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Aesthetic Society Awards Journalists' Commitment To Patient Education

The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Announces 2009 Journalistic Achievement Award Winners

New York, NY (Vocus/PRWEB ) May 3, 2009 -- Journalists apery Vogue magazine, CNN and ABC News 20/20 are a allotment of winners accepting top ceremoniousness in the 2009 Journalistic Achievement Awards sponsored by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). Selected from over 125 entries, this year's winners will be presented a affidavit of arete and a downloadable presentation featured on the ASAPS' website. The Aesthetic Society, founded in 1967, is the arch civic alignment of board-certified artificial surgeons specializing in corrective anaplasty of the face and body.

There's so abundant accessible absorption in corrective artificial surgery but it's a circuitous subject. The Aesthetic Society looks for journalists who 'translate' difficult concepts into barefaced ones, and who back all-important advice to the accessible - about astute expectations, safety, and surgeons' qualifications. There were so abounding online autograph this year that absolutely accent the accent of accommodating safety. We had online autograph on aggregate from medical tourism to the added complications that can appear if assuming artificial anaplasty on humans who smoke, and we absolutely feel like these journalists are allowance us with our mission to brainwash the public "There's so abundant accessible absorption in corrective artificial surgery," says ASAPS Communications Commissioner Mark Codner, MD, a artificial surgeon in Atlanta, GA, "but it's a circuitous subject. The Aesthetic Society looks for journalists who 'translate' difficult concepts into barefaced ones, and who back all-important advice to the accessible - about astute expectations, safety, and surgeons' qualifications."

"There were so abounding online autograph this year that absolutely accent the accent of accommodating safety. We had online autograph on aggregate from medical tourism to the added complications that can appear if assuming artificial anaplasty on humans who smoke, and we absolutely feel like these journalists are allowance us with our mission to brainwash the public," says Aesthetic Society President, Alan Gold, MD, a artificial surgeon in Great Neck, NY.

Each year, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery ceremoniousness journalists for their advertisement on corrective artificial surgery. Entries are acclimatized in six categories: Television News, Television Feature, Newspaper, Magazine, Internet, and Patient Safety.

Top 2009 ceremoniousness in the Magazine chic go to Jenny Bailly for her article, Risky Business, which appeared in the May 2008 affair of Vogue Magazine. The article discusses the pros and cons of assorted corrective procedures. First abode in the Patient Safety chic goes to Pam Zekman of CBS 2 Chicago who is accustomed for her segment, Medical Spa Leaves Woman with Severe Tissue Damage, which investigates medi-spas and warns about their ambiguous practices.

Deborah Roberts of ABC News 20/20 is the champ in the Television Feature chic for the articulation on Lipodissolve, which describes risks of lipodissolve treatments and interviews women that accept had complications from this procedure. First abode in the TV News chic goes to Stephanie Smith of CNN, for her area Plastic Surgery and Smoking with Sanjay Gupta, which included an account with the Society's President, Alan Gold, M.D., who discussed the complications and dangers assuming corrective anaplasty on a smoker.

Anna Jo Bratton, of the Associated Press, takes top ceremoniousness for her Newspaper article, Lunchtime Lipo Promises to Melt Fat, But Safety Questioned, which addresses the assurance of the arguable "fat melting" injections. First abode in the Internet chic is awarded to Beth Duff (www.newimage.com) for her article, Medical Tourism: Pros and Cons of Having Cosmetic Surgery Abroad, which gives advice about traveling abroad for artificial anaplasty and warns of its danger.

A console of artificial surgeons and communications professionals evaluated anniversary access for accurateness of information, counterbalanced reporting, educational value, interest, originality, and journalistic style. Winners accept a claimed affidavit of arete and an awards presentation anniversary the winners will be presented on the ASAPS website and accessible for download.

For added advice on the Aesthetic Society's Journalistic Achievement Awards, appointment the Press Center on the Aesthetic Society web website at www.surgery.org.

Journalistic Achievement Awards Presentation
Thursday, May 7th, 8:00am

About ASAPS
The 2400-member American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), founded in 1967, is the arch alignment of ABMS-certified artificial surgeons who specialize in corrective artificial surgery. With ASAPS breath associates certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Canadian breath associates certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and International associates certified in their countries of origin, ASAPS is at the beginning of addition in adept artificial surgery.

Toll-free barometer line: 888.ASAPS.11 (272.7711). Web site: www.surgery.org

Contact:
Adeena Babbitt or Dina Khiry: (212) 921-0500 media (at) anaplasty (dot) org
Annual Meeting Press Office accessible May 3-7: (702) 322-5625

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