The Cutting Edge: 2025 USC Oculofacial Plastic Surgery Surgical Skills Course
Dates: June 6-7, 2025
Location: USC Surgical Skills Simulation Center
2250 Alcazar St., Room B-10, Los Angeles, CA 90033
2025 Agenda is Forthcoming. Please see last year’s agenda below for reference:
Friday, January 19, 2024
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30am – 8:00am | Breakfast | |
| 8:00am – 9:00am | Invited Lecture – Anatomic Associations in Facial Feedback | Dr. Cat Burkat |
| 9:00am – 9:10am | Intro | Dr. Sandy Zhang-Nunes |
| 9:10am – 9:30am | Filler Injections on Upper Face | |
| 9:30am – 9:40am | Upper Bleph with Asian Blepharoplasty Lecture | |
| 9:40am – 10:00am | Upper Bleph Lab | |
| 10:00am – 10:15am | Lower Eyelid Bleph and Canthoplasty Lectures | |
| 10:15am – 11:15am | Lower Eyelid Bleph with Fat Repositioning and Canthoplasty Lab | |
| 11:15am – 12:15pm | Lunch | |
| 12:15pm – 2:00pm | Orbital Decompression with Drill and Sonopet | |
| 2:00pm – 2:15pm | Orbital Fracture Plating | |
| 2:15pm – 3:00pm | Orbital Fracture Plating Lab | |
| 3:00pm – 3:15pm | Silicone Intubation and External DCR Lecture | |
| 3:15pm – 4:30pm | Silicone Intubation and External DCR Lab | |
| 6:00pm – 8:00pm | Cocktail Reception Journal Club at Takami Elevate Lounge (sponsored by Stryker) |
Saturday, January 20, 2024
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30am – 8:00am | Breakfast | |
| 8:00am – 8:10am | Corneal Neurotization Lecture | |
| 8:10am – 8:40am | Corneal Neurotization Lab | |
| 8:40am – 8:50am | Endoscopic DCR Lecture | |
| 8:50am – 9:00am | Septoplasty and Endoscopic Medial Orbital Decompression Lecture | |
| 9:00am – 10:30am | Endoscopic DCR, Septoplasty and Endoscopic Orbital Decompression Lab | |
| 10:30am– 10:40am | PRP/PRF Lecture | |
| 10:40am – 11:00am | Fillers on Lower Face | |
| 11:00am – 11:15am | Endoscopic, Pretrichial and Trichophytic Brow Lifting Lecture | |
| 11:15am – 12:30pm | Endoscopic Brow Lift and Trichophytic Brow Lift Lab | |
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30pm – 1:40pm | Facial Fat Transfer and Complications of Facial Fat Lectures | |
| 1:40pm – 2:10pm | Facial Fat Transfer Lab | |
| 2:10pm- 2:40pm | Face Implants Lecture and Lab | |
| 2:40pm – 2:50pm | Face Lifting Lecture | |
| 2:50pm – 3:30pm | Face Lifting Demo and Lab | |
| 3:30pm – 4:00pm | Exenteration of Orbits Lecture and Demo | |
| 4:00pm – 4:30pm | Face Lifting practice, more Orbital Plating and drilling practice, Facial dissection to look for fillers and threads, and Free Dissection Lab |
For questions or additional information, please contact Lien Lam