greeting
I would like to take this opportunity to announce that the 136th Kansai Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Academic Meeting will be held on July 7th at Kitano Hall, Kitano Hospital.
Due to the state of emergency declared under the Special Measures Act for COVID-19 Countermeasures enacted on March 13, 2020, society has been forced to postpone the Tokyo Olympics, and plastic surgeons have been asked to exercise self-restraint, including requests to postpone surgeries that can be postponed. On May 8, 2023, the status of COVID-19 under the Infectious Diseases Act was changed to "Class 5," and we feel that we are returning to the state before restrictions. We have decided to hold this conference locally, taking measures to prevent infection.
The special lecture will be given by Professor Masanori Fukushima, Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University and Representative Director of the Learning Health Society (LHS) Research Institute, a general incorporated foundation, who will give a talk on the impact of the COVID-19 vaccine.
At the luncheon seminar, Dr. Koichi Tomita, professor of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Kindai University School of Medicine, and Dr. Kenji Yano of Osaka Breast Clinic will give a talk on breast reconstruction surgery, which has often been postponed during the COVID-19 restrictions. Dr. Ryushiro Sugimoto of Otsu Red Cross Hospital, winner of the Best Presentation Award at the 135th Academic Meeting of the Kansai Society of Plastic Surgery, will also give a talk.
The Tanabata Festival, which is held on the same day as this conference, was originally held in Japan on July 7th as an event called "Tanabata," and one theory is that it originated from the familiar legend of Orihime and Hikoboshi, which was introduced from China during the Nara period, and from an event called Kikkoden/Kikouden, in which people pray to the sky to be granted better weaving skills, hoping to become as skilled as Orihime ("Kiko" means to beg, "takumi" means skill, and "den" means festival, thus meaning "a festival to pray for improvement in the arts and crafts").
It is my hope that by experiencing valuable cases and accumulating solid skills backed by knowledge, your plastic surgery techniques will continue to improve.
We hope that this will be a fruitful academic conference for all of you and look forward to your participation.
President of the 136th Kansai Society of Plastic Surgery Academic Meeting
Deputy Director of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Kitano Hospital, Tatsumi Kofukai Medical Research Institute, Public Interest Foundation
Namiko Ishikawa
greeting
I would like to take this opportunity to announce that the 136th Kansai Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Academic Meeting will be held on July 7th at Kitano Hall, Kitano Hospital.
Due to the state of emergency declared under the Special Measures Act for COVID-19 Countermeasures enacted on March 13, 2020, society has been forced to postpone the Tokyo Olympics, and plastic surgeons have been asked to exercise self-restraint, including requests to postpone surgeries that can be postponed. On May 8, 2023, the status of COVID-19 under the Infectious Diseases Act was changed to "Class 5," and we feel that we are returning to the state before restrictions. We have decided to hold this conference locally, taking measures to prevent infection.
The special lecture will be given by Professor Masanori Fukushima, Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University and Representative Director of the Learning Health Society (LHS) Research Institute, a general incorporated foundation, who will give a talk on the impact of the COVID-19 vaccine.
At the luncheon seminar, Dr. Koichi Tomita, professor of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Kindai University School of Medicine, and Dr. Kenji Yano of Osaka Breast Clinic will give a talk on breast reconstruction surgery, which has often been postponed during the COVID-19 restrictions. Dr. Ryushiro Sugimoto of Otsu Red Cross Hospital, winner of the Best Presentation Award at the 135th Academic Meeting of the Kansai Society of Plastic Surgery, will also give a talk.
The Tanabata Festival, which is held on the same day as this conference, was originally held in Japan on July 7th as an event called "Tanabata," and one theory is that it originated from the familiar legend of Orihime and Hikoboshi, which was introduced from China during the Nara period, and from an event called Kikkoden/Kikouden, in which people pray to the sky to be granted better weaving skills, hoping to become as skilled as Orihime ("Kiko" means to beg, "takumi" means skill, and "den" means festival, thus meaning "a festival to pray for improvement in the arts and crafts").
It is my hope that by experiencing valuable cases and accumulating solid skills backed by knowledge, your plastic surgery techniques will continue to improve.
We hope that this will be a fruitful academic conference for all of you and look forward to your participation.
President of the 136th Kansai Society of Plastic Surgery Academic Meeting
Deputy Director of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Kitano Hospital, Tatsumi Kofukai Medical Research Institute, Public Interest Foundation
Namiko Ishikawa
