November 25 - 27, 2011
ISAPS Live Surgery Course...

Dear Friends,
It is a great pleasure to be here again. Last year we thought we could never do it, and we doubted that ability every single day preceding the congress. But with our persistence, and your presence as participants, and the great participation of the medical companies, we had a great success. We thank you all.

As it has been said previously, and frequently repeated by Dr Tom Biggs, “we stand on the shoulder of giants”. We have many teachers to learn from, and many predecessors to follow. Last year our congress was a great success, and we received many encouraging and acclaiming remarks and responses. In a brief moment of rest between runs from one room to another and from one floor to another trying to keep thing running as they should, Dr Sam Hamra came up to the organizing committee and said “You have put Beirut (Lebanon) on the international map of meetings on plastic surgery”.

And this year, we will do it again, but this time with a much greater confidence in our abilities and your participation. This year, we are organizing a live surgery ISAPS course, in collaboration with the ISAPS Educational Commission chaired by Dr Nazim Cerkes, consisting of two live surgery days, with two operating rooms running simultaneously. Great names are going to be in Beirut this year, and we on giving you an excellent program that you will find both instructional and educational. The course will conclude on the third day with the 2nd annual congress of the Lebanese Society of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery (LSPRAS), which will included many renowned speakers and industry sponsored instructional courses.

An excellent social program will accompany the course, including dinners, dancing the night away, touring and visiting ancient cities of Lebanon, as well as shopping in some of the most famous areas of Beirut.

We would like to welcome you again in Beirut, and hope that those who missed last year’s event and regretted it will not miss it again this year and live to regret it forever.