Episode 33: Democratization in Microsurgery: The Proximie System

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> Democratization is a noun. The meaning of democratization as it pertains to microsurgery is the action of making training and education available through technology, in this case, microsurgery in breast reconstruction. The chosen field of microsurgery requires hours of training and practice. Observing colleagues perform this sophisticated and complex surgery increases their own skill set with the primary goal being improving patient outcomes in breast reconstruction.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> I invited back to the <a href= "https://diepcjourney.com/category/podcast/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">DiepCJourney podcast</a> two internationally known microsurgeons. <a href="https://www.joedusseldorp.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Joe Dusseldorp</a> practices in Sydney, Australia and is a fellow of the <a href= "https://www.surgeons.org/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Royal Australasian College of surgeons</a>. He has a keen interest in microsurgery and did his training overseas to achieve this status. He is also trained to do robotic assisted surgery.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> <a href= "https://prma-enhance.com/about-us/breast-reconstruction-surgeons-texas/dr-minas-chrysopoulo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Minas Chrysopoulo</a> is the current president of <a href="https://prma-enhance.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">PRMA</a> in San Antonio, Texas, and founder of the <span style="color: black;"><a href= "https://breastadvocateapp.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Breast Advocate®</a>, a free shared decision-making app for breast cancer surgery and breast reconstruction. He holds a board certification in plastic surgery. As he states, board certification matters in your relevant fiel