am – 12:00 pm 

          Invited Guest Lecturer – 

                                  Finding Ideas That Use Us  -  Mark B. Constantian, MD, FACS

12:00 pm – 12:50 pm        Scientific Session E  -  Moderator: Lifei Guo, MD
 

11.     Long Term Control of Nasal Tip Position: Quantitative Assessment of Caudal Septal

Extension Graft
Vikram Mookerjee, MD1, Jinesh Shah, MD1, David P. Alper,  MD1, Martin Carney, MD1, Derek M. Steinbacher, MD1
1Division of Plastic Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
 

12.     Full-thickness Abdominal Wall Reconstruction with Free Anterolateral Thigh Flap and

Pedicled, Vascularized Fascia Lata: Case Report in a Young Patient with Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans
Chelsea J. Messinger, PhD1; Joris Eduard Eeuwen, Toni Engmann, MD2,3, Nicholas Tawa, MD4; A. Samandar Dowlatshahi, MD2,3
1Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,  2Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess  Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; 3Division of   Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,  Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; 4Division of Surgical Oncology,  Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical  School, Boston, MA

13.     Multi-disciplinary Management of Massive Inguinoscrotal Hernia Using Botox®: 

A Proposed Algorithm
Reade Otto-Moudry, MD, BA1, Benjamin Wagner, MPH1,  Paolo Rigor, MD1, Yinglun Wu, MD1, Brent White, MD1,  Martin Gross, MD1, Hermana Sigbajarson, MD1, Joseph Shin,  MD1, Michael K. Matthew, MD1

1Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth Health System,    Lebanon, NH

14.     Tranexamic Acid in Facial Feminization Surgery:  Quantifying a High-Risk Setting with Exogenous  Estrogen Supplementation

David P. Alper, MD1, Mariana N. Almeida, MD1, Jean Carlo  Rivera, MD1, Michael Alperovich, MD1  1Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Yale School of    Medicine, New Haven, CT

15.     Sex-specific Differences in Self-confidence and Skill of  Plastic Surgery Trainees: A Pilot 

Analysis in the Setting of Simulation

Krystof Stanek, MD1, Nicole Phillips, MD2, Steven J. Staffa, MD3, Francesca Y. L. Saldanha, MD1, Carolyn R. Rogers-Vizena, MD1
1Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2Lakeland Hospital Watervliet, St. Joseph, MI, 3Department of Anesthesiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

12:35 pm - 12:50 pm      DISCUSSION

12:50 pm – 12:55 pm     Annual Meeting Announcements 

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm           NESPRS Annual Business Meeting & Luncheon 

                                                          *NESPRS Members Only 

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm           Resident Luncheon

                                                          *All Residents Welcome  
 

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm           Cocktail Reception 

7:00 pm – 10:00 pm        Mystic Dinner Buffet 

7:00 am – 7:05 am          Passing of the Gavel  -  

   Arin K. Greene, MD, MMSc   &   Russell Babbitt, III, MD

7:05 am – 7:10 am          Morning Announcements

7:10 am – 7:25 am         The Aesthetic Society Update  -
  Tracy M. Pfeifer, MD, MS, Vice President, The Aesthetic Society

7:25 am – 8:25 am           Scientific Session F  -  Moderator: Joyce K. McIntyre, MD
    * Joseph E. Murray, M.D. Award Competition – PART I

*16.     The Impact of Perioperative Blood Pressure on Hematoma Risk Following Reduction Mammaplasty in Young Women 

Krystof Stanek, MD1, Lisa Nussbaum, MD1, Carolyn Rogers-Vizena, MD1
1Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

*17.     Alpha Defensin-1 Level Correlates with Peri-Prosthetic  Infection Severity following Implant-Based Breast  Reconstruction 

Neel Vishwanath, BS1, Nikhil Sobti, MD1, Thor Stead, MD1, Vinay Rao, MD1, Luke Soliman, MD1, Karl H. Breuing, MD1, Daniel K. Kwan, MD1, Paul Y. Liu, MD1, Scott Schmidt, MD1
1Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Providence, RI 

*18.     The Modified Tuckster Necklift Technique: A Safe,  Reliable Technique for a Sharp Jawline 

and Lateral Neck

Vickram J. Tandon, MD, Samuel J. Lin, MD, MBA, Sumner A. Slavin, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

*19.     Does Frailty Predict Outcomes in Patients Undergoing  Free or Pedicled Flap Procedures for Lower Extremity  Limb Salvage? An Analysis of the ACS-NSQIP Database.

Emmeline Jia, MS1; Shannon R. Garvey, MS1; Asha Nanda, BA1; Amy Chen, BS1; Valeria P. Bustos, MD, MS1; Monica Morgenstern, MS1; Rosie Friedman, BS1; Bernard T. Lee, MD, MPH, MBA1; A. Samandar Dowlatshahi, MD1; Ryan P. Cauley, MD, MPH1
1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 

20.     Lymphatic Anatomy Is Not Symmetrical Between the  Upper Extremities

Rosie Friedman, MD1, James Fanning, MD, Angela Chen, MD1, Valeria Bustos, MD1, Elizabeth Tillotson, MD1, Aaron Fleishman, MD1, Mohamed Ismail Aly, MD1, Leo Tsai1, Bernard T. Lee, MD1, Dhruv Singhal, MD1
1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

8:27 am – 9:27 am           Scientific Session G  -  Moderator: Henry C. Hsia, MD

     * Joseph E. Murray, M.D. Award Competition – PART II

21.     Photosealing of Dural Defects Using a Biocompatible  Patch

Nicholas C. King, MD1,2, Fernando P.S. Guastaldi, MD3, Arjun R. Khanna, MD4, Robert W. Redmond, MD5, Jonathan M. Winograd, MD1
1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA, 3Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, 4Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA, 5Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

22.     Controlled Cooling Improves Functional Recovery After  Skeletal Muscle Injury in Rats

Hiroshi Fujimaki, MD, Phd1; Daniah ALNafisee, MD, BS1; Nicole Ayres, BS1; Eddy Rios, BS1; Ryan Chen, BA1; Yuying Zhang, BS1; Adrienne Conza, BA1; Giorgio Giatsidis, MD, Phd1 , Janice F. Lalikos, MD
1 UMass Chan Medical School, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Worcester, MA

23.     Aerobic Exercise and Scaffolds with Hierarchical Porosity  Synergistically Promote Functional Recovery Post  Volumetric Muscle Loss

Daniel J. Koh BA1, Christina Zhu BS, BA1, Karina Sklyar MD1, Yori Endo MD1, Mohamadmahdi Samandari PhD2, Mehran Karvar MD1, Azadeh Mostafavi PhD3, Jacob Quint MS2, Chiara Rinoldi PhD4, Iman K. Yazdi PhD5, Wojciech Swieszkowski PhD4, Joshua Mauney PhD6, Shailesh Agarwal MD1, Ali Tamayol PhD2,3, Indranil Sinha MD1 , NESPRS Meeting Sponsor: Arin K. Greene, MD
1Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; 2Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT; 3Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; 4Materials Design Division, Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland; 5Division of Engineering in Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; 6Departments of Urology and Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA

24.     PAPER WITHDRAWN

25.     Preliminary Clinical Trial of a Wearable Sensor for  Pressure Ulcer Prevention

Alex Joo, MD1, Rosana Pochat2, Jan Sjoquist, MD1, Ajay Rao, MD1, Suhas Suddala, MD1, Christian Klaucke, MD1, John McNeill, MD2, Raymond M. Dunn, MD1
1UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA; 2Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA

End of the Joseph E. Murray, MD Award Competition
 

9:27 am – 10:00 am          COFFEE BREAK   -   VISIT THE EXHIBITS

10:00 am – 10:40 am       Scientific Session H  -  Moderator: Raymond M. Dunn, MD

 
26.     Improving the Retention and Predictability of Low  Volume Autologous Fat Grafting: A Comparative Analysis in Facial Feminization Patients

Katherine H. Carruthers, MD1, William G. Austen Jr., MD1, Branko Bojovic, MD1
1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 

27.     Patient Comfort with Before and After Photos at Plastic  Surgery Offices

Allan A. Weidman, BS1, Lauren Valentine, BS1, Stephen Stearns, BA1, Jose Foppiani, MD1, Angelica Hernandez Alvarez, MD1, Emily Long, MD1, Samuel J. Lin, MD, MBA1
1Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

28.     Estimated vs. Calculated Blood Loss in Plastic Surgery

Carly M. Wareham, MD1, Gabriel De La Cruz Ku, MD2,3, Manish M. Karamchandani, MD1, Abhishek Chatterjee, MD, MBA, FACS4,5, Sarah M. Persing, MD MPH4,5, Christopher Homsy MD4
1Department of Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 2University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 3Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru 4Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 5Division of Surgical Oncology and Breast Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

29.     The Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences in  Plastic Surgeons: What Predicts Burnout?

Mark B. Constantian, MD1, Nick Zaborek, MA1
1University of Wisconsin Health Sciences Center University of Virginia Medical School

10:28 am - 10:40 am            DISCUSSION

10:40 am – 11:00 am           Scientific Session I

          Invited Guest Lecture –
              How You Can Get Involved in Global Plastic Surgery, Travel Not Required
                Joyce K. McIntyre, MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA

11:00 am – 11:40 am           Scientific Session J  -  Moderator: Abishek Chatterjee, MD 

30.     MAP2K1 Mutant Murine Model Recapitulates Human  Cutaneous Arteriovenous Malformation

Michal Ad, MD1, Yu Sheng Cheng, BS1, Matthew P. Vivero, MD1, Patrick J. Smits, PhD1, Arin K. Greene, MD, MMSc1
1Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA. 

31.     Photochemical Tissue Bonding with Commercial  Amniotic Membranes for Nerve Regeneration

Maria Bejar-Chapa, MD1, Nicolo Rossi, MD2; David Kostyra, BS2 Nicholas King, BS1; Kalyn McGuire, BS1; Madisson Hussey, BS1, Mark A. Randolph, MS1,2 Robert W. Redmond, PhD1; Jonathan M. Winograd, MD1
1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 2Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

32.     Who’s an Author? Public Perception of Medical Advice  from ChatGPT versus Medical Professionals

Lauren Valentine, BS1, Allan A. Weidman, BS1, Stephen A. Stearns, BA1; Jose Foppiani, MD1; Angelica Hernandez Alvarez, MD1, Samuel J. Lin, MD, MBA, FACS1
1Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

33.     Drawing the Line Between Cosmetic and Plastic  Surgeons: Public Perception When Seeking Aesthetic  Surgery

Lauren Valentine, BS1, Jose Foppiani, MD1, Allan A. Weidman, BS1, Angelica Hernandez Alvarez, MD1, Stephen Stearns, BS2; Samuel J. Lin, MD, MBA, FACS1
1Division of Plastic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 2Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

11:28 am - 11:40 am            DISCUSSION
 

11:40 am – 11:45 am          Announcement of Joseph E. Murray, MD Award Winner

11:45 am – 11:50 am         Closing Remarks

12:00 pm                                   Meeting Adjourn