Aesthetic Office Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan

January 2021 | Volume 20 | Issue 1 | Original Article | 10 | Copyright © January 2021


Published online December 23, 2020

Joel L. Cohen MD,a Steve H. Dayan MD,b Mathew M. Avram MD,c Renato Saltz MD,d Suzanne Kilmer MD,e Corey S. Maas MD,f Joel Schlessinger MD,g and the Cross-Specialty Allergan Aesthetics Preparedness Advisory Panel

aAboutSkin Dermatology and DermSurgery, PC, Greenwood Village, CO
bDivision of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Chicago Center for Facial Plastic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
cDermatology Cosmetic and Laser Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
dAdjunct Professor of Plastic Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
eLaser and Skin Surgery Center of Northern California, Sacramento, CA
fThe Maas Clinic Facial Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, San Francisco and Lake Tahoe, CA gSkin Specialists, PC, Omaha, NE

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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE

Joel L. Cohen MD jcohenderm@yahoo.com
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