INSIDE PSTM 2025: Stanford Plastic Surgery Recap

This year, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons’ (ASPS) Plastic Surgery The Meeting (PSTM) was held in New Orleans, Louisiana, from October 9–11. Stanford Plastic Surgery participated in sessions across multiple subspecialties.

Breast Reconstruction & Aesthetic Surgery

• Flipping Out: Prevention and Management of Implant Malposition / Pocket Control — Jennifer Cheesborough
• Evaluating the P1 Technique in Post-Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction: A Matched Cohort Analysis — Payton Grande, Priscila Cevallos, Rahim Nazerali
• Short Interval Free Autologous Breast Reconstruction (SIBT) After Adjuvant Radiation Therapy Appears to Be Safe — Elizabeth Cox, Jaimie Bryan, Sarah Sorice-Virk, Arash Momeni
• A Comparative Meta-Analysis of Complication Rates in Abdominal Body Contouring Procedures After Surgical and Non-Surgical Weight Loss — Krishna Unadkat, Anita Mohan
• Patient-Reported Quality of Life Measures Following Weight Loss and Body Contouring: A Scoping Review — Krishna Unadkat, Anita Mohan

Craniomaxillofacial & Head and Neck Surgery

• Use of Certain Pesticides Associated with Increased Risk of Cleft Lip and Palate in California — Justine Araya-Colvin, Priscila Cevallos, Kelsi Krakauer, Rohit Khosla, Rahim Nazerali
• Can We “Overcorrect” Our Way to Normal Appearance in Metopic Craniosynostosis?: A Single-Center’s 33-Year Odyssey — Allison Hu, Dominic Romeo
• Reconstruction of Complex Cheek and Nasal Defects: A 30-Year Experience with Staged Cheek Advancement and Forehead Flaps — Allison Hu
• Clinical and Aesthetic Outcomes of Neo-Frontobandeau Technique for Fronto-Orbital Advancement — Allison Hu
   

Gender Affirmation & Reconstructive Surgery

• Impact of BMI on Sensory Recovery After Targeted Nipple Areolar Complex Innervation in Gender Affirming Mastectomy — Kassandra Carrion, Allison Hu, Dung Nguyen
• Characterization of Long-Term Sensory Recovery at the Abdominal Donor Site Following Autologous Breast Reconstruction — Deena Akras, Arash Momeni
   

Research & Technology

• Clinical Outcomes and Safety Profile of a Novel Hyaluronic Acid / Alginate Hydrogel in Hand and Microsurgical Procedures: A Retrospective Analysis of 83 Cases — Connor Arquette
• A Treatment Algorithm for Patients with Lipedema — Kassandra Carrion, Kelsey Lipman, Anita Mohan, Dung Nguyen
• Evolution and Efficacy of Virtual Training in Plastic Surgery Education in LMICs — Nitya Devisetti, Meewon Park, Dung Nguyen
   

Practice Management & Social Media

• From Hashtags to Health Narratives: A Content Analysis of Breast Implant Illness on TikTok — Payton Grande, Rahim Nazerali
   

Honors & Alumni

• Faculty Dr. Arash Momeni was selected as Associate Editor for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal.
• 2025 Noordhoff Lecture: David C. Fogarty, DDS, MD, Stanford Plastic Surgery alumnus, received the 2025 Noordhoff Humanitarian Award. His lecture, “Caring For Your Fellow Man Utilizing Your Professional Gifts,” focused on illustrating how one can share their surgical skills with the less fortunate through life-changing procedures while maintaining a viable plastic surgery practice. The Noordhoff Humanitarian Award honors plastic surgeons who dedicate their careers to humanitarian outreach
• ASPS Inventors Challenge: Steven Bates, Stanford alumnus, presented his invention FitRhap — a simple, effective, and affordable device that performs at-home, on-demand massage for post-operative patients.
• Stanford Plastic Surgery / Zedplast Alumni held a joint reception Hosted at The Will & The Way, 719 Toulouse Street, New Orleans, LA.
   

The next PSTM annual meeting will take place October 15–18, 2026, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX.