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ForwardFundamentals of Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Course
This hybrid course is for general and breast surgeons who have never performed oncoplastic surgery. A review of fundamental elements of oncoplastic breast surgery will include applied anatomy, imaging, patient assessment and patient selection. The online didactic lectures will cover basic and often used oncoplastic techniques to improve the aesthetic outcome of partial mastectomies; incision placement, parenchymal closure, intramammary flaps, de-epithelialization, crescent mammaplasty, and donut mammoplasty. Office management pearls presented include assembling and developing a multidisciplinary team and building functional referral networks. During hands-on surgical skills lab, participants will perform skin marking, glandular displacement techniques for intramammary flaps, aesthetic incision placement, and periareolar, crescent and donut mammaplasty. Also, participants will learn simple techniques to improve lumpectomy results and management of excess skin, "dog-ears", and tissue during simple mastectomy without reconstruction.
Target Audience
Practicing Surgeons
Learning Objectives
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, learner will be able to:
- Understand and incorporate knowledge of breast aesthetic assessment, macromastia and ptosis categorization as part of breast cancer surgical planning. Understand surgical outcomes based on tumor location.
- Better understand strategies for aesthetic scar outcomes, options for incision placement based on cancer presentation and breast shape, and surgical techniques to preserve breast contour and minimize scaring. Learn how to improve visualization and exposure of tumors with aesthetic scar placement.
- Apply techniques for donut /benelli mammaplasty with extension to address and access all quadrants of the breast.
- Understand skin management techniques to produce aesthetic flat mastectomy, how variations in patient anatomy and body habitus impact choice of approach, and coding of these approaches.
- Gain a working knowledge of level I and II oncoplastic techniques. Understand HPPIA compliant patient photographic image documentation and storage, and the role of these resources at diagnosis, in surveillance, and in preoperative counseling.
Hands-on Surgical Skills Lab: November 13, 1:00-5:15pm at Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Surgical Skills Lab Introduction: 5 minutes
Individual stations with summarized didactic lectures
Course summary
- 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 6.00 Certificate of Completion
- 6.00 Self Assessment Credit
Faculty Names/Disclosure:
Ronda Henry-Tillman, MD, faculty for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Eve Klenotic, MD, FACS, faculty for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Daniela Ochoa, MD, FACS, faculty for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Patricia Clark, MD, FACS, faculty for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Keith Wolter, MD, PhD, faculty for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Commercial Support
The American College of Surgeons wishes to recognize and thank the following companies for their in-kind and/or monetary commercial support:
- Kubtec
- Merit
- Stryker
- Hologic
- Designs for Vision, Inc
Contact:
- If you have any questions about the course, please contact Kenya Posley, Manager, Surgical Skills Courses at 312-202-5325 or email [email protected].
- For any technical questions, contact [email protected].
Continuing Medical Education Credit Information
Accreditation
The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
The American College of Surgeons designates this Live activity for a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Of the AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ listed above, a maximum of 6.00 credits meet the requirements for Self-Assessment.
CME Credit Claiming Information
Please complete the overall course evaluation to claim a CME Certificate or a Certificate of Completion. The course evaluation will appear once you take and complete this course. The following requirements need to be completed:
- Review all course materials and videos
- Completion of post-test (75% passing rate)
- Course evaluation
Participants may only claim a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
To receive Self-Assessment Credit for this course, participants must complete the posttest with a passing score of at least 75%. Learners that do not achieve a 75% or greater on their first try are able to retake the posttest, until a passing score is obtained.
Specialty Board Recognition
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.
Diplomates of the American Board of Surgery
By participating in an ACS-accredited activity, you may choose to participate in the automatic transfer of your CME credits to the ABS via the ACCME if you are a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery (ABS). This is a free service.
Opt in to Automatically Send your CME Data to the ABS
The direct automatic transfer applies to all learners who have an ACS profile, are Diplomates of the ABS, and have provided their ABS ID and date of birth in the ACS MyCME Portal on the Board Certification page.
Step-by-Step Instructions to Access MyCME and Opt in to Transmit Your CME Data
- Log in to your MyCME Portal
- Select the Board Certification tab
- Enter the American Board of Surgery
- Enter your ABS ID
- Enter your Day and Month of birth
- Next go to the Send CME Data tab
- Toggle to Opt In (green) “Yes! I choose to opt in and permit the ACS to automatically transfer all my ACS-accredited CME data to my chosen specialty board earned March 1, 2021, and forward.”
Please note if you have previously successfully transmitted your ACS-accredited CME credits to the ABS via ACCME, then you can skip steps 2-6, and go directly to the Send CME Data tab, and Toggle to Opt In (green).
Once you have opted to automatically transfer your CME credits to the ABS, please allow 24 hours for the credit to appear in your ABS CME Repository.
You may opt out at any time.
For more information or to request assistance, contact [email protected]
Available Credit
- 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 6.00 Certificate of Completion
- 6.00 Self Assessment Credit
Course Registration
For questions please contact Kenya Posley, Manager, Surgical Skills Courses at 312-202-5325 or email [email protected].
The following is the course structure fee. You will be asked to register/enroll in the course and provide payment information to complete the registration process. Once you have completed the registration process, an email will be sent to you with the confirmation and course login information.
- Fellows and Affiliate MD/DO - $1775
- Guest Physician - $2130
To Start Course
Once you have completed the registration process, you will see the "Take Course" button above, click on the button to start/access the educational activity.