Session 22: Patient-Centered Care — Guiding Your Patient Through a Transformative Journey (Allied Health Track, Non-CME)
Friday, February 21, 2025
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
This session is Non-CME but will cover crucial aspects around patient-centered care. We will cover the importance of staff sensitivity from initial paperwork to consultation. Then transition into Patient Sensitivity: Consultation to Post-Surgery — A Surgeon’s Perspective, Being ‘Seen’: The Transgender Experience Post-Operatively, A Transformative Journey: Major Weight Loss Case, Post-Op: Massive Weight Loss Patients, Tumescent Local Anesthesia: Changing the Face of Cosmetic Surgery, Circumferencial HD Lipoabdominoplasty, and lastly How to Sensitively Engage with Your Patient and Work With Their Expectations.
Kamran Dastoury, MD, DDS, FAACS, is a double board certified cosmetic surgeon, who has dedicated his practice to the art of aesthetic surgery where he practices as medical director of Modern Surgical Arts of Denver. In the historic city of New Orleans, he attended LSU School of Medicine where he received his medical degree, completed general surgery internship, and maxillofacial surgery training at ILH Charity hospital, a Level I trauma hospital located in downtown New Orleans. During that time, he trained in aspects of facial surgery such as cosmetic surgery, trauma, head & neck cancer, microvascular reconstruction, and pediatric craniofacial surgery. During his residency, he also had extensive training in anesthesia, which enabled him to attain his general anesthesia certificate in California and Colorado. After discovering his passion for aesthetic surgery, Dr. Dastoury pursued further subspecialty training through an additional full year in general cosmetic surgery fellowship with Dr Jacob Haiavy in sunny Southern California in order to provide the best aesthetic care for his patients. His leadership activities include Board Member of Colorado Medial Society, President of ADEMS local medical society, chair scope of practice committee CMS. He is also active on the board of American Board of Cosmetic Surgery. co-chair of the written examination committee and oral board examiner. Lastly, he is secretary on the board of the Cosmetic Surgery Foundation.