Setting the Goal: A Journey Toward Innovation in Medicine
The Student Doctor Network is pleased to announce the following online presentation to our membership:
Dr. Maria Siemionow
Kaplan Publishing in conjunction with Kaplan Medical is proud to present an evening with Dr. Maria Siemionow, a medical pioneer in facial transplant surgery.
When Dr. Siemionow announced in December 2005 that she had been granted approval to perform this revolutionary surgery, she was bombarded with media attention and moving requests from people wanting to know who would be eligible for the operation. In December 2008, it was announced that she had completed the nation’s first face transplant.
Please join us for an evening with Dr. Siemionow as she discusses her journey toward innovation in the medical field through setting goals and determination.
Event Information
Date: June 3, 2009
Time: 7:00 p.m. EST
This event will take place exclusively online. Registration for this event is mandatory. Click to register:http://kaptest.acrobat.com/face_to_face/event/registration.html
Special Offer: The first fifty registrants will receive a free copy of Dr. Siemionow’s upcoming book Face to Face: My Quest to Perform the First Full Face Transplant.
About Dr. Siemionow
Maria Siemionow, MD, PhD, was awarded her medical degree by Poznan University of Medical Sciences in 1974, after which she completed her residency in orthopedics, and then earned a PhD in microsurgery. In 1985, she completed a hand surgery fellowship at the Christine Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery in Louisville, Kentucky.
Today she is director of Plastic Surgery Research and the head of Microsurgery Training in the Plastic Surgery Department of Cleveland Clinic. She is on staff at the Clinic’s Transplantation Center and in the orthopedic surgery and immunology departments. For her research on facial transplant, she received the 2004 and 2007 James Barrett Brown Awards from the American Association of Plastic Surgeons. Dr. Siemionow has been featured in the media including ABC News, CNN, BBC and the New York Times.
Sounds interesting!
This is a great topic and I’m looking forward to this event. I’m registered and ready to attend.
WOW ..Go Poznan Medical School !
Does it bother anyone else that she did 0% of the operation. The surgeon who actually did the procedure has received no credit whatsoever. This woman should clearly state her role in the actual transplant (none) and clearly recognize the surgeon who did the 20+ hours of microsurgery!!!