Course Director:
Walter Tom, MD

2009 Course Dates:
September 12-13
November 14-15

Course Fee: $4,995.00
22 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits

Course Location:
Aesthetic Laser and Vein Centers
170 Farmers Lane Ste 6B
Santa Rosa, CA 95405

DAY ONE
7:00 – 7:30 am    Registration, Welcome, and Breakfast
7:30 – 7:45 am    History of the procedure “How it got started and by whom!”
7:45 – 8:00 am   The Overview: Office base liposuction using local tumescent anesthesia
8:00 – 8:15 am   Anatomy review “Break it down”
8:15 – 9:00 am   Identifying potential patients then consent & exam
9:00 – 9:10 am   Patient preparation & preoperative medications
9:10 – 9:30 am   Patient markings – fat deposits (topography format)
9:30 – 10:00am  Local tumescent anesthesia preparation
10:00 – 10:15am Identifying safe limits of lidocaine & side effects
10:15 – 10:45am Keys to pre/post operative photography
10:45 – 11:00am Morning break (food & drink available)
11:00 – 11:15am Room set-up, instrument selection & layout, and surgical dressing
11:15 – 11:45am Infiltration methods of infusing local tumescent anesthesia using infiltration cannulas or spinal needles
11:45 – 1:00pm   First case of live surgery with hands-on opportunity: upper and lower abdomen
12:00 – 12:30pm Aspiration methods utilizing SAL and/or PAL
12:30 – 12:40pm Recovery, post operative treatment, and potential complications involving touch-up
1:00 – 1:30pm      Working Lunch
1:45 – 5:00pm      Second live surgery with hands-on opportunity: upper & lower abdomen with flanks (beginning liposuction)
5:00 – 6:00pm      Overall review, question and answer session
6:00 pm                 Adjourn

DAY TWO
7:00 – 7:30 am    Breakfast
7:30 – 12:00 pm Live surgery with hands-on opportunity. Two cases both upper & lower abdomen with flanks (beginning liposuction)
12:00 – 1:00pm  Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 pm   Malpractice Considerations
1:30 – 2:00 pm   Business model for implementing liposuction into your practice
2:30 – 3:00 pm   Marketing this cosmetic procedure into your practice both internally & externally
3:00 – 3:15 pm   Afternoon break (food & drink available)
3:15 – 3:45 pm   Establishing a fee schedule for the procedure
3:45 – 4:00 pm   Discussing physical space requirements: ideal set-up for your liposuction suite
4:00 – 4:30 pm   Instrument selection and O/R set-up, costs of getting started
4:30 – 5:00 pm   Managing patients who are challenging & unsatisfied with the results
5:00 – 5:30 pm   Overall review, question and answer session
5:30 pm               Adjourn