ASOPRS Foundation Michael J. Hawes Lecture

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

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

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