2026 Faculty
Course Directors:
- Brett Phillips
- Kristen Rezak
- Geoffroy Sisk
Duke Faculty:
- Andrew Atia
- Detlev Erdmann
- Warren Hammert
- Rebecca Knackstedt
- Whitney Lane
- Jeffrey Marcus
- Suhail Mithani
- Ash Patel
- Eliana Saltzman
Keynote Speaker:
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Peter Cordeiro, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Godina Fellow:
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Akitatsu Hayashi Kameda Kyobashi Clinic, Tokyo, Japan
Guest Faculty:
- Richard Baynosa, University Nevada Las Vegas
- Rudy Buntic, Buncke Clinic
- Meredith Collins, Ochsner Health
- Kyle Eberlin, Mass General Harvard University
- Nick Haddock, University Texas Southwestern
- Siba Haykal, Yale University
- Esther Kim, University of California San Francisco
- Jason Ko, Northwestern University
- George Kokosis, Rush University
- Ted Kung, University of Michigan
- Bernie Lee, Beth Israel Deaconess Harvard University
- Z-hye Lee, MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Cassandra Ligh, Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania
- Samir Mardini, Mayo Clinic Rochester
- David Mathes, Colorado University
- Babak Mehrara, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Ben McIntyre, University of Mississippi
- Nick Panetta, University of South Florida
- Sam Poore, University of Wisconsin
- Joe Ricci, Northwell Health
- Justin Sacks, Washington University St. Louis
- Vinay Shankhdhar, Tata Memorial Hospital
- Sophocles Voineskos, University of Toronto
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2025 Schedule (Example 2026 Schedule)
Friday, August 1 |
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| 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Welcome Cocktail Reception and Registration - Washington Duke Inn (Presidents Ball Room) |
| 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | Faculty - Dinner/ Course Orientation; Registrants - Dinner on your own |
| 9:30 PM - 11:30 PM | Night Cap- Downtown Durham (optional) |
Saturday, August 2 |
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| 7:00 AM - 7:15 AM | Buses depart Washington Duke Inn for Duke Clinic |
| 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM | Arrival and breakfast at Duke Clinic Ampitheater (near Duke South food court) |
| 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM | Course Intro: Dr. Phillips, Dr. Rezak, Dr. Sisk |
| 8:15 AM - 9:10 AM | Lectures 1-4 Talk 1 Dushyant Jaiswal, MD (ALT) Talk 2 Angela Cheng, MD (Rectus abdominis flaps) Talk 3 Laura Humphries, MD (Fibula flap) Talk 4 Detlev Erdmann, MD (Reverse Sural, Medial Plantar) *(table assistants go to lab)* |
| 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM | LAB SET-UP and ORIENTATION |
| 9:30 AM - 11:45 AM | Lab Session 1-4 |
| 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | Working Lunch Pickup |
| 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | Lectures 5-8 Talk 5 Samir Mardini, MD (Forehead and TPF flaps) Talk 6 Tae Chong, MD (Gluteal Flaps) Talk 7 Andrea Moreira, MD (DIEP + SIEA) Talk 8 Adeyizah Momoh, MD (PAP) |
| 1:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Lab session 5-8 |
| 3:15 PM- 3:30 PM | BREAK |
| 3:30 PM - 4:10 PM | Lectures 9-11 Talk 9 Rachel Anolik, MD (Gracilis/VUG/DUG) Talk 10 David Greenspun, MD (Lumbar, DCIA) Talk 11 Chris Coroneos, MD (Lateral Arm, Ulnar perforator flap) |
| 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM | Bus Transportation to Washington Duke Inn |
| 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM | Bus Transportation to Duke Sports Hall of Fame, Scharf Hall |
| 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Cocktail reception |
| 7:00 PM | Faculty & Group Photo |
| 7:15 PM - 7:45 PM | Leiweke Lecture - Robert Allen, MD |
| 7:45 PM - 10:00 PM | Gala Dinner - Duke Sports Hall of Fame, Scharf Hall |
| 10:00 PM | Bus Transportation to Washington Duke Inn |
Sunday, August 3 |
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| 7:30 AM - 7:45 AM | Bus departs Washington Duke Inn for Duke Clinic |
| 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Arrival and breakfast at Duke Clinic Ampitheater (near Duke South food court) |
| 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | Lectures 12-15 Talk 12 Bauback Safa, MD (Upper Extremity Flaps- Free Toe Transfer) Talk 13 Ines Lin, MD (Intrinsic Hand Flaps- DMCA, Cross Finger, Moberg) Talk 14 Gabriel Del Corral, MD (Radial Forearm) Talk 15 John Shuck, MD (MFC/ MFT) *(table assistants go to lab)* |
| 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM | LAB SET-UP |
| 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Lab session 9-12 |
| 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM | Working Lunch Pickup |
| 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM | Lectures 16-19 Talk 16 Jonas Nelson, MD (Lat dorsi and serratus) Talk 17 Evan Matros, MD (Scapula flaps) Talk 18 Whitney Lane, MD (Pectoralis and Supraclavicular flaps) Talk 19 Chris Kaoutzanis, MD (Groin/SCIP Flap) |
| 1:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Lab session 13 + open dissection session- (special table dissection and open coaching session) |
| 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM | BREAK |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Lectures 20-21 Talk 20 Amanda Silva, MD (Gastroc /Soleus) Talk 21 Jim Butterworth, MD (Paraspinous/Trapezius) |
| 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM | Closing Remarks, Certificates |
| 3:45 PM | Departure Travel- participants and faculty to arrange own travel arrangements |