60th Baker Gordon Symposium on Cosmetic Surgery
Contemporary Advancements: The Harbinger for Future Developments in Aesthetic Surgery
The 60th Baker Gordon Symposium, our Grand Finale, represents a bittersweet moment, recognizing that even exceptional experiences cannot last forever. In our rapidly changing world, few things stand the test of time. Nonetheless, for 60 years, the Baker Gordon Symposium has remained a constant in bringing true experts in aesthetic surgery together to share their innovations through live surgery demonstrations.
60 years later, aesthetic surgery remains at the epicenter for plastic surgeons in their daily practice. The field has been shaped by many factors, including a more thorough understanding of anatomy, technologic developments, patient demand, and perhaps most importantly the willingness of experts in plastic surgery to share innovations with their peers. The theme of our Grand Finale remains similar to the goals of our first Symposium, to examine Current Advancements as Harbingers for Future Innovations in Aesthetic Surgery.
For our Grand Finale, we have invited those expert surgeons who have led to many of the current innovations in cosmetic surgery procedures. This year’s meeting will include live demonstrations and lectures on the open approach to preservation and structural rhinoplasty, deep plane vs SMAS face lifting, advancements in primary and re-operative breast augmentation, and advances in body contour surgery including rib remodeling.
The Baker Gordon Symposium has always embraced aesthetic developments, including procedures emphasizing reconstructive challenges. From our perspective, what is termed a “reconstructive procedure” is only as successful as the aesthetic outcome, and the distinction between reconstructive and aesthetic surgery remains arbitrary. To examine the aesthetic challenges of reconstructive surgery, we have invited Dr Eduardo Rodriguez to share his experiences in facial transplantation, as well as share with us methods which restore appearance in reconstructive deformities.
At our conclusion, we will celebrate some of the milestones of our six-decade experience, reviewing past highlights of previous meetings, and sharing our memories of the many surgeons who have been such a vital part of our meeting. Our host faculty and previous faculty members will also join us to share their recollections as participants and operating surgeons. To conclude our celebration, we invite all our attendees to join us in a champagne toast to share your memories and relate how the Baker Gordon Symposium influenced your career.
In 1967, Drs. Baker and Gordon set the bar for quality in aesthetic surgery education. Six decades later, it is our sincere expectation that our final meeting continues this tradition of excellence.
We look forward to hosting you in Miami and hope you will join us to celebrate 60 years of excellence in aesthetic surgery education.
James M. Stuzin, M.D.
Host
