A WPATH GEI Certified Symposium
DESCRIPTION
Transgender patients across the world are increasingly seeking gender affirming surgery, including facial gender surgery; but accessibility to competent providers able to offer quality medical care is increasingly difficult. The International Facial Gender Symposium is a collaboration between FACIALTEAM Training & Education and Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health to introduce new techniques and encourage advancement in patient care. As part of their commitment to the best quality care for the transgender community, the symposium has been thoughtfully designed to maximize exposure to proven techniques by internationally and nationally recognized providers.
The first annual International Facial Gender Symposium will be a high-level, immersive 2 day program, designed to encourage discussion and introduce novel techniques and approaches to improve gender congruence in the face. It will include a full day of theoretical sessions and panel discussions, plus a full day of cadaver practicum. The program features invited presenters of both international accolade and from respected, established practices across the United States.
The program is aimed at plastic surgeons, otolaryngologists and other craniofacial specialists who are interested in learning the surgical techniques involving bone and soft tissue specifically employed in facial gender surgery.
The symposium has been accredited by WPATH, so attendees may obtain GEI continuing education credits.
GENERAL INFORMATION
ORGANIZERS
FACIALTEAM Training & Education and Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
Depending on the training modules:
- Theoretical day (Friday 26): until full capacity
- Theoretical day and cadaver lab (Friday 26 and Saturday 27): limited to a maximum of 16 students
AIMED AT
Specialists in oral and maxillofacial surgery, reconstructive and plastic surgery, and ENT surgeons
LENGTH
The program runs for 2 consecutive days
SYMPOSIUM DATES
July 26-27, 2019
SYMPOSIUM LOCATION
Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland 21287
USA
REGISTRATION FEE
- Theoretical day only (Friday 26) for trainees and residents without evening event: 250€ *
- Theoretical day only (Friday 26): 650€
- Theoretical day and cadaver lab (Friday 26 and Saturday 27): 2,800€
*Verification is required and must be on record by July 26th, 2019. Valid documentation: proof of payment of academic tuition, letter from residency supervisor or academic supervisor.
REGISTRATION AND DEADLINE
To enroll in the inaugural International Facial Gender Symposium, please follow these steps:
- Fill in the form with all your personal data. You will receive a notification email indicating your reservation number and bank details.
- Proceed with the payment by bank transfer. Please indicate your name and reservation number in the subject line.
- Send the proof of payment to info@internationalfgs.com, indicating your name and reservation number. An invoice confirming the final acceptance will be sent to you once the transfer is complete.
Registration is now closed
If you have any questions, please contact us at:
info@internationalfgs.com
PROGRAM COORDINATORS
Dr. Fermín Capitán Cañadas, PhD
FACIALTEAM Training & Education Director, Marbella, Málaga, Spain
Melissa Noyes, Clinical Program Coordinator
Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
IFGS PROGRAM
Schedule may be subject to change
Friday, July 26
| Time | Topic | Speaker/Moderator |
| 8:00 – 8:55 | Registration / Breakfast with Exhibitors | |
| 8:55 – 9:00 | Welcome Remarks, Introduction | Devin O’Brien Coon |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Medical Necessity of Facial Gender Surgery | Jens Berli |
| 9:30 – 9:50 | Psychological Considerations and Screening in FGS | Kate Thomas |
| 9:50 – 10:15 | Panel: Medical Necessity, Evidence and Insurance: Where Are We Headed? | Moderator: Devin O’Brien Coon Speakers: Jens Berli Thomas Satterwhite Sol Mundinger |
| 10:15 – 10:25 | Refreshments/Break |
UPPER THIRD
| 10:25 – 10:40 | Forehead Contouring: Indications and Planning | Luis Capitán |
| 10:40 – 11:10 | Forehead Contouring: Surgical Technique | Luis Capitán |
| 11:10 – 11:20 | Hair Transplantation: FUT and FUE for FGS | Carrie Houssock |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Hairline Lowering: Pretrichial Approach to the Forehead | Thomas Satterwhite |
| 11:40 – 11:50 | Virtual Surgical Planning for Forehead Reconstruction | Devin O’Brien Coon |
| 11:50 – 12:30 | Panel: Controversies in Management of the Frontal Sinus: Anterior Wall Designs and Fixation Methods | Moderator: Jens Berli Speakers: Luis Capitán Thomas Satterwhite Toby Meltzer |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch with Exhibitors |
MIDFACE
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Rhinoplasty Techniques in FGS | Toby Meltzer |
| 14:00 – 14:25 | Panel: Gender Rhinoplasty – Obtaining Optimal Aesthetics while Avoiding Disaster | Moderator: Devin O’Brien Coon Speakers: Toby Meltzer Jens Berli Thiago Tenório |
| 14:25 – 14:35 | IFGS Consensus Paper for PRS Publication | |
| 14:35 – 15:00 | Refreshments/Break |
LOWER THIRD AND NECK
| 15:00 – 15:10 | Lower Jaw Contouring: Preoperative Evaluation and Indications | Daniel Simon |
| 15:10 – 15:40 | Lower Jaw Contouring: Comprehensive Technique | Daniel Simon |
| 15:40 – 15:55 | Tracheal Chondroplasty: Obtaining Safe and Reproducible Results | Sol Mundinger |
| 15:55 – 16:15 | Vocal Cord Surgery and Voice Therapy | Simon Best & Ashley Davis |
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
| 16:15 – 16:25 | New Innovations in Virtual Planning, Orthognathics and 3D Printing | |
| 16:25 – 16:35 | Program Building and Financials: Making Self-Pay Craniofacial Surgery Feasible in a U.S. Center | Devin O’Brien Coon |
| 16:35 – 16:45 | Advanced Technology: Craniofacial VSP, Rigid Fixation and 3D CAD/CAM | Devin O’Brien Coon |
| 16:45 – 16:55 | Piezosurgery in Conjunction with Cutting Guides | Daniel Simon |
| 17:00 | Day One Wrap-Up / Instructions to Cocktail Reception |
Saturday, July 27
| Time | Topic | Speaker/Moderator |
| 7:30 | Breakfast | |
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Technical Presentation: Frontal Sinus Setback | Luis Capitán |
| 8:30 – 8:45 | Briefing on Cadaver Lab activity | Luis Capitán |
| 8:45 – 9:00 | Set-up/Cadaver Lab intro | Devin O’Brien Coon |
| 9:00 – 11:30 | Cadaver Practicum on upper third of face | |
| 11:45 – 12:30 | Lunch and Open Discussion | |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Technical Presentation: Lower Jaw Contouring | Daniel Simon |
| 13:00 – 13:20 | Technical Presentation: Rhinoplasty | Devin O’Brien Coon |
| 13:20 – 13:30 | Briefing on Cadaver Lab activity | Daniel Simon |
| 13:30 – 16:30 | Cadaver Practicum on midface/lower third of face | |
| 16:30 | Day Two Wrap-Up |
FACULTY
LUIS CAPITÁN, MD, PhD
Founder and Director
FACIALTEAM, Marbella, Málaga, Spain
With an undergraduate degree in medicine and surgery from the University of Granada (2000), he obtained the title of specialist in oral and maxillofacial surgery via the exclusive MIR system (2006) after 5 years of residency at the University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves of Granada.
Devin O’Brien-Coon, MD, MSE
Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Dr. Devin O’Brien Coon is an Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and Biomedical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his general surgery and plastic surgery training at the Johns Hopkins/University of Maryland
Daniel Simon, DMD
Founder and Director
FACIALTEAM, Marbella, Málaga, Spain
After specializing in surgical anatomy of the face, Dr. Daniel Simon began his residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery in São Paulo, in 2001, and finished it in 2004. From 2005 to 2007, Dr. Simon completed a fellowship in Belgium for the Department of Oral and
Carlos Bailón, MD
FFS Specialist
FACIALTEAM, Marbella, Málaga, Spain
With an undergraduate degree in medicine and surgery from the University of Granada (2006), he obtained the title of specialist in oral and maxillofacial surgery via the exclusive MIR system (2012) after 5 years of residency at the University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves of Granada.
Jens Berli, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
Dr. Berli received his medical degree from the University of Zurich. His residency was spent in general surgery/ortho-trauma in Switzerland, and in plastic surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Berli has been a visiting physician at the premier centers for transgender health and since
Simon Best, MD
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Voice Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Dr. Simon Best is an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery and a member of the Johns Hopkins Voice Center. His clinical practice is focused on the surgical care of voice and airway disorders, including vocal cord surgery for the transgender
Ashley Davis, MS
Assistant of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Voice Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Ashley Davis graduated from The University of Michigan with a BFA in Musical Theater. She received an MS degree with honors in Speech-Language Pathology from Loyola University of Maryland with a specialty in voice disorders. Ms. Davis’s clinical interests focus primarily in the areas of adult and pediatric voice disorders, disorders of the
Carrie A. Houssock, MD
Associate Plastic Surgeon
Vogel Plastic Surgery, Baltimore, MD, USA
Dr. Carrie Houssock is an aesthetic plastic surgeon practicing in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her undergraduate degree at Franklin and Marshall College and her medical doctorate from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. She continued her education at Jefferson by completing a residency in general surgery. Dr. Houssock then went on to complete a second
Toby Meltzer, MD
Founder and Director
The Meltzer Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Dr. Toby Meltzer graduated from LSU Medical School in 1983 and is board certified in Plastic Surgery. An active member of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, he started practicing at Oregon Health Sciences University in 1990 and began private practice in 1996 in Portland, Oregon.
In 2003 he moved to Scottsdale, Arizona
Sol Mundinger, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, USA
Dr. Gerhard S. (Sol) Mundinger completed medical school and plastic surgery residency at Johns Hopkins and craniofacial fellowship at Seattle Children’s Hospital / Harborview Medical Center. He is currently Assistant Professor of Surgery at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, where he is the Craniofacial Center Director, Associate
Thomas Satterwhite, MD
Founder and Director
Align Surgical Associates Inc
San Francisco, CA, USA
Dr. Satterwhite, a diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, obtained his bachelor’s degree (Human Biology with Honors) and medical degree at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. He remained at Stanford Hospital to complete his residency in plastic surgery, a highly regarded training program. His expertise in facial surgery was further
THIAGO M. TENÓRIO, MD
FFS Specialist
FACIALTEAM, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
With an undergraduate degree in medicine from Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, Brazil (2004), he obtained the title of specialist in general surgery and plastic surgery (2011) after 5 years of residency at the Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, Brazil.
KATE THOMAS, PhD, APRN
Director of Clinical Services, Johns Hopkins Sex and Gender Clinic, Baltimore, Maryland
Dr. Kate Thomas is an instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and is the Director of Clinical Services at the Johns Hopkins Sex and Gender Clinic. She maintains a private practice serving patients with a host of sexual and gender concerns. She holds faculty positions at Loyola University,
ABOUT BALTIMORE
Baltimore is a coastal city nestled in the heart of the Mid-Atlantic region. There are things to do for nearly every interest. Fort McHenry, the birthplace of the national anthem, is located on the mouth of the Inner Harbor, in downtown Baltimore. Downtown Baltimore is home to eclectic restaurants, waterfront night spots, and family fun from the National Aquarium to the Maryland Science Center, and everything in between, there is something for everyone in Baltimore. Johns Hopkins University and Hospital, a leader in medicine for over 125 years, is just minutes away from downtown Baltimore.
RECOMMENDED ACCOMMODATION
We have secured partnerships with the local hotels listed below. More information will be sent with your registration packet.
Residence Inn by Marriott, Johns Hopkins Medical Campus
800 N Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21205
443.524.8400
Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
700 Aliceanna Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
410.385.3000
Four Seasons Hotel
200 International Drive
Baltimore, MD 21202
410.576.5800
