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Dr. Ovaitt and Dr. Hetzler were honored to be invited as faculty to the UAB Department of Otolaryngology, Facial Plastic Surgery Anatomy Course. Two days of lecture and cadaver dissection did not disappoint! Thank you to the wonderful hosts at UAB and congratulations on such a spectacular event!

Our docs are doing great things! Dr Morris is speaking at AAFPRS in Los Angeles. Safe travels, Dr Morris!

Dr Hetzler is giving three talks at the AAFPRS annual meeting in Los Angeles this week. Safe travels, Dr Hetzler!

Selective neurolysis is a procedure where Dr. Hetzler identifies 20-30 small branches of the facial nerve, then selectively cuts them to reduce the effects of facial synkinesis. Patients will still need Botox but their requirement should be much less. Our multidisciplinary team approaches each patient individually for a personal plan which may or may not include surgery. Call for an evaluation to see if you are a candidate for selective neurolysis or other interventions for facial synkinesis!

We hope you had a great last day of residency, Dr Matthews, before you head off to your facial plastic and reconstructive surgery fellowship in Virginia. Dr Matthews finished strong with Dr Morris and Dr Hetzler in today’s cleft lip repair, cleft palate repair, and alveolar bone graft. takes tremendous pride in training our residents (and soon to be our fellows) in the most complex facial plastic and reconstructive surgical care. Off you go!!

Strong representation by the entire team at . Dr. Hetzler served as Natl Course Director, spoke on practice building and led a nerve repair course. Dr Ovaitt spoke on innovative approaches to facial defect repair because we all know our patients present individual clinical scenarios that don’t fit into a textbook. And the entire team moderated sessions to foster discussion among attendees to maximize collaboration and education!!!

The glorious ladies of were on a roll this weekend! They had a busy national meeting for the American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery with the highlight reel being Dr Morris as meeting chair and Dr Hetzler inviting one of our amazing patients for a live demonstration on synkinesis management with other 💥GREATS💥in the field. Invitations to the national stage are an honor for us and we love to share our expertise with others in the facial plastics community.

🔥Hot off the press🔥 Dr. Oviatt continues to crush it! In academia, evidence based medicine drives the wheels of innovation. If you have the tools to create the best outcomes - push the envelope for success!

🙌 🤩WE ALSO DO FUN THINGS🤩🙌
Dr Ovaitt was invited to give talks on her deep plane facelift technique and rhinoplasty at two national meetings this summer. So many of our patients think that because we do incredibly complex work, that we don’t do the healthy side of facial plastics as well. We do!!
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