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Dr. Jack Gunter Dr. Jack Gunter’s contributions to the art of rhinoplasty spans over the past 35 years. He has taught over 65 instructional courses related to rhinoplasty and presented well over 100 lectures at major medical meetings. He has held numerous committee appointments and board positions in local, regional and national organizations as well as in the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Dr. Gunter has been an Invited Guest Speaker at over 65 regional, national and international meetings. He has authored or co-authored over 50 scientific presentations and most

recently, co-edited Dallas Rhinoplasty: Nasal Surgery By The Masters which is in its second edition. He continues to teach his techniques and share the latest innovations related to rhinoplasty with surgeons worldwide through the Dallas Rhinoplasty Symposium which was founded in 1984.

Dr. Gunter has received numerous awards and honors including:

• Best Doctors In America

• D Magazine’s “Best Doctors in Dallas 2008 and 2009”

• Breakfast of Champions – Speaker. 2007 Annual American Society of Plastic Surgeons Meeting

• Dingman Visiting Professor, 2006, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Simon Fredricks Award presented by the Aesthetic Society Board of Trustees & the Aesthetic Surgery Education & Research Foundation for “Best panelist” on the “Tip Refinements – Are Grafts obsolete in Rhinoplasty?” Vancouver, Canada – 2004

• Master Series Lecturer. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, 2004

• ASPS President’s Award – Dr. Gunter was selected to receive a 2004 ASPS President’s Award from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. He was honored for his unparalleled attention to detail and excellence in plastic surgery education, particularly in teaching and for bringing rhinoplasty education to a new level.

• Invited Special Lecturer – Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, 2002.

• Millennium Speaker – Rhinoplasty 2000. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2000.

• Distinguished Faculty Member at “The Nose 2000…and Beyond” – 9th World Congress International Rhinologic Society with the American Rhinologic Society and the Mayo Clinic.

ROBERT L. SIMONS, MD, FACS With over 40 years of experience, Robert L. Simons, M.D., board certified in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and otolaryngology, is one the nation’s most renowned facial plastic surgeons. Dr. Simons earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his undergraduate degree from Dickinson College.  He completed an internship in surgery at Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia and a residency in otolaryngology at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City. With his extensive training and experience, Dr. Simons is hailed as a

super-specialist in Rhinoplasty. When it comes to his approach, great emphasis is placed on the initial patient consultation and the goal of preserving as much tissue as possible, ensuring a natural appearance that is symmetrically enhanced. In addition, Dr. Simons favors the endo-nasal method of surgery (i.e., surgery without external incisions).

Dr. Simons was one of the early advocates of sub-specialty training, and it comes as no surprise that teaching became an integral part of his professional career. He became a young committee member of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) and an active teaching member at the Goldman Course in the late 60’s. His abiding interest in the growth of AAFPRS is evidenced by the time he has devoted to elective offices, first as Southern Regional Vice-President (1975–76), National Program Chairman (1977), and then as AAFPRS treasurer (1979-83), before assuming Presidency in 1985-86.

Over the years, Dr. Simons has worked with equal fervor to ensure the success of the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ABFPR). Following his role as secretary in 1988, he served as President of the ABFPR from 1991-1995. In 2006, he co-edited and authored “Here to Stay”, which chronicles the events that led the AAFPRS to establish the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ABFPRS) in 1986. The book also illustrates the ABFPRS’ remarkable journey to win recognition as equivalent to primary boards of the ABMS in every state that has set standards for such equivalence.

A noted author of numerous articles and chapters on various aspects of facial plastic surgery with special expertise in Rhinoplasty, and the recipient of countless prestigious awards, Dr. Simons frequently presents at medical meetings and symposiums in the United States and abroad.

Dr. Simons served as director of the Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine for more than 25 years. Currently, he holds the position of voluntary clinical professor of otolaryngology at the medical school. Dr. Simons operates at the prestigious MIAMI Institute for Age Management & Intervention and holds the esteemed position of Medical Board Chairman at The Institute.

MARK B. CONSTANTIAN, MD Dr. Constantian has been in private practice of plastic surgery for thirty-one years, but has previously held academic appointments at Harvard Medical School and Dartmouth Medical School. He was born in Massachusetts, where his father and great grandfather were both physicians. Dr. Constantian was educated at Columbia College, Dartmouth Medical School, and The University of Virginia School of Medicine. He served his general surgery residency at Boston University Medical Center, where he was also National Institutes of Graduate Medical Sciences Fellow in academic surgery. He spent five years in

immunology research during his general surgery and plastic surgery training. He completed plastic surgery fellowship at The Medical College of Virginia.

Dr. Constantian has served as Associate Editor of Annals of Plastic Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is Past President of the New England Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, The Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, The Rhinoplasty Society, and has been a member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. He is the author of 24 textbook chapters, 60 refereed papers, and the author of two books. His most recent publication, Rhinoplasty: Craft and Magic, was published in May, 2009.

Dr. Jonathan Sykes Dr. Jonathan Sykes is a nationally recognized facial plastic surgeon and a highly respected educator who shares his expertise with surgeons around the world. Since beginning practice in 1983, Dr. Sykes has performed more than 13,500 aesthetic, functional and reconstructive surgeries on patients ranging from infants to the elderly. A fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Dr. Sykes is certified by both the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology. Since 1989, Dr. Sykes has been director of the Facial Plastic and

Reconstructive Surgery Department at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California . As director, Dr. Sykes oversees an active medical practice and maintains one of the nation’s most sought-after fellowship program for facial plastic surgeons seeking advanced training. He also practices with Roseville Facial Plastic Surgery in Roseville, California.

Dr. Sykes has been on the board of directors of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and is the present vice president of education. Throughout his career, Dr. Sykes is a frequent guest lecturer, giving hundreds of presentations to fellow surgeons on facial plastic surgery procedures. In addition, he has published more than 100 professional articles and co-edited three textbooks. He also designed a patented instrument used by surgeons worldwide to simplify the endoscopic brow lift procedure and provide faster patient recovery times.

Dr. Sykes takes pleasure and pride in being able to travel to medically underserved countries and correct cleft and craniofacial deformities for children who would not otherwise receive care. During his October 2006 trip to China, Dr. Sykes was part of a Smile China surgical team that performed more than 75 procedures on 60 children surgeries in a two-week period. His most recent trip marked his 25th humanitarian mission to train local surgeons and help children whose deformities often make them social outcasts. In addition to five trips to China, Dr. Sykes has provided free surgical care to children in Mexico, Ecuador, Russia, Belize, El Salvador, Bolivia, and Honduras.

David W. Kim, MD, FACS David W. Kim, MD received his B.A. in human biology at Stanford University and his M.D. and surgical residency training in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the University of California, San Diego Medical School. He completed his specialty training with a fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago. While in Chicago he trained with world-renowned facial plastic surgeons Dean Toriumi, M.D, J. Regan Thomas, M.D., and M. Eugene Tardy, M.D. and nasal reconstruction surgeon Gary Burget, M.D.

In 2003, Dr. Kim was appointed as Chief of the Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, where he served until 2009.

He has produced over 50 papers, articles and chapters in the medical literature, and taught at over 50 conferences throughout the world. In addition, Dr. Kim has an extensive research background and is currently conducting several studies that aim to objectively test current methods used in facial plastic surgery and to find objective, patient-based outcome measures for facial plastic and reconstructive procedures.

David W. Kim, MD, is the principal investigator of the first ever multi-center, prospective quality of life study investigating the effectiveness of functional rhinoplasty for nasal obstruction. This study showed for the first time that rhinoplasty (in addition to traditional breathing operations such as septoplasty) can lead to significant breathing improvements and quality of life enhancement in patients. Considered a landmark study, Dr. Kim was awarded the prestigious AAFPRS Investigator Development Grant to support this research.

Dr. Kim remains actively involved in teaching facial plastic and reconstructive surgery in the Otolaryngology residency program and medical school at University of California, San Francisco,and participates in numerous committees for the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He participates in scientific meetings and clinical instruction courses on a national level.

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