Posted May 11, 2011 in Blog, Uncategorized
I was privileged to attend the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery’s recent biennial meeting in Chicago, “Advances in Rhinoplasty 2011”. Course directors Minas Constantinides, MD (NY, NY), Stephen S. Park, MD (Charlottesville, VA), and Stephen W. Perkins, MD (Indianapolis, IN) deserve to be commended on bringing together a highly qualified and diverse faculty from across speciality lines, as well as from across the world. There was a marked international flair in the course attendees as well. I met many new colleagues and made many friends from around the world including Turkey, Australia, the UK, South America, the Far East, Germany, and Chicago.
Abel-Jan Tasman, MD (Heidelberg, Germany) shared his novel in office under local anesthesia approach to isolated nasal tip problems. He also presented the use of custom made (not that all of rhinoplasty is not “custom made”) diced cartilage with fibrin glue implant to augment the nasal dorsum.
Rhinoplasty by Michael A. Persky, MD
Ethnic aesthethics in rhinoplasty were brilliantly discussed by Rollin Daniel, MD (Newport Beach, CA) and Monte Harris, MD (Chevy Chase, MD). Dr. Daniel and Dean Toriumi, MD (Chicago, IL) shared their personal philosophies of nasal tip surgery and changes made over 22 years in rhinoplasty, respectively, in magnificent presentations of their work. Richard Davis, MD (Miami, FL) shared his elegant rhinoplasty results. The list goes on and on. To see the full Faculty list go to http://www.aafprs.org/upload/brochure/Rhino2011Program.pdf . I would certainly be comfortable recommending any of these rhinoplasty expert surgeons.
“My nose…I carry it with pride, because a big nose is a sign of affability, kindness, courtesy, wit, generosity, and courage. I have all those qualities, but you can never hope to have any of them, since the ignoble face that my hand is about to meet above your collar has no more glory, nobility, poetry, quaintness, vivacity, or grandeur—no more nose, in short—than the face that my boot is about to meet below your waist!”
Cyrano’s reaction to an insult about his nose in Edmond Rostand’s play “Cyrano de Begerac”
