CSPS President's Message
Dear Plastic Surgery Family,
I am honored and humbled to begin my year representing you as your CSPS President. We are a great organization that embodies the best of plastic surgery. As our Past-President Jack Fisher recently reminded in his Brody Family Lectureship, our Society brings together and brings out the best of both “town and gown”. Our organization is built on the strength of community and academic plastic surgeons up and down our state. Together we span the depth and breadth of our incredible specialty.
This year I would like to build on the great work of the past in the areas of advocacy and education on behalf of our patients and members. To do so, I want to remind all of the amazing activities our members do to support, educate and care for the patients and families in our communities. We are looking to expand our social media presence to help us accomplish this. Please like us on Facebook (California Society of Plastic Surgeons), and follow us on Instagram (@californiaplasticsurgeons) and Twitter (@cspsoffice).
I would also like to welcome our newest members and introduce them to the rest of our Society. To do so, we will feature each new member on our website, sharing about themselves and how CSPS is important to them. Be on the look-out for posts and links to our webpage.
Finally, if you have activities, events or programs that you think our Society and patients should know about, please reach out to our Office. Let us see what we might be able to do to help. Perhaps we can lend our assistance.
Again, thank you for allowing me the privilege to represent you this year as your CSPS President!
In your service,
Michael S. Wong, MD President, California Society of Plastic Surgeons
NEW MEMBERS TO THE CSPS!
We want to welcome the new members to the CSPS who were voted in at the Annual Meeting: David J. Boudreault, MD (Palo Alto), Melinda A. Costa, MD (Campbell), Roop Gill, MD (Sacramento), Robert E. Kearney, MD (San Diego), Wai-Yee, Li, MD (Duarte), James J. Orman, MD (Santa Clara), Anne Peled, MD (San Francisco), Mark A. Price, MD (Napa), Hector Salazar-Reyes, MD (La Jolla) and Karla I. Werninghaus, MD (San Leandro).
Congratulations and Welcome Aboard!
CSPS ANNALS OF PLASTIC SURGERY SUPPLEMENT SUBMISSION
Important Submission Information: If you are submitting a manuscript for consideration for publication in the 2019 CSPS Annals of Plastic Surgery Supplement, please do so by the deadline of July 1, 2018. Click here for online submission for the Annals of Plastic Surgery. Please ensure you cover letter indicates the following:
This paper was presented at the 68th CSPS Annual Meeting in San Diego, May 17-20, 2018 and this manuscript is being submitted for consideration for the 2019 CSPS Annals Supplement.
2018-2019 List of CSPS Officers and Councilors
OFFICERS
President
Michael S. Wong, MD
President-Elect
Scott W. Barttelbort, MD
Vice President
Terry J. Zimmerman, MD
Secretary
Susan Kaweski,MD
Treasurer
William Y. Hoffman, MD
Parliamentarian
Gordon K. Lee, MD
Historian
John Osborn, MD
Immediate Past President
William S. Umansky, MD
Past President
Jane S. Weston, MD
COUNCILORS
NORTH
Karen M. Yokoo, MD
Heather J. Furnas, MD
Scott L. Hansen, MD
Hani Sbitany, MD
SOUTH
Gregory R.D. Evans, MD
Amanda A. Gosman, MD
Michael E. Hill, MD
Ashkan Ghavami, MD
Dr. Bill Umansky and Dr. Michael Wong at the 2018 Annual Meeting
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