About this event

  • Date and time Fri 6 Jun 2025 from 8:00am to 7 Jun 2025 at 5:00pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Plastic Surgery

Join us for this insightful conference exploring the evolving intersection of facial reconstruction, reanimation, and aesthetic surgery. This conference brings together leading experts to discuss cutting-edge techniques, advancements in surgical innovation, and the latest evidence-based approaches to restoring form and function.

Through a series of expert-led discussions and case studies, participants will gain valuable insights into complex facial reconstructive procedures, nerve reanimation strategies, and aesthetic surgical principles that enhance appearance and function. The event will also highlight the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in optimising patient outcomes.

By attending the conference, you will build your knowledge on

  • Reconstructive techniques of the face
  • Aesthetic surgery of the face
  • Reanimation of the paralyzed face

The conference will provide a platform to exchange knowledge, explore innovative treatments, and discuss the challenges and opportunities at the interface of reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.

 

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Tickets

Early Bird pricing available until 25 April 2025.

Member

RSM Fellow
Day 1 Day 2
£77.00 Meeting - Day 1
£10.00 Optional drinks reception
£77.00 Meeting - Day 2
RSM Associate
Day 1 Day 2
£46.00 Meeting - Day 1
£10.00 Optional drinks reception
£46.00 Meeting - Day 2
RSM Retired Fellow
Day 1 Day 2
£46.00 Meeting - Day 1
£10.00 Optional drinks reception
£46.00 Meeting - Day 2
RSM Trainee
Day 1 Day 2
£46.00 Meeting - Day 1
£10.00 Optional drinks reception
£46.00 Meeting - Day 2
RSM Student
Day 1 Day 2
£24.00 Meeting - Day 1
£10.00 Optional drinks reception
£24.00 Meeting - Day 2

Non - Member

Consultant / GP / SAS Doctors
Day 1 Day 2
£141.00 Meeting - Day 1
£15.00 Optional drinks reception
£141.00 Meeting - Day 2
AHP / Nurse / Midwife
Day 1 Day 2
£84.00 Meeting - Day 1
£15.00 Optional drinks reception
£84.00 Meeting - Day 2
Trainee
Day 1 Day 2
£84.00 Meeting - Day 1
£15.00 Optional drinks reception
£84.00 Meeting - Day 2
Student
Day 1 Day 2
£44.00 Meeting - Day 1
£15.00 Optional drinks reception
£44.00 Meeting - Day 2

Agenda

View the programme - Day one

Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction

Ms Kallirroi Tzafetta, President, Plastic Surgery Section, Royal Society of Medicine

Session one

Chairs: Fateh Ahmad, Immediate Past President, Plastic Surgery Section, Royal Society of Medicine, and Riaz Agha, President Elect, Plastic Surgery Section, Royal Society of Medicine

Facial aesthetics: From art to plastic surgery

Professor Mimis Cohen

Functional endoscopic browlift: Indications, safety, and minimizing complications

Dr John Anastasatos

Lower eyelid blepharoplasty and managing complications

Rachna Murthy

Transconjunctival lower eyelid blepharoplasty

Oscar Fernandez-Diaz

Questions and answers
Tea and coffee break

Session two

Chairs: Kallirroi Tzafetta and Jonathan Britto, Consultant Plastic and Craniofacial Surgeon

The two faces of facial paralysis: Flaccid versus synkinesis

Professor Shai Rozen, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Plastic Surgery, UT Southwestern, Dallas 

Managing the periorbital in facial palsy

Rachna Murthy

Comprehensive management of post-paretic facial synkinesis

Charles Nduka

Facial paralysis - a functional, aesthetic, and evidence based approach

Professor Shai Rozen

The dissatisfied patient: How to prevent and how to manage

Professor Mimis Cohen

Questions and answers
Lunch

Session three

Chairs: Ruben Kannan, Honorary Secretary, Plastic Surgery Section, Royal Society of Medicine, and Quillan Young Sing, Council Member, Plastic Surgery Section, Royal Society of Medicine

Minimally invasive midface suspension – “Scarless midface lift”. From open suture suspension of the malar fat pad to closed one, and significance for the midface and rejuvenation

Dr John Anastasatos

My approaches to facelifting

Dominique Bray

Ligaments and fat compartments of the face

Ms Kallirroi Tzafetta

Facial paralysis - a functional, aesthetic, and evidence based approach

Professor Shai Rozen

Questions and answers
Tea and coffee break

Session four

Chairs: Kallirroi Tzafetta and Fateh Ahmad

The use of laser in managing the face

Quentin Frew

Non surgical management of the face

Speaker to be confirmed

Questions and answers
Closing remarks

Kallirroi Tzafetta

Close of meeting
View the programme - Day two

Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction

Ms Kallirroi Tzafetta, President, Plastic Surgery Section, Royal Society of Medicine

Session one

Chairs: Fateh Ahmad, Immediate Past President, Plastic Surgery Section, Royal Society of Medicine, and Riaz Agha, President Elect, Plastic Surgery Section, Royal Society of Medicine

Current thoughts for management of facial clefts. A 40 year experience

Professor Mimis Cohen

Craniofacial approach

Mr Johnson

Combining evidence and aesthetics in facial palsy

Professor Shai Rozen, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Plastic Surgery, UT Southwestern, Dallas 

Aesthetic considerations in facial reconstructions

Rana Das Gupta

Questions and answers
Tea and coffee break

Session two

Chairs: Kallirroi Tzafetta and Jonathan Britto, Consultant Plastic and Craniofacial Surgeon

Managing the severely deviated nose

Charles East

Tip rhinoplasty

Alwyn D'Souza

Functional and aesthetic management in revisional rhinoplasty

Professor Mimis Cohen

Management of the chin

Lucian Ion

Management of the midface

David Johnson

Questions and answers
Lunch

Session three

Chairs: Monica Fawzy and Dan Saleh

Mandibular reconstruction

Speaker to be confirmed

Maxillary reconstruction

Speaker to be confirmed

Ear reconstruction

N Bulstrode

Periorbital reconstruction

Speaker to be confirmed

Questions and answers
Tea and coffee break

Session four

Chairs: Kallirroi Tzafetta and Fateh Ahmad

Robotic surgery in head and neck

Speaker to be confirmed

Tissue prefabrication in head and neck reconstructions

Speaker to be confirmed

Questions and answers
Closing remarks

Ms Kallirroi Tzafetta

Close of meeting

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

 

Registration for this event will close at 1:00 am on Thursday 5 June 2025. Late registrations will not be accepted.

The agenda is subject to change at any time

If the event is recorded, we can only share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.

All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, or the speaker's organisations.

This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in the future on various Internet channels.

Domus - reception

While you’re attending this event

Why not stay in the comfort of our hotel, Domus Medica, book dinner in the restaurant, or even hire one of our private dining rooms to socialise with your peers?

RSM members enjoy access to our enviable club facilities. For more information, please contact our team at domus@rsm.ac.uk or restaurant@rsm.ac.uk.

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