Our patients are impatient. They increasingly demand high quality, limited recovery, imperceptible scars, natural results and low costs. In our currently challenging environment, the ability to deliver consistent results through minimally invasive procedures has become a reality our patients expect, and is now made possible through a convergence of technical advancements and an improved understanding of the aesthetic consequences of aging. Three decades of utilizing increasingly complex approaches to cosmetic surgery has provided sufficient experience to allow us to now simplify and distill these techniques, producing more result with less procedure. The focus of this year’s symposium is improving both our ability and agility to deliver consistent results with MINIMALLY INVASIVE COSMETIC PROCEDURES – the future is NOW.

This year’s symposium will also focus on the AVOIDVANCE AND TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS IN BREAST AUGMENTATION and BODY CONTOUR SURGERY. The high expectations of our patients, associated with a very low tolerance for complications, demand that we understand how to avoid problems and minimize the frequency and complexity of secondary revisions.

In the tradition of the Baker Gordon Symposium, we have limited our faculty in an attempt to allow focus on interactive interchange between faculty, hosts and audience. The tradition of combining academic didactics with live demonstrations by masters in plastic surgery has always been the hallmark of the Baker Gordon Symposium. Hopefully, this year’s meeting will continue our tradition of excellence in aesthetic surgery education.