Dear #ISAPSFamily, Colleagues, and Friends,
This month, we are celebrating World Patient Safety Day—a significant day for ISAPS as it serves to remind us of what we stand for as ISAPS plastic surgeons, and of our vision for safe aesthetic surgery for all our patients.
Our ongoing initiatives to promote patient safety, beyond our "Find a Surgeon" directory and continuous ongoing education programs, include publishing the latest safety standards and providing guidelines, checklists, for our surgeons and their patients, all constructed around the ISAPS Patient Safety Diamond, which was founded by our esteemed past president Foad Nahai, who shares more about our Safety Diamond and its significance in this E-Mag issue.
I was proud to present our first Foad Nahai Award for Patient Safety at our recent World Congress in Singapore, highlighting ISAPS's continued commitment to promoting safety and to honor those publishing impactful work in our journal: you can hear more from this year's winner, ISAPS Resident, Dr. Matilde Tettamanzi, in the following interview.
As always, it is these opportunities that we have as #ISAPSFamily to come together with colleagues from around the globe, share knowledge, and learn from each other that give us the best opportunities to develop and shape the future of our specialty. With that in mind, don't miss the chance to join us at St. Louis University next February 2026 for another exceptional learning and networking opportunity: our inaugural ISAPS Face Masters: Live Anatomy and Surgical Strategy, which brings together some of the true masters of facial aesthetics for the first time in this innovative learning format, including on-stage cadaver dissections.
More imminently, this month, all our members, together with their staff teams, can enjoy another exclusive webinar as part of our Global Accreditation Initiative in partnership with QUAD A: 'Avoiding and Managing Adverse Events in Your Practice - Infection Prevention,' aligning with this month's safety theme. Hope to see you there on September 12, 2025!
Warm wishes and stay safe!
Arturo Ramírez-Montañana, MD
ISAPS President