PRS Global Open Keynotes

In this episode of the PRS Global Open Keynotes podcast, Dr. Justin Broyles from Harvard Medical School discusses how surgical drains impact the quality of life for patients. His recent study investigated patient reported outcome measures of breast reconstruction patients who had drains placed at the time of surgery. This episode discusses the following PRS Global Open article: “Understanding the Impacts of Surgical Drains on Postoperative Pain and Quality of Life ” by Goutam K. Gadiraju, Matthew R. Prospero, Finn Tobias, Andrew J. Malek, Erik Reiche and Justin M. Broyles. Read it for free on PRSGlobalOpen.com: https://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/2025/01000/understanding_the_impacts_of_surgical_drains_on.60.aspx Dr. Justin Broyles is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and board-certified plastic surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Your host, Dr. Damian Marucci, is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Sydney in Australia. #PRSGlobalOpen; #KeynotesPodcast; #PlasticSurgery; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery- Global Open

In this Leveling Up Episode of the PRS Global Open Deep Cuts Podcast, Dr. John Semple discusses his unusual pathway into medicine, three dimensional thinking, prepectoral breast reconstruction, the use of allograft and synthetic meshes, fat grafting in radiated breasts, some tips to make fat harvest easier, how to be a good mentor and a good leader, and how he got involved in climate science.

Read a recent classic PRS Global Open article by Dr. Semple and co-authors, “Patient Outcomes after Fat Grafting to the Radiated Chest Wall before Delayed Two-stage Alloplastic Breast Reconstruction”: https://bit.ly/SempleFatGrafting

Dr. John Semple is a Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto, and the head of the division of plastic surgery at Women's College Hospital. He is also an adjunct faculty member at the wilderness Medicine Program at Mass General Hospital in Boston, and an adjunct professor at the Ontario College of Art and Design, where was a former chair of the Board of Governors. He trained in art at OCAD and became a fully trained medical illustrator, then went into medicine, training in plastic surgery at the University of Toronto and then completing a microsurgery fellowship at the Toronto General Hospital. He is a past president of the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons, and received the Lavina Lickley Lifetime achievement award form the department of surgery at the University of Toronto. He also has a keen interest in mountaineering - and has been to Everest North Col 4 times, and has published numerous papers on the effects of climate change in the Himalayas.

Your host, Dr. Puru Nagarkar, is a board-certified plastic and hand surgeon, and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

#PRSGlobalOpen #DeepCutsPodcast #PlasticSurgery #LevelingUp

In this episode of the PRS Global Open Keynotes podcast, Dr. Eric Wagner discusses the pros and cons of joint replacement and joint fusion for interphalangeal joint arthritis. This episode discusses the following PRS Global Open article: “Utilization of Interphalangeal Joint Arthroplasty and Arthrodesis in the United States From 2010 to 2019” by Erica L. Smearman, Anthony L. Karzon, Hayden L. Cooke, Zaamin B. Hussain, Musab Gulzar, Nina Suh, Michael B. Gottschalk and Eric R. Wagner. Read it for free on PRSGlobalOpen.com: https://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/2025/01000/utilization_of_interphalangeal_joint_arthroplasty.54.aspx Dr. Eric Wagner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Your host, Dr. Damian Marucci, is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Sydney in Australia. #PRSGlobalOpen; #KeynotesPodcast; #PlasticSurgery; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery- Global Open

This episode of the PRS Global Open Keynotes Podcast discusses the wide scope of breast reconstruction. Guests are Sophocles H. Voineskos, Christopher J. Coroneos MD, Achilleas Thoma MD and Ronen Avram MD The PRS Global Open McMaster University Mini-Series on “Breast Reconstruction” contains 3 peer-reviewed articles on the topic and is available to read for free on PRSGlobalOpen.com.

Read it here: http://bit.ly/McMasterMiniSeries

At the time of recording, all of the guests were affiliated with the McMaster University in Ontario, Canada: Dr. Coroneos is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Assistant Professor in the Division of Plastic Surgery at McMaster University. Dr. Thoma is a board-certified plastic surgeon, Clinical Professor in the Division of Plastic Surgery and associate member of the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact (HEI) at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University. Dr. Avram is a board-certified plastic surgeon, Clinical Professor in the Division of Plastic Surgery at McMaster University and Head of the Plastic Surgery Division at Hamilton Health Sciences. Dr. Voineskos is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Assistant Professor in the Division of Plastic Surgery at McMaster University. Your host, Dr. Damian Marucci, is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Sydney in Australia. #PRSGlobalOpen #KeynotesPodcast #PlasticSurgery

In this episode of the PRS Global Open Keynotes Podcast, Paige Hackenberger MD and Jeffrey Janis MD discuss the results of a survey of plastic surgery program directors and faculty intended to assess perspectives regarding resident excellence at each stage of training. This episode discusses the following PRS Global Open article: “Demonstrating Excellence in Plastic Surgery Residency” by Paige N. Hackenberger and Jeffery E. Janis. Read the article for free on PRSGlobalOpen.com: https://bit.ly/ResidencyExcellence Dr. Hackenberger is a second-year Plastic Surgery resident at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.| Dr. Janis is a Professor of Plastic Surgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio and Editor-in-Chief of PRS Global Open. This “PRS Global Open Keynotes Podcast Resident Ambassador Special Edition” is hosted by the 2022 PRS Global Open Resident Ambassadors: Dr. Íris Brito from Coimbra, Portugal; Dr. Francisco Serra E. Moura from Oxford, England, United Kingdom and Dr. Kevin Kinuthia from Nairobi, Kenya. #PRSGlobalOpen #KeynotesPodcast