John Potochny, MD, FACS President

I hope you are enjoying some time relaxing in the company of family and friends and resuming travel as we head into the 39th Annual in Newport! Planning for travel and vacations is almost as rewarding as getting there because there is something fun to look forward to holding a place on your calendar. It certainly feels like the worst of the pandemic is now behind. Building upon the tremendous success of the live, in-person 2021 Annual Meeting last September in Philadelphia, presided over by Dr. Brian Glatt and chaired by Dr. Suhail Kanchwala, I was so pleased to see many of you in NYC for the NESPS Spring Workshop featuring Breast and Body Surgery this past March... More

I wanted to take this opportunity to share some exciting changes which are taking place with the leadership structure of the NESPS. Over the past year and a half, we have been hard at work reviewing and significantly revising the bylaws of the NESPS. Over the nearly 40 year history of the society, we have not had any significant changes made to the structure of our leadership process or board make up, and many of us believe we needed to update our process. WHY? More

Latest News from the Section's Programs More

Friday, September 30th

PANEL 1 – THE PATIENT YOU LEAST WANT TO SEE ON YOUR OFFICE SCHEDULE-- EXPERT LESSONS LEARNED TO MANAGE THE MOST DIFFICULT TO PLEASE PATIENTS

Moderator:	Andrea L. Pusic, MD
Panelists:	Mark B. Constantian, MD Richard T. Silverman, MD Samuel J. Lin, MD

Women in Plastic Surgery Luncheon
Supported by Allergan Aesthetics, an Abbvie Company
Salons III & IV

Chairs:	Kristen M. Broderick, MD, Tara L. Huston, MD, Ashley N. Amalfi, MD
Guest Speaker:	Christine H. Rohde, MD

PANEL 2 – ADVANCES IN FAT GRAFTING AND REGENERATIVE PLASTIC SURGERY
Salons III & IV

Moderator:	Jeffrey Gusenoff, MD
Panelists:	J. Peter Rubin, MD, MBA Ivona Percec, MD, PhD Dino J. Ravnic, MO, MPH

PANEL 3 – TIPS & TRICKS
Salons III & IV

Moderator:	Evan Matros, MD
Panelists:	Loree K. Kalliainen, MD David M. Otterburn, MD David Song, MD, MBA John P. Fischer, MD, MPH J. Peter Rubin, MD, MBA Farooq Shahzad, MBBS Carolyn De La Cruz, MD Janice F. Lalikos, MD

Saturday, October 1st

PANEL 4 – GENDER AFFIRMATION SURGERY: VARIATIONS IN VAGINOPLASTY PRACTICE
Salons III & IV

Moderator:	Peter J. Taub, MD
Panelists:	Jess Ting, MD Devin M. O'Brien Coon, MD Christine McGinn, MD

PANEL 5 – BREAST PANEL
Salons III & IV

Moderator:	Howard N. Langstein, MD
Panelists:	Lino F. Miele, MD Carolyn De La Cruz Christine H. Rohde, MD Bernard T. Lee, MD, MBA, MPH

Sunday, October 2nd

PANEL 6 – RESIDENTS GUIDE TO SUCCESS
Salons III & IV

Moderator:	John D. Potochny, MD
Panelists:	Niles Benn, Esq. - Lawyer Brian S. Glatt, MD - Private Practice Vu T. Nguyen, MD - Academics Brian Pinsky, MD - Hybrid Private/Academics

The NESPS Annual Business Meeting will be held on Saturday, October 1, 2022, at 12:00 PM in Salons III&IV at the Newport Marriott.

The Following Slate of nominations will be voted on...

NESPS NOMINATING COMMITTEE SLATE
2022-2023

OFFICE	INCUMBENT	NOMINEE
President	John Potochny	Howard Langstein
Vice President	Howard Langstein	Tara Huston
Secretary	Janice Lalikos	Janice Lalikos
Asst. Secretary		Gusenoff
Treasurer	Tara Huston completing 1st year of term	Kristen Broderick
Asst. Treasurer		Evan Matros
Historian	Jeffrey Gusenoff	Suhail Kanchwala
Member-at-Large	Bernard Lee	Ashley Amalfi
Member-at-Large	Christine Rohde	Vu Ngyen
Trustee	Peter Taub	Peter Taub
Trustee	Babak Mehrara	Brian Glatt
Immediate Past President	Brian Glatt	John Potochny

** Parliamentarian is a Presidential appointment.

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A proposed update to the By-laws (laid out by Dr. Potochny and Dr. Glatt above) is up for vote at the Annual Business Meeting.
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The NESPS Education Fund, formerly the Second Decade Fund, was inaugurated in 1998 by Dr. Bill Little to support the educational efforts of the NESPS. More