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2025 International Visiting Professors

Harvey Chim, MD, FACS

United States

  • Super Thin Perforator Flaps
  • Novel Approached to Extremity Salvage
  • Brachial Plexus: Primary Repair
  • Functional Restoration After Brachial Plexus Injury
  • Migraine Surgery

Mekonen Eshete Abebe, MD, PhD, FCS-ECSA, FACS

Ethiopia

  • The Experience of Reconstructive Options for Patients Affected by Noma
  • The Management of Neglected Post-Burn Deformities
  • 14 Years' Experience in Orofacial Cleft Management in LMICS
  • The Experience of Soft Tissue Reconstruction in the Lower Leg in LMICs
  • The Challenges of Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair in the Absence of Presurgical Management

Ghulam Qadir Fayyaz, MD

Pakistan

  • Repair of Cleft Palate: How We Do It
  • How To Do a Pharyngeal Flap for a Short Palate
  • Is It Difficult To Repair a Wide Cleft Palate
  • Classification of Palatal Fistulae
  • Closure of Different Types of Palatal Fistulae
  • Classification and Algorithm for Repair of Submucous Cleft Palate

Alexandru Valentin Georgescu, MD, PhD

Romania

  • Mangled Hand
  • Diabetic Foot Reconstruction
  • Propeller Perforator Flaps
  • Keystone Flaps
  • Ortho Plastic Surgery

Dov Goldenberg, MD

Brazil

  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Vascular Anomalies
  • The Role of Surgery in the Treatment of Vascular Malformations
  • Contemporary Orthognathic Surgery from Planning to Execution
  • Surgical Treatment of Congenital Nevus
  • Surgical Approach to Myelomeningoceles in the 21st Century

Ruth Graf, MD, PhD

Brazil

  • Deep Plane Facelifting
  • Facial Anatomy
  • Subfascial Breast Augmentation
  • Breast Reduction
  • Mastopexy Augmentation
  • Endo Brow Lifting

Aenone Harper-Machin, MD

United Kingdom

  • Reconstruction of Complex Moh's Defects with Free Flaps
  • Reconstruction of Facial Nerve in Complex Cancer Reconstruction
  • Salvage in Head and Neck Reconstruction
  • Future Management in Complex Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Horacio F. Mayer, MD

Argentina

  • Plastic Surgery Training Models in Ibero-Latin America
  • Symmetrization Strategies in Breast Reconstruction and Implication of Demographic, Cultural and Economic Factors on its Decision-Making Process
  • Management of the Inframammary Fold in Reconstructive and Revisionary Aesthetic Breast Surgery
  • The Scarless Endoscopic Latissimus Dorsi Flap as an Autologous Alternative to ADM in Implant-based Breast Reconstruction
  • Advanced Surgical Marking in Tuberous Breast Deformities

Sanjay Parashar, MD

United Arab Emirates

  • Body Contouring – Basics of Liposuction, Prevention of Complications and Achieving Realistic Outcomes
  • Rhinoplasty: Assessment and Planning
  • Facelift Basics to Advanced Lifting Techniques and Prevention of Complications
  • Body Lift Principles, Challenges and Planning
  • Applied Anatomy and Aesthetics of Breasts, Principles of Augmentation, Reduction and Augmentation Mastopexy

Paolo Persichetti, MD

Italy

  • Male Chest Reshaping After Massive Weight Loss
  • Autologous Breast Augmentation using Aicap and Licap Flaps
  • Middle Face Surgical Rejuvenation
  • Planning a Modern Morpho-Functional Rhinoplasty
  • Rescue Procedures in Implants Based Breast Reconstructions

Samuel O. Poore, MD, PhD

United States

  • Global Surgery Capacity Building: Putting Theory into Action
  • From Novice to Master: The Role of Non-Living Microsurgical Simulators in the Acquisition of Critical Microsurgical Skills
  • Flap Selection and Execution: How to Simplify Microsurgery in Resource Constrained Environments
  • From Madison from Matagalpa: Building a Longitudinal, Sustainable Plastic Surgery Residency in Nicaragua
  • Development of a 3D Printed Portable Microscope for Global Microsurgical Education: From Back of the Envelope Sketches to Formal Microsurgery Courses on Three Continents
  • CMC Surgery

Chin-Ho Wong, MD

Singapore

  • Deep Plane Facelift
  • Upper Eyelid Ptosis Correction
  • Asian Upper Eyelid Surgery
  • Extended Transconjunctival Eye Bag Removal
  • Mid Cheek Lift

Akin Yucel, MD

Turkey

  • Vertical Mammaplasty as a Breast Reshaping and Repositioning Procedure
  • Precision in Augmentation Mammaplasty: Shaping the Breast Over the Implant
  • Decision Making in Breast Augmentation
  • Management with Difficult Cases and Complications in Aesthetic Breast Surgery
  • Optimization of Aesthetic Outcomes in Implant Based Breast Reconstruction

Past Faculty