AWAKE Liposuction™
Currently available in-office invasive body contouring procedures; SmartLipo™
Ultrasound assisted, power assisted liposuction
Selecting the appropriate equipment for your practice
In-office Tumescent liposuction: Anesthetic options & safety procedures
Pre-operative Evaluation and patient selection
Basic & Advanced Intra-operative Techniques with Hands on live surgery
Minimizing Risk to patient and physicians
Postoperative Management
Preparing your office for successful marketing and PR campaigns


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Course Director: Todd Malan, MD, FACOG

2008 Course Dates:
August 23-24
September 20-21

Course Location:
SmartLipo Institute
7425 E Shea Blvd Ste 107
Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Course Fee: $4,995.00
20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™


Course Outline:
DAY ONE
7:00 – 7:30 am  Registration, Welcome, and Breakfast
7:30 – 7:45 am  History of the procedure “How it got started and by whom!”
7:45 – 8:00 am  The Overview: Office base liposuction using local tumescent anesthesia
8:00 – 8:15 am  Anatomy review “Break it down”
8:15 – 9:00 am  Identifying potential patients then consent & exam
9:00 – 9:10 am  Patient preparation & preoperative medications
9:10 – 9:30 am  Patient markings – fat deposits (topography format)
9:30 – 10:00am Local tumescent anesthesia preparation
10:00 – 10:15am Identifying safe limits of lidocaine & side effects
10:15 – 10:45am Keys to pre/post operative photography
10:45 – 11:00am Morning break (food & drink available)
11:00 – 11:15am Room set-up, instrument selection & layout, and surgical dressing
11:15 – 11:45am Infiltration methods of infusing local tumescent anesthesia using infiltration cannulas or spinal needles
11:45 – 1:00pm   First case of live surgery with hands-on opportunity: upper and lower abdomen
12:00 – 12:30pm Aspiration methods utilizing SAL and/or PAL
12:30 – 12:40pm Recovery, post operative treatment, and potential complications involving touch-up
1:00 – 1:30pm      Working Lunch
1:45 – 5:00pm      Second live surgery with hands-on opportunity: upper & lower abdomen with flanks (beginning liposuction)
5:00 – 6:00pm     Overall review, question and answer session
6:00 pm                Adjourn
                              
Dinner hosted by Dr and Mrs Robert True

DAY TWO
7:00 – 7:30 am Breakfast
7:30 – 12:00 pm Live surgery with hands-on opportunity. Two cases both upper & lower abdomen with flanks (beginning liposuction)
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 pm Malpractice Considerations
1:30 – 2:00 pm Business model for implementing liposuction into your practice
2:30 – 3:00 pm Marketing this cosmetic procedure into your practice both internally & externally
3:00 – 3:15 pm Afternoon break (food & drink available)
3:15 – 3:45 pm Establishing a fee schedule for the procedure
3:45 – 4:00 pm Discussing physical space requirements: ideal set-up for your liposuction suite
4:00 – 4:30 pm Instrument selection and O/R set-up, costs of getting started
4:30 – 5:00 pm Managing patients who are challenging & unsatisfied with the results
5:00 – 5:30 pm Overall review, question and answer session
5:30 pm              Adjourn