02/10/2026
The iconic in Miami, the first symposium established to teach aesthetic surgery to plastic surgeons in 1967 had its Grand Finale after 60 years last Thursday, Friday and Saturday (February 5-7, 2026). It is the combination of live surgery and lectures by world authorities which have always made the educational content superb.
1️⃣ Dr. James Stuzin, master facelift surgeon, organizer and Chairman of the Baker Gordon Symposium after retirement of its Founder, Dr. Thomas Baker, gave a fabulous presentation of the history of the Baker Gordon Symposium complete with photographs from its beginning in 1967 until the present day.
2️⃣ Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez (), Chairman of the NYU Langone Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery gave two amazing talks. (1) His experience with his five total successful facial transplants for which he is recognized around the world. One of those patients also had, at the same time, transplantation of both hands which also survived and function. Another patient also had transplantation of the left orbit and eye. While there is no vision, the eye survived, has normal intraocular pressures and transmits energy to the occipital cortex. (2) Dr. Rodriguez demonstrated fabulous aesthetic results for his patients with devastating facial deformities, many of which were caused by cancer.
3️⃣ There were multiple signs in the convention center hallways documenting the history of the Baker Gordon Symposium.
4️⃣ I presented a brief history of my experience at The Baker Gordon Symposium where I have operated on television and lectured for the audience ten times beginning in 1980.
5️⃣ A Saturday night boat cruise honoring Dr. James Stuzin through the Miami River into Biscayne Bay for the colorful and elegant end to the Grand Finale.
