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55th Annual Meeting
Hosted by Stanford University
Hilton San Francisco
San Francisco, California
May 22-26, 2010

We are delighted to invite you to participate in the 55th annual Plastic Surgery Research Council. The meeting is hosted by Stanford University and will be held in the beautiful Union Square district of San Francisco. This year’s meeting will focus on how basic science research is eventually translated into the clinic. In the opening session, our speakers will explain the process of technology development and how an idea goes from the “back of a napkin” to a clinical product that is commercially available. Silicon Valley is the world capital for technology development and local luminaries will speak on the important components of the innovation process including intellectual property, attracting investors and building a business. Notable speakers in this session include former FDA commissioner, David Kessler MD, and William Campbell, the “Coach of Silicon Valley”, who is chairman of Intuit, Director of Apple and personal advisor to Eric Schmidt of Google.

This will be followed by research presentations covering the entire breadth of plastic surgery including clinical outcomes research, composite tissue transplantation, stem cell biology, tissue engineering and more. We have had record numbers of papers submitted (over 400) this year and Program Chair, Brad Wilhelmi MD, and his program committee have spent a great deal of time selecting the very best for presentation at this year’s meeting. The Plastic Surgery Research Council is traditionally the forum for the best scientific papers in our specialty and this year will be no exception. I hope you take this opportunity to catch up on the latest advances presented by the best and the brightest in our specialty.

San Francisco is beautiful in the springtime and there will also be ample opportunities to enjoy the city. The meeting location is in Union Square, the retail and shopping center of San Francisco, and within walking distance to many major attractions. The welcome reception will be held at the Legion of Honor, a cliff top museum overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. An exhibit on impressionism masters will surround the diners during this special event. The Members dinner will take place at the Pacific Union Club, one of the oldest and most prestigious private clubs west of the Mississippi.

Given the focus on the translation of basic research into the clinic, the meeting will be preceded by a symposium focusing on technologies that are already in the clinic. Presented in cooperation with the Plastic Surgery Education Foundation (PSEF), the inaugural Technology Innovation in Plastic Surgery (TIPS) meeting will explore the scientific basis of clinically available technologies such as negative pressure wound therapy, injectables, breast implants and more. Registration for this meeting will be available at a reduced rate for attendees of the Research Council (www.psurgtips.com). The extremely close relationship between innovative technology and basic science research science is emphasized by the fact that the opening session of PSRC will overlap with the keynote session of TIPS meeting allowing scientists, clinicians and industry to network at the reception that follows.

I am honored to host this one-of-a-kind meeting and will look forward to seeing you in San Francisco. It promises to be a fun and educational meeting that will help the aspiring surgeon-scientist go from bench to beside with their ideas. I hope you will join us.

Best, Geoff

Geoffrey C. Gurtner, MD
Professor and Associate Chairman Department of Surgery Stanford University

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