AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PLASTIC SURGEONS
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
12:30 pm
The Roosevelt Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
MINUTES
1.
Call to Order
Dr. Larson welcomed the members to the 92nd Annual Business Meeting of the American
Association of Plastic Surgeons and called the meeting to order. Dr. Larson reminded members
that the membership ballots had been distributed and he asked all members to complete the
ballots. He appointed Drs. Paul Cederna, Charles Butler, and Jack Wu as Tellers with Dr. Wu
serving as the Head Teller.
Dr. John Persing, Parliamentarian, declared a quorum present.
2.
Approval of the Minutes of the April 17, 2012, Annual Business Meeting
Dr. Larson called to members’ attention the Minutes of the April 17, 2012, Annual Business
Meeting, which had been summarized in the President’s Newsletter that is available on the AAPS
website as well as distributed electronically to all members.
VOTED to accept the Minutes of the April 17, 2012, Annual Business Meeting as circulated to
the membership.
3.
Report of the Secretary
Dr. Mary McGrath, Secretary, reported that the AAPS membership continued to grow. The
current membership included: 219 Life Fellows and 576 Active Fellows for a total of 795
members of which 15 are Honorary and 23 are Distinguished Fellows.
The following members had left the active practice of plastic surgery and requested transfer to
Life membership:
Louis C. Argenta, Winston-Salem, NC
Burt Brent, Portola Valley, CA
Court Cutting, New York, NY
Gustavo A. Colon, Metairie, LA
Henry K. Kawamoto, Jr., Santa Monica, CA
Joseph G. McCarthy, New York, NY
John Q. Owsley, San Francisco, CA
Lester Silver, New York, NY
VOTED to approve the requests for transfer to Life Membership.
Dr. McGrath asked members to observe a moment of silence for the following
members who passed away since the last meeting:
Vahram Y. Bakamjian
Elisabeth K. Beahm
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Raymond O. Brauer
Harvey C. Brown
Phillip R. Casson
Hugh H. Crawford
John W. Curtin
Arthur Scott Earle
Verne C. Lanier, Jr.
Daniel Marchac
Joseph E. Murray
Ronald N. Ollstein
Fernando Ortiz-Monasterio
Erle E. Peacock, Jr.
Bernard G. Sarnat
Samuel Stal
James G. Sullivan
John M. Tondra
Philip A. Weisman
Dr. McGrath reported that 45 applicants for membership including 2 second-time applicants and
3 third-time applicants had completed their applications in a timely manner and fulfilled all the
membership qualifications. In accordance with AAPS By-Laws all prospective candidates were
presented in the Fall Newsletter and presented to the Board for information and formal ranking
prepared and distributed to all Active and Life Fellows. Based on membership scoring and Board
recommendation, a slate of 32 candidates was selected for inclusion on the membership ballot.
Dr. McGrath thanked the members present for their vigorous efforts to continue to seek out the
highest and best-qualified candidates for membership in AAPS. The following candidates had
been elected to membership in the AAPS:
Donald P. Baumann, M.D.
Mitchell H. Brown, M.D.
Mark A. Brzezienski, M.S., M.D.
Edward W. Buchel, M.D.
Zeno Chicarilli, M.D., D.M.D.
Yoon S. Chun, M.D.
Rodney D. Cooter, M.D.
Alexander B. Dagum, M.D.
Susan Downey, M.D.
Ivica Ducic, M.D., Ph.D.
Jaco H. Festekjian, M.D.
Brian R. Gastman, M.D.
Lifei Guo, M.D., Ph.D.
Matthew M. Hanasono, M.D.
John N. Jensen, M.D.
Sami Khan, M.D.
4.
Report of the Officers
A. Report of the President
Clara N. Lee, M.D., M.P.P.
Scott D. Lifchez, M.D.
Raman C. Mahabir, M.D.
David W. Mathes, M.D.
Rogerio Neves, M.D., Ph.D.
Martin I. Newman, M.D.
Wendy L. Parker, M.D., Ph.D.
Bohdan Pomahac, M.D.
Gedge D. Rosson, M.D.
Malcolm Z. Roth, M.D.
Pierre Saadeh, M.D.
Jason A. Spector, M.D.
John A. van Aalst, M.D.
Anne M. Wallace, M.D.
Michael S. Wong, M.D.
Akira Yamada, M.D., Ph.D.
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Dr. Larson thanked everyone for the privilege of presiding as President of the Association for the
past year and expressed his deepest gratitude to the Board for their hard work and support. He
also thanked all of the committees for their hard work over the past year with special thanks to
Ron Yu for his efforts as Program Chair. All of the committees and task forces have been
working diligently to achieve the initiatives outlined in the strategic and the Board activities are
reported in the Newsletter.
B. Report of the President-Elect
Dr. John Persing reviewed changes to the Operations Manual which strengthen the AAPS
relationship with EURAPS and eliminate the Local Arrangements Committee. He indicated he
had been working closely with Dr. Larson over the past year so that initiatives from the Strategic
Plan will be carried on during his Presidency.
C. Report of the Treasurer
Dr. Michael Bentz reported that the Association is in solid financial position with total assets as
of December 31, 2012, of $3,802,229 and total liabilities of $179,565. With total revenues of
$1,213,525 and total disbursements of $851,855, the Association had a Net Cash Operating Total
of $361,671.
VOTED to approve the report of the Treasurer.
4.
Report of Committees
A. Academic Scholar Committee
Dr. Arun Gosain reported that the goal of his committee has been to promote awareness of
the Academic Scholars program among the membership. As such, an article highlighting an
Academic Scholar has been published each month in Plastic Surgery News. Additionally, he
reported that he has collected the impact of all of the Academic Scholars accomplishments
and submitted an abstract which was accepted for presentation at this year’s Annual Meeting.
In addition, to complement the activities of the Development Committee, a campaign was
initiated to increase participation of all Academic Scholars in the 1/10/100 campaign.
B. Development Committee
Dr. James Zins, Chair of the Development Committee, reported that a total of $1,223,000 in
pledges had been raised since the inception of the 1/10/100 campaign. When combined with
the scholarship funds it brings the total to just over $3,000,000 with a goal of $5,000,000.
Attempts to increase visibility of the campaign include testimonial videos to be played at the
AAPS Booth, and a thermometer that rises as gifts are recognized. In addition a list of all
donors to the campaign is displayed in the AAPS Booth.
C. Program Committee
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Dr. Ron Yu, Chair, thanked his Program Committee for their hard work this year. He reported
that a record number of 357 abstracts were received this year and they were able to accept 43
(12%) papers for oral presentations and 88 for poster presentations. The posters would be
divided into two sessions; the first will be the Resident Poster Competition at the Welcome
Reception and the second would be at noon on Monday. This represented a total acceptance
of 37% of the abstracts submitted.
He also reported the total number of registrants at 483 with 453 professional attendees and 30
guests/spouses. There were 233 registrants for the Aesthetic Symposium and 240 registrants
for the Reconstructive Symposium. Both of the Symposia received very positive feedback.
Dr. Larson thanked Dr. Yu and his committee for their excellent work this past year and the
excellent program they had put together. Dr. Larson also thanked the Reconstructive
Symposium chairs Drs. Chuck Butler and Paul Cederna, and the Aesthestic Symposia Chairs
Drs. Bill Little and Peter Rubin for their hard work and attention to detail in putting together
this year’s programs.
5.
Report of the Nominating Committee
Dr. William Kuzon thanked the members of the Nominating Committee, Drs. Arun Gosain,
Andrea Pusic, Robert Walton and James Zins. He then presented the report of the AAPS
Nominating Committee reporting that after careful consideration, the AAPS slate of officers for
the year 2013-2014 was as follows:
President-Elect
Stephan Ariyan, MD
Vice President
Michael L. Bentz, MD
Secretary
Mary McGrath, MD
Treasurer
Donald Mackay, MD
Historian
Thomas Lawrence, MD
Trustees
Donald Lalonde, MD
Joseph Serletti, MD
Dr. Larson thanked Dr. Kuzon for the Report of the Nominating Committee and asked the
membership for other nominations from the floor. Hearing none, it was
VOTED to approve the report of the Nominating Committee as presented.
Dr. Larson thanked Linda Phillips and Jim Zins for their service to the AAPS.
Dr. Larson then asked for nominations from the floor for the two positions on the Nominating
Committee for next year.
VOTED to elect Drs. Steven Buchman and Paul Cederna to serve on the Nominating Committee
for 2014.
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Dr. Larson announced that the next meeting will be at The Eden Roc in Miami, Florida, April 58, 2014.
Dr. Larson then asked Dr. John Persing to come to the podium to accept the AAPS gavel.
Dr. Persing thanked Dr. Larson for his service to AAPS as President during the past year and
expressed sincere gratitude for the honor to serve as President of the AAPS. Dr. Persing
presented the Presidential Plaque to Dr. Larson commemorating his year as AAPS President.
Dr. Persing indicated that he is looking forward to carrying the Strategic Plan forward over the
next year and will be implementing innovation and enhanced education in the programming for
next as well as improving academic efforts. He thanked the membership for the honor of serving
as their President.
6.
Adjournment
There being no further business to come before the 92nd Annual Meeting, Dr. Larson adjourned
the meeting to a close at 1:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Stephan Ariyan, MD
Secretary