In this "Leveling Up" episode of the PRS Global Open Deep Cuts Podcast, Dr. Fred Menick talks about his time in practice in Guam, how to identify the normal, why the subunit principle of nasal reconstruction works, how nasal reconstruction is like skeletal reconstruction, the importance of not using local anesthetic and always having a lifeboat ready, and why being meticulous is the most important thing in surgery.

Frederick J. Menick, MD was called "the finest nose maker in the history of medicine" by Dr. Burt Brent, himself a master of ear reconstruction. He is a two time winner of the James Barrett Brown Prize from the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, presented annually to the author of the most significant contribution to the specialty of Plastic Surgery. His book, Aesthetic Nasal Reconstruction - Principles and Practice, a two volume work published in 2018, has set the standard of care for nasal reconstruction. Dr. Menick started in practice in Tucson, Arizona in 1983 and retired in April 2022.

Your host, Dr. Puru Nagarkar, is a board-certified plastic and hand surgeon, and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

Read a recent PRS Global Open article on the topic of nasal reconstruction:

"Two or Three? Approaches to Staging of the Paramedian Forehead Flap for Nasal Reconstruction" by Oleck, Hernandez, Cason, et al: https://bit.ly/DeepCutsNasalRecon

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