Course Dates:
  September 5-6, 2008

  Course Location:
  Center For SmartLipo
   940 Town Center Dr, Ste F20
   Langhorne, PA 19047

  Course Fee: $4,995.00

  Course Director: Richard M. Goldfarb, MD, FACS

  Credits: 20 Hours AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

   FRIDAY – DAY ONE

  7:00 – 7:25am           Registration, Welcome, and Breakfast: 
  7:25 – 7:45am           History of the procedure “How it got started and by whom!”
  7:45 – 8:00am           The Overview: Office base liposuction using local tumescent anesthesia
  8:00 – 8:15am           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 – 11:15am      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  

 SATURDAY – DAY TWO

  7:00 – 7:30am           Working  Breakfast: Case Presentation Tip & Pearls
  7:30 – 12:00pm        Live surgery with hands-on opportunity.
                                Two cases both upper & lower abdomen with flanks (beginning liposuction)

  12:00 – 1:00pm        Working Lunch case review: Questions & Answer  Session 
  1:00 – 1:30pm           Malpractice Considerations
  1:30 – 2:00pm           Business model for implementing liposuction into your practice
  2:00 – 3:15pm           Marketing this cosmetic procedure into your practice
                                  both internally & externally
  3:15 – 3:45pm           Establishing a fee schedule for the procedure

  3:45 – 4:00pm           Discussing physical space requirements:
                                  ideal set-up for your liposuction suite

  4:00 – 4:30pm           Instrument selection and O/R set-up, costs of getting started

  4:30 – 5:00pm           Managing patients who are challenging & unsatisfied with the results

  5:00 – 6:00pm           Overall review, question and answer session