DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Leading surgeons from across the country and around the world are gathering in Dallas this week to share new technologies in areas of reconstructive surgery, regenerative medicine, microsurgery and peripheral nerve surgery at a summit hosted by IntraMed Health and the World Craniofacial Foundation. The Reconstructive Surgery Summit will focus on several groundbreaking medical advancements, including advances in reconstructive plastic surgery, innovative stem cell harvesting techniques from adult tissue, liposculpting, face transplantation, repairing cleft lip and palate, genetics in human malformation, craniofacial defects, microsurgery, and peripheral nerve surgery. The collaboration of physicians reaching across multiple specialties within reconstructive and plastic surgery to discover new ways to integrate techniques is a revolutionary event that will ultimately provide new and superior advantages in patient care and quality initiatives.

According to Ira B. Korman, Ph.D., President & CEO of IntraMed Health and Texas Hospital for Advanced Medicine, the goal of the summit is to provide surgeons the opportunity to learn from one another and share best practices. "Dallas is quickly becoming a new global center known for successful surgical procedures that literally change lives for those impacted with severe conditions. At the Texas Hospital for Advanced Medicine, we are focused not only on bringing together the finest surgeons in the world, but also on educating patients about the new opportunities available to them through the dramatic advancements that have been made in the past decade in reconstructive surgery has made in the past decade," said Dr. Korman.

"This is a new era of surgery and the capacity it has to literally reconstruct lives is extraordinary," said Kenneth E. Salyer, M.D. Dr. Salyer is founder of the new Reconstructive Surgery Institute and the lead surgeon in several high-profile reconstructive surgical cases, most notably the 34-hour operation that separated conjoined Egyptian twins Ahmed and Mohamed Ibrahim, who recently helped launch a new Reconstructive Surgery Institute in Dallas.

Joining Dr. Korman and Dr. Salyer at the weekend summit are:

IntraMed Health, the World Craniofacial Foundation, and Texas Hospital for Advanced Medicine are hosting the summit as part of their commitment to providing the highest quality care for patients as well as bringing in top quality experts to further international medical advancements and research.