Course Directors

• Samir Mardini, M.D.
  Professor of Surgery
  Program Director, Plastic Surgery Division
  Department of Surgery
  Rochester, Minnesota
• Steven Moran, M.D.
  Professor of Orthopedics and Plastic Surgery
  Chair, Plastic Surgery Division
  Department of Surgery
  Rochester, Minnesota
• Fu-Chan Wei, M.D., FACS
  Professor of Plastic Surgery
  Department of Plastic Surgery
  Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
  Chang Gung University Medical College
  Taipei, Taiwan

Keynote Speakers

• Paul Manson, M.D.
  Distinguished Professor
  Department of Plastic and
  Reconstructive Surgery
  Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  Baltimore, Maryland
• Julia Terzis, M.D., Ph.D.
  Adjunct Professor Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  New York University Medical Center
  New York, New York
• Laurent Lantieri, M.D., Ph.D.
  Professor of Plastic Surgery
  Head of Department of Plastic Surgery
  Georges Pompidou European Hospital
  Paris, France
• L. Scott Levin, M.D.
  Paul B. Magnuson Professor of Bone and Joint Surgery
  Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  Professor of Plastic Surgery
  University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Stephen Evans, M.D.
  Professor of Surgery
  Department of Surgery
  Chief Medical Officer
  Georgetown University Medical Center
  Washington, DC
• Geoffrey Hallock, M.D.
  Consultant in Plastic Surgery
  Sacred Heart Hospital
  Allentown, Pennsylvania
  St. Luke’s Hospital
  Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• Hung-Chi Chen, M.D.
  Director, International Medical Service Center
  Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery
  China Medical University
  Taichung, Taiwan

International Faculty

• Uros Ahcan, M.D., Ph.D.
  Professor and Head
  Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns
  University Medical Centre
  Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Zung-Chung Chen, M.D.
  Chief, Department of Plastic Surgery
  Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
  Taoyuan, Taiwan
• Christopher Forrest, M.D.
  Associate Professor of Surgery
  Division Head Plastic Surgery
  University of Toronto
  Toronto, Canada
• Frank Heller, M.D., DDS, Ph.D.
  Consultant in Maxillofacial Surgery
  Maria Help Hospital
  Krefeld, Germany and
  VieCuri Hospital
  Venlo, Netherlands
• Stefan Hofer, M.D. Ph.D.
  Wharton Chair in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
  Associate Professor, University of Toronto
  Chief Division of Plastic Surgery, Department
  of Surgery and Surgical Oncology
  University Health Network
  Toronto, Canada
• Joon Pio Hong, M.D., Ph.D.
  Associate Professor and Director
  Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  University of Ulsan College of Medicine
  Director of Asan Medical Center International Affairs
  Seoul, Korea
• Seng-Feng Jeng, M.D.
  Professor of Plastic Surgery
  Vice Superintendent
  E-DA Hospital/I-Shou University
  Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• Yur-Ren Kuo, M.D., Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery
  Chairman, Department of Surgery
  Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
  Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• Lucie Lessard, M.D.
  Chief and Plastic Surgeon MUHC
  Division of Plastic Surgery
  Montreal, Canada
• Chih-Hung Lin, M.D.
  Professor of Plastic Surgery
  Chairman, Department of Plastic Surgery
  Chang Gung University Medical College
  Taipei, Taiwan
• Milomir Ninkovic, MD, Ph.D.
  Professor and Head of Department
  Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand and Burn Surgery
  Academic Hospital Munich Bogenhausen
  Technical University Munich
  Munich, Germany
• Wieslawa De Pawlikoski, M.D.
  Chief, Reconstructive Microsurgery Unit
  Director of the Scientific International Cooperation Office
  Children’s Hospital
  Lima, Peru
• Nathalie Roche, M.D.
  Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  University Hospital Gent
  Gent, Belgium
• Juan Jose Rodriguez, M.D.
  Principal Postgraduated Teacher of Reconstructive Microsurgery in Limbs
  San Marcos University
  Chief of the Hand Surgery Ward at the Guillermo Almenara Hospital
  Hand Surgery Consultant at the Lima Children's Hospital
• R. Raja Sabapathy, MS, M, Ch.
  Director and Head Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Reconstructive Microsurgery and Burns
  Ganga Hospital
  Coimbatore, India
• Artavazd Sahakyan, M.D.
  Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery
  Chief, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  And Microsurgery
  Yerevan State Medical University
  Yerevan, Armenia
• Eric Santamaria, M.D.
  Associate Professor
  Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  Hospital General “Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez”
  Universidad Nacional Antonoma de Mexico
  Mexico City, Mexico
• Jan Vranckx, M.D. Ph.D.
  Professor & Chief Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  & Lab of Plastic Surgery & Tissue Engineering Research
  KU-Leuven University Hospitals
  Leuven, Belgium

United States Faculty

• Christopher Attinger, M.D.
  Professor of Plastic Surgery
  Chief, Division of Wound Healing
  Department of Plastic Surgery
  Georgetown University
  Washington, DC
• Martin Boyer, M.D.
  Carol B & Jerome T. Loeb Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
  Washington University School of Medicine
  St. Louis, Missouri
• Keith Brandt, M.D.
  William G. Hamm Professor and Program Director
  Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  Washington University
  St. Louis, MO
• Karen Kim Evans, M.D.
  Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
  Georgetown University Medical Center
  Washington, DC
• Christopher Gordon, M.D.
  Associate Professor of Plastic
  University of cincinnati Medical Center
  Consultant, craniofacial surgery
  Cincinnati Childrens Hospital
  Cincinnati, Ohio
• James Higgins, M.D.
  Chief, Curtis National Hand Center
  Union Memorial Hospital
  Baltimore, Maryland
• Richard Hopper, M.D.
  Associate Professor, University of Washington
  Chief, Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery
  Surgical Director, The Craniofacial Center
  Seattle Children’s Hospital
  Service Chief, Craniofacial Plastic Surgery
  Harborview Medical Center
  Seattle, Washington
• Eric Hubli, M.D.
  Medical Director, Craniofacial & Cleft Services
  Cook Children’s Medical Center
  Fort Worth, Texas
• Joseph Losee, M.D.
  Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
  Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery
  Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
  Program Director, Plastic Surgery Residency
  Director, Reconstructive Transplantation Program
  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Michael Miller, M.D.
  Professor and Chief
  Division of Plastic Surgery
  Department of Surgery
  Ohio State University
  Columbus, Ohio
• Richard Redett, M.D.
  Associate Professor of Surgery
  Johns Hopkins Medicine
  Johns Hopkins Cleft and Craniofacial Center
  Baltimore, Maryland
• Michel Saint-Cyr, M.D.
  Associate Professor
  Department of Plastic Surgery
  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center At Dallas
  Dallas, Texas
• Christopher Salgado, M.D.
  Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery
  University of Miami
  Chief Department of Plastic Surgery
  University of Miami Hospital
  Miami, Florida

Mayo Clinic Faculty

• Kai-Nan An, Ph.D.
  Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  Consultant, Orthopedic Surgery Research
• Kevin Arce, D.M.D., M.D.
  Consultant, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Richard Berger, M.D., Ph.D.
  Professor of Orthopedics
  Consultant, Division of Hand Surgery
• Allen Bishop, M.D.
  Professor of Orthopedics
  Consultant, Division of Hand Surgery
• Uldis Bite, M.D.
  Professor of Plastic Surgery
  Consultant, Division of Plastic Surgery
• Brian Carlsen, M.D.
  Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
  Consultant, Division of Hand Surgery and
  Division of Plastic Surgery
• Paul Claus, M.D.
  Assistant Professor of Medicine
  Medical Director, Hyperbaric & Altitude Medicine Program
  Consultant, Preventive, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine
• Joseph Duffy, Ph.D.
  Professor of Speech Pathology
  Consultant, Division of Speech Pathology
• Bassem Elhassan, M.D.
  Associate Professor of Orthopedics
  Consultant, Division of Hand Surgery
• Davit Haile, M.D.
  Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
  Consultant, Department of Anesthesia
• Steven Jacobson, M.D.
  Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
  Consultant, Division of Plastic Surgery
• Craig Johnson, M.D.
  Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery
  Consultant, Division of Plastic Surgery and
  Division of Hand Surgery
• Kendall Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Neurosurgery And Physiology
  Consultant, Department of Neurosurgery
• Valerie Lemaine, M.D.
  Senior Associate Consultant,
  Division of Plastic Surgery
• Salvatore Lettieri, M.D.
  Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
  Consultant, Division of Plastic Surgery
• Galen Perdikis, M.D.
  Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery
  Division of Plastic Surgery
• Paul Petty, M.D.
  Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
  Consultant, Division of Plastic Surgery
• Alanna Rebecca, M.D.
  Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
  Consultant Division of Plastic Surgery
• Frederick Regennitter, D.D.S.
  Assistant Professor of Dentistry
  Consultant, Division of Orthodontics
• Kevin Rieck, D.D.S., M.D.
  Consultant, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Thomas Salinas, M.D.
  Associate Professor
  Department of Dental Specialties
  Consultant, Prosthodontics Division
• Michael Sarr, M.D.
  Professor of Surgery
  Consultant, Division of General and GI Surgery
• Alex Senchenkov, M.D.
  Consultant, Division of Plastic Surgery
• Alexander Shin, M.D.
  Professor of Orthopedics
  Consultant, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
• Robert Spinner, M.D.
  Professor of Neurologic Surgery,
  Orthopedics and Anatomy
  Consultant, Department of Neurologic Surgery
• Edythe Strand, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor
  Head, Division of Speech Pathology
  Department of Neurology
• Nho (Bill) Tran, M.D.
  Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery
  Consultant, Division of Plastic Surgery
• Nicholas Wetjen, M.D.
  Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics
  Consultant, Department of Neurologic Surgery
• John Woods, M.D.
  Professor of Surgery
  Emeritus, Division of Plastic Surgery

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