Program
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2026
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2026
7:00 am - 6:00 pm
REGISTRATION
7:00 am - 8:30 am
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:15 am - 8:30 am
WELCOME REMARKS
8:30 am - 9:30 am
PANEL 1: Creating Meaning in Plastic Surgery
Moderator: Vishal Thanik, MD
Panelists:
Christine H. Rohde, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
Said Azoury, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Dino J. Ravnic, DO, MPH
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Andrea L. Pusic, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jason A. Spector, MD
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
9:30 am - 10:00 am
EUGENE COURTISS MEMORIAL LECTURE
"A Diversified Career in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery"
Alan Matarasso, MD, FACS
Hofstra School of Medicine / Northwell, New York, NY
10:00 am - 10:30 am
COFFEE BREAK - VISIT EXHIBITS
10:30 am - 11:30 am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1A: BEST PAPER COMPETITION
Moderators: Bernard T. Lee, MD, MBA, MPH and Christine H. Rohde, MD
(5 Minute presentations, 2 Minutes Discussions, 1 Minute Q&A)
1. Presurgical Lip, Alveolus, and Nose Approximation (PLANA) Significantly Improves Preoperative Nasolabial Morphology in Patients with Unilateral Cleft Lip
Paige E. Warner
1, Theresa K. Webster
2, Albert Y. Truong
2, Thomas A. Imahiyerobo
2, Jill Schechter
1, Naikhoba Munabi
2
1. Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States. 2. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, New York Presbyterian - Columbia/Cornell, New York, NY, United States.
Discussant: TBD
2. Decellularized Cartilage Reinforces Engineered Auricular Constructs to Preserve Shape and Volume In Vitro
Matthew W. Liao
1, Samuel Medina
1, Steven Danilav-Lee
1, Olivia H. Carrafiell
1, Paul Kim
1, Gabrielle Kupferman
1, Terrence C. Green
1, Xue Dong
1, Jason A. Spector
1
1. Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States.
Discussant: Alvin Wong, MD
3. Comparable Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Following Strip Craniectomy and Cranial Vault Remodeling Before 6 Months of Age
William Bai*
1, Andrew Salib
1, Samira Glaeser-Khan
1, Victoria Kong
1, Martin Kauke-Navarro
1, Omar Allam
1, Michael Alperovich
1
1. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven , CT, United States.
Discussant: Jesse A. Goldstein, MD
4. Expander-to-Implant Exchange Timing After Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy: A Propensity-Matched Multi-Institutional Study
Timothy C. Olsen
1, Ariel Gabay
2, Aamirah Mccutchen
1, Robyn B. Broach
1, Evan Matros
2, Babak J. Mehrara
2, Robert J. Allen
2, Joseph Serletti
1, Jonas Nelson
2, Said Azoury
1
1. Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , PA, United States. 2. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States.
Discussant: Jessica Erdmann-Sager, MD
5. The Patient Perspective of a Patient-Centric Photobook in Post-Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction
Arianna Sidoti
1, Jaime L. Gilliland
2, Jacob Levy
1, Brianna Peet
1, Babak J. Mehrara
1, Jonas Nelson
1, Carrie S. Stern
1
1. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery , Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States. 2. PRO-CEL, Patient-Reported Outcomes, Community Engagement, and Language Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States.
Discussant: Steve M. Sultan, MD
8. 20-year outcomes in Gender-Affirming Care from Johns Hopkins Hospital
Yu Jui Kung
2, Bashar Hassan
2, Calvin R. Schuster
2, Camille F. Blackman
2, Danielle Mayorga-Young
2, Olubunmi Solano
2, Sarah Bejo
2, Danielle Sim
2, Kate Thomas
2, Fabian Saleh
1, Fan Liang
2
1. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States. 2. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Discussant: Vishal Thanik, MD
10:30 am - 11:30 am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1B: RESEARCH
Moderators: Janice F. Lalikos, MD, FACS and Dino J. Ravnic, DO, MPH
10. Diminished Integrin α3Î21 Function in Epidermis Appears to Underlie Age-Related Healing Delays
Sanjana Dhulipalla
2, Giesse Albeche Duarte
1, Palak Patel
1, Melissa S. Price
2, Rogger Andrade
1, Lei Wu
1, John Lamar
1, C. Michael DiPersio
1, Whitney Longmate
1
1. Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, United States. 2. Division of Plastic Surgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, United States.
11. Objective Assessment of Lymphatic Function via Serum Indocyanine Green Quantification
Xizhao Chen
1, Jung E. Baik
1, Jinyeon Shin
1, Gopika Ashokan
1, Annica Stull-Lane
1, Sarit Pal
1, Geoffrey Hespe
1, Babak J. Mehrara
1, Raghu Kataru
1
1. Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States.
12. Humanized Mice: A Superior Animal Model for Fat Graft Retention
Paneed Jalili
1, Michael Stigliano
1, Michael B. Amrami
1, Sophia Arbuiso
1, Jonathan Dyke
2, Eric Aronowitz
2, Carson Gundlach
1, Fiona R. Fragomen
1, Kristy A. Brown
3, David Otterburn
1
1. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States. 2. Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States. 3. The University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, KS, United States.
14. Remote Ischemic Preconditioning to Improve Fat Graft Viability: In Vitro Culture And Gene Expression Analysis of Mature Adipoc
Patricia Fuentes
1, Danielle Lehman
2, Stefanie Bonini
2, David M. Merrick
3, Brannon Claytor
2
1. FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States. 2. Claytor Noone Plastic Surgery, Bryn Mawr, PA, United States. 3. Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
15. In-Vivo Functional Imaging of Forearm Lymph Nodes
Madeleine Givant
1, James E. Fanning
1, Angela Chen
1, Sarah Thomson
1, Kathleen Shillue
2, Aaron Fleishman
1, Caitlin Connolly
3, Kevin Donohoe?, Dhruv Singhal
1
1. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States. 2. Department of Rehabilitation Services, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States. 3. Department of Radiology, Mount Auburn Hospital, Boston, MA, United States. 4. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States.
16. Engineering Hierarchical Microvasculature: Microgel Size Regulates Microvascular Maturation in Granular Hydrogel Scaffolds
MohammadHossein Asgardoon
1, Saman Zavari
2, Jenn Park
1, Neekita Jikaria
1, Mary Landmesser
1, Amir Sheikhi
2, Dino Ravnic
1
1. Surgery, Penn State University, Hershey, PA, United States. 2. Chemical Engineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States.
17. Progressive Neurovascular and Fibrotic Remodeling Drive Functional Decline Following Extremity Radiation
Alex G. Lambi
1, Brendan Hilliard
2, Frank L. Chen
2, Lewis Bright-Rowe
2, Ryan E. Tomlinson
3, Mary F. Barbe
2
1. University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States. 2. Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States. 3. Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
10:30 am - 11:30 am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1C: BREAST A
Moderators: Peter W. Henderson, MD, MBA, FAC and Danielle Rochlin, MD
18. The Equity Gap in Prophylactic Mastectomy: Utilization Declines Fivefold with Increasing Social Vulnerability
Emma Lascar
1, Neil Parikh
1, Sheuli Chowdhury
1, Sahil Sharma
1, Patricia Fuentes
1, Peter J. Taub
1, Peter W. Henderson
1
1. Division of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
19. Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Surgical Site Infections in implant-based Breast Reconstruction
Natalia Mejia
1, Aryan Gupta
1, Maxim Narduzzi
1, Alexander Chang
1, Adam Walchak
1, Sameer A. Patel
1
1. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, LKSOM Temple University Hospital/Fox Chase Cancer Center, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
20. Support or Setback? Surgical Site Infection Risk with Mesh in Breast Reduction and Mastopexy
Manuela Neira Castro
1, Valeria Bustos
3, Maria J. Escobar
2, Agustin N. Posso
1, Charlotte Thomas
1, Bernard T. Lee
1
1. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brookline, MA, United States. 2. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. 3. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States.
21. PRO-BREAST: Interpretable Machine Learning for Risk Prediction After Oncologic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery
Dany Y. Matar
1, John J. Lee
2, Anthony Matar
3, Arnav Khera
1, Jonlin Chen
1, Adriana C. Panayi?, Anahita Nimbalkar
1, Jasleen Gill?, Charbel Saad
1, William Huang?, Esther Jung
1, Gabriel Hundeshagen?, Dennis P. Orgill?, Sashank Reddy
1, Hooman Soltanian
1, Salih
1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States. 2. University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, United States. 3. Machine Learning Core, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States. 4. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. 5. Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. 6. George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington D.C., DC, United States.
23. A Propensity-Matched Analysis of Tissue Expander Morbidity Following Absorbable Antibiotic-Molded Disk Placement in the Prep
Timothy C. Olsen
1, Aamirah Mccutchen
1, Margaret M. Hornick
1, Amy MiHyun Jang
1, Ayaka N. Deguchi
1, Robyn B. Broach
1, Joseph Serletti
1, Sean Li
1
1. Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , PA, United States.
24. Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Tissue Expander Complications: A Multi-Institutional Analysis
Ariel Gabay
1, Timothy C. Olsen
2, Archana Babu
3, Jonlin Chen?, Abbas Hassan?, Robyn B. Broach
2, Babak J. Mehrara
1, Robert J. Allen
1, Said Azoury
2, Alexander F. Mericli
3, Jonas Nelson
1
1. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York , NY, United States. 2. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States. 3. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, M.D.
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
PANEL 2: Extremity My Way: Orthoplastics
Moderator: Sami H. Tuffah, MD
Panelists:
David L. Colen, MD
Yale Plastic Surgery
Lydia Helliwell, MD
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Rajiv Parikh, MD, MPHS
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Patrick Reavey, MD
University of Rochester Medical Center
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch Buffet Available for Women in Plastic Surgery Luncheon
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Women in Plastic Surgery Luncheon
Keynote Speaker:
Tara L. Huston, MD, FACS
Stony Brook Medicine School of Medicine
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
PANEL 3: Plastic Surgery and Social Media: Reality vs Marketing
Moderator: Brian S. Glatt, MD, FACS
Panelists:
Tracey N. Cook, MD
Northwell Health
Samuel J. Lin
Beth Israel Deaconess
Diana Yoon-Schwartz, MD, PhD
New Street Plastic Surgery
Gabriella Ursick, PA
Premier Plastic Surgery Center of New Jersey
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2A: AESTHETIC
Moderators: Carter Boyd, MD and Catherine L. Ly, MD
27. Spare Parts in Rhinoplasty: Repurposing Scar Tissue as Autologous Tip Grafts
Shaishav Datta
1, Matthew Morris
2, Alexia Lucas
2, Sophie C. Queler
2, Steven Hanna
3, David Mattos?, Richard Reish
2
1. Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. 2. Plastic Surgery, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, NY, United States. 3. Private Practice, Toronto, ON, Canada. 4. Plastic and Reconstructive
28. Recent Weight Loss Identifies a Distinct Physiologic Vulnerability Phenotype in Body Contouring Surgery
Teresa Nam*
1, Alexis Aparicio
2, Lokesh Patil
3, Christina S. Chopra
1, Isha Joshi
1, Tommaso A. addona?
1. Division of Plastic Surgery, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, United States. 2. Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, United States. 3. OBGYN, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, United States.
29. Investigating the Influence of Tranexamic Acid on Adipocyte Differentiation in an In Vitro Model
Giorgianna Ellis
1, Tiffany DeSouza
2, Jahnavi Challagonda
1, Alex Joo
1, Anam J. Furrukh
1, Sneha Palmieri
1, Silvia Corvera
2, Janice F. Lalikos
1
1. Plastic Surgery, UMass Chan, Weston, MA, United States. 2. Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States.
30. Beyond BMI: A Physiologic Model Better Predicts Wound Complications After Body Contouring Surgery
Kyle Anderman*
1, Lokesh Patil
2, Christina S. Chopra
3, Isha Joshi
3, Tommaso A. addona?
1. Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, United States. 2. OBGYN, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, United States. 3. Division of Plastic Surgery, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, United States. 4. New York Plastic Surgical Group, Garden City, NY, United States.
31. Operative Duration, Not Procedural Combination, Drives Postoperative Morbidity in Body Contouring Surgery
Christina S. Chopra*
1, Uttsav Patel*
3, Radhika Patel
3, Isha Joshi
1, Daniella Abramov
2, Tara L. Huston
1
1. Division of Plastic Surgery, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, United States. 2. Surgery, New York-Presbyterian Queens, Queens, NY, United States. 3. Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, United States
32. Microcomputed Tomography (Micro-CT) Mapping of Corrugator Supercilii and Procerus Anatomy: Implications for Procedures Involving the Glabellar Musculature
Hunter M. Rogoff
1, Maxim Narduzzi
2, Daniel Maskovsky
2, Sean Devitt
1
1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, United States. 2. New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY, United States.
33. Investigating breast cancer risk reduction associated with breast reduction in patients with a family history of breast cancer: a nationwide propensity score-matched retrospective cohort study
Seungil Lee*, Hannah D. Shi, BA, Theodore C. Lee, Agustin N. Posso, Chanthia Ma, Sarah Karinja, Bernard T. Lee
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States.
34. What should we tell body contouring patients of different BMI status about GLP-1s: A national propensity-matched analysis
Sophia Ahn
1, Michael J. Kuharski
1, Sanjana Challa
2, Amy Maselli
1, Reena Bhatt
1
1. Brown University, Rumford, RI, United States. 2. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States.
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2B: BREAST B
Moderators: Steven M. Sultan, MD and Carrie Stern, MD
36. Peri-operative Selective Sodium Channel Blockade May Reduce Opioid Use after Breast Surgery
Sanjana Challa
1, Charlotte Thomas
1, Sophia Ahn
1, Dorien I. Schonebaum
1, Alynah J. Adams
1, Samuel J. Lin
1
1. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
37. Association of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Use and Development of Capsular Contracture after Breast Augmentation
Sanjana Challa
1, Sophia Ahn
1, Alynah J. Adams
1, Dorien I. Schonebaum
1, Charlotte Thomas
1, Samuel J. Lin
1
1. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
39. CTA vs. MRA perforator mapping for DIEP flap breast reconstruction: surgical outcomes from a propensity score-matched cohort
Sahil Sharma
1, Martha MacDonald
1, Sheuli Chowdhury
1, Abigail R. Tirrell
1, Sydney A. Mathis
1, Emma Lascar
1, Patricia Fuentes
1, Shahin Owji
2, Alexander Kagen
2, Alice Yao
1, Peter J. Taub
1, Peter W. Henderson
1
1. Division of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States. 2. Division of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
40. A Decade of National Trends and Outcomes Between Immediate versus Staged Autologous Free-Flap Breast Reconstruction
Andrew Hannoudi*
1,Timothy C. Olsen
1, Aamirah Mccutchen
1, Margaret M. Hornick
1, Ayaka N. Deguchi
1, Kaamya Varagur
1, Robyn B. Broach
1, Joseph Serletti
1, Said Azoury
1
1. Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , PA, United States.
41. Optimal Timing of BREAST-Q Administration in Autologous Breast Reconstruction: A Meta-Analysis
Emanuella Brito
1, Georgia A. Babb
1, James Gaston
1, Martin Newman
2, Graham S. Schwarz
1
1. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, United States. 2. Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, United States.
42. Five-Year Breast Revisions Between Two-Stage Implant, Direct-to-Implant, and Autologous Reconstructions
Andrew Hannoudi*
1 Timothy C. Olsen
1, Alan T. Makhoul
1, Aamirah Mccutchen
1, Margaret M. Hornick
1, Ayaka N. Deguchi
1, Robyn B. Broach
1, Joseph Serletti
1, Said Azoury
1
1. Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , PA, United States.
43. Factors Associated with Satisfaction with Breasts Following Oncoplastic Mammoplasty
Benjamin D. Wagner
1, Ron Shemtov
1, Lillian A. Boe
2, Giacomo Montagna
3, Audree B. Tadros
3, J I. Choi?, Babak J. Mehrara
1, Jonas Nelson
1, Carrie S. Stern
1
1. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States. 2. Biostatistics Service, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States. 3. Breast Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States. 4. Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States.
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2C: HEAD & NECK
Moderators: Jarrod T. Bogue, MD and Sameer A. Patel, MD
45. Predictors of Adverse Outcomes from Salivary Leaks after Microvascular Head and Neck Reconstruction
Hong Hao Xu
1, Jacob Y. Katsnelson
1, Fuat Baris Bengur
1, Armin Aryannejad
1, G. Zehra Kocyigit
1, Adriana M. Duncan
1, Matthew T. Bottegal
1, Seungwon Kim
2, Mario G. Solari
1
1. Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. 2. Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
47. Salivary Leak after Microvascular Head and Neck Reconstruction: Clinical Course, Infectious Complications, and Management Outcomes
Hong Hao Xu
2, Fuat Baris Bengur
2, Jacob Y. Katsnelson
2, G. Zehra Kocyigit
2, Armin Aryannejad
2, Adriana M. Duncan
2, Matthew T. Bottegal
2, Seungwon Kim
1, Mario G. Solari
2
1. Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. 2. Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
48. Influence of Body Mass Index on Perioperative Outcomes of Oncologic Microvascular Head and Neck Reconstruction: Comprehensive Analysis Using a Prospective Cohort
Hong Hao Xu
1, Elizabeth D. Dominguez
3, Vanessa Mroueh*
2, G. Zehra Kocyigit
1, Armin Aryannejad
1, Adriana M. Duncan
1, Matthew T. Bottegal
1, Mario G. Solari
1
1. Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. 2. Department of Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, United States. 3. Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States.
50. 10-Year Immunologic Outcomes After the First Full Face, Eyelid, Ear, and Scalp Transplant
Alexis K. Gursky
1, Hailey P. Wyatt
1, Sergio A. Segrera
1, Anandhini Narayanan
1, Bruce E. Gelb
2, Daniel J. Ceradini
1, Eduardo Rodriguez
1
1. Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, New York University Langone, New York, NY, United States. 2. Transplant Institute, Department of Surgery, New York University Langone, New York, NY, United States.
52. Facing Graft Failure: A Systematic Review of Explantation and Retransplantation in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation
Alexis K. Gursky
1, Y. Edward Wen
1, Anandhini Narayanan
1, Shaina M. Staffenberg
1, Hailey P. Wyatt
1, Sergio A. Segrera
1, Bruce E. Gelb
2, Daniel J. Ceradini
1, Eduardo Rodriguez
1
1. Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, New York University Langone, New York, NY, United States. 2. Transplant Institute, Department of Surgery, New York University Langone, New York, NY, United States.
53. Modified Frailty Index-5 Predicts Complications After Fibula Free Flap Reconstruction for Head and Neck Cancer
Alexis K. Gursky
1, Hailey P. Wyatt
1, Sergio A. Segrera
1, Anandhini Narayanan
1, Adam Jacobson
2, Jamie Levine
1
1. Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, New York University Langone, New York, NY, United States. 2. Department of Otolaryngology, New York University Langone, New York, NY, United States.
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
COFFEE BREAK - VISIT EXHIBITS
4:30 pm – 4:40 pm
Sylke Presentation
4:40 pm - 5:55 pm
PANEL 4: Tips and Tricks (Happy hour)
Sponsored by: Sylke
Moderator: Ines C. Lin, MD
Panelists:
Jarrod T. Bogue, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
Jonathan Keith, MD
East Coast Advanced Plastic Surgery
Grant M. Kleiber, MD
MedStar Health
Angie M. Paik, MD
Yale NewHaven Health
Diana Yoon-Schwartz, MD, PhD
New Street Plastic Surgery
Erin M. Taylor, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Stephen L. Viviano, MD
East Coast Advanced Plastic Surgery
5:55 pm - 7:00 pm
WELCOME RECEPTION
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2026
7:00 am - 5:45 pm
REGISTRATION
7:00 am - 8:30 am
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
7:30 am - 9:00 am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3A: BEST PAPER COMPETITION
Moderators: Dzifa S. Kpodzo, MD, MPH & Eleanor Tomczyk, MD
(5 Minute presentations, 2 Minutes Discussions, 1 Minute Q&A)
54. Targeting Lymphatic Function to Enhance Anti-Tumor Immunity and Suppress Metastasis
Xizhao Chen
1, Jinyeon Shin
1, Gopika Ashokan
1, Annica Stull-Lane
1, Sarit Pal
1, Geoffrey Hespe
1, Babak J. Mehrara
1, Raghu Kataru
1
1. Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States.
Discussant: Carolyn De La Cruz, MD
55. Controlled Super-Zero Cooling After Volumetric Muscle Loss Injury Improves MRI Metrics of Recovery in a Large Animal Model
Eddy C. Rios
1, Daniah Al-Nafisee
2, Hiroshi Fujimaki
1, Francisco Batiz-Fabela
1, Mitchell Kennedy
1, Samantha Kroon
1, Monica Royo
1, Maria Bejar-Chapa
1, Bilal M. Chaudhry
1, Giorgio Giatsidis
1
1. Surgery (Division of Plastics), UMass Chan School of Medicine, Worcester, MA, United States. 2. Surgery (Division of Plastic Surgery), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Discussant: Jonathan I. Leckenby, MD, PhD
56. Tunable Hydrogel Stiffness Modulates In Situ Microvascular Growth and Long-Term Vascular Maturation
MohammadHossein Asgardoon
2, Saman Zavari
1, Mary Landmesser
2, Neekita Jikaria
2, Jenn Park
2, Amir Sheikhi
1, Dino Ravnic
2
1. Chemical Engineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States. 2. Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States.
Discussant: Babak J. Mehrara, MD
57. First, Do No Harm: Effect of TXA in a Rodent Random-Pattern Flap Model
Samuel Medina
1, Abby Chopoorian
1, Matthew W. Liao
1, Olivia H. Carrafiell
1, Terrence C. Green
1, David Dugue
1, Malini Chinta
1, Elias Khayat
1, Jaime L. Bernstein
1, Xue Dong
1, Jason A. Spector
1
1. Weill Cornell, New York, NY, United States.
Discussant: Lawrence B. Draper, MD
58. 3-Methyl-4-Aminopyridine Enhances Functional and Electrophysiological Recovery Following Sciatic Nerve Crush in Mice
Julia Chrisbacher
2, Margaret Beha
1, Njima Schläpfer
1, Remy Liechti
1, Jonathan Leckenby
1
1. Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States. 2. University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States.
Discussant: Jonathan M. Bekisz, MD, MSci
59. Breast Capsule Histology of Drainless, Infected Tissue Expanders With and Without Antibiotic Beads
Fiona R. Fragomen
1, Anna M. Vaeth
1, Alyssa Wan-Chei Lee
1 , Michael Stigliano
1, Paneed Jalili
1, Carson Gundlach
1, Annie McVeigh
1, Baris Boyraz
1 David Otterburn
1
1. Department of plastic surgery, Weil Cornell Medical, Woodside, NY, United States.
Discussant: Haripriya S. Ayyala, MD
60. A Statistical Fragility Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials on Biological Therapies in Diabetic Foot Ulcer Management
Pushti Shah
1, Jacquelyn Roth
1, Sidharth Addepalli
1, Ishan Patel
1, Seth Noorbakhsh
1, Mark Granick
1, Edward Lee
1
1. Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States.
Discussant: Karen K. Evans, MD
62. Identifying Partial Muscle Denervation After Nerve Root Injury Using PET Imaging
John Nguyen
2, Bashar Alsamman
1, Jeffrey Khong
1, Rachana Suresh
1, Samarth Krishna
1, Kiara quinn
1, Alec Chen
1, Mohammad Shahid
1, Santosh Yadav
1, Zachary Zamore
1, Fares Lebbos
1, Catherine Foss
1, William Padovano
1, Sami Tuffaha
1
1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States. 2. Department of General Surgery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, United States.
Discussant: Danielle H. Rochlin, MD
63. Effect of Suzetrigine on Pain Medication Use after Free Flap Surgery
Alan T. Makhoul
1, Alexandra E. Makhoul
2, Said Azoury
1
1. Plastic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States. 2. Anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Discussant: TBD
64. Long-Term Limb Salvage for Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A 14-Year Single-Institution Review of Reconstructive Outcomes
Hannah Soltani, BS*
1; Leila I Jones, BS
2; Rachel N. Rohrich, BS
1; Priyanka Meesa, BS
2; Jayson N. Atves, DPM
1; Richard C. Youn, MD
1; Christopher E. Attinger, MD
1; Karen K. Evans, MD
1; Stephen B. Baker, MD
1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA, 2. Georgetown University School of Medicine; Washington, DC, USA
Discussant: Christian Kauffman, MD
7:30 am - 9:00 am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3B: PRACTICE/RESIDENCY/GENDER
Moderators: Lydia Helliwell, MD and Aleksandra Krajewski, MD
65. Dysphoria, Gender Congruence, and Life Satisfaction following Chest Masculinization Surgery: the Impact of Age, Body Mass Index, and Scar Revision
Calvin R. Schuster*, Alexandra J. Davis, Bashar Hassan, Madyson Brown, Danielle Sim, Fan Liang
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
66. Citation Half-Life and Aging Patterns Across Plastic Surgery Subspecialties: A Bibliometric Analysis
Charbel Saad
1, Josip Plascevic
2, Hiren Parekh
3, Sashank Reddy
1
1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States. 2. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States. 3. Yale CollegeYale University, New Haven, CT, United States.
69. Topical Corticosteroid Use on Vaginal Dilators Is Associated with Reduced Stricture Rates Following Gender-Affirming Vaginoplasty
Emma Lascar
1, Safia Singer
2, Lisa Duan
2, Emily Payne
2, Sheuli Chowdhury
1, Sahil Sharma
1, Patricia Fuentes
1, Rebecca Suydam
1, Peter J. Taub
1, Peter W. Henderson
1, Elan Horesh
1
1. Division of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States. 2. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
70. Workload, Wellness, and Coverage Models Among Burn Surgeons: A National Survey of American Burn Centers
Andrew B. Nguyen
1, Christopher Fedor
1, Mare Kaulakis
1, Kelson Huynh
1, Sarah Tepe
1, Jenny Ziembicki
1, Francesco Egro
1
1. School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
72. Surgery Applicant Values: Perceptions of Residency Programs Based on Gender-affirming Surgery Training and LGBTQ+ Inclusion
Calvin R. Schuster
1, Jennifer Lee
1, Agata A. Szulia
1, Cecilia Rogers
1, Lee D. Yang
1, Keeley Newsom
2, Amanda Gosman
2, Scott Lifchez
1, Wendy Chen
1, Fan Liang
1
1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States. 2. Division of Plastic Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States.
73. The Status of Medicaid Coverage of Gender Affirming Surgeries: A State-By-State Investigation
Sophia Ahn
1, Anirudh Kulkarni
1, Harshita Pattam
2, Bradley Colarusso
1, Marrisa A. Kent
1, Ryan P. Cauley
1
1. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States. 2. Boston University, Boston, MA, United States.
74. Integrating Gender-affirming Surgery Education into a Core Surgery Clerkship: Impact on Medical Student Knowledge and Confidence
Calvin R. Schuster
1, Gabriela Drew
1, Helene F. Hedian
2, Fan Liang
1, Wendy Chen
1
1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States. 2. Department of Medicine, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health in Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
75. Chest Feminization Surgery is Associated with Objective Improvement in Gender Incongruence and Chest Satisfaction
Sheuli Chowdhury
1, Katherine G. Stark
1, Subha Karim
1, Sahil Sharma
1, Peter J. Taub
1, Elan Horesh
1, Peter W. Henderson
1
1. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, United States.
77. BMI is an independent predictor of urologic and major surgical complications in gender-affirming phalloplasty
Sahil Sharma
1, Martha MacDonald
1, Alyxandra Rhamsay
2, Sheuli Chowdhury
1, Patricia Fuentes
1, Emma Lascar
1, Peter W. Henderson
1, Peter J. Taub
1, Elan Horesh
3, Joshua Safer
2
1. Division of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States. 2. Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States. 3. Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, Division of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
7:30 am - 9:00 am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3C: CRANIOFACIAL/PEDIATRICS A
Moderators: Ingrid Ganske, MD and Kerry A. Morrison, MD
78. Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Cleft Palate: High Prevalence and Underutilization of Polysomnography
Fares Lebbos*
1, Thomas Ren
1, Fares Lebbos
1, Charbel Saad
1, Richard Redett
1, Robin Yang
1, Pasha Shakoori
1
1. Plastic Surgery, Johhs Hopkins School of Medicine, Hopewell Junction, NY, United States.
79. Pterional Z-Plasty with Frontal Orbital Advancement for Unicoronal Synostosis: Long-Term Craniometric Outcomes
Tiffany E. Jeong
1, Justin Beiriger
1, Alzbeta Novotna
1, Michael Hernandez
1, Viraj Govani
1, Victoria García Rodríguez
1, Shelby Nathan
1, Jesse A. Goldstein
1, Lucas Dvoracek
1
1. Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
80. NATURAL HISTORY OF CRANIAL MORPHOLOGY IN NONOPERATIVE ISOLATED SAGITTAL CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS USING MACHINE LEARNING
Tiffany E. Jeong
1, Jonathan Cho
1, Sean Lee
1, Alzbeta Novotna
1, Michael Hernandez
1, Victoria García Rodríguez
1, Viraj Govani
1, Zhazira Irgebay
1, Shelby Nathan
1, Nawazish Khan
2, Mokshagna Karanam
2, Shireen Elhabian
2, Jesse A. Goldstein
1
1. Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. 2. SCI, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
81. Late Presenting Isolated Sagittal Craniosynostosis: Can We Use Cranial Morphology to Guide Surgical Decision Making?
Tiffany E. Jeong
1, Michael Hernandez
1, Michelle Antony
1, Alzbeta Novotna*
1, Viraj Govani
1, Victoria García Rodríguez
1, Zhazira Irgebay
1, Shelby Nathan
1, Mokshagna Karanam
2, Nawazish Khan
2, Shireen Elhabian
2, Jesse A. Goldstein
1
1. Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. 2. SCI, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
82. Long-Term Surgical and Aesthetic Outcomes of Microtia Repair: Porous Polyethylene versus Autologous Costal Cartilage Reconstruction
Miriam Meghnagi
1, Jinggang Ng
1, Yuliia Kovach
1, Evrim E. Ozcan
1, Jonathan Sussman
1, Isabel Ryan
1, David Low
1, Jesse Taylor
1, Jordan W. Swanson
1, Scott Bartlett
1, Cassandra A. Ligh
1
1. Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Oral Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
83. Buccal Myomucosal Flap as a First-Line Treatment for Velopharyngeal Deficiency: A Single-Institution Retrospective Analysis of a 13-year Trend in Procedure Utilization
Nisha K. Vora*
1, Leah Prishak
1, Golibe Okoli
1, Erona
1, David Low
1, Jesse Taylor
1, Jordan W. Swanson
1, Scott Bartlett
1, Oksana A. Jackson
1, Joseph A. Napoli
1
1Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Oral Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
84. The Relationship Between Craniometric Severity and Timing of Surgery in Craniosynostosis
William Bai*
1, Andrew Salib
1, Victoria Kong
1, Samira Glaeser-Khan
1, Grace Allen
1, Martin Kauke-Navarro
1, Omar Allam
1, Michael Alperovich
1
1. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven , CT, United States.
86. Coupling Microsurgery and Bioengineering to Guide Vascular Patterning and Maturation in a Calvarial Defect Model
MohammadHossein Asgardoon
1, Deepak Gupta
2, Neekita Jikaria
1, Jenn Park
1, Mary Landmesser
1, Paul Armatowicz*
1, Ibrahim Ozbolat
2, Dino Ravnic
1
1. Surgery, Penn State University, Hershey, PA, United States. 2. Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States.
87. Randomized Trial of Plagiocephaly Education: Comparable Outcomes Suggest a Broad Awareness Effect
Anna Bogursky
1, Yvonne Nguyen
1, Andrea R. Buendia
1, Ashley Roes
1, Courtney Heitmiller
1, Elissa Daniel
1, Seohyun Hong
1, Yiming Zhang
1, Janice F. Lalikos
1
1. University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States.
89. Pediatric Free Flap Reconstruction: An 18-Year Experience at a High-Volume Pediatric Center
Miriam Meghnagi
1, Nisha K. Vora
1, Yuri Choi
1, Garvey Cummings
1, Anushka Gattu
1, Zachary Valenzuela
1, Oksana A. Jackson
1, David Low
1, Stephen J. Kovach
2, Cassandra A. Ligh
1
1. Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Oral Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States. 2. Division of Plastic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
90. FEVER WITHOUT INFECTION: DE-ESCALATING DIAGNOSTIC WORKUPS IN PEDIATRIC CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS PATIENTS
Michael Hernandez
1, Ethan Richlak
1, Viraj Govani
1, Tiffany Jeong
1, Alzbeta Novotna
1, Shelby Nathan
1, Jesse A. Goldstein
1
1. Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
9:00 am - 10:00 am
PANEL 5: 10 years of Pre-Pectoral Breast Reconstruction have we succeeded in Improving Patient Outcomes
Moderator: Tara L. Huston, MD, FACS
Panelists:
Carolyn De La Cruz, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Amy S. Cowell
Massachusetts General Hospital
Kenneth L. Fan, MD
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Suhail K. Kanchwala, MD
University of Pennsylvania
10:00 am - 10:30 am
COFFEE BREAK - VISIT EXHIBITS
10:30 am - 11:00 am
MEMBER BUSINESS MEETING
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
FOUNDERS LECTURE
"Development of Algorithms for Reconstruction in the Head and Neck: A 30 year Experience"
Peter G. Cordeiro, MD, FACS
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
ABPS UPDATE
Joseph M. Serletti, MD
ACEPS UPDATE
Peter J. Taub, MD
ASPS UPDATE
Babak J. Mehrara, MD
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Lunch Served
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
Sponsored By: Vertex Pharmaceuticals
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
"How to Build a Microsurgeon"
Evan Matros, MD, MPH, MMSc
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
PANEL 6: Improving Outcomes Over Time: Evolution of my Technique/Things I Do Now That I Didn't Before
Moderator: Robert J. Allen, Jr
Panelists:
Thomas A. Imahiyerobo, Jr, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
Jamie P. Levine, MD
New York University-Langone Medical Center
Bernard T. Lee, MD, MBA, MPH
Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr, Harvard
Dhruv Singhal, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
COFFEE BREAK
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 4A: NERVE
Moderators: Nikhilesh Agarwal, MD and Lisa Gfrerer, MD, PhD
91. Targeting α7-Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Expression to Noninvasively Image and Localize Peripheral Nerve Injuries
Arman T. Zadeh
1, Fares Lebbos
1, Zachary Zamore
1, Jeffrey Khong
1, Rachana Suresh
1, Christopher Erb
1, Jared Zhang
1, William Padovano
1, Ala Elhelali
1, Sami Tuffaha
1
1. Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.
92. Does Location Matter? Comparing Motor Neuron Survival in Cranial vs. Spinal Nerves Following Traumatic Injury
Julia Chrisbacher
2, Jordan Marx
2, Njima Schläpfer
1, Remy Liechti
1, Jonathan Leckenby
1
1. Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States. 2. University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States.
93. Transcriptomic Evidence Of Sympathetic Modulation Of Cells Involved In Peripheral Nerve Injury
Ife Shoyombo
1, Dayal Rajagopalan
2, Rahul Gorijavolu
1, Kaushik Madapati
1, A Lee Dellon
1, Sami Tuffaha
1
1. Johns Hopkins, Middle River, MD, United States. 2. Surgery, New York Medical College, New York, NY, United States.
94. Enhancing Patient Selection for Nerve Decompression: A standardized computerized tomography protocol for frontal and rhinogenic neuralgia
Justin Lee
1, Matthew A. DePamphilis*
1, Charles D. Hwang
1, Eri Iwasaki
2, Josip Plascevic
1, Karen Buch
2, Ali Totonchi
3, William G. Austen
1, Osamu Sakai
2, Katherine Carruthers
1
1. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Boston, MA, United States. 2. Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
95. Functional Amputation Techniques and Survival Following Below-Knee Amputation: Association of Targeted Muscle Reinnervation with Long-Term Mortality
Hannah Soltani
1, Rachel N. Rohrich
1, Christopher M. Ply
1, Karen K. Evans
1, Richard C. Youn
1, Christopher E. Attinger
1, Grant Kleiber
1, Stephen Baker
1
1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, United States.
96. Poorly Controlled Diabetes Is Associated with Decreased Neuroma Pain Following Peripheral Nerve Transection in a Rat Neuroma Model
Tiam M. Saffari
1, Varoon Phondge
1, Morgan Yun
1, Arianna Valenti
1, Bruno Pillari
1, Wan Jiao
1, Alex Wong
1, Edward Lee
1
1. Plastic Surgery, Rutgers NJMS, Newark, NJ, United States.
97. Functional Outcomes After Obturator to Femoral Nerve Transfer in Femoral Nerve Palsy
Victoria V. Szymkiewicz
1, Lahin Amlani
2, Fares Lebbos
3, Arman Zadeh
3, Aiko Puerto
3, Allan Belzberg?, Sami Tuffaha
3
1. School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, United States. 2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, United States. 3. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, United States.
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 4B: BREAST C
Moderators: Kenneth L. Fan, MD and Catherine L. Ly, MD
98. Prophylactic Retrorectus Mesh Significantly Reduces Donor-Site Bulge in Abdominally Based Autologous Breast Reconstruction (ABABR): Analysis of 1,507 Donor Sites
Aamirah Mccutchen
1, Ayaka N. Deguchi
1, Timothy C. Olsen
1, Margaret M. Hornick
1, Robyn B. Broach
1, Joseph Serletti
1, Said Azoury
1
1. Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
99. Aesthetic Flat Closure After Mastectomy: A Retrospective Case Series and Technical Approach
Thomas J. Sorenson
1, Carter Boyd
1, Lauren E. Romanowski
1, Kshipra Hemal
1, Oriana Cohen
1, Mihye Choi
1, Nolan S. Karp
1
1. Hansjorg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, New York University-Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States.
100. Postdischarge prophylactic oral antibiotics do not decrease the risk of infection in implant-based breast reconstruction
Patricia Fuentes
1, Eva Ingber
1, Olivia Becker
1, Emma Lascar
1, Sahil Sharma
1, Sheuli Chowdhury
1, Peter J. Taub
1, Peter W. Henderson
1
1. Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
103. Radiate the Flap or Expander? Comparative Outcomes in Immediate Versus Delayed-Immediate DIEP Flap Reconstruction Among Postmastectomy Patients: A TriNetX Database Study
Michael L. Chang
1, Emily L. Isch
2, Devi Schwartz
1, John Winton
1, Matthew Jenkins
3, David Kim
3, Andrew Newman
3, Heather McMahon
3
1. Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Kennett Square, PA, United States. 2. Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States. 3. Department of Plastic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Ph
104. Real-World Outcomes of Postoperative Antibiotic Duration in ADM Assisted Tissue Expander Breast Reconstruction: A 20-Year Multicenter Study
Paige Richards
1, Kanika Yadav
1, Gabriel De la Cruz Ku
2, Ambroise H. Gilles
3, Christopher Fullmer
3, Ruyan Zhang?, John Roberts
3, Adam Walchak?, Sameer A. Patel?
1. Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States. 2. Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru. 3. Division of Plastic Surgery, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, United States. 4. Department of Surgery, Univ
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 4C: CRANIOFACIAL/PEDIATRICS B
Moderators: Thomas A. Imahiyerobo, Jr, MD and Alvin Wong, MD
105. Treacher Collins Syndrome Is More Asymmetric Than Traditionally Appreciated: A Three-Dimensional Cohort Study
Kirin Naidu
1, Sarah Barnett
1, David Perrault
1, Maura Guyler
1, Santiago Lopez
1, Scott Bartlett
1, Jordan W. Swanson
1, Sameer Shakir
1, Joseph A. Napoli
1, Jesse Taylor
1
1. Children's Hopsital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
106. Airway Changes After Le Fort I Advancement: A Volumetric and Cross-Sectional Analysis
Thomas Ren
1, Yuri Zhang*
1, Anahita Nimbalkar
1, Charbel Saad
1, Richard Redett
1, Robin Yang
1, Pasha Shakoori
1
1. Plastic Surgery, Johhs Hopkins School of Medicine, Hopewell Junction, NY, United States.
108. Speech Outcomes with Modified Furlow Palatoplasty: A 20-Year, Single-surgeon Experience
Nicolás M. Kass
1, Tobi Somorin
1, Angel Dixon
1, Megan Pencek
1, Matthew Ford
1, Michael Bykowski
1, Jesse A. Goldstein
1, Joseph Losee
1
1. Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
109. Caregiver-Reported Burden and Satisfaction of Presurgical Lip, Alveolus and Nose Approximation (PLANA) Therapy Compared to Nasoalveolar Molding (NAM)
Paige E. Warner
1, Bria Etienne
2, Theresa K. Webster
3, Thomas A. Imahiyerobo
3, Jill Schechter
2, Naikhoba Munabi
3
1. Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, United States. 2. Department of Dental Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States. 3. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, New York Pre
110. Mastectomy for Adolescent Gynecomastia Associated with Lower Risk of Incident Psychiatric Diagnosis
Victoria Kong
1, Andrew Salib
1, Albert L. Rancu
1, Karen Bach
1, Mohamed A. Ramy
1, Grace Allen
1, Samira Glaeser-Khan
1, Omar Allam
1, Martin Kauke-Navarro
1, Paris D. Butler
1
1. Yale School of Medicine, New Haven CT, CT, United States.
111. A New Metric for Craniosynostosis Surgery Selection
Ethan D. Paliwoda
1, Sawyer Farmer
2, Jai Patel
3, Aidan O'Brien
1, Saud Rehman
3, Tarun Prabhala
2, Michael Mellace
3, Ishan Patel
1, Mason Horne
1, Lauren Angnardo
1, Amanda Awad
1, Christina Rudolph
1, Travis Bevington
3, Matthew A. Adamo
2, Stephanie Bray
1
1. Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, United States. 2. Department of Neurosurgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, United States. 3. Department of Radiology, Albany, NY, United States.
4:45 pm - 5:45 pm
PANEL 7: Carving out my practice in the face of Cross Specialty competition and optimizing collaboration
Moderator: Peter J. Taub, MD
Panelists:
Michael Alperovich, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
Jonathan L. Bass, MD
NYU Langone Health
Jeffrey Gusenoff, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Sameer A. Patel, MD
Fox Chase Cancer Center / Temple University
5:45 pm - 6:30 pm
Wellness Events (Fun Run & Yoga)
Chair: Jeffrey A. Ascherman, MD, FACS
6:45 pm - 10:00 pm
PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION & BANQUET/AWARDS
Theme: All White Party
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2026
7:30 am - 12:00 pm
REGISTRATION
7:30 am - 8:30 am
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:00 am - 9:00 am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 5A: TRUNK/EXTREMITY B
Moderators: Patrick Reavey, MD and Adam Walchak, MD
113. A Function-Based Algorithm for Hindfoot Ulcer Reconstruction: Clinical Outcomes From a Tertiary Limb Salvage Center
Kishan S. Shah
1, Christopher M. Ply
1, Luke J. Llaurado
1, Hannah Soltani
1, Rachel N. Rohrich
1, Parker Buck*
1,Jayson Atves
1, John Steinberg
1, Cameron Akbari
1, Richard C. Youn
1, Karen K. Evans
1, Christopher E. Attinger
1, Stephen Baker
1
1. Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, United States.
114. Association Between GLP-1 Use and Short-Term Pressure Ulcer Complications
Sergio A. Segrera
1, Benjamin Herold
1, John Helm
3, Eric Acosta
1, Kian Daneshi
2, Ernest Chiu
1
1. Department of Plastic Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, United States. 2. Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 3. School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States.
115. Impact of GLP-1 Agonists on Surgical Wound Complications Following Panniculectomy for Patients with Prior History of Bariatric Surgery
Janey Song
1, Charles Lee
2, Mary C. McDonough
1, Timothy S. Johnson
2
1. Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States. 2. Plastic Surgery, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, United States.
116. Supermicrosurgical Perforator-to-Perforator Flaps in Lower Extremity Reconstruction: Feasibility of Perforators as Recipient Vessels
Elena Galvano
1, Laura K. Tom
2, Grant Kleiber
2, Rajiv Parikh
2
1. Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington , DC, United States. 2. Department of Plastic Surgery, MedStar Health Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, United States.
118. Superthin Free Flaps in Obese Patients Undergoing Lower Extremity Reconstruction: Maximizing Function While Minimizing Morbidity
Elena Galvano
1, Laura K. Tom
2, Grant Kleiber
2, Rajiv Parikh
2
1. Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington , DC, United States. 2. Department of Plastic Surgery, MedStar Health Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, United States.
119. Identification of a Pre-Fibrotic Inflammatory and Apoptotic Phase Following Extremity Radiation
Alex G. Lambi
1, Brendan Hilliard
2, Frank L. Chen
2, Lewis Bright-Rowe
2, Ryan E. Tomlinson
3, Mary F. Barbe
2
1. University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States. 2. Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States. 3. Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
8:00 am - 9:00 am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 5B: TECHNOLOGY/HEALTH DISPARITIES
Moderators: Kristen P. Broderick, MD and Tara L. Huston, MD, FACS
123. Referrals for Plastic Surgery following Mohs Surgery Are Declining: Trends and Financial Drivers
Renee Gao
1, Goutam K. Gadiraju
3, Andrew Malek
2, Yizhuo Shen?, Yibin Zhang
3, Alan Yang?, Justin Broyles?
1. UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States. 2. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, United States. 3. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. 4. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States. 5. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States. 6. Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
124. Utilization of Carpal Tunnel Release in the United States by Settlement Type: Is There Equity of Access?
Nader Mujtaba
*1, Luke J. Llaurado
*1, Kishan S. Shah
1, Imran Khan
2, David Song
1, Stephen Baker
1
1. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States. 2. Orthopaedic Surgery, Inova, Fairfax, VA, United States.
127. Preventing Abdominal Donor-Site Morbidity in Autologous Breast Reconstruction Using OviTex Reinforced Tissue Matrix
Goutam K. Gadiraju
1, Paul Indyk
2, Renee Gao*
3, Yizhuo Shen
4, Yibin Zhang
1, Madeline Duncan
1, Allison Pellegrino
1, Hannah Shi
1, Justin Broyles
5
1. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. 2. Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria. 3. UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States. 4. Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States. 5. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
128. Hydrogen Sulfide Modulation of Microvascular Flow to Optimize Tissue Flap Viability
Neekita Jikaria
1, Paul Armatowicz
2, Ji Ho Park
1, MohammadHossein Asgardoon
2, Mary Landmesser
2, Lacy Alexander
3, Urara Hasegawa
3, Dino Ravnic
1
1. Department of Surgery, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, United States. 2. Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States. 3. Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States.
129. Non-Invasive Prediction of Wound Healing Timelines Using AI-Driven Biomechanical Analysis
Robert D. Sampson
2, Jayesh Rathi
3, Deboparna Banerjee
3, Shi Fu
1, Gurtej Singh
2, Hugh Rosshirt
1, Aleksandra Krajewski
2, Alvin Wong
2, Steven Skiena
3, Lav Varshney
3, Miriam Rafailovich
1, Sami Khan
2
1. Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States. 2. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, United States. 3. AI Innovation Institute, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States.
9:00 am - 10:00 am
PANEL 8: The Use of Mesh in Plastic Surgery
Moderator: Carrie Stern, MD
Panelists:
Jonas A. Nelson, MD, MPH
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
David A. Staffenberg, MD, DSc
New York University Langone Health
Vishal Thanik, MD
Altris Reconstructive Wellness
Adam Walchak
Montefiore Medical Center
10:00 am - 10:30 am
COFFEE BREAK
10:30 am - 11:30 am
CONCURRENT SESSION 6A: BREAST D
Moderators: Alfred T. Culliford, IV, MD and Sarah J. Karinja, MD
130. Aesthetic and Oncologic Outcomes After Reconstructive Breast Augmentation following Lumpectomy: A Propensity Controlled Study
Rebecca Lisk
1, Thomas J. Sorenson
1, Lauren E. Romanowski
1, Carter Boyd
1, Chris Amro
1, Mihye Choi
1, Nolan S. Karp
1, Oriana Cohen
1
1. Hansjorg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, New York University-Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States.
132. Modified Robertson vs. Wise Pattern Breast Reduction in Pediatric Patients: A Propensity-Matched Analysis of Early Institutional Experience
Garvey Cummings
1, Miriam Meghnagi
1, Jacob R. Thomas
1, Gustavo Capone
1, Eric C. Liao
1, Cassandra A. Ligh
1
1. Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Oral Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
133. Preoperative Leukopenia Is Associated with Tissue Necrosis Following Two-Stage Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction
Emma Lascar
1, Olivia Becker*
2, Larissa Iraj
2, Rebecca Suydam
1, Patricia Fuentes
1, Sahil Sharma
1, Peter J. Taub
1, Peter W. Henderson
1
1. Division of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States. 2. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
134. Psychosocial Well-being in Autologous vs. Implant Breast Reconstruction: A Propensity Matched Analysis
Ariel Gabay
1, Abigail Tirrell
1, Lillian A. Boe
2, Carrie S. Stern
1, Babak J. Mehrara
1, Jonas Nelson
1
1. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York , NY, United States. 2. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States.
135. Comparing Outcomes Following Autologous Breast Reconstruction by Body Mass Index Stratification
Ariel Gabay
1, Areeg A. Abu El Hawa
1, Lillian A. Boe
2, Carrie S. Stern
1, Joseph Disa
1, Babak J. Mehrara
1, Robert J. Allen
1, Jonas Nelson
1
1. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York , NY, United States. 2. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States.
136. 10-Year Follow-up of Locoregional Recurrence in Single Surgeon Oncoplastic Surgery in the United States
Pascal He
1, Tyra albert
1, Rucha Kadam
1, Abhishek Chatterjee
2, Sarah Persing
2
1. Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States. 2. Department of Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States.
138. Adjunctive Cancer Therapeutics in Breast Reconstruction: A Comprehensive Guide for Perioperative Medication Hold Times
Nicholas Vernice*
1, Alexis C. Lakatta
1, Thomas J. Sorenson
1, Carter Boyd
1, Kshipra Hemal
1, Oriana Cohen
1, Mihye Choi
1, Nolan S. Karp
1
1. Plastic Surgery, NYU, New York, NY, United States.
10:30 am - 11:30 am
CONCURRENT SESSION 6B: LYMPHEDEMA/OTHER
Moderators: Andrew Cantor, MD, MPHS and Erin M. Taylor, MD
139. The Growing and Unequal Burden of Lymphedema: A 10-Year Multicenter Real-World Study of 136 Million Patients
Paige Richards
1, Batool Z. Naqvi
1, Lily Karlson
1, Kanika Yadav
1, Gabriel De La Cruz
1, Christopher Fullmer
1, Ambroise H. Gilles
1, John Roberts
1, Adam Walchak
2, Sameer A. Patel
2
1. Penn State College of Medicine, Hummelstown, PA, United States. 2. Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
141. Assessing the Impacts of the FDA Boxed Warning on Breast Implants: Analyzing Reconstructive and Aesthetic Procedural Trends
Renee Gao
1, Goutam K. Gadiraju
3, Yizhuo Shen?, Sara P. Myers
2, Justin Broyles?
1. UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States. 2. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States. 3. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. 4. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States. 5. Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
142. Dermal Backflow Correlates with Inflammatory Responses and Epidermal Changes in Secondary Lymphedema
Benjamin D. Wagner
1, Sarit Pal
1, Stav Brown
1, Xizhao Chen
1, Adana-Christine Campbell
1, Joseph Dayan
1, Geoffrey Hespe
1, Raghu Kataru
1, Babak J. Mehrara
1
1. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States.
143. Anti-Diabetic Pharmacotherapy and Cancer-Related Lymphedema: Mechanistic Rationale and Clinical Evidence
Stav Brown, MD, Sarah Fargey, BS, Geronimo Salcedo, BS, Rohan Kumaran, BS, Mehra Golshan, MD MBA, Siba Haykal MD PhD
1. Yale School of Medicineool, New Haven, CT, United States.
144. Machine Learning Prediction of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema
Benjamin D. Wagner
1, Ariel Gabay
1, Jonlin Chen
1, Andrea V. Barrio
2, Thomas Amburn
2, Natalia Polidorio
2, Tiana Le
2, Lillian A. Boe
3, Geoffrey Hespe
1, Jonas Nelson
1, Babak J. Mehrara
1, Danielle Rochlin
1
1. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States. 2. Breast Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States. 3. Biostatistics Service, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States.
146. Predicting Lymphedema After Groin Lymph Node Dissection: A Risk Stratification Model from a Decade of Outcomes at a Tertiary Cancer Center
Stav Brown, MD, Sarah Fargey, BS, Geronimo Salcedo, BS, Rohan Kumaran, BS, Parisa Lotfi, MD; Mehra Golshan, MD MBA, Siba Haykal MD PhD
1. Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
BEST PAPER AWARD ALUMNI LECTURESHIP
"Back to the Future: The Reconstructive Glass Elevator in Lower Extremity Reconstruction"
Ara A. Salibian, MD
University of California, Davis, CA