NEW! SRC Cadaver Lab Experience
Exclusively for SRC Registrants
Enhance your Senior Resident Conference experience with an immersive, hands-on learning opportunity designed specifically for senior plastic surgery residents preparing for fellowship or independent practice.
The SRC Cadaver Lab Experience brings you into state-of-the-art small-group, cadaver-based instruction led by expert plastic surgeons. Through focused training in breast reconstruction, facelift and blepharoplasty, you’ll strengthen your understanding of surgical anatomy, refine technical skills and gain practical insights you can carry into the next stage of your career.
The SRC Cadaver Lab Experience is from 12 - 4 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026.
Three Procedures. One Immersive Experience.
During the lab, you’ll work at an assigned cadaver station in a small group of no more than seven residents. Expert faculty will rotate between stations, giving your group dedicated instruction across all three procedural areas:
- Breast Reconstruction
- Facelift
- Blepharoplasty
This unique format gives you the opportunity to explore relevant anatomy, practice operative steps, compare approaches and learn technical pearls and pitfalls directly from experienced plastic surgeons.
What You’ll Gain
Through hands-on dissection and faculty-guided instruction, the SRC Cadaver Lab Experience will help you:
- Identify key anatomic structures, tissue planes and danger zones relevant to the featured procedures.
- Strengthen your understanding of surgical exposure, dissection, tissue handling and procedural sequencing.
- Explore operative steps, technical approaches, and critical decision points.
- Compare approaches used by expert faculty and consider how anatomic variation can influence surgical planning.
- Discuss strategies for avoiding complications and addressing common technical challenges.
- Build greater confidence in procedural anatomy, operative planning and surgical decision-making.
Designed for Your Next Step
As you prepare to transition from residency into fellowship or independent practice, opportunities for concentrated, hands-on training are especially valuable. The SRC Cadaver Lab Experience is designed to complement your existing training with direct faculty feedback and practical education in a setting built for exploration, discussion and skill development.
Registration Fees
Space is limited! You must be registered for the Senior Residents Conference in order to be eligible to register for this experience. Membership in the ASPS Residents and Fellows Forum is only $100 per year. To learn more about the many benefits it offers or to join today, visit PlasticSurgery.org/join.
The cost of the cadaver lab is:
- $125 for Residents registered for SRC who are RFF Members
- $450 for Residents registered for SRC who are not members of the RFF
Intended Audience
This in-person activity is designed specifically for senior residents interested in translating knowledge into practice to improve patient outcomes in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
ABMS Core Competencies
The following ABMS core competencies will be addressed:
- Patient Care and Procedural Skills
- Medical Knowledge
- Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
Accreditation Statement
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement
The activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.
Recognition Statement
The Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits offered by this activity are enhanced by ASPS Learner Credit Reporting for learners who have opted in to this reporting. Successful completion of this CME activity enables active American Board of Surgery (ABS) members the opportunity to earn credit toward the CME requirement of the ABS's Continuous Certification program when claimed within 30 days of completion of the activity.
Participants in ASPS accredited education who want their CME credits reported to certifying and state licensing boards must opt-in to reporting and add their NPI as well as state license ID and/or collaborating board ID(s) before claiming credit.
Disclosure Policy
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) requires all instructors, planners, reviewers, managers, and other individuals in a position to control or influence the content of an activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships or affiliations. All identified conflicts of interest must be resolved and the educational content thoroughly vetted by ASPS for fair balance, scientific objectivity, and appropriateness of patient care recommendations. ASPS also requires faculty/authors to disclose when off-label/unapproved uses of product are discussed in a CME activity or included in related materials.
Disclaimer: All relevant financial relationships for planners, faculty, and others in control of content (either individually or as a group) are reviewed by the ASPS Continuing Education Committee and have been mitigated, if applicable.
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