The UAB Department of Surgery recently hosted the Plastic Surgery Research Council's 63rd Annual Meeting, bringing approximately 300 plastic surgeons from across the country to Birmingham, Alabama. The event, led by PSRC President and Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery Timothy King, M.D., Ph.D., began on Thursday, May 17, at the Sheraton hotel with a wlcome from UAB Department of Surgery Chair Herbert Chen, M.D., and a history of the UAB Division of Plastic Surgery from the division's former director, Luis Vasconez, M.D.
The local program on Friday, May 18, at the HIll Student Center featured a lineup of UAB Surgery faculty who gave talks on their various areas of expertise and ended with two talks specifically about Birmingham's history, including a reading of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail."
UAB Surgery faculty and PSRC members held sessions throughout the three-day event on various topics including clinical research, health services research and basic and translational science research.