Course Dates:
  September 20-21, 2008    

  Course Location:
  Plastic Surgery Institute of the Palm Beaches
  4601 Military Trail, #208
  Jupiter FL 33458

  Course Fee: $4,995.00

  Course Director: Harold Bafitis, DO, MPH, FACOS, FAACS

  Credits: 20 Hours AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Course Outline
DAY ONE
07:00 – 07:30 am Registration, Welcome, and Breakfast
07:30 – 07:45 am History of the procedure “How it got started and by whom!”
07:45 – 08:00 am The Overview: Office base liposuction using local tumescent anesthesia
08:00 – 08:15 am Anatomy review “Break it down”
08:15 – 09:00 am Identifying potential patients then consent & exam
09:00 – 09:10 am Patient preparation & preoperative medications
09:10 – 09:30 am Patient markings – fat deposits (topography format)
09:30 – 10:00 am Local tumescent anesthesia preparation
10:00 – 10:15 am Identifying safe limits of lidocaine & side effects
10:15 – 10:45 am Keys to pre/post operative photography
10:45 – 11:00 am Morning break (food & drink available)
11:00 – 11:15 am Room set-up, instrument selection & layout, and surgical dressing
11:15 – 11:45 am Infiltration methods of infusing local tumescent anesthesia using infiltration cannulas or spinal needles
11:45 – 01:00 pm First case of live surgery with hands-on opportunity: upper and lower abdomen
12:00 – 12:30 pm Aspiration methods utilizing SAL and/or PAL
12:30 – 12:40 pm Recovery, post operative treatment, and potential complications involving touch-up
01:00 – 01:30 pm Working Lunch
01:45 – 05:00 pm Second live surgery with hands-on opportunity: upper & lower abdomen with flanks (beginning liposuction)
05:00 – 06:00 pm Overall review, question and answer session
06:00 pm Adjourn

DAY TWO
07:00 – 07:30 am Breakfast
07:30 – 12:00 pm Live surgery with hands-on opportunity. Two cases both upper & lower abdomen with flanks (beginning liposuction)
12:00 – 01:00 Lunch
01:00 – 01:30 pm Malpractice Considerations
01:30 – 02:00 pm Business model for implementing liposuction into your practice
02:30 – 03:00 pm Marketing this cosmetic procedure into your practice both internally & externally
03:00 – 03:15 pm Afternoon break (food & drink available)
03:15 – 03:45 pm Establishing a fee schedule for the procedure
03:45 – 04:00 pm Discussing physical space requirements: ideal set-up for your liposuction suite
04:00 – 04:30 pm Instrument selection and O/R set-up, costs of getting started
04:30 – 05:00 pm Managing patients who are challenging & unsatisfied with the results
05:00 – 05:30 pm Overall review, question and answer session
05:30 pm Adjourn