ASAPS Endorsed Fellowship

The fellowship is a mentorship model, where the fellow will work alongside Dr. Bitar in the assessment and management of aesthetic surgery patients. The fellow spends 3-4 days per week in the operating room and 1-2 days in the clinic. In that time, the fellow will develop a sophisticated understanding of the indications and limitations of surgical and nonsurgical rejuvenation techniques. The fellow will be exposed to the entire breadth of aesthetic surgery, performing over 500 procedures during the year. Our cases are roughly equally divided between facial surgery 1/3, rhinoplasty 1/3, and breast and body 1/3.

The fellow will be exposed to the full gamut of nonsurgical rejuvenation using the latest technologies, including laser, Plasma Pen, Ultherapy, Coolsculpting, Emsculpt and Exilis. The fellow will learn advanced techniques in fillers and neurotoxins from Dr. Bitar, who developed the Model Lift, as well as his physician assist at the medical spa, who is a clinical trainer for Galderma injectables.

By working with the staff of the Bitar Institute, the fellow will be involved in marketing and will learn how to build their “brand” in a competitive environment, using social media, blogs, television interviews, and podcasts. The fellow will gain skills to successfully manage a plastic surgery business, including data analysis with data mining, metrics-led decision making, negotiating contracts, and dealing with top tier injectable accounts with MERZ, Allergan, Galderma, and other companies that provide nonsurgical body contouring machinery, lasers, and a vast array of skin care treatments.

The fellow will have an opportunity to attend didactics at the University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins University (either in person or virtual). Clinical research is required, and presentation at the Aesthetic Meeting is expected. Our previous fellows have presented at ASAPS meetings, written chapters in plastic surgery textbooks, and have participated in various academic research.