Dr. Cheng Presented at the 10 th Congress of World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
June 15th, 2019 | Categories: News
Just back from amazing 2019 WSRM meeting in Bologna, Italy. I am very proud of my team’s presentations and humbled to see my proposed VLNT mechanism was cited by other presenters many times at the conference. I also had a great time catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. ... Read More
Dr. Cheng was Invited to the 2nd USC Annual Multi-disciplinary Approach to Lymphedema and Related Disorders Symposium
June 8th, 2019 | Categories: News
I had a great experience at the 2nd USC Annual Multi-disciplinary Approach to Lymphedema and Related Disorders Symposium at the gorgeous Santa Monica Beach, CA this weekend. It is really exciting to participate and meet with so many specialists and learn their amazing work in their respective fields. Thanks to Dr. Ketan Patel for his kind invitation and congratulations on organizing such a successful conference! Also, it’s a great pleasure to meet Kathy Bates again. Her speech is always so inspirational, and I appreciate her support and fundraising efforts in fighting lymphedema. ... Read More
Dr. Cheng Presents at the 8th the World Symposium for Lymphedema Surgery (WSLS) 2019.04.26-04.27
April 27th, 2019 | Categories: News, Presentations
The World Symposium for Lymphedema Surgery (WSLS) has established a platform to present the most recent scientific advances and future directions in the development and treatment of lymphedema through the efforts of world-renowned experts in this field. The WSLS has played a key role in leading the progress in basic science research and clinical practices in lymphedema surgery since 2011. Seven live surgeries were successfully demonstrated at 8th World Symposium for Lymphedema Surgery. Variable donor sites for vascularized lymph node transfer were the submental, supraclavicular, groin, and omental; while the recipien... Read More
Pre-congress: Hand-on Supermicrosurgery Course
April 25th, 2019 | Categories: News, Presentations
In order to provide in-depth learning for the members, I specially organized a one-day Hands-on Course and invited masters of microsurgery to come and guide one-on-one with the participants. The new supermicrosurgery course has been devised for one day with a full-time schedule as part of the 8th WSLS symposium with the aim to provide to the participants specific supermicrosurgery skills to perform lymphovenous anastomoses (LVA) with different techniques. A total of 23 participants from 12 countries attended to this event under the instruction of 10 international experts on April 25, 2019. The course took place at th... Read More
