Faculty Surgery 2017

Dario Bertossi
(Italy)

Associate Professor for Maxillofacial Surgery and Stomatology University of Verona in the School of Anesthesiology, of Maxillo Facial Surgery, in the School of Dentistry.

Prof. Dario Bertossi is an internationally acclaimed Maxillo Facial Surgeon known for his innovative surgical techniques and is an international speaker on advanced Maxillo Facial surgery techniques. Dr. Bertossi has more than 16 years of experience in the field.
Prof. Bertossi has been a visiting professor at many university centers in the USA, Europe and South America. He is actively involved in research and teaching other Maxillo Facial surgeons in the University of Verona and gives surgical demonstrations to other maxillo facial surgeons around the world.
Prof. Bertossi is a member of the following societies: The American Society for Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, European Academy for Facial Plastic Surgery, European association of maxillo facial surgery, Italian society of maxillo facial surgery, International Association of Oral and Maxillo Facial Surgery, Italian society for oral pathology, Italian academy for esthetic facial surgery.
More than 60 publications in international and national journals, 85 scientific communications, 4 videofilms, More than 130 national and international meetings.

Giovanni Botti
(Italy)

MD, plastic surgeon, expert on face and neck surgery and mammaplasty. He is the head manager and the main surgeon of Villa Bella Clinic and president of the Italian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (AICPE), an active member of various national and international societies (AICPE, SICPRE, ISAPS, EAFPS, ISLAS, IPRAS etc). In addition Giovanni Botti is honorary member of the: French Society of Aesthetic Surgery, Aegyptian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Romanian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Serbian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and Australian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

Dr Botti was awarded for his contributions to the improvement of aesthetic surgery by the: American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (Philadelphia, 1990), Japanese Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (Tokyo, 2000), Aegiptyan Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Cairo, 2001), IMCAS, (Paris 2003, 2004, 2005 e 2006, 2009), Romanian Society of Aesthetic, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Sinaia, 2006), Moldavian Society of Aesthetic Surgery (2007) and Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (2010).

He is the author of four complete books: "Liposuzione ambulatoriale" (1988), "Aesthetic surgery of the aging face"(1995), “Aesthetic mammaplasties” (2004), "Midface and neck aesthetic plastic surgery" (2010), translated in English and Spanish, and wrote chapters of several textbooks together with 71 scientific articles published by the most well-known international medical reviews. He took part as faculty member in many aesthetic surgery courses and congresses, organized by both Universities and Scientific Societies in more than 30 different countries.

Chiara Botti
(Italy)

Dr. Chiara Botti, Plastic and Aesthetic Surgeon, completed her studies at the University of Brescia. She is member of AICPE (Italian Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery), and an honorary member of the Paraguayan Society of Plastic Surgery.

Since the first year of enrollment in the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery she has supported her father (Dr. Giovanni Botti) in daily practice of cosmetic surgery. Therefore, as a result, at age 38 she already has 20 years of experience in the field.

In the training of Dr. Chiara Botti many and varied were the prolonged periods of training at other colleagues and clinics around the world.

She studied one semester at the Newcastle University in Australia, working at the same time as researcher in endocrinology, which yielded publications in leading international journals.

She participated for protracted periods to surgical activities in the University Hospitals of Lübeck (Germany), Natal (Brazil), Chiba (Japan) and in the departments of prof. Hexner (Frankfurt), Mottura (Cordoba, Argentina), Ribeiro (Rio de Janeiro), Gonzalez (Ribeirao Preto, Brazil), Bratu (Timisoara, Romania), Marten and Bowers (San Francisco, California). In recent years she has taken part in many of the most important courses and conferences in Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, in Italy as well as abroad (Vienna, Brussels, Stuttgart, Helsinki, Hamburg, Barcelona, Vittorio Veneto, Asuncion, Munich, Ferrara, Bergamo, Padua, Tenerife, Reggio Emilia, Udine, Florence, Ravenna, Tehran, Bern, Berlin just to mention the goals of recent times), both as speaker and operator in live surgery sessions.

She deepened her knowledge in the field of anti-aging medicine by participating to the master organized by the European Society of Anti-Aging Medicine.

She works at Villa Bella Clinic as surgeon.

Her main passion is surgery of the face, with particular interest in the aging process.

For years she has devoted herself with great satisfaction to the development of fat grafting techniques.

Massimiliano Brambilla
(Italy)

Born in Milano in 1967, degreed cum laude at the University of Milan in 1992, trained as fellow resident in United States and Israel; board certified Plastic Surgeon cum laude at the University of Pavia in 1998;
1998-2016 senior plastic surgeon at the Plastic Surgery Unit of the Dept of General Surgery of the IRCCS Fondazione Policinico Mangiagalli Hospital in Milan.
Referrent for Gynecoplasy Surgery Group since 2005.

Main fields of interest: Gynecoplasty, fat grafting, stam cells He is author of more than 30 papers, he his regulary invited as a speaker and for live surgery at INTL Meetings all over the word. He is referent of the Gynecoplasty Chapter and of the Gynecoplasty Educational Program for the SICPRE (Italian Society of Plastic Surgery).

Francisco Bravo
(Spain)

MD, PhD. Dr. Bravo became a member of the Royal College of Physicians of Madrid in 1996, undertaking his plastic surgery training both in across Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, London, New York and Rome.

After completing a Clinical Microsurgery Fellowship at the renowned New York University Medical Center´s Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Dr. Bravo returned to Europe as Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam.

He later settled in Madrid to become Program Director of Plastic Surgery at one of the largest surgical centers in Spain, the Doce de Octubre University Hospital, where he also served as Associate Professor of Surgery at the Complutense University Medical School. He now has shifted focus to his private practice after recently opening his clinic with an integrated operating suite in central Madrid.

Dr. Bravo is an active member of both the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons; and has served in the Executive Committee of both the Spanish Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Spanish Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

Gregor M. Bran
(Germany)

M.D., PhD. Hi is a double board certified Facial Plastic Surgeon.

After completion of his EAFPS fellowship he limited his practice to surgical and non-surgical cosmetic and reconstructive procedures of the face. He teaches as an associate professor at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Dr. Bran is an avid writer and speaker. He has been invited to speak at international meetings and has contributed to medical literature with publications in medical journals and textbooks.

Nuri Celik
(Turkiye)

Nuri A. Celik completed his plastic surgery training in Istanbul University Hospitals in 1994. He was a plastic surgery fellow with Dr. Carraway at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk from 1994 to 1995. He studied brachial plexus and facial nerve surgery as a microsurgery fellow at Baylor College of Medicine between 1995-1997. He did a one-year craniofacial surgery fellowship at Medical College of Wisconsin before he returned to Istanbul, Turkey to start his private practice.

He lectures on rhinoplasty and facial rejuvenation, blepharoplasty and canthoplasty internationally. He is currently the Turkish National Delegate of ISAPS and has served as a Visiting Professor in India. He is in private practice.

Mario Pelle Ceravolo
(Italy)

Board certified in General Surgery at the University of Rome and in Plastic Surgery at the University of Rio de Janeiro and Rome.

Former President of the Italian Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (AICPE). Chairman of AICPE International President of the International Medical Academy. Member of several international societies (ISAPS, ASAPS, ASPS etc). Travelling Professor for the ISAPS. Has published over 70 papers in international reviews mainly on aesthetic surgery. Author of a two volumes book on “Aesthetic surgery of midface and neck”, a 2011 publication.

He is Professor of plastic surgery at the University of Padova, Italy. Director of Dissection Course Program at the University of Vienna. Chief of Plastic Surgery at the Hesperia Hospital, Modena and Villa Margherita, Rome. Official reviewer of Aesthetic Surgery Journal and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal Global Open. Appointed with the Hinderer Prize by EASAPS in 2012 and in 2016 and by the Raymond Vilain Award by the ASAPS in 2014.

He is deeply dedicated to teaching in surgical dissections courses on cadavers and international congresses. He teaches in two University Master Courses and lectures in several worldwide courses of aesthetic surgery. He has been in practice in plastic surgery for the last 30 years and has performed over 20.000 operations in this field.

Sebastian Cotofana
(USA)

M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor for Anatomy, Department of Medical Education, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA.

Key-note lecturer on international conferences and international Hands-On courses for Plastic Surgery, Dermatosurgery and Aesthetic Medicine with the subject of facial anatomy, facial embryology and histology.

LIVE-Dissector and supervisor on facial dissections hold at international conferences for Plastic Surgery, Dermatosurgery and Aesthetic Medicine with the subject of facial anatomy, facial embryology and histology.

Steven Fagien
(USA)

Based in Boca Raton, Florida since 1989, Steven Fagien, MD is one of the foremost oculoplastic surgeons in the United States and the world. With a dedication to aesthetic eyelid plastic surgery, Dr. Fagien has built his reputation on challenging traditional techniques and developing cutting-edge advances that have become the benchmarks for a variety of procedures, and he continues to strive for innovation and excellence.

Dr. Fagien focuses on creating the most beautiful, youthful eyes, paying careful attention to natural-looking results thanks to techniques he has developed. In addition to his unparalleled surgical skills, he also works with major pharmaceutical companies and the FDA to develop new injectable products for facial rejuvenation.

As an educator and innovator, Dr. Fagien has authored over 300 publications in peer-reviewed journals, penned his own bestselling textbook on Cosmetic Oculoplastic Surgery, and has made more than 1,000 presentations about his techniques and best practices to surgeons around the globe. His international reputation and stature draw patients from Europe, Asia and beyond, proving Dr. Fagien’s position as one of the most sought-after oculoplastic surgeons worldwide.

Olivier Gerbault
(France)

Dr. Olivier Gerbault is a plastic surgeon in private practice in Paris, and is focused on nose surgery since 2000.

He has been working on several techniques to improve outcomes in rhinoplasty, as the full open approach, ultrasonic rhinoplasty, ultrasonic septoplasty, piezo rib graft harvesting, bidirectional tip tensioning...

He has designed instruments for ultrasonic rhinoplasty, ie piezo electric inserts for open and closed rhinoplasty, and for septoplasty.

Dr Olivier Gerbault is member of the rhinoplasty society & the rhinoplasty society of Europe, but also of the main plastic and facial plastic surgery societies in France, in Europe and in USA.

He's part of the International Rhinoplasty Research Society and has developed numerous techniques for rhinoplasty with the other members of this group.

Abdulkadir Goksel
(Turkiye)

Dr. Abdülkadir Göksel is board certified by the European Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is the international member of American Academy of the Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery, European Rhinoplasty Society, Turkish Facial Plastic Surgery Foundation.

Dr. Göksel was an International Invited Speaker in many International Congresses in Europe, Russia, Asia, Turkiye.

In 2001 he founded Rino Istanbul Rhinoplasty Center in Istanbul. Mainly focused on rhinoplasty in the last 15 years. Although he is in private practice, Dr. Goksel is active in the teaching of rhinoplastic surgery at the national and international levels. During last nearly 10 years he personally trained young surgeons in the art and science of rhinoplasty surgery.

Since 2005 Dr. Goksel took part as a guest speaker, moderator more than in 40 professional events.

Dr. Goksel is a permanent chairman of the Istanbul Rhinoplasty Workshop.

Haideh Hirmand
(USA)

MD, FACS. Dr. Hirmand has been in private practice since 1999 in New York City and she is Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at Weill-Cornell Medical College. She is a member of the attending staff at The New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat and Lenox Hill Hospitals. Her practice focuses on aesthetic surgery, specializing in eyelid and facial rejuvenation. She has pioneered safe injection techniques for around the eyes. She also has a special interest in secondary breast surgery and body contouring. She continues to conduct clinical research and has published and presented numerous scientific articles. Dr. Hirmand is actively involved with teaching of surgical and injection techniques at the national level.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGERY
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR AESTHETIC PLASTIC SURGERY
-Chair: Leadership Development Committee
-Chair: Women Plastic Surgeon’s Committee
-Member: New Technology and Emerging Trends Task Force, Teaching Course Committee
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF AESTHETIC PLASTIC SURGERY
NEW YORK REGIONAL SOCIETY OF PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
NORTHEASTERN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
NEW YORK STATE/COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY

Andrew Jacono
(USA)

Dr. Andrew Jacono is a facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon practicing in Manhattan.

He is Section Head of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at North Shore University Hospital, Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Head and Neck Surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and a Fellowship Director for the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

He has published extensively in medical literature, including Aesthetic Surgery Journal, Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and lectures nationally and internationally on topics including deep plane face lifting, endoscopic face lifting, and blepharoplasty. In addition to his aesthetic work, Dr. Jacono has a strong commitment to philanthropy. He is the Senior Advisor to FACE TO FACE, a national project offering pro bono consultation and surgery to victims of domestic violence. He also is a surgical team leader for Healing The Children, which helps children throughout the world receive surgeries for cleft lip and palate defects and microtia. On his missions over the last decade, he has provided surgical care to over 500 children in Central and South America and Southeast Asia.

Kai Kaye
(Germany)

Dr Kaye is a fully registered Plastic Surgery Consultant in Germany, Spain and the UK and a Fellow of the European Board for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery EBOBRAS

He regularly lectures at national and international conventions as invited faculty, teaches at Plastic Surgery Resident courses and has published several peer-reviewed articles in the field of plastic and aesthetic surgery.

He is Chief Consultant Plastic Surgery and Director of Ocean Clinic in Marbella / Spain and full member of BAPRAS, DGPRAEC and SECPRE.

Philippe Kestemont
(France)

Aesthetic Head and Neck Surgeon. “Clinique Esthétique St George, 2 avenue de Rimiez, 06100 Nice, France”

Doctor of Medecine in 1995 Medical Faculty of Nice, FRANCE
Graduate of « DESC » of Head and Neck Surgery in 1997
Inter Academic Diploma of Aesthetic Face Surgery in 2001

Associated Teacher in the Médical Faculté of Nice.
Manager of the annual course of « surgical anatomy of the face » in the Medical Faculty of Nice since 1996, For Face Liftings and Rhinoplasty.
Member of the teacher’s team of the « Inter Academic Diploma of Aesthetic Face Surgery ». Nice – Marseille.
MD in charge for the development and the use of Botulinum Toxin in Aesthetic and repair indications in the Medical University of NICE.
Investigator of the French and European studies of Botox and Dysport in the aesthetic indications. (ALLERGAN, IPSEN, Q-MED GALDERMA, MERZ).
Investigator of the French and European studies of fillers in facial indications (MERZ, Q-MED -GALDERMA, ALLERGAN, SINCLAIR, TEOXANE, FILORGA, VIVACY).
Member of the teacher’s college in the “Inter academic Diploma” PARIS V, PARIS XII: Evaluation and Control of the techniques of Fillers injections in Dermatology and Plastic Surgery.
Director of the “Medical University Diploma” in Facial Aesthetic techniques, in the “Médical School of Nice”, and the “VISAGE CONGRESS”.
Member of the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery

Val Lambros
(USA)

In private practice in Newport Beach, California.

Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of California, Irvine. An expert in facial aging and facial rejuvenation, Dr. Lambros developed a method of analyzing facial aging by means of highly aligned photographs. Dr. Lambros has honed and evolved his facelift technique for nearly three decades. He has made significant contributions in volume treatment of the aging face and the understanding of how the face ages in published articles in medical journals as well as presentations nationally and internationally.

Mehmet Manisali
(UK)

Specialist in maxillofacial surgery and was appointed as a consultant to St.George’s Hospital, University of London and Croydon University Hospital. He is also an honorary consultant at Moorfield’s Eye Hospital.

His main areas of interest are management of facial trauma, facial aesthetic surgery including orthognathic surgery, surgery of the orbit and management of facial skin cancer. He has published in these areas and lectures nationally and internationally.

Timothy Marten
(USA)

MD, FACS, Diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery and Founder and Director of the Marten Clinic of Plastic Surgery in San Francisco, California. He completed his plastic surgery training at the University of Illinois at Chicago and went on to complete three prestigious fellowships in aesthetic surgery.

Dr Marten is an internationally recognized expert on surgery to improve and rejuvenate the face and has published numerous scientific articles and textbook chapters on facelift surgery and related topics. Dr Marten is a sought after teacher, speaker, lecturer and instructor in plastic surgery techniques and has received numerous professional, scientific and academic awards for his contributions to aesthetic surgery.

Guy Massry
(USA)

MD., Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California.

Dr. Massry’s practice focuses on aesthetic forehead, eyebrow, eyelid and mid face surgery. He has a specific interest in revisional aesthetic procedures, volume preservation blepharoplasty, and advances in the use of eyelid and periorbital fillers. Dr. Massry is a fellowship co-preceptor for both an AAFPRS approved facial plastic surgery fellowship, and an ASOPRS approved ophthalmic plastic fellowship. Dr. Massry has published extensively, is a frequent guest lecturer at various symposia both nationally and internationally, and has edited four textbooks focusing on aesthetic ocluloplastic surgery. Dr. Massry has founded his texts on contributions from the four core aesthetic subspecialties (plastic surgery, facial plastic surgery, oculoplastic surgery and dermatology). This has allowed a truly multi-disciplinary approach at evaluating and understanding the various topics of interest to the readership. This multispecialty approach of learning is primary to Dr. Massry’s educational philosophy and has led to his involvement on the advisory council of the Annual Multispecialty Aesthetic Meeting in Las Vegas Nevada. This is the largest such scientific meeting in the USA, and Dr. Massry organizes the oculoplastic session of the meeting. Dr. Massry is also a reviewer for various scientific journals, sits on the editorial board for his society’s (ASOPRS) specialty journal: The Journal of Ophthalmic Plastic and reconstructive Surgery (OPRS), and is the editor of the aesthetic citation section of this journal (OPRS).

Ali Mojallal
(France)

MD, PhD. Full Professor of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University of Lyon.
HDR, Habilitation to be Director of a Reaserch Program, 2012.
PhD on Adipose Derived Stem Cells, 2010.
Master 2 of Medical Bioengineering, 2007.
French and European Board of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 2004.
Medical Degree, University of Lyon, 2003.

Co-Chair of the Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthteic Surgery, University of Lyon.
Volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Texas SouthWestern, Dallas Medical Center.
Head of the Facial Composite Allotransplant Team of the University of Lyon.
Director of the Reaserch Program on Adipose Derived Stem Cells, Cell and Tissue Bank, Lyon.
Vice-President of Rhône-Alpes Society of Plastic Surgery.
Director of the Wound Healing (1 year ) Course at the University of Lyon.
Co-director of the Microsurgery (1 year ) Course at the University of Lyon.
Director of the Hair Transplant (1 year ) Course at the University of Lyon.

128 Articles indexed in PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=mojallal+a)
20 Chapters of International Medical Textbooks.
1 book : ‘Atlas of Cutaneous Perforators’, Editor : (Masson Elsevier http://www.amazon.fr/Ali-Mojallal/e/B00QN9ESE6)
1 Multimedia Application : ‘3D Atlas of Cutaneous Perforators’.
19 Didatic Articles for Plastic Surgery Training Program, University of Lyon.
294 International Lectures on Aesthteic Surgery, Perforator flaps, Adipose Derived Stem Cells.
137 National Lectures on Aesthteic Surgery, Perforator flaps, Adipose Derived Stem Cells.

Peter Palhazi
(Hungary)

Dr. Palhazi is currently a plastic surgery resident and Ph.D. student in Hungary. He is committed to aesthetic rhinoplasty, breast reconstruction and cleft repair research. He works together with Dr. Rollin K. Daniel on nasal anatomy & rhinoplasty research and with Dr. Elisabeth Hall-Findlay on breast anatomy research. He regularly lectures at national and international rhinoplasty and breast surgery meetings. It was a great honor for Dr. Palhazi to win the Best Paper Award at the Annual Meeting of The Rhinoplasty Society, NYC, USA, 2013.

Publications:
The Lower Nasal Base: An Anatomical Study. Aesthet Surg J. 2013 Jan 18. Daniel RK, Glasz T, Molnar G, Palhazi P, Saban Y, Journel B. 3D simulation of the nasoalveolar cleft defect. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2013 Jul 31. Pálházi P, Swennen G, Nagy K. Rhinoplasty and brow modification: a powerful combination. Aesthet Surg J. 2013 Sep 1. Daniel RK, Kosins A, Sajjadian A, Cakir B, Palhazi P, Molnar G. Rhinoplasty: The Lateral Crura-Alar Ring. Aesthet Surg J. 2014 Mar 28. Daniel RK, Palhazi P, Gerbault O, Kosins AM. The osseocartilaginous vault of the nose: anatomy and surgical observations. Aesthet Surg J. 2015 Mar Palhazi P, Daniel RK, Kosins AM.

Book chapters:
Az emlő és a regionális nyirokelvezetés anatómiája. (Anatomy of the breast and the regional lymphatic drainage) Pálházi P, Dorogi B. (in Az emlőrák korszerű sebészete. Kásler M, Gulyás G, Mátrai Z.; Medicina). Nez et région périnasale (Nose and the perinasal region) Saban Y, Palhazi P. (in new edition of the “Atlas of surgical anatomy of face and neck” by Yves Saban). Gross Anatomy of the Breast and Axilla. Palhazi P. (in Multidisciplinary Management of Breast Cancer for Surgeons: A European Textbook, edited by Wyld L, Leidenius M, Markopoulos C, Senkus E) (in Press)

Books:
Rhinoplasty: An Anatomical and Clinical Atlas. Daniel RK, Palhazi P. (in Press)

David Daehwan Park
(Korea)

Daehwan Park MD, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Plastic Surgery Catholic University of Daegu, Korea.
President of International Society of Oriental Blepharoplasty(ISOB).
National Secretary of Korea, International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons(ISAPS).
Section Editor of Aesthetic Plast. Sur. J.
Advisory Board of Journal of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
Visiting professor at Southern Medical University, Kwangzhou, China.
President of Daegyoung Wound Healing Society.
Guest Reviewer, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Visiting professor at Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China.
Founder of KAOPS(Korean Academy of Oculoplastic Surgery).
Director, Tissue Engineering Center, Catholic University of Daegu.
Director, Oculoplastic and Aesthetic Clinic.
Trained 40 foreign fellows form 15 countries and 30 board certified Korean plastic surgeon. Wrote 10 books and 20 book chapters about Asian blepharoplasty and oculoplastic surgery published in USA, China and Korea.
First(1998), Second(2003), Third(2009) edition of Reconstructive and Cosmetic Oculoplastic Surgery and Chinese version of Asian Blepharoplasty textbooks(2009).
Invited speakers over 200 seminars, conferences and international meetings
to give lecture and live surgery about cosmetic eyelid surgery and chair and co-chair at several major Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery Symposiums.
Published over 150 scientific papers in the field of plastic surgery, 30 SCI journals especially Asian blepharoplasty and oculoplastic surgery.

Ali Pirayesh
(Netherlands)

MD, FCC(plast). Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeon.

Founder Amsterdam Plastic Surgery, The Netherlands.
Consultant University Hospital Gent, Belgium.
Executive Council Dutch Society of Plastic Surgery (NVPC).
President Dutch Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery ( NVEPC).

Ali Pirayesh (1969) completed his medical training at Leiden University in the Netherlands with honors (cum laude). He continued his surgical training in the United Kingdom and received membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2000. His plastic surgery specialist training was completed at the renowned Gent Plastic Surgery Department in Belgium.

Dr. Pirayesh is an inventor of the first non-commercial artificial skin, Glyaderm. He and his research team have developed this artificial skin, which is currently available through the Non-profit EuroTissue Bank organization for burn and trauma patients.

Dr. Pirayesh has worked around the globe to broaden his knowledge and expert skills in Aesthetic Medicine & Plastic Surgery. He has held positions in prestigious plastic surgery units in the United States, Brasil, Belgium and the United Kingdom. Since 2008 he has worked in various hospitals and clinics in the Netherlands.

Dr Pirayesh is the founding owner of Amsterdam Plastic Surgery. His modern private clinic and out patient surgical facility is located in the heart of Amsterdam. He also continues research in plastic surgery, burns and tissue engineering at University Hospital Gent.

His specialist expertise in cosmetic plastic surgery focuses on all aspects of the aesthetic surgery of the Face, Breast and Body, Medical Lasers and Injectables (toxins and dermal fillers) and treatment of complications.

Dr Pirayesh is an instructor of aesthetic plastic surgery, medical lasers, injectables and facial anatomy and is regularly invited to give international lectures and workshops for colleagues and other physicians.

Dirk Richter
(Germany)

MD, PhD. Associate Professor for Plastic Surgery at the University Bonn, Director and Chief of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Dreifaltigkeits-Hospital in Wesseling, Germany.

Board certified in plastic surgery, Dr. Richter received his specialty training in part at the Clinica Ivo Pitanguy in Brazil, the Haubrichhof Clinic in Cologne, and the Dreifaltigkeits-Hospital in Wesseling with Professor Neven Olivari, Germany. His primary focus is in body-contouring surgery after massive weight loss, face and periorbital rejuvenation with revision cosmetic surgery, and the treatment of patients with endocrine orbitopathy resulting from Graves disease.

Dr. Richter’s expertise as a plastic surgeon is recognized both nationally and internationally. He is a member of the German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons; an international active member of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS); on the editorial board of the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Journal, Aesthetic Surgery Journal, Plastic Surgery Pulse News; and currently President Elect of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS).

Over the past years, Dr. Richter has received many national and international invitations around the world to lecture at premier medical conferences in the fields of body contouring, breast surgery, and periorbital rejuvenation. He has authored several book chapters and published multiple scientific articles. Dr. Richter is also involved in the field of breast cancer and wound-healing research with multiple co-authorships in highly regarded research journals.

Yves Saban
(France)

MD, PHD, ENT, Facial Plastic, Maxillo-Facial Surgery. He is a Vice-President of French Facial Plastic Surgery Society, French Delegate to European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery, International Advisory Board Member of Asian Facial Plastic Surgery Society. Member of European Academies: EAFPS, ESGS.

He has an Honorary Gold Medal of Milano Plastic Surgery Institute.

Founder and Director of International Symposium “4M Head and Neck” (Monte Carlo, Monaco, 2007); International Symposium “The Nose: Aesthetics and Function” (Nice, France, 2003); Advanced Course on Surgical Anatomy of Rhinoplasty (Nice, France,1990-1994); Advanced Course on Surgical Anatomy of the Face and Neck (Nice, France,1990- 1994); Assises Nationales d’ORL (France, 1991-2013).

Editor of Atlas of Surgical Anatomy of the Face and Neck (SEE – Firenze Ed – 2009); Atlas of Surgical Anatomy of the Face and Neck (Masson Ed – 1994); Rhinoplasty and Additive Mentoplasty (OEMF Ed. – 1996); Rhinoplasty (Monography, Amplifon n° 32 – 2002); Questions about Rhinoplasty (Monography – 2004); He is an author of 8 chapters in books (Oculoplastic Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery, Rhinoplasties).

He is an organizer of more than 40 scientific international courses (Salivary glands (ESTC Geneva CH); Facial Plastic Surgery; Rhinoplasty).

Yves Saban was an International Invited Speaker in many International Congresses in Europe, Russia, Asia, Brasil, Algeria. He was an International President of 4th International Course of Functional and Aesthetic Surgery of the Nose (Bologna, Italy, 2012).

He is an author of many scientific articles in international journals.

Jonathan Sykes
(USA)

MD. Professor/Director of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery UCDAVIS Health System.

Dr. Sykes is a board certified facial plastic surgeon offering the latest advances in traditional facial plastic surgery and minimally invasive procedures, including endoscopic forehead lifts, mini facelifts and microfollicular hair transplants. Through practices in Sacramento and Roseville, he also provides Botox®, injectable fillers such as Restylane™, laser skin rejuvenation, and other minimally invasive procedures and noninvasive treatments. Since 1983, he’s helped thousands of men and women achieve their personal appearance goals.

Since beginning practice in 1983, Dr. Sykes has performed more than 13,500 aesthetic, functional and reconstruction surgeries on patients ranging from infants to the elderly. Dr. Sykes is certified by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology (ears, nose and throat).

Tunc Tiryaki
(Turkey)

Dr. Tunc Tiryaki is a plastic surgeon and Director of Cellest Plastic Surgery Clinic in Istanbul and RSCLondon (Regenerative Surgery Clinic London) in England.

He specializes in aesthetic surgery procedures, particularly in breast and body surgery, as well as stem cell assisted mini face-lifts to produce a young looking but non-operated appearance.

He is also well known for the natural-looking results of his minimally invasive procedures, especially in suspension techniques, micro-lifting and regenerative cell injections.

Having many international publications, book chapters and patents in plastic surgery, Dr. Tiryaki is also the editor of the recent Inverse Abdominoplasty textbook.

Dr. Tiryaki is the Chair of Humanitarian Programs of ISAPS (International Society of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgeons), and founder of ISAPS-LEAP Surgical Relief Teams, who conducts volunteer reconstructive surgery operations all around the world.

Patrick Tonnard
(Belgium)

Dr. Tonnard is a member of the Royal Belgian Society for Surgery, the Belgian and Dutch Association for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, the ISAPS (International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons) and the ASAPS (American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons). He has also been appointed Fellow of the Collegium Chirurgicum Plasticum and Fellow of the European Board of Plastic Surgery.

Dr. Tonnard is also the author of approximately fifty scientific publications, has presented over two hundred scientific papers at national and international conferences, and made numerous contributions to scientific articles and books. He is much in demand as a speaker and moderator at international conferences and is an authority on surgical rejuvenation of the face.

Together with Dr. Verpaele he developed the revolutionary MACS lift, a minimally invasive facelift technique that aims to produce the best and most natural result with rapid recovery and minimal complications. This achievement has earned him and Dr. Verpaele an international reputation. In 2004 and 2007 they contributed two scientific chapters about this surgical technique, written for plastic surgeons all over the world: The MACS-lift Short Scar Rhytidectomy, 2004, St Louis; and Short Scar Face-lifting, Operative Strategies and Techniques, 2007, St Louis.

Kamol Wattanakrai
(Thailand)

Asst. prof. Kamol Wattanakrai MD, FACS is a board certified plastic surgeon from Thailand. He is currently the president of the Society of Aesthetic Plastic surgeons of Thailand and national secretary of ISAPS for Thailand.

He has been invited to give talks on eyelid surgery and thread liftings in numerous international meetings such as ISAPS, OSAPS, IMCAS and MIPS, etc.
His practice focus on facial rejuvenation and periorbital aesthetic surgery.

John Yousif
(USA)

Dr. Yousif is a Clinical Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin

He has spent his career studying facial anatomy and describing techniques that allow facial rejuvenation that have long lasting as well as natural looking results. His most recent publication in the December 2016 issue of The Journal Of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery described a 7-year review of 110 patients who had the Hyoid Suspension Neck Lift. This is a technique that Dr. Yousif developed which returns the neck to its ideal aesthetic form and as the article showed, it maintains those result for years.

Dr. Yousif has also designed and published the Vertical mid-face lift that rejuvenates the central portion of the face and lower lids by moving the mid-face back to where it was in youth. He has won many awards on his research on facial anatomy and his techniques for facial rejuvenation. He has lectured around the world teaching about those topics.

S. Anthony Wolfe
(USA)

M.D. Director of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Miami Children’s Hospital, Director of an ACGME accredited Craniofacial Fellowship.

Dr. Wolfe is certified by The American Board of Surgery and The American Board of Plastic Surgery, and serves as a Senior Examiner for the latter. He is a Founding Member of The International Society of Craniofacial Surgeons, and Past President of The American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons and The Rhinoplasty Society. He has served on the Editorial Boards of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and The Annals of Plastic Surgery. He is a member of numerous organizations, including The American Association of Plastic Surgeons, The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, The American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery,The American College of Surgeons, and The American Cleft Palate Association.

He is an Honorary Member of the Plastic Surgery Societies of Ecuador, France, Columbia, Argentina, Cuba, and Finland.He has been invited to operate in a number of American Centers (University of Texas, Galveston; University of Florida; Walter Reed Medical Center) and Centers abroad (Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Russia, China.

Natalya Manturova
(Russia)

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Head of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cosmetology and Cellular Technologies Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, chief freelance plastic surgeon of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and the Department of Health of Moscow.

Prof. Manturova is an honored member of The Russian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, member of The International Confederation of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS), Society of Aesthetic Medicine, International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS).

Prof. Manturova is a scientific editor of the «Aesthetic Medicine» magazine, a member of the editorial board of the «Plastic surgery and cosmetology» magazine, a member of scientific committees and the scientific director of a number of Russian, European and other international congresses.

Prof. Manturova made a great contribution to the establishment and development of Plastic Surgery in Russia as a separate discipline. She is also a coordinator of a number of Russian and international conferences. Author of numerous publications medical magazines. Regular speaker at forums, conferences of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery.

Was awarded the Diploma of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation.

Konstantin Lipski
(Russia)

Associate Professor at the post-graduate Plastic Surgery Department at the First Moscow State I.M. Sechenov University of Medicine.

Dr. Lipsky's research and practical interests include aesthetic, plastic, and reconstructive surgery and tissue engineering. He is the author of 120 publications on aesthetic, plastic, and reconstructive surgery. Dr. Lipsky is a full member and, since 2009, the secretary of the Russian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeons, and a co-founder of the Rhinoplasty Society of Europe. He was a guest speaker at the Stuttgart Advanced Course for Functional and Aesthetic Rhinoplasty, Bergamo Open Rhinoplasty Course, Puna International Rhinoplasty Workshop, India, and the International Master Class on Secondary Rhinoplasty, Odessa, Ukraine.

Alexey Borovikov
(Russia)

Professor Alexey M. Borovikov (Moscow, Russia) is in surgery since 1975. Has publications on general abdominal surgery, angio- and neurosurgery, reconstructive hand and breast microsurgery, orthopedics and traumatology.

Author of the books on postmastectomy breast reconstruction and aesthetic breast surgery. Alexey is in private practice for the last 20 years, and is active in postgraduate education of plastic surgeons. A member of several national and international societies.

Sergei Shvirev
(Russia)

Practicing aesthetic surgeon since 1991, co-founder of the clinic of plastic surgery "GrandMed".

Performs a wide range of aesthetic operations on the face and body. Member of RSPRAS, a full member of ISAPS since 2002. Permanent speaker and lecturer at Russian and international forums on plastic surgery. The author of original lectures and master classes on anti-aging facial surgery.

Alexander Nerobeev
(Russia)

Professor, Doctor of Medicine. Scientific director of the Clinic of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Dentistry.

Recipient of the Russian government prize. Chief specialist of the Medical Center of the President of Russia. Head of the RMAPGE Department of Plastic and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. President of the Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Full member of the Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of Great Britain.

Vadim Zelenin
(Russia)

MD-PhD, head of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Microsurgery of the Reconstructive Surgery Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Irkutsk.

Member of the Society of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeons of Russia. Member of the Research Council at the National Centre of Reconstructive Surgery of the Siberian Department of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. Dr. Zelenin attended ASPRS congresses in 1994 and 1995 and ISAPS congresses every year from 2004 through 2012. He is a member of the International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS).

Dr. Zelenin is a pioneer of microsurgery in Siberia and Far East and the author of two monographs, 89 scientific articles, and several surgical techniques.

Andrey Iskornev
(Russia)

Certified plastic surgeon.

Founder of the clinic of plastic surgery The Platinental. An active member of the Russian Society of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (RSPRAS), International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS), International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS), active member of American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASAPS).

Author of a number of publications regarding face harmonization surgery, anti-age face surgery and aesthetic reconstruction. Permanent international lecturer and scientific moderator for aesthetic facial surgery congresses.

Leonid Pavluchenko
(Russia)

Doctor of Medicine, professor, head of plastic surgery at the Department of Professional Development of Health Care Workers at the People's Friendship University of Russia in Moscow. Member of the Russian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeons, ISAPS, and other professional associations, member of the editorial boards of several journals on plastic and aesthetic surgery. Dr. Pavlyuchenko has been a plastic surgeon for 37 years, an instructor for 27 years, and had had a private practice for 28 years.

He has attended and spoke at numerous international plastic surgery events. He is the author of 175 research papers and 14 inventions and the holder of two patents in the area of traumatology, pathophysiology, and plastic surgery.

His research and practical interests include surgery of the hand, pathophysiology of metabolism in plastic surgery, and plastic surgery of the face, nose, and breast.

Svetlana Grischenko
(Russia)

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Aesthetic Medicine, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, General Director of TOPKLINIKA Aesthetic Medicine, Moscow, plastic surgeon, member of the Society of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons of Russia (ISRAPS), International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS - International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery), the profile commission for "Plastic Surgery" under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.

Work experience in surgery is 30 years. Author and co-author of more than 120 scientific works, 12 inventions, including original methods of blepharoplasty, correction of the upper third of the face and ptosis of eyebrows, formation of intraocutaneous access to facial plastic surgery, medical technologies in plastic and reconstructive surgeons using endoscopic equipment and autotransplantation of adipose tissue (lipofilling ).

The field of professional interests: blepharoplasty, aesthetic and reconstructive surgery of the face and body with age changes, aesthetic defects, congenital and acquired deformities, mammoplasty, abdominal plastic, liposculpture: autologous adipose tissue (lipofilling) and liposuction, endoscopic surgery. Practical activities: 300 operations of different profiles per year.

David Grishkyan
(Russia)

Certified plastic surgeon, Doctor of Medicine, full member of the European Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (ESPRAS), European Rhinologic Society (ERS), and the Russian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeons.

Dr. Grishkyan has been practicing plastic surgery for more than 18 years. Over that time, he has performed more than 3,000 operations, including more than 700 rhinoplasty procedures.

Dr. Grishkyan is the author of more than 25 research papers. He was among the first surgeons to start using micro instruments for rhinoplasty and among the first Russian cosmetologists and plastic surgeons to adopt modern laser techniques.

Arseniy Lavrov
(Russia)

Plastic surgeon, maxillofacial surgeon.

Head of the department of plastic surgery of the clinic "NicoMed", Krasnodar, plastic surgeon "Atribeaute Clinique", St. Petersburg, plastic surgeon of the "University Surgical Clinic", Moscow.

The main areas of interest: facial aesthetic surgery, endoscopic and radical face and neck facial procedures, aesthetic nose surgery, repeated rhinoplasty, aesthetic surgery of nose deformities in clefts of the upper lip and palate.
Participant of many international scientific congresses and symposia in Russia and abroad.

Konstantin Sulamanidze
(Georgia)

Plastic surgeon, MD. Plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgeon. The author of Aptos techniques. A member of Russian and Georgian societies of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgeons as well as of IPRAS. An honorary member of French Society of aesthetic surgeons since May, 2001, honorary member of Japanese Society of Liposuction since June, 2007.

In 2015, was awarded in main nomination "Best treatment" 2015-2016 at the International Congress of AMEC in Paris, and become the best specialist in aesthetic thread lifting field of 2016.

Alla Poberezhnaya
(Russia)

Plastic surgeon at the aesthetic surgery A3BEAUTE Clinique (St. Petersburg).

Active member of the Russian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeons (SPRAS). Member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ISAPS). Master's degree in Pediatrics from the St.Petersburg State Medical Academy of Pediatrics, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. Surgical residency at the Department of General Surgery residency at Pskov Regional Hospital, Russia. Plastic surgery residency at the Department of Plastic, Aesthetic, and Reconstructive Surgery, St.Petersburg Postgraduate Academy of Medicine. From 2000 to 2003 worked as a surgeon and was head of the surgical department Novorzhevsky Regional Hospital. Since 2006 plastic surgeon. in private clinic.
Author of publications on aesthetic surgery. Regular participant and speaker at Russian and international plastic surgery conferences.
Main interests in: Endoscopic techniques, Facial rejuvenation , Aesthetic Breast Surgery, Body contouring, Fat grafting.

Natalya Korableva
(Russia)

Doctor of Medicine, plastic surgeon, surgeon of the top category.

Full member of the Russian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeons. Full member of the Pirogov Surgical Society.

With more than 30 years in medicine, Dr. Korableva currently serves as a plastic surgeon at A3BEAUTE Clinique. She attended numerous international conventions of plastic and reconstructive surgeons. Over the years, she has performed countless operations on patients with breast pathologies, as well as reconstructions and aesthetic procedures. Dr. Korableva is the author of more than 90 research papers and the holder of four patents.

Denis Baga
(Russia)

Plastic surgeon, Doctor of Medicine, Associate Professor at the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the St.Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University.

Full member of the Russian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeons. Full member of the Russian Society of Herniologists. Plastic surgeon at Atribeaute Clinique. Participant of numerous international scientific congresses and symposiums in the USA and Europe.

Andrei Andrievskiy
(Russia)

Plastic surgeon, Doctor of Medicine, associate professor, head of education at the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the St.Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University. Plastic surgeon at Atribeaute Clinique.

Full member of the Russian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeons. Participant of numerous international scientific congresses and symposiums in the USA and Europe.

Vitaly Zholtikov
(Russia)

Plastic surgeon, MD.
Assistant Professor of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University.
Active member, member of the Council of the Russian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (SPRAS).
National Secretary of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in Russia (ISAPS).
Full member, member of the Board of Directors of the Rhinoplasty Society of Europe (RhiSoEu).
Member of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ASAPS).
Member of the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery (EAFPS).
Member of the International Rhinoplasty Research Society (IRRS).
Honorary Member of the Rhinoplasty Society of South Africa (SORSSA).
Honorary Member of the Turkish Facial Plastic Surgery Association.
Honorary member of the Society of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic surgeons of Uzbekistan.
Honorary Member of the Rhinoplasty Society of India.