Dr. James D. Namnoum, MD

• Assistant Clinical Professor, Emory University School of Medicine: Teaching and mentoring the next generation of plastic surgeons while contributing to medical education and research in Atlanta

• Traveling Professor, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ASAPS): Invited to present his surgical techniques and innovations at plastic surgery conferences and training centers across the United States and internationally
• Co-Director, Atlanta Breast Surgery Symposium: One of the world’s foremost breast surgery meetings, attracting surgeons from around the globe to discuss advances in breast reconstruction and aesthetic surgery
• Committee Member and Chair – American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
• Pathways to Leadership Program – American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Allergan Executive Council – member

Dr. Namnoum has authored and co-authored 15+ peer-reviewed publications in leading plastic surgery journals, including articles on:

• Breast reconstruction techniques and outcomes
• Capsular contracture management and prevention
• Aesthetic outcomes and patient satisfaction
• Surgical innovations in breast and body contouring
• Autologous fat transfer and tissue engineering

His research contributions have advanced the field’s understanding of optimal surgical approaches and patient outcomes.

• Founder and Chairman, Pink Ribbon Story Foundation: A 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to supporting breast cancer survivors and sharing their stories. This organization reflects Dr. Namnoum’s commitment to patient advocacy and community service beyond the operating room.

• American Association of Plastic Surgeons (2009-Present)
• International Society of Plastic Surgery (2008-Present)
• American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (2006-Present)
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons (1998-Present)
• Royal and Ancient Society of American Plastic Surgeons (1998-Present)
• Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (1998-Present)
• Georgia Society of Plastic Surgeons (2008-Present)
• Medical Association of Georgia (1998-Present)
• Medical Association of Atlanta (1998-Present)
• Atlanta Clinical Society (1998-Present)
• American Medical Association (1987-Present)

Dr. Namnoum has received numerous awards recognizing his contributions to plastic surgery:

• 2001 Best Paper Award – Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (SESPRS)
• “An Analysis of 928 Pedicle and 256 Free TRAM Flap Reconstructions”
• 1993 Best Paper Award – Baltimore Academy of Surgery
• “Full Thickness Wound Healing using Various Wound Coverings”
• 1991 Best Paper Award – Baltimore Academy of Surgery
• “Cutaneous Wound Healing in the Obese Diabetic Mouse”

1. Namnoum, J.D., Moyer, H.R. “Autologous Fat Transfer: The Progenitor Cell Response to Different Recipient Environments.” Aesthetic Surgery Journal, June 2014.
2. Namnoum, J.D., Largent, J., Kaplan, H.M., Oefelein, M.G., Brown, M.H. “Primary Breast Augmentation Clinical Trial Outcomes Stratified by Surgical Incision, Anatomical Placement and Implant Device Type.” Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, September 2013, 1165-1172.
3. Namnoum, J.D., Moyer, H.R. “The Role of Acellular Dermal Matrix in the Treatment of Capsular Contracture.” Clinics in Plastic Surgery, April 2012; 39(2):127-36.
4. Namnoum, J.D. “The Use of Acellular Dermal Matrices in Revisional Breast Reconstruction.” Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, November 2012; 130(5S-2):86S-88S.
5. Namnoum, J.D. “Pedicle Versus Free TRAM for Breast Reconstruction.” Breast Disease, October 2009; 16:79-83.
6. Namnoum, J.D. “Expander/Implant Reconstruction with Alloderm: Recent Experience.” Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, September 2009; 124(2):387-94.

1. Namnoum, J.D. “Anterior Thoracic Hypoplasia: A Separate Entity from Poland Syndrome.” Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, December 2003; 113(1):78-79.
2. Namnoum, J.D. “Pedicle Versus Free TRAM for Breast Reconstruction.” Breast Disease, 2002; 16:79-83.
3. Namnoum, J.D., Elliott, L.F. “Current Technique for Immediate and Delayed Breast Reconstruction with the Free TRAM Flap.” Ospedali D’Italia Chirugia, 2001; 7:194-200.

1. Namnoum, J.D., Vander Kolk, C., Hisley, K., Hutchins, G., Manson, P.N. “Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of the Human Fetal Philtrum.” Annals of Plastic Surgery, 1997; 38(3).
2. Beschorner, W.E., Namnoum, J.D., Hess, A.D. “Immunopathology of the Rat Thymus after Cyclosporin A.” Transplantation Proceedings, 1987; 12:30.
3. Beschorner, W.E., Namnoum, J.D., Hess, A.D., Shinn, C.A., Santos, G.W. “Cyclosporin A and the Thymus: Immunopathology.” American Journal of Pathology, 1987; 126:487.

Namnoum, J.D., Otterburn, D. “Options for Managing the Opposite Breast in Breast Reconstruction.” Surgery of The Breast Principles and Art, Third Edition, Volume One, 2011, pages 830-837.

Namnoum, J.D. “TRAM Techniques for Breast Reconstruction.” Grabb and Smith’s Plastic Surgery, Sixth Edition, 2007, Chapter 65, pages 641-647.

Namnoum, J.D. “Management of the Opposite Breast After Breast Reconstruction.” Surgery of the Breast: Principles and Art, Second Edition, Volume One, 2006, pages 888-893.

Namnoum, J.D. “Breast Reconstruction in the Patient with Poland’s Syndrome.” Surgery of the Breast: Principles and Art, First Edition, Second Addition, Third Addition.

• Royal and Ancient Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, West Palm Beach, FL (March 26-30, 2025)
• Panel Moderator – “Optimizing the Breast with Fat”, Aesthetic Society, Austin, TX (March 20-23, 2025)
• Mini Symposium – “Making Magic and Millions in Your MedSpa”, Aesthetic Society, Austin, TX (March 20-23, 2025)
• 40th Annual Atlanta Breast Surgery Symposium, “Empowering Confidence in Breast Surgery,” Atlanta, GA (January 31-February 2, 2025)
• Panel Moderator – “Prosthetic-Based Breast Reconstruction”
• Panel Moderator – “Breast Augmentation and Mastopexy”
• Panel Moderator – “Breast Symposium – Live Surgery Results”
• Presenter – “Mastopexy Techniques with Fat Grafting”
• Panel Moderator – “Hot Topics in Breast Surgery”

• Aesthetic Society – Program Planning of the Annual Meeting 2024, New York (June 1, 2024)
• Royal and Ancient Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (February 27-March 1, 2024)
• 39th Annual Atlanta Breast Surgery Symposium, “Optimizing Patient Outcomes,” Atlanta, GA (January 19-21, 2024)
• Panel Moderator – “Prosthetic-Based Breast Reconstruction”
• Panel Moderator – “New Approaches in Breast Surgery”
• Panel Moderator – “Breast Augmentation and Mastopexy”
• Panel Moderator – “2023 Breast Symposium Live Surgery Results”
• Presenter – “Reverse Abdominoplasty for IMF Correction”
• Panel Moderator – “Reconstructive Breast Surgery”
• Panel Moderator – “Hot Topics in Breast Surgery”

• Royal and Ancient Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, Oakmont, PA (August 23-27, 2023)
• Panel Moderator – “Look Live Surgery – Augmentation Mastopexy”, The Aesthetic Meeting, Miami Beach, FL (April 19, 2023)
• 38th Annual Atlanta Breast Surgery Symposium, “Commitment to Excellence,” Atlanta, GA (January 27-29, 2023)
• Panel Moderator – “2023 Breast Augmentation and Mastopexy”
• Panel Moderator – “2022 Breast Symposium Live Surgery Results”
• Presenter – “Mastopexy: Breast Transformation by a Comprehensive Approach”
• Panel Moderator – “Hot Topics in Breast Surgery”

• The Aesthetic Meeting, San Diego, CA (April 20-24, 2022)
• Presenter – “Augmentation Mastopexy: Beyond the Basics”
• Royal and Ancient Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, Savannah, GA (March 23-27, 2022)
• 37th Annual Atlanta Breast Surgery Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 28-30, 2022)
• Panel Moderator – “Alternative Ideas in Breast Reconstruction and NSM in the Ptotic Patient”
• Panel Moderator – “Role of Textured Implants in the Era of BIA-ALCL”
• Panel Moderator – “2020 Breast Symposium Live Surgery Results”
• Panel Moderator – “Point Counterpoint Controversies in Breast Surgery”
• Presenter – “Developing an Aftercare Program for Breast Surgery That Makes a Difference”

• Panel Moderator – “Nuances in Breast Augmentation-Mastopexy”, The Aesthetic Meeting, Miami Beach, FL (April 29-May 3, 2021)
• Royal and Ancient Society for American Plastic Surgeons, Scottsdale, AZ (March 3-6, 2021)

• Presenter – “Are ADMs Changing the History of Breast Reconstruction? Pre-Breast Reconstruction with ADM”, 1st Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery Online Journey (June 9, 2020)
• Royal and Ancient Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, West Palm Beach, FL (March 3-8, 2020)
• 36th Annual Atlanta Breast Surgery Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 24-26, 2020)
• Presenter – “Best Practices on Video”
• Panel Moderator – “Breast Reconstruction: Role of Fat Grafting in Breast Reconstruction: Where, When, Why, and How”
• Program Co-Chair
• Presenter – “Mastopexy with Chest Wall-Based Flap and Fat Grafting – The Power of Two”
• Moderator – “Oncoplastic Breast Surgery”
• Moderator – “Hot Topics in Breast Surgery”

• VIII Congreso Nacional De Mastología, Cartagena, Colombia (November 14-16, 2019)
• Panelist – “Conquering the Challenges of Revisionary Breast Implant Surgery: Use of Fat in Revision Breast”, The Aesthetic Meeting 2019, New Orleans, LA (May 16-21, 2019)
• Visiting Professor – “Aesthetic Breast Reconstruction: Transforming the Reconstructive Experience with a Prepectoral Approach”, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (April 17-18, 2019)
• Resident Lecture – “Defining the Beautifully Augmented Breast: Are We on the Same Page as the Patient?”, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (April 17-18, 2019)
• Resident Lecture – “The Aesthetic Abdomen – What is Beauty?”, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (April 17-18, 2019)
• Wisconsin Society of Plastic Surgeons 2019 Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI (April 10-12, 2019)
• Presenter – “Aesthetic Breast Reconstruction: Transforming the Reconstructive Experience with a Prepectoral Approach”
• Presenter – “Breast Implants in the Era of BIA-ALCL – Current Thoughts About the Role of Textured Implants in My Practice”
• Presenter – “Enhancing Our Practice with a Medical Day Spa – Keys for Success”
• Presenter – “Defining the Beautifully Augmented Breast: Are We on the Same Page as the Patient?”
• Presenter – “The Aesthetic Abdomen – What is Beauty?”
• Presenter – “Keeping Revision Augmentation from Becoming Revision, Revision Augmentation”
• Barcelona Breast Meeting (BBM 2019), Barcelona, Spain (March 12-15, 2019)
• Round Table Speaker – “IBSA Best Practice Session: Present and Future of Breast Implants, The New Paradigm”
• Panelist – “State of the Art in ADMs/Meshes: Face-to-Face Debate”
• Co-Chair – “Optimizing Oncoplastic Surgery”
• Presenter – “Prepectoral Implant Breast Reconstruction: The Dogma Has Been Broken”
• Presenter – “New Chefs, New Recipes: Fat Cooking Forum”
• Presenter – “Prophylactic Mastectomy Session: My Reconstructive Approach”
• Royal and Ancient Society for American Plastic Surgeons, Half Moon Bay, CA (February 19-24, 2019)

• 35th Annual Atlanta Breast Surgery Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 18-20, 2019)
• Presenter – “How to Achieve Good Results After Common Complications”
• Panel Moderator – “Problem Cases from the Experts: Lowering the IMF: Siting, Stabilizing, and Selecting”
• Panel Moderator – “Role of Textured Implants in the Era of BIA-ALCL”
• Panel Moderator – “Fat Grafting for Breast Reconstruction”
• Presenter – “Mastopexy with Augmentation and Fat Grafting – Why I Prefer the Graf Technique”
• Presenter – “Composite ADM and Mesh in Prepectoral Direct to Implant Reconstruction”
• FSPS Florida Plastic Surgery Forum, Palm Beach, FL (December 13-16, 2018)
• Panel Member – “Secondary Breast Augmentation and Revision Panel – Challenging Cases”
• Presenter – “Critical Elements in Establishing Your Medspa”
• Presenter – “The Aesthetic Abdomen”
• Presenter – “BIA-ALCL: Is There Still a Role for Textured Implants”
• Canadian Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 45th Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec (September 21-22, 2018)
• Presenter – “Keeping Revision Augmentation from Becoming Revision, Revision Augmentation”
• Presenter – “Revision Augmentation with Absorbable Mesh – Surgery Video”
• Sao Paulo Breast Symposium 2018, Sao Paulo, Brazil (September 14-15, 2018)
• Presenter – “Bridging the Communication Gap in the Patient Seeking Breast Augmentation”
• Midwest Association of Plastic Surgeons 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, IL (April 2018)
• Panelist – “Prevention and Management of Complications in Aesthetic Breast Surgery”
• 61st Annual Meeting of the Ohio Valley Society of Plastic Surgeons, Cleveland, OH (June 2018)
• Breast Panelist – “The New Pre-Pectoral Paradigm”
• The Aesthetic Meeting, New York, NY (April 26-May 1, 2018)
• Discussant – “Critical Decisions in Re-Operative Breast Implant Surgery”
• Royal and Ancient Society of American Plastic Surgeons, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (March 2018)
• 2018 Plastic Surgery Symposium – Kaiser Permanente, Costa Mesa, CA (February 2018)
• Presenter – “Biologic Implants for the Correction of Congenital Breast and Chest Wall Deformities”
• Presenter – “Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction with ADM Wrapped Shaped Devices: Early Experience and Technical Details”
• Presenter – “The Ideal Breast: Do We Really Understand What Patients Want?”
• 34th Annual Atlanta Breast Surgery Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 2018)
• Presenter – “Breast Reconstruction: Where Art and Science Meet”
• Presenter – “Long Term Results After Wrapping a Reconstructive Prepectoral Implant”
• Presenter – “Pros and Cons of Fat Grafting After Breast Reconstruction”

• VII Congreso Nacional De Mastología, Cartagena, Colombia (November 2017)
• Presenter – “Lipoinjection in Breast Reconstruction”
• Presenter – “Improving the Result of Breast Reconstruction with Implants”
• American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (October 2017)
• Faculty and Panelist – “Experienced Insights in Breast and Body Contouring”
• Presenter – “Fat Injection to the Breast – The Post Zealot Phase: What We Have Learned and What We Should Do”
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons 2017 The Meeting, Orlando, FL (October 2017)
• Faculty – “Reboot Your Practice: A Practice Management Workshop”
• Presenter – “Breast Augmentation 101”
• 3rd Annual Sao Paulo Breast Symposium, Sao Paulo, Brazil (September 2017)
• Faculty Lecturer
• Presenter – “Pre-Pectoral Direct to Implant Breast Reconstruction with ADM Wrap”
• Presenter – “Is There Still a Role for Textured Implants?”
• Presenter – “Aesthetic Breast Reconstruction: The New Prepectoral Paradigm”
• The Aesthetic Meeting 2017, San Diego, CA (April 2017)
• Panelist
• Presenter – “ADM Wrapped Shaped Devices for Breast Reconstruction: Technical Evolution and Results”
• 33rd Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Annual Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 2017)
• Symposium Co-Chair
• Presenter – “Pre-Pectoral DTI Breast Reconstruction with ADM Wrap”
• Presenter – “Pre-Pectoral DTI Breast Reconstruction with ADM Wrapped Devices: Pros and Cons”

• Maxwell Innovation Symposium, Nashville, TN (November 2016)
• Sao Paulo Breast Symposium, Sao Paulo, Brazil (September 2016)
• Faculty Lecturer
• 53rd Annual Brazilian Congress of Plastic Surgery, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (September 2016)
• Faculty Lecturer
• Presenter – “Moving Beyond Donor Sites: Building the Ideal (Almost) Breast Following Mastectomy”
• Presenter – “Pre-Pectoral Breast Reconstruction: Current Technique”
• Presenter – “Augmentation/Mastopexy: Simplifying the Process”
• Presenter – “Revision Breast Augmentation: A Stepwise Approach for Success”
• 16th Annual Toronto Breast Symposium, Toronto, Canada (April 2016)
• Guest Faculty
• Presenter – “Augmentation/Mastopexy: Simplifying the Process”
• Presenter – “Aesthetic Breast Reconstruction: The Innovations I Learned from the Future”
• Presenter – “ADM for Breast Surgery: Past, Present and Future”
• Presenter – “Making the Latissimus Dorsi Work in Breast Reconstruction”
• American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons The Aesthetic Meeting 2016, Las Vegas, NV (April 2016)
• Panelist
• Royal and Ancient Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, Corde Valle, CA (April 2016)
• The Aesthetic Meeting 2016, Las Vegas, NV (April 2016)
• Presenter – “Mastering Control in Breast Augmentation: Tissue Based Planning and Refined Surgical Technique”
• 32nd Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Annual Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 2016)
• Presenter – “Aesthetic Breast Reconstruction: The 5 Innovations I Learned from the Future”
• Presenter – “Direct To Implant Breast Reconstruction with Shaped Implants”
• Presenter – “Latissimus Flap Breast Reconstruction: Critical Steps to Achieve Lasting Success”
• Panel Moderator – “Primary Breast Augmentation”
• Panel Moderator – “Augmentation and Mastopexy”
• Panel Moderator – “Perforator Flaps”

• 52nd Annual Brazilian Congress of Plastic Surgery, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (November 2015)
• Faculty Lecturer
• Presenter – “Strategies for Managing the Poor Result”
• Presenter – “Mastopexy versus Augmentation/Mastopexy: Decision Making and Technical Details”
• Presenter – “The Many Uses of ADM and Fat in Breast Surgery”
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons 2015 The Meeting, Boston, MA (October 2015)
• Presenter – “What You Need to Know About Large Volume Fat Grafting in the Breast”
• 2nd Annual Sao Paulo Breast Surgery Symposium, Sao Paulo, Brazil (October 2015)
• Faculty Lecturer
• Presenter – “Correction of Congenital Chest Wall Deformities with Composite Tissues”
• Presenter – “ADM for Correction of Capsular Contracture and Malposition: Technical Options”
• Presenter – “The Alloplastic Breast Implant: Is the Past Prologue to the Future or Is There Something Better?”
• Presenter – “Augmentation/Mastopexy: Key Decisions for Improved Results”
• Presenter – “Defining the Ideal Breast in the Augmentation Patient”
• London Breast Meeting, London, United Kingdom (September 2015)
• Presenter – “Implant Reconstruction Overview”
• Presenter – “Correction of Nipple Position”
• Presenter – “Strategies for Managing the Poor Result”
• Presenter – “Breast Augmentation in Patients with Moderate Ptosis: Does it Work?”
• Chairperson – “Implant Reconstruction Following Mastectomy”
• Johns Hopkins Biennial Meeting and Reunion, Baltimore, MD (June 2015)
• American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (May 2015)
• Faculty – “Aesthetic Breast Reconstruction: The New Paradigm in Breast Surgery”
• Faculty Lecturer
• Royal and Ancient Society of American Plastic Surgeons, Miami, FL (April 2015)
• 31st Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Annual Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 2015)
• Presenter – “Breast Shaping in the Massive Weight Loss Patient”
• Panel Moderator – “Fat Grafting Panel”
• Presenter – “Aesthetic Breast Reconstruction: The New Paradigm in Breast Surgery”

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons Plastic Surgery 2014 Meeting, Chicago, IL (October 2014)
• Facilitator – “ASPS Opening Ceremonies: Patient Marking Demonstration in Breast Reconstruction”
• Instructor – “Breast Reduction/Mastopexy: Reshaping the Ptotic Breast: Five Experts, Five Approaches”
• Instructor – “Congenital Breast Deformities”
• Instructor – “Complications in Breast Reconstruction: Prevention and Management”
• Emory Grand Rounds, Atlanta, GA (May 2014)
• Presenter – “Patient Evaluation and Device Selection in Women Seeking Breast Augmentation”
• American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (April 2014)
• Course Director – “Aesthetic Breast Reconstruction: The New Paradigm in Breast Surgery”
• Presenter – “Aesthetic Breast Reconstruction: Collaboration (Not Competition) Is Essential For Success”
• Society of Permanent Cosmetic Professionals 23rd Annual Spring Convention, Atlanta, GA (April 2014)
• Keynote Speaker
• Royal and Ancient Society of American Plastic Surgeons, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (March 2014)
• Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery Meeting, Cuiaba, Brazil (March 2014)
• International Guest Speaker
• Presenter – “Aesthetic Breast Reconstruction: The New Paradigm in Breast Surgery”
• Presenter – “Breast Reduction with a Superior Medial Pedicle: A 15-Year Experience”
• Presenter – “Correction of Malposition After Breast Augmentation”
• Panel Moderator – “Fat Transfer for Breast Surgery”
• The Plastic Surgery Channel, Dallas, TX (March 2014)
• Presenter – “Fat Grafting: Breathing New Life into Face Lifts”
• Presenter – “How Plastic Surgeons Can Help You Determine What’s Making You Look Old”
• 30th Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Annual Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 2014)
• Presenter – “Reconstruction of the Radiated Mastectomy: Fat is the Key to Success”
• Presenter – “The Ideal Breast Defined”
• Panel Moderator – “Autologous Breast Reconstruction”
• Panel Moderator – “Breast Augmentation with Fat Grafting”
• Panel Moderator – “Hot Topics in Breast Surgery”
• The Plastic Surgery Channel, Dallas, TX (January 2014)
• Co-Presenter (with J. Pozner) – “Does Where You Live Determine Implant Size?”

• 9th Annual QMP Aesthetic Surgery Symposium, Chicago, IL (November 2013)
• Presenter – “Stem Cells and Aesthetic Breast Surgery: Where Are We Now?”
• Presenter – “Aesthetic Breast Surgery: Defining the Ideal Breast Shape”
• Panelist – “Challenges, Complications, and Controversies in Fat Grafting”
• Panelist – “Implants – Current Choices, Indications, and Techniques”
• Panelist – “Complications of Breast Surgery”
• Master Class Instructor – “ADM’s and Scaffolds for Revisional Breast Surgery”
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons Plastic Surgery 2013 Meeting, San Diego, CA (October 2013)
• Scientific Panelist – “The Inframammary Fold in Breast Augmentation”
• American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons The Aesthetic Meeting 2013, New York City, NY (April 2013)
• Faculty Lecturer
• Panelist – “Management of Primary and Secondary Problems of Inframammary Fold – You Make the Choice”
• Breast Surgery and Body Contouring Symposium, Santa Fe, NM (August 2013)
• Faculty Lecturer
• Royal and Ancient Society of American Plastic Surgeons, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (March 2013)
• Allergan Advisory Board Member
• 29th Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Annual Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 2013)
• Presenter – “Latissimus Flaps and Highly Cohesive Gel Implants: Lessons Learned”
• Presenter – “Periareolar Mastopexy Augmentation: Beyond the Vertical Scar”
• Panel Moderator – “State of the Art Fat Grafting for Aesthetic and Reconstructive Uses”
• Panel Moderator – “Breast Reconstruction Panel”
• Panel Moderator – “Advantages and Disadvantages of Acellular Dermal Matrix”

• Allergan Academy Local Roundtable Meeting Series, Hollywood, FL (October 2012)
• Presenter – “Improving Outcomes in Breast Augmentation with Mastopexy”
• Allergan Academy Local Roundtable Meeting Series, Tampa, FL (May 2012)
• Presenter – “Approaching the Revision Patient: Strategies for Success”
• Allergan Breast Aesthetics Executive Council Meeting, Dallas, TX (March 2012)
• Natrelle Advisory Board Meeting, La Quinta-Palm Springs, CA (February 2012)
• Royal and Ancient Society of American Plastic Surgeons, La Quinta-Palm Springs, CA (February 2012)
• 28th Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Annual Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 2012)
• Presenter – “Breast Enhancement with the Superior Pulley System – An Analysis of Long Term Results”
• Presenter – “Enhancing Outcomes with Collaboration: Breast Reconstruction in an Ideal World”
• Panel Moderator – “The Future of Breast Augmentation”
• Panel Moderator – “The Future of Breast Reconstruction”
• Panel Moderator – “The Future of Oncoplastic Surgery”

• Allergan Academy Local Roundtable Meeting Series, West Palm Beach, FL (November 2011)
• Allergan Speakers Bureau, Naples, FL (November 2011)
• Presenter – “The Controversy of Comparative Claims – Silicone Gel-Filled Implant PMA Study Data”
• Presenter – “Approaching the Revision Patient: Strategies for Success”
• Allergan Academy Meeting, Louisville, KY (October 2011)
• Panel Moderator – “Aesthetic Breast Reconstruction with Tissue Expanders and Implants”
• Allergan Academy Local Roundtable Meeting Series, New Orleans, LA (October 2011)
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons Plastic Surgery 2011, Denver, CO (September 2011)
• Course Instructor – “Congenital Breast Reconstruction – The Current State of the Art”
• Speaker – “ASPS/ASERF Hot Topics Symposium”
• Speaker – “ASPS/ASERF 3DMD 3D Imaging Technology – Where Are We Now?”
• Scientific Program Panelist – “Addressing Primary Augmentation for Asymmetry and Congenital Breast Deformities”
• Allergan Academy Local Roundtable Meeting Series, Kansas City, MO (September 2011)
• Presenter – “Approaching the Revision Patient – Strategies for Success”
• Breast Surgery and Body Contouring Symposium, Santa Fe, NM (August 2011)
• Course Instructor – “ADM in Reconstructive Breast Surgery”
• Course Instructor – “Acellular Dermal Matrix: Is the Cost Justified?”
• Presenter – “Breast Reduction Using a Central Pedicle”
• Presenter – “Management of Poland’s Syndrome”
• Presenter – “Mastopexy: Soft Tissue Support of the Breast with Internal Breast Anchors”
• Panel Moderator – “Fat Grafting Module”
• Allergan Academy APEX Surgeon Education and Training, Chicago, IL (July 2011)
• Faculty Program Chairman
• Allergan, Inc. ACZONE ART Program, Baltimore, MD (June 2011)
• Allergan Academy Local Roundtable Meeting Series, Baltimore, MD (June 2011)
• Presenter – “Approaching the Revision Patient: Strategies for Success”
• Royal and Ancient Society of American Plastic Surgeons, Bluffton, SC (March 2011)
• Allergan Medical National Sales Meeting, San Antonio, TX (January 2011)
• 27th Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Annual Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 2011)
• Presenter – “Five Critical Steps to Achieving Excellence in Breast Reconstruction”
• Presenter – “ADM and Capsular Contracture: Are the Costs Justified?”
• Panel Moderator – “Breast Augmentation Panel”
• Panel Moderator – “Raising the Bar in Breast Surgery”

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons Plastic Surgery 2010, Toronto, Canada (October 2010)
• Course Instructor – “Congenital Breast Reconstruction – The Current State of the Art”
• Scientific Panelist – “Acellular Dermal Matrix in Breast Reconstruction”
• The Plastic Surgery Channel, Dallas, TX (June 2010)
• Co-Presenter (with W. Rosenblatt, S. Teitelbaum) – “Awake Breast Augmentation”
• Royal and Ancient Society of American Plastic Surgeons, Pebble Beach, CA (May 2010)
• The Plastic Surgery Channel, Dallas, TX (May 2010)
• Presenter – “Mommy Makeover”
• ASAPS The Aesthetic Meeting 2010, Washington, D.C. (April 2010)
• Panelist – “Acellular Dermal Matrices in Aesthetic Breast Surgery – Do the Results Justify the Cost?”
• American Association of Plastic Surgeons 89th Annual Meeting and Aesthetic Symposium, San Antonio, TX (March 2010)
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons Public Education Committee Retreat, Chicago, IL (March 2010)
• Allergan Medical Global Breast Reconstruction Advisory Meeting, Rome, Italy (February 2010)
• 26th Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Annual Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 2010)
• Presenter – “Breast Reconstruction with Latissimus Flaps and Shaped Implants”
• Presenter – “Capsular Contracture Prevention and Treatment with ADM”
• Panel Moderator – “Breast Augmentation Panel”
• Panel Moderator – “Oncological Considerations in Breast Cancer Panel”

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons Plastic Surgery 2009, Seattle, WA (October 2009)
• 26th Annual Meeting of Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Charleston, SC (September 2009)
• Royal and Ancient Society of American Plastic Surgeons, Bandon, OR (September 2009)
• Biennial Meeting of the Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association, Baltimore, MD (June 2009)
• Royal and Ancient Society of American Plastic Surgeons, Sea Island, GA (April 2009)
• Faculty, The Natrelle 410 Surgeon/Faculty Preceptor Forum, Dallas, TX (April 2009)
• American Association of Plastic Surgeons 88th Annual Meeting and Aesthetic Symposium, Rancho Mirage, CA (March 2009)
• The Plastic Surgery Channel, Dallas, TX (November 2009)
• Presenter – “Breast Lift With or Without Breast Augmentation”
• ASPS Plastic Surgery 2009, Seattle, WA (October 2009)
• Presenter – “Evolving Role of Textured Implants in Breast Surgery”
• Allergan Medical Breast Aesthetics Reconstruction Advisory Meeting, Miami, FL (February 2009)
• Tampa Bay Society of Plastic Surgeons, Tampa, FL (February 2009)
• Presenter – “Achieving Superior Results with Latissimus Flap and Shaped Devices”
• Presenter – “Capsular Contracture and Biofilm Infections: Are We Missing Something?”
• 25th Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Annual Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 2009)
• Presenter – “Correction of the Poland’s Deformity with Human Tissue Biologics”
• Presenter – “Optimizing Results at the Second Stage”
• Panel Moderator – “Augmentation/Mastopexy Panel”
• Panel Moderator – “Advances in Breast Reconstruction Over 25 Years Panel”

• 30th Congress Turkish Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery Society, Antalya, Turkey (October 2008)
• Presenter – “Breast Reconstruction Redux: Optimizing Results at the Second Stage”
• Interactive Panel – “Breast Reduction”
• Presenter – “Capsular Contracture, Breast Infections and Biofilm: What Are We Missing?”
• Piedmont Hospital Operating Room Rounds, Atlanta, GA (March 2008)
• Northside Hospital Plastic Surgery Conference, Atlanta, GA (October 2008)
• Presenter – “Infections in Reconstructive Breast Surgery: Methods to Lower Risks”
• Georgia Society of Plastic Surgery, Atlanta, GA (September 2008)
• Presenter – “Optimizing Results with Shape to Form Stable Devices”
• Piedmont Hospital Operating Room Rounds, Atlanta, GA (May 2008)
• Presenter – “Autologous Breast Reconstruction with Free Tissue Transfer”
• Annual Meeting of the Board, ASPS and Ethics Committee, July 2008
• Presenter – “Plastic Surgery Network: Options for Creation of Reality TV Based on ‘Real Plastic Surgery'”
• 8th Annual Toronto Breast Surgery Symposium, Toronto, Canada (April 2008)
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Professor
• Presenter – “Optimizing Results at the Second Stage of Breast Reconstruction”
• Presenter – “Biofilm and Capsular Contracture”
• Presenter – “Reconstruction of Breast Deformity in Poland’s Syndrome”
• Interactive Panel – “Fat Transfer for Aesthetic Breast Surgery”

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD (October 2007)
• Masters Series – “Refining Results at the Second Stage of Breast Reconstruction”
• Panel Discussion – “Delayed Breast Reconstruction”
• Panel Moderator – “Periareolar Mastopexy/Augmentation”
• Panelist – “Reconstruction of the Breast in Poland’s Syndrome”
• 23rd Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 2007)
• Presenter – “Mastopexy After Explantation: Improving Aesthetic Results”
• Panel Moderator – “Interactive Panel: Fat Transfer in Breast Surgery”
• Panel Moderator – “Reconstruction After Radiation”
• Panel Moderator – “Reconstruction With Implants/Expanders”
• Emory Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds, Atlanta, GA (2007)
• Presenter – “Innovations in Body Contouring”

• American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL (2006)
• Presenter – “Breast Reconstruction in the Setting of Radiation Therapy: Tips for Improving Outcome”
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting (2006)
• Breast and Body Contouring Meeting, Santa Fe, NM (2006)
• Presenter – “Mastopexy After Explanation”
• Presenter – “Reconstruction Following Breast Conservation”
• Interactive Panel – “Problem Cases in Breast Reconstruction”
• 22nd Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 2006)
• Presenter – “Achieving Consistent Results with Superomedial Reduction”
• Panel Moderator – “Breast Reconstruction with Implants Panel”
• Panel Moderator – “Oncological Issues in Breast Reconstruction Panel”

• Breast and Body Contouring Meeting, Santa Fe, NM (2005)
• Panel Moderator – “Addressing the Massive Weight Loss Patient”
• Interactive Panel Discussion – “Secondary Procedures in Breast Reconstruction: Strategy, Techniques, and Problem Cases”
• Presenter – “The Treatment of Poland’s Syndrome: An Evolving Strategy”
• American Society of Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL (2005)
• Instructional Course – “Breast Surgery: What to Do When the Shute Doesn’t Open”
• 21st Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 2005)
• Presenter – “Evaluation of Previous Operative Cases at One Year”
• Presenter – “Breast Reconstruction with Expanders/Implants, Breast Reconstruction After Radiation: Mastopexy Options”
• Emory Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds, Atlanta, GA (2005)
• Presenter – “Experience with the Superomedial Breast Reduction – Technical Tips and Avoidance of Pitfalls”
• San Diego Shoulder Meeting, San Diego, CA (2005)
• Presenter – “Cadaver Dissection of Triceps Flap for Massive Rotator Cuff Tears”

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• Presenter – “Classification and Treatment of the Patient with Poland’s Syndrome: A 30 Year Review”
• Presenter – “Breast Reduction with Superomedial Pedicle”
• Presenter – “Correction of Abdominal Bulge and Hernia After TRAM: A 30 Year Review”
• Panel Discussion – “Evaluation and Management of the Difficult Breast Patient”

• Presenter – “Classification and Treatment of Poland’s Syndrome: A 30 Year Review”

• Presenter – “A Triceps Flap for Reconstruction of Massive Tears of the Rotator Cuff”

• Presenter – “Breast Reduction with a Superomedial Pedicle”

• Breast and Body Contouring Meeting, Santa Fe, NM (2003)
• Emory Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds, Atlanta, GA (2003)
• Presenter – “Mastopexy/Augmentation – Patient Selection and Results”
• 19th Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 2003)
• Presenter – “Reconstruction of Chest Wall and Breast in Poland’s Syndrome”

• 18th Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 2002)
• Presenter – “An Analysis of 928 Pedicle and 256 Free TRAM Flap Breast Reconstruction”

• 17th Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 2001)
• American Association of Plastic Surgery, Charleston, SC (2001)
• Presenter – “An Analysis of 928 Pedicle and 256 Free TRAM Flap Breast Reconstructions”
• American Society of Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting (2001)
• Presenter – “An Analysis of 928 Pedicle and 256 Free TRAM Flap Breast Reconstructions”

• 16th Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 2000)
• Southeastern Society of Plastic Surgery (2000)
• Presenter – “An Analysis of 928 Pedicle and 256 Free TRAM Breast Reconstructions”
• 13th International Symposium of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Martinique (2000)
• Presenter – “Vertical Mastopexy/Augmentation”

• 15th Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 1999)

• 14th Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 1998)
• Presenter – “A 20 Year Experience with Poland’s Syndrome”

• 13th Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 1997)
• Presenter – “Management of Abdominal Wall Hernia/Bulge After TRAM Reconstruction”
• Presenter – “Innovations in Nipple Areolar Reconstruction”
• Emory Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds, Atlanta, GA (1997)
• Presenter – “The Future of Breast Reconstruction”

• 12th Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 1996)
• Southeastern Society of Plastic Surgery, Palm Beach, FL (1996)
• Presenter – “Anatomy of the Human Fetal Philtrum”
• Emory University Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds, Atlanta, GA (1996-Present)

• 11th Annual Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Breast Symposium, Atlanta, GA (January 1995)
• Italian/American Meeting, Florence, Italy (1994)
• Presenter – “Closure of Acquired Complex Wounds of the Back Using Latissimus Dorsi Turnover Flaps”

• American Society of Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Meeting, Portland, OR (1993)
• Presenter – “Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of the Human Fetal Philtrum”
• American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL (1991)
• Presenter – “Effect of Dressings on Cutaneous Wound Healing in Obese Diabetic Mice”
• Baltimore Academy of Surgery, Baltimore, MD (1991)
• Presenter – “Effect of Dressings on Cutaneous Wound Healing in Obese Diabetic Mice”