Exploring the First Year of Our Podcast

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I'm excited to welcome you
to this special episode,

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commemorating the one year anniversary
of Park Avenue Plastic Surgery Class.

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My name is Doreen Wu and I co-host this
podcast where we explore controversies

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and breaking issues in plastic surgery.
I'm here with Dr. Lawrence Bass,

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Park Avenue plastic surgeon,
educator, and technology innovator.

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The title of today's episode is
"Park Avenue Plastic Surgery Class:

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Exploring the First
Year of our Podcast. ".

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Thank you Doreen for
introducing me as usual. Today,

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I'd like to more fully
introduce you to our listeners.

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Doreen Wu has been the co-host
of this podcast with me.

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Since we started recording last year,

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she is a medical assistant working in
my practice and someone you can meet in

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person. If you're seeking plastic surgery
services at my Park Avenue office,

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Doreen is very knowledgeable about plastic
surgery after working in my practice,

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but is always learning deeper
levels as she gains experience.

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She's the one who is great at asking the
important questions that our listeners

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really want to know the answers to.

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We work together to craft each episode,

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to bring you the information
you want to hear.

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Thanks Dr. Bass, what an intro. I can't
believe it's already been a full year.

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It seems like only yesterday we sat
down to record for the very first time.

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Let's take our listeners back to the
beginning and review how we got here.

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Yes. I can't believe we put
so much content down so fast.

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I've always been an educator.

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We were told by our residency
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training, that if we wanted to come
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we needed to be ready to
teach as well as learn.

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I took that lesson to heart and
have taught my students, residents,

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and colleagues, as well
as my patients ever since.

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This podcast is the perfect classroom for
us to share that knowledge with a much

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larger audience.

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I completely agree.

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Podcasts are an awesome way to
disseminate information to the public.

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So through our podcast Park
Avenue Plastic Surgery Class,

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are you sharing what you've learned
from training in plastic surgery?

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Well, yes,

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in part it's my training which I was
fortunate to receive at the hands

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of some of the most famous and
talented plastic surgeons in the world

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that gave me the best possible
grounding experience and

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judgment. But in addition
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I've also been a researcher since
very early in my college career.

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I've spent nearly 35 years in
medical technology development.

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Many of the most sought after treatments
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were developed in part
with my help clinical study

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development, data
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device engineering

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laboratory bench to clinical
technology transfer,

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which we call translational
research nowadays and

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biotechnology.

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These are some of the areas
that I've worked in during that,

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that 35 year span. Having all
these new options is wonderful,

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but it creates the added
problem of reapportioning,

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how you slice up the pie
between different treatments.

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Each time a new one is added.

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This is a difficult task for fully trained
plastic surgeons to keep up with and

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nearly impossible for
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the noise level in every form of media
about plastic surgery and aesthetic

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medicine creates a challenge for
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the aesthetic playing field.

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I think your research background and
involvement in all of these different

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technology development areas certainly
bring a unique perspective to this

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podcast now for any of our listeners
who may have recently joined us,

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can you tell me again,

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the story behind our podcast title
Park Avenue Plastic Surgery Class?

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What does it mean?

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Well,

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I've always felt there are a lot of
valuable lessons about how plastic surgery

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is practiced on Park
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It's clearly one of the centers
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both in terms of the volume of care
that's provided and the quality of care

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of any place in the world. It's not the
only pinnacle, but it's one of them.

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There are many,

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many plastic surgeons and other
aesthetic providers and all of them

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are really well trained and
really excellent at what they

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do.

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So that's a good place to hone
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how plastic surgery should be done.

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The patients are also a very distinct
group of people who are very well

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educated, very consumerist,
and analytical about how they,

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how they pursue plastic
surgery treatments and in their

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decision making.

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So that's a great place to learn
lessons about plastic surgery,

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debunk myths,

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clear up some of the confusion
and try to get some information

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of high quality out to listeners.

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Yes, I have to agree with you.

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There is definitely a
lot of misinformation
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social media about plastic surgery,

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not to mention all of the
common misconceptions that
people often have when it

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comes to this area of medicine.
Tell me with this podcast,

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who is the audience
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Well,

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we're looking for people who are thinking
about getting some plastic surgery,

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or just want to learn about
this really interesting field.

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That's extremely popular and
captivating to everyone nowadays.

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But really for people who are
consumerist and realist and would

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enjoy hearing an honest,

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critical discussion about the
details of what different treatments

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can and cannot do,

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where they're useful someone
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hearing the reality rather
than fantasy or hype.

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Let us now take a trip down memory lane
and look at past episodes we've done and

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where we've been. What
have we covered so far?

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Well, we've covered a broad range of
topics, both in classic plastic surgery.

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So all of the main surgical procedures,

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breast procedures, body contouring
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and we've covered a lot
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non-surgical aesthetics or
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So we've looked at
laser treatments, Botox,

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and other neuromodulators and
injectable fillers amongst others.

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So that's kind of the range of
topics that we've covered in

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a broad overview. Out

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of all the episodes we've
done in the past year, Doreen,

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which one was your favorite and why?

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Well, I actually have
a couple of favorites.

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I would say the Park Avenue Versus Rodeo
Drive episode was a particularly fun

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one.

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I really liked learning about how plastic
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can really vary greatly depending
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Perhaps we can even do a follow up
episode comparing other notable plastic

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surgery markets in the US or even
abroad. That would be pretty interesting.

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Another one of my favorites was
the Seasons of Beauty episode.

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I am the first one to say that
I do have a type A personality.

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And so it was reassuring to learn about
all the reasons why it is a good idea to

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plan ahead when it comes to your
beauty care and your treatments.

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I think the last one I'll give a shout
out to is our Kiss And Tell episode where

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we talked about all
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given the popularity of
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it was an especially interesting
and relevant episode.

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I think they're just too
many to pick Dr. Bass.

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You must have some favorites too.

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So it's interesting.

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You mentioned Kiss And Tell that that
was probably the episode that had one of

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the highest number of
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So that might be one of the
audience favorites for sure.

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And it was one of my favorites.
It's such an elegant topic,

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the aesthetics of the lip
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my favorite topic was the
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pair of episodes,

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because that really told the
whole history of how plastic

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surgery was revamping and really

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evolving over the couple of
decades early in my career.

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So that was a standout for me and a
story that I was really looking forward

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to telling another favorite
was the power of one,

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because I think that that showcase the,

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the underpinnings of how
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where we provide a comprehensive

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overview of care and
really offer everything

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in depth that a patient could
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or a given arena.

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I had a feeling you would work the
Barbie Versus Star Wars episode into our

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anniversary episode somehow,

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but we can't forget some of our past
episodes where we've invited some amazing

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guests to share their knowledge and
expertise of plastic surgery with our

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listeners.

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One great advantage of being a thought
leader and lecturing widely is the

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opportunity to meet and learn from
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And many of these people end up becoming
friends and have graciously agreed to

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participate in episodes of the podcast.

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So we've had a number of,

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of doctors who are experts in
plastic surgery talking about

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facelift and, you know,

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Deep Dive on Deep Plane Facelift with Dr.

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Bloom was a great episode that
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balanced way,

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different viewpoints about about
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for facelift.

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We've also had a number of
guests from the core for the,

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the group of specialties that are
trained in aesthetic services.

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So we've had some really notable
dermatologists who were able to speak

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about their knowledge and
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the, and slice up the pies,

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so to speak different treatments
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And I think the ability to
parse controversies not just

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telling what I think,

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but having an open discussion
with people who are international

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experts weighing in with their point of
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of view is really one of the strengths
of inviting guests to participate.

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So we've talked about the past and the
present of Park Avenue Plastic Surgery

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Class what's coming next,

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any exciting things in the pipeline
that our listeners can look forward to.

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Well, we're certainly going to continue
with a lot of what we've already had.

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We're going to share more,

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more discussion of the Park
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surgery problems,

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aesthetic plastic surgery
problems of various types.

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And there's an almost endless amount of
detail there that we've just scratched

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the surface of will continue
to add in news items

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relating to plastic surgery
as those events occur.

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And as new technologies are
introduced, we'll discuss those.

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We'll bring more deep dives
and controversies that will

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sift out with guest experts.

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And if we get any great
questions from listeners for

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suggested topics, we'll be
happy to cover those as well.

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And we will be interfacing with
some industry experts as well,

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because they can share a
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they might be bringing in the future,

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what they recognize as the big
problems that need the solution.

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And it's a chance to meet people who have
the vision to change things and get to

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know them a little bit by having
them join us on the podcast.

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Sounds like there are lots
of exciting things planned.

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I can't wait to explore all of these new
horizons and tackle these topics with

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you and our listeners.

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Well,

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we've done a lot of interesting things
in the past year but I hope this is just

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the beginning of more great things
to come. I'm having a lot of fun,

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bringing the exciting details of
the field of plastic surgery to

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the listeners. Doreen,

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thank you for all your help making
Park Avenue Plastic Surgery Class fly.

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I couldn't ask for a better co-host
and thank you to our producer,

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Nate Greenberg of HG Media,

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your encouragement and technical expertise
has been a huge support and a big

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part of the success of
this podcast. Thank you.

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And I look forward to our
continued collaboration.

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Co-Hosting this podcast with you
working with our producer, Nate,

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and being able to share it all with
our listeners has been such a fun and

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rewarding experience. If
you told me five years ago,

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that I would one day be on a podcast, I
would've laughed and never believed you,

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but look where we are now.

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A special thank you to all
of our amazing listeners,

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whether you have been with us from
day one or just joined yesterday,

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just you wait,

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Park Avenue Plastic Surgery Class is just
getting started and we have a lot more

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in store for you.

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I completely agree. This
podcast is about you,

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or our listeners for your
information and entertainment.

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I hope the class has been a much
anticipated and enjoyable education.

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This is Doreen Wu, thanking
you for joining Dr.

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Bass and me on our trip down memory
lane. As we look back at how we started,

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where we've been and what's to come as
always be sure to tune in next time.

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And don't forget to subscribe to our
podcast to stay up to date with all of the

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exciting content that is coming your way.

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Thank you for joining us in this episode
of the Park Avenue Plastic Surgery

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Class podcast with Dr. Lawrence
Bass Park Avenue, plastic surgeon,

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educator, and technology innovator.

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The commentary in this
podcast represents opinion.

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This podcast does not
present medical advice,

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but rather general information about
plastic surgery that does not necessarily

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relate to the specific conditions
of any individual patient.

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No doctor patient relationship
is established by listening
to or participating

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in this podcast,

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consult your physician to advise you
about your individual healthcare.

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