Dear Colleagues,

International 3rd İzmir Microsurgery Congress Invitation

My dear friends and colleagues,
Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery family has been a fast growing community but faced with challenges from other specialties violating our domain. On this regard, we as the leading generation, feel the responsibility of holding on to the ‘reconstructive surgery’ in order to protect our field. We know that the best way to flourish in the world of reconstructive surgery is to continually innovate. Our seniors have been pioneers in the world in terms of innovation and we hope to continue this tradition. The first step toward innovation is to build a strong foundation. Maintaining standardization in plastic surgery education, attaining interest and quality in microsurgery are the main objectives in this meeting. We believe that these targets were approached with the previously organized two international microsurgery congresses in Konya. Hopefully we would be organizing the 3rd international microsurgery congress in İzmir in September 2024.

The 3rd International Izmir Microsurgery Meeting would be held on 27-29th of September 2024, with the honorary presidency of JP HONG. The meeting would be held with the partnership of Izmir Katip Çelebi University, Turkish Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Society, Emergency Hand and Microsurgery Society and Reconstructive Microsurgery Society. I am deeply honored and excited to introduce many new programs in this meeting:

1. Live surgery in microsurgery. There would be 2 live surgeries in the last day of the meeting. Attendees could be able to ask questions to the surgeon during the operation.

2. Sewing with the masters. Opportunity to suture together under a microscope with a senior surgeon would be an unforgettable experience.

3. Microsuturing Contest. Anastomosis under microsurgery would be assessed in terms of speed and quality. Participants at the final four would be assessed not only by the jury, also by the attendees of the meeting. The winner of the contest would be awarded by Prof. JP HONG.

4. Academic Achievement Awards in Microsurgery: 1) Prof. Ömer Özkan Best Poster Award: Posters in the field of microsurgery will be accepted under the condition of not been published or presented elsewhere. Winner would be awarded by Prof. Ömer ÖZKAN himself.

2) Prof. Türker Özkan Best Save Award: Posters in the field of salvage microsurgery will be accepted under the condition of not been published or presented elsewhere. Winner would be awarded by Prof. Türker ÖZKAN himself.

3) Best case award: Posters in the field of microsurgical case reports will be accepted under the condition of not been published or presented elsewhere. Winner of the Best Case would be awarded.

Finally, I want to remind everyone that this meeting is focused on supporting and helping the next generation of reconstructive surgeons. Due to the generous donations from senior plastic surgeons around the country, we will continue to have scholarships for residents as same as the previous meetings. We are grateful to the donations and this year, we will increase the scholarship (waived registration and full accommodation support) to the first 100 residents applying. On behalf of the oranizers, I want to thank our generous donors again. Most of all, our community in microsurgery is small, but strong in terms of friendship. Numerous experts from Turkiye and from abroad will take part to share their expertise and their friendship. I am honored to invite all of you to this exciting and fun program. We will continue the tradition of teaching, sharing and exploring as well as to go beyond to search new ideas in Reconstructive microsurgery in the beautiful city of İzmir. Please join us on the last week of September (27-29th September).

With my best regards,