{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Dr. Dennis Hammond: Leveling Up Taking the Muscle Out of the Equation","description":"In this Leveling Up episode of the PRS Global Open Deep Cuts Podcast, Dr. Dennis Hammond discusses the development of his innovative SPAIR technique, the problems he sought to solve, and how the technique has evolved over the years. He also explores the areolar locking suture, the nuances of patient marking and intraoperative assessment, his SAFE breast augmentation technique, and the use of mesh in breast surgery. Dr. Hammond shares his philosophy on training fellows and residents, lessons learned from his mentors, Drs. Pat Maxwell and Jack Fisher, and the unexpected story of how he became a competitive bodybuilder later in life.   Dr. Dennis Hammond is a board-certified plastic surgeon and founder of Partners in Plastic Surgery of West Michigan, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. After studying medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, he completed an integrated Plastic Surgery residency in Grand Rapids followed by a fellowship in Hand and Microsurgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and a Breast surgery fellowship with Drs. Pat Maxwell and Jack Fisher in Nashville, Tennessee. He has written the "Atlas of Aesthetic Breast Surgery" and numerous peer reviewed articles and textbook chapters. He is the breast section editor for the Annals of Plastic Surgery and the Associate Program director for the plastic surgery residency in Grand Rapids. He is the director of his own breast surgery fellowship, where he has trained 26 fellows over the years.   Read a classic PRS Global Open article by Dr. Hammond and co-authors, \u201cDirect to Implant Reconstruction in Nipple Sparing Mastectomy: Patient Selection by Preoperative Digital Mammogram.\u201d  https:\/\/bit.ly\/DTI_Recon_NSM   Your host, Dr. Puru Nagarkar, is a board-certified plastic and hand surgeon, and Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.   #PRSGlobalOpen #DeepCutsPodcast #PlasticSurgery #LevelingUp ","author_name":"PRS Global Open Deep Cuts","author_url":"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/prsgo\/pages\/default.aspx","html":"