ASOPRS Foundation Michael J. Hawes Lecture

Michael J. Hawes, MD

The ASOPRS Foundation Michael J. Hawes Lecture was first established in 2001 in honor of Michael J. Hawes, MD, Past President of ASOPRS and one of the Founders of the ASOPRS Foundation. The ASOPRS Program Chair chooses the Lecture speakers. They are dedicated each year to an individual who has demonstrated high dedication and loyalty to the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

2022 ASOPRS Lecture 

Changes in Cutaneous Gene Expression after Microvascular Free Tissue Transfer in Parry-Romberg Syndrome
Dr. John Siebert

From Left to Right: Dr. John Siebert, Dr. Cat N. Burkat, Dr. John Holds, and Dr.  

2022 ASOPRS Foundation Donor Honoree

Daniel P. Schafer, MD, FACS

Dr. Dan Schafer

2019 ASOPRS Lecture

From left: Jan W. Kronish, MD, Foundation Chair; William Nunery, MD, Lecturer

2019 Honoree

From left: Ralph E. Wesley, MD; James C. Fleming, MD, Dedicated; Mrs. Anne Fleming; Jan W. Kronish, MD, Foundation Chair

2018 ASOPRS Lecture

From left: Allen M. Putterman, MD, Dedication Introduction; Mark R. Levine, MD, Lecture Dedicated; Malin Malmsjö, MD, Ph.D., Lecturer; Jan W. Kronish, MD, Foundation Chair; Roberta E. Gausas, MD Foundation Immediate Past Chair and recognized for her service to the Foundation.

2018 Honoree Ralph E. Wesley, MD
second from right

From left: James C. Fleming, MD, Mrs. Julia Wesley, Dr. Wesley, and ASOPRS Foundation Chair Roberta E. Gausas, MD

2016 Speaker Robert Goldberg, MD, left
2016 Honoree Bradley N. Lemke, MD, right

Michael J. Hawes, MD, left,
David R. Segrest, MD, right

YEAR DEDICATED TO FEATURED SPEAKER PRESENTATION TITLE
2022 Daniel P. Schaefer, MD, FACS John Siebert, MD "Changes in Cutaneous Gene Expression after Microvascular Free Tissue Transfer in Parry-Romberg Syndrome"
2021 John L. Wobig, MD Neal D. Barnard, MD, FACS "Power Foods for the Brain"
2020   Gregory Mueller, MD  "Innovating in Aesthetic Surgery: Bringing Ideas to Reality"
2019 James C. Fleming, MD William Nunery, MD "Observations After Forty Years of Managing Thyroid Eye Disease – The Importance of Subtypes"
2018 Mark R. Levine, MD Malin Malmsjö, MD, PhD "Novel Imaging Techniques in Oculoplastic Surgery"
2017 Ralph E. Wesley, MD Craig MacFarlane "The Strength of Your Inner Vision"
2016 Bradley N. Lemke, MD Robert Goldberg, MD "25 Years of Blepharoplasty Complications in Los Angeles: Trends and Lessons."
2015 Richard P. Carroll, MD John B. Holds, MD ASOPRS and Oculofacial Surgery - Current Challenges and the Future
2014 John N. Harrington, MD Michael Kazim, MD Thyroid Eye Disease 25 Years of Progress - What's Next?
2013 William L. 'Bucky' Walter, MD Philip L. Custer, MD Imaging Misadventures
2012 Richard (Dick) K. Dortzbach, MD John W. Shore, MD, FACS Reflections on the Mechanics of Upper Eyelid Movement: Lessons for the Ptosis Surgeon
2011 Michael J. Hawes, MD Kenneth V. Cahill, MD Out of Step, or Step Ahead?
2010 Bartley Frueh, MD George B. Bartley, MD The Surgeon as Student: Learning from Our (My) Mistakes
2009 Murray Meltzer, MD Frank Papay, MD The Ethics and Politics of the first American Face Transplant
2008 Charles M. Stephenson, MD David E. E. Holck, MD
Omaya H. Youssef, MD
Andrew S. Eiseman, MD		 Military Oculofacial Plastic Surgery: from Battlefield to Germany to Walter Reed
2007 George Buerger Jr, MD, FACS Timothy Sullivan, MD How Understanding the Genetics of Periciular Malignancies Can Improve Management
2006 James Hargiss, MD Richard Anderson, MD Update on the management of Facial Dystonias
2005 Gerald M. Shannon, MD Gerald J. Harris, MD Idiopathic Orbital Inflammations: Current Concepts and Treatment Strategies
2004 The memory of Bernice Z. Brown, MD Robert M. Goldwyn, MD Effect of Cosmetic Surgery on a Specialty
2003 Crowell Beard, MD William R. Nunery, MD ASOPRS Foundation in South Africa
2002 Charles K. Beyer-Machule, MD Frederick Menick, MD Facelift Techniques for the Reconstructive Surgeon
2001 Arthur J. Schaefer, MD George B. Bartley, MD
Michael Kazim, MD		 The May ORGO (Orbital Radiation for Graves' Ophthalmology) Study: Lessons Learned
The Rational Use of Orbital Radiation Therapy in Graves' Orbitopathy

ASOPRS Foundation Ralph E. Wesley, MD Lecture

The ASOPRS Foundation Ralph E. Wesley, MD Lecture will be established in 2019 in honor of Ralph E. Wesley, MD, Past President of ASOPRS and one of the Founders and ten-year Chair of the ASOPRS Foundation. The ASOPRS Program Chair chooses the Lecture speakers. They are dedicated each year to an individual who has demonstrated high dedication and loyalty to the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. This Lecture will be featured at the Spring ASOPRS Meeting, with 2019 being the inaugural year.

The 2019 Spring Ralph E. Wesley, MD ASOPRS Foundation Lecture was given by Physiotherapist Renee Ostertag, "Be Good to Your Back: Posturing for Health"

 
Jan W. Kronish,  ASOPRS President, Physiotherapist Renee Ostertag, honoree Ralph E. Wesley, MD, and Julia Wesley
The 2020 ASOPRS Spring Virtual Meeting Ralph E. Wesley, MD Lecture was provided by Alon Khana, MD, Ph.D., "Setting Up an Investigator Trial for a Drug or a Device:  Lessons Learned."
YEAR DEDICATED TO FEATURED SPEAKER PRESENTATION TITLE
 2022  Scott Wheeler  Aaron P. Mitchell, MD, MPH  "Conflict of Interest in Medical Practice: What Do We Know?"
2021 N/A  Kris S. Moe, MD, FACS "Transorbital Neuroendoscopic Surgery: The Orbit as a Gateway to the Skull Base and Brain"
2020  N/A Alon Kahana, MD "Setting Up an Investigator Trial for a Drug or a Device: Lessons Learned"
2019 Ralph E. Wesley, MD  Renee Oestertag, DPT, MPT, Cert-MDT,  M-Physio, CCTP "Be Good to Your Back: Postaring for Health" 

FUNDING FOR THE FOUNDATION COMES SOLELY THROUGH CHARITABLE GIFTS RECEIVED FROM PHYSICIAN MEMBERS, INDUSTRY, GRATEFUL PATIENTS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.