ALLERGAN ACADEMY^® is the premier educational resources for plastic surgeons. The following eACADEMY courses are based on the live meetings held at national and regional symposia.and are being made available with 24/7 access here. Whether you missed the live meeting or are just interested in a refresher - click on the links below to access the virtual academy.

ALLERGAN eACADEMY – ASPS, Plastic Surgery 2011 – Sep 2011

Challenges in Two-Stage Breast Reconstruction: A Case-Based Review of Advanced Techniques Using Tissue Expanders and Implants
Faculty: G.P. Maxwell, S. Spear, A. Gabriel, K. Shestak

• How can I better manage operative challenges following aggressive mastectomy?
• How can I achieve optimal aesthetic results in a patient with anatomically challenging breasts?
• How can I improve my results in implant reconstruction of the radiated breast?

ALLERGAN eACADEMY – ASPS, Plastic Surgery 2011 – Sep 2011

How 3D Imaging for the Breast Can Improve Your Close Rates and Differentiate Your Practice
Faculty: M. Brown

• How can imaging improve my communication with patients?
• How can the Vectra^® XT improve my patient consultation process?
• How can imaging technology improve my practice?

ALLERGAN eACADEMY – ASAPS, The Aesthetic Meeting 2011 – May 2011

Optimizing Outcomes in Breast Aesthetics: Focus on Implant Selection
Faculty: G.P. Maxwell, B. Bengtson, M.B. Calobrace, C. Creasman

• How can I improve the patient education experience and achieve higher patient satisfaction?
• What are the key approaches to primary augmentation surgery in patients with thin breast tissue?
• How can I optimize implant selection in patients with an asymmetric or a tuberous breast deformity?

ALLERGAN eACADEMY – The American-Brazilian Aesthetic Meeting – March 2011

A Case-Based, Interactive Workshop on Advanced Techniques in Augmentation and Revision Surgery
Faculty: M. Jewell, J. C. Sampaio Góes

• How do Brazilian and American techniques differ in primary augmentation implant placement, periareolar mastopexy, and revision augmentation?
• How can common pitfalls be avoided in advanced revision augmentation?

ALLERGAN eACADEMY – The 45th Annual Baker Gordon Educational Symposia – Feb 2011

Advancing Aesthetic Outcomes in Breast Surgery: A Case-Based Review of Optimizing Implant Selection and Advanced Surgical Techniques
Faculty: G.P. Maxwell, M.B. Calobrace, M. Pinsky

• How can I optimize implant selection based on specific patient criteria to improve aesthetic outcomes?
• How can I improve my approach to the overall patient experience and better meet patient expectations?
• What advanced augmentation and augmentation mastopexy techniques are recommended when using smooth and textured gel-filled implants?

ALLERGAN eACADEMY – Breast Cancer Coordinated Care Conference (BC3) – Feb 2011

Raising the Bar in Implant-Based Reconstruction: A Collaborative Approach to Patient Care
Faculty: G.P. Maxwell, P. Whitworth

• How can collaboration between plastic surgeons and breast surgeons be maximized to enhance clinical outcomes?
• How can a breast cancer patient benefit from a multidisciplinary, team-based approach to pre-operative planning?
• What core principles are essential to achieving successful outcomes in implant-based breast reconstruction?

ALLERGAN eACADEMY – Plastic Surgery Senior Residents Conference – Jan 2011

Defining Success in Clinical Practice for Young Surgeons
Faculty: G.P. Maxwell, W. Adams, L. Bucky, C. Glicksman

• How can the “50 in 5” core principles help me deliver optimal aesthetic outcomes consistently?
• In establishing an aesthetic medicine practice, how do I make decisions on what services and products to offer?
• How can I simplify planning in breast reconstruction by considering the final breast shape and implant first?
• What are the key biodimensional and tissue-based planning principles in implant selection?

ALLERGAN eACADEMY – The Cutting Edge: Facial Rejuvination 2010 – Dec 2010

Advancements in Breast Surgery
Faculty: G.P. Maxwell, L. Bucky, S. Teitelbaum

• How do you set patient expectations appropriately when planning a bilateral breast augmentation?
• What are the latest planning and surgical techniques in single-stage and two-stage augmentation mastopexy?
• How does three-dimensional imaging help in the patient education process?
• How can thorough pre-operative planning and specific surgical techniques help correct synmastia and inferior malposition?

ALLERGAN eACADEMY – ASPS, Plastic Surgery 2010 – Oct 2010

Optimizing Outcomes in Revision Breast Surgery II: Advanced Cases in Capsular Contracture, Malposition, & Ptosis
Faculty: G.P. Maxwell, M. Brown, J. Grotting, S. Teitelbaum

• How do you set patient expectations appropriately when planning a revision surgery?
• What implant options should be considered for a revision patient?
• What key drivers for revision surgery are in the control of the plastic surgeon?
• How does capsular contracture mask ptosis and why is this important in planning?
• What techniques can you use in practice to reduce the potential for more revisions?

ALLERGAN eACADEMY – ASAPS, Aesthetic Meeting 2010 – April 2010

Optimizing Outcomes in Revision Breast Surgery: Core Principles and a Case-Based Review
Faculty: G.P. Maxwell, S. Spear, M. Jewell, W.G. Stevens

• What specific techniques can I use to resolve malposition (medial, lateral, inferior, or superior)?
• How can thorough pre-operative planning and specific surgical techniques help resolve capsular contraction?
• Patients often present with unresolved ptosis after augmentation/mastopexy. What are my major challenges in performing revision surgery on such patients?
• What core principles are essential in achieving successful outcomes in revision surgery?

ALLERGAN eACADEMY – Plastic Surgery Senior Residents Conference – Jan 2010

Defining Success for New Surgeons
Faculty: G.P. Maxwell, W. Adams. Jr., C. Glicksman, J. Gross

• Why are the core principles essential to my success as a surgeon?
• What is the process in primary breast augmentation and reconstruction and how can this help me achieve consistent, reproducible outcomes?
• Why is the patient experience important to my practice and success as a surgeon?
• How can the Allergan Rising Star program help me as I establish myself in practice?

ALLERGAN eACADEMY – ASPS Plastic Surgery 2009 – Oct 2009

Evolving Role of Textured Implants in Breast Surgery
Faculty: G .P. Maxwell, S. Spear, M. Brown, L. Bucky, C. Glicksman, J. Namnoum

• How can you best match the patient with the right implant?
• How have textured devices been used in the past? Where are we now and where are we going?
• In what situations will a textured device provide the best results?
• How effective are textured devices in reducing capsular contracture?

ALLERGAN eACADEMY – Breast and Body Contouring Symposium – Aug 2009

The Shape of the Future: Improving Outcomes in Augmentation and Reconstruction
Faculty: G. P. Maxwell, S. Spear, S. Teitelbaum, W. Adams, Jr., M. Nahabedian, J. Serletti

• What is 50 in 5 and how can I have better patient outcomes in breast augmentation and reconstruction?
• How can the similarities in decision making in augmentation and reconstruction yield better patient outcomes?
• How do you identify patients at risk for a poor result in autogenous surgery?
• What are the latest planning and surgical techniques in two-stage reconstruction?

ALLERGAN eACADEMY – ASAPS, The Aesthetic Meeting 2009 – May 2009

Achieving Excellence in Breast Augmentation Surgery: Putting Core Principles to Practice
Faculty: G.P. Maxwell, S. Spear, S. Teitelbaum, W. Adams, Jr., M. Brown, L. Bucky, M. Pinsky, D. Mills

• How can the 50 in 5 impact my practice?
• What is the latest in early and late capsular contracture?
• What would your plan be to revise a nulliparous patient with synmastia?
• What are the advantages of using textured devices?