Advanced Awake Liposuction and Lipo Abdominoplasty

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2008 Course Dates:
October 10-11     

Course Location:
Lite Touch Medical Center
7 W 51st Street
New York, NY 

Course Fee: $7,000.00 (2-day)

Course Directors:
Neil Goodman, MD, FACOG, FAACS
Martin Hyman, MD

16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Course Outline:

Day 1

8:00 – 9:00    Review of Basic Liposuction:
                     How to avoid common mistakes and how to perform touchups to fix  undesired results
9:00 – 10:00   Liposuction, filling and shifting for correction of previous liposuction defects – 1st live case
10:00 – 11:00 Liposuction of areas other than abdomen: chin, neck & jowls, arms, inner & outer thighs,
                     buttock reshaping, breasts, considerations for male liposuction
11:00 – 12:00 Liposuction of Chin, Neck, and Jowls – 2nd live case
12:00 – 1:00   Lunch Break – Discussion of new technologies: power assistance, Vaser, internal laser lipolysis,
                     external lasers and radio frequency technology
1:00 – 3:00     Liposuction after previous C-Section/hysterectomy and after previous liposuction/abdominoplasty  – 3rd live case
4:00 – 6:00     Fat Transfer to Buttocks and Breasts -  4th live case
6 pm              Dinner with faculty

Day 2
08:00 - 08:15am  Opening comments and Continental Breakfast
08:15 - 08:30am  Overview of Office Surgery under Local Anesthesia
08:45 – 09:15am  History of Abdominoplasty and Liposuction:  the Role of the Gynecologist
09:15 – 09:30am  A Review of Traditional Abdominoplasty Methods
09:30 – 10:00am  A Review of Avelar/Blugerman Lipo-Abdominoplasty with Video
10:15 – 11:00 am  Lipo-Abdominoplasty, Start to Finish

·         Proper Patient selection

·         Preoperative Considerations

·         Markings and Measurements

·         Part I, Liposuction for Lipo-Abdominoplasty

·         Part II, How to Properly Perform the Dermolipectomy, Pitfalls and Hazards

·         Umbilicus Management and Reposition

·         Skin Closure Technique:  Proper Suture Material, Stitch Technique and use of Insorb Staples

·         Post Operative Care and Management of Complications

11:00 -  05:00pm  Surgery Workshop with 2 Live Cases

01:00 -  01:15pm   LUNCH BREAK

05:00 -  05:30pm  Discussion