Deborah Verran

Senior Staff Specialist Surgeon

Transplant Services, RPAH

Sydney Local Health District

Australia

About Me

Sub specialised Transplant Surgeon (kidney and liver) with additional experience in both dialysis access surgery and hernia repair surgery. Supporter of open access publishing including of case series and case reports. Also with a background in medicolegal advisory work, guideline development and working with government agencies .

Pramod Kumar

Consultant Plastic Surgeon

Burns and plastic surgery

King Fahad central Hospital

Saudi Arabia

About Me

MBBS, MS (Gen Surgery), MCh (Plastic Surgery) Dip, Nat. Board (Plastic Surgery), MBA (Healthcare Management). Pramod Kumar at present working as Consultant Plastic Surgeon, MOH, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. He is Ex-Prof and Head, Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal 576 104, Karnataka, India. He is Former Professor and Head, Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India; Consultant Plastic Surgeon, MOH, Saudi Arabia (Al Jouf Health Affair, Sakaka); and Medical superintendent and Prof Plastic Surgery at Srinivas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research center, Mukka, mangalore, India. Also, he has worked in Safdarjung Hospital (New Delhi, India); He has been Special Trainee in Microsurgery at the Institute for Research and Rehabilitation of Hand and Department of Plastic Surgery, Stanley hospital Chennai, India. He completed his master’s degree in Surgery in 1995, Plastic Surgery in 1988 from KG Medical College, Lucknow and Dip. NB in 1999. He worked as Senior Resident in Plastic, Maxillofacial and Burn surgery and at various Capacities at KMC, Manipal. He has been Special Trainee in Microsurgery at the Institute for Research and Rehabilitation of Hand and Department of Plastic Surgery, Stanley hospital Chennai, India. He completed MBA (with specialization in Healthcare Management) in 2012 from Manipal University, India. He completed a certificate course in Green belt (quality) in 2013 from Benchmark Six Sigma, India. He completed Ph.D. (Plastic surgery) from Northway University (online) in 2014. He has received various fellowships and award (APSI Ethicon Traveling Fellowship-1991, RGS International Traveling Fellowship-2001, Prize for producing Best Audio Visual Material (Bandage Technique for extremities) by the faculty members (Kasturba Medical College, Manipal) during the year 2005-2006, TMA Pai Gold Medal for excellence in Medical Research, KMC, Manipal (2010) and Safdarjang Hospital Professorship for the year 2011 for dedication and involvement in burn care. (By National Academy of Burns – India)) He has been Visiting Scholar in Craniofacial Surgery at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan from 01/02/2001 to 28/04/2001. He has more than a hundred sixty National and International publications. He has designed and developed many new flaps, published many innovative ideas in clinical forensic, disasters, burns and plastic surgery. He has also designed and developed the Limited Access Dressing technique. He has guided several MS (surgery) postgraduate thesis and Ph.D. thesis. He is founder president of The Society for Wound Care and Research and active member of various national associations. He has authored two books and contributed several chapters in books. He is also Committee member of the International Board of the Chinese Journal of Practical Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery (engaged since 2002), Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, and Burns (Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries), Burns open, PRS global, JSM Burns and Trauma. He has a special interest in humanitarian work and volunteered as a Surgeon (Cleft Surgeon and Plastic Surgeon) for Rotaplast International Organization.

Abdelmonem Awad Mustafa Hegazy

Professor

Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine

Zagazig University

Egypt

About Me

MBBCH with honor, DGO, MSc, MD, Ph.D. Dr. Abdelmonem A. Hegazy is currently working as Professor of Human Anatomy and Embryology Department in the Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University (Egypt); as well as he is a Consultant of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Infertility. He is the former chairman of the Anatomy and Embryology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University (Egypt); and Professor in King Saud and Majmaah Universities (KSA) 2009-2013 and Misurata, Faculty of Medicine (Libya) 2000. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the following international journals: International Journal of Human Anatomy (USA); Journal of Experimental Medicine and Biology (Singapore) & Women Health and Complications (UK). He is the Former Editor-in-Chief of Zagazig University Medical Journal (Egypt). Dr. Hegazy is also a referee member of scientific research submitted for the promotion of professors in Egyptian Universities. Dr. Hegazy participates in Zagazig University academic, scientific, educational and professional development activities in the fields of medical sciences development, including basic and clinical research, policy implementation, design programs, set coursework plans, curricula, syllabi, scientific conference paneling, as well as designing and delivering a wide scope of continuous professional development programs, including training, strategic planning, research methodology, scientific thesis and dissertation writing; research proposal, medical ethics, organization’s behavior issues, all with emphasis on system and staff development. Dr. Hegazy is a member of the Institutional Research Board (IRB) unit, Egyptian Medical Syndicate, Egyptian Society of Anatomy, and Postgraduate and Scientific Research Affairs Committee, Faculty of Medicine. His pool of academics consists of original research articles/books/book chapters in various national and international accredited publishing houses. Dr. Hegazy has plenty of scientific publications and projects with many citations. He has got many national and international honors and awards. Dr. Hegazy has been supervising postgraduate students in their thesis works. He is also a well-known reviewer/referee/editorial board member in more than 120 international indexed journals. Prof Hegazy is a Global Goodwill Ambassador (GGA). He is also an Advisory Board Member "Motherhood and Childhood of Arab-African Union for Sustainable and Integrated Development; & in the Supreme Council for the Defense of Child Rights Egypt. Research interest: - Basic medical sciences, Anatomy, Embryology, Neonatology, Histology, Histopathology, Infections, Infertility, Gynecology, Obstetrics, Genetics and Congenital anomalies.

Juan Bellido luque

Professor

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgical

Seville university

Spain

About Me

JUAN ANTONIO BELLIDO LUQUE, MD, has studied in Seville Medicine university (Spain) for five years. From 2003 to 2005, he has worked as a gastrointestinal surgeon in Virgen Macarena Hospital in Seville. In 2005 he moved to Riotinto Hospital, in Huelva, Spain, where he was part of the “minimally invasive surgery unit” in the Riotinto Hospital Surgical department. From 2017 is part of the Biliopancreatic Surgical Division, Gastrointestinal Surgical Department, in Virgen Macarena Hospital, Seville Research interest: Laparoscopic Abdominal Wall hernia repair. Postoperative Acute and chronic pain in laparoscopic ventral hernia repair. Minimal invasive Surgical Techniques to improve quick recovery. Minimal invasive Esofagogastric Surgery. Minimal invasive Colorrectal Surgery and Fast-track. interest in Single Incision colorectal surgery regarding Postoperative course and pain relief. Biiopancreatic surgery. Interest in pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Ehab Abdel Aziz Ahmed EL-Shaarawy

Professor

Department of Anatomy and Embryology

Cairo University

Egypt

About Me

Having M. B. B. Ch. in General Medicine & Surgery, Faculty of Medicine (Kasr Alainy Medical School), Cairo University, Egypt. Having Master and MD Degrees in Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt. Having B. CH in Anatomy and Physiology, Cairo University, Egypt. An author in many scientific papers published in National and International journals. Having practical experience in different diagnostic techniques in the field of radiographic and endoscopic anatomy and experimental Embryology with special emphasis on those of the vertebral column. Organizing many scientific training courses, workshops in the field of Human Histology, Anatomy and Developmental Biology. Participating in many scientific training courses, workshops, national conferences in the field of Anatomy, Molecular Biology, and Electron Microscopic studies. Member in many Scientific and Medical Societies. Supervisor on many MD and Master Theses.

Ghassan Skaf

Professor of Neurosurgery

Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center

American University of Beirut Medical Center

Lebanon

About Me

Ghassan Skaf, MD, FRCSC, FACS is a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon. He did his internship and residency training at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA, University of Toronto, Canada and Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA. He then completed a fellowship in Spinal Neurosurgery at the University of Toronto, Canada. Dr. Skaf has been practicing since 1998 at the American University of Beirut Medical Center and he is the Head of the Neurosurgery Department since 2006 till today. Dr. Skaf is certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Board of Neurological Surgery. The research interests of Dr. Skaf are in Spinal Cord Injuries, Complex Spine Surgeries, Neuro Navigation, and New Innovations in Spine Surgery, Spinal Instrumentation and Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgeries. Dr. Skaf has received several awards and recognition from international societies. The last recognition was the Mexican “Legion of Honor” for his services in the medical and scientific fields.

Mohsen Naraghi

Faculty Board

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Iran

Biography

Mohsen Naraghi is a double-board certified in both otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery, and facial plastic and reconstructive surgery with more than two decades of clinical practice and academic postgraduate teaching experience. He was ranked first among all the national graduates of medicine, was awarded the first rank in the national comprehensive medical examinations, graded first in the national board examinations in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, and also became the fellow of the European board of otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery. He continued his training in facial plastic surgery and rhinology fellowship, receiving both the international and European boards for certification in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. In 2004, he was granted the most prestigious national award in recognition of contributions to surgical science. Dr. Naraghi was the winner of the international award of the American Rhinologic Society in 2005. He was also granted the international award for excellence in medical sciences in the innovation in clinical medicine in 2011. He was awarded the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Honor Award in recognition of his distinguished service on committees, scientific programs, continuing education courses and instruction courses to the Academy in 2015. He was also awarded a committee excellence award for his distinguished services on the humanitarian efforts committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in 2016. Being a member of both the American Academy of Facial Plastic Reconstructive Surgery and the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, he is also a fellow of the American Rhinology Society. In the Middle East, he served one of the region’s most prestigious medical events, as the founder and president of the Middle East Congress on Rhinology and Facial Plastic Surgery, which is well-known as MERC. More than three hundred articles and chapters in rhinology and facial plastic surgery including eighty international papers have been published by Dr. Naraghi. He has instructed in more than sixty courses, hands-on and live surgery workshops on rhinoplasty and facial plastic surgery throughout the world including University of Texas South Western Medical Center Dallas Rhinoplasty & Cosmetic Surgery Symposia and Workshops, New York Cutting Edge Aesthetic Surgery, and the American Academy of Facial Plastic Reconstructive Surgery meetings. Furthermore, Dr. Naraghi has published eighteen books in the fields of rhinology and facial plastic surgery, including a two-volume comprehensive rhinology university textbook. His other title “Facial Plastic Surgery” was awarded as the country’s best academic book of the year in 2007. Dr. Naraghi’s Personal Approach to Secondary Rhinoplasty was published as a chapter in the essential first-ever global reference on revision rhinoplasty in the United States. In the last two decades, Dr. Naraghi has mentored more than two hundred residents and fellows. He has performed and supervised more than seven thousand teaching surgeries in the university hospital to dedicate state-of-the-art experiences to the new generation of surgeons. His training has touched people across the world including international surgeons and fellows.

Hossam Mohamed Saleh

Professor

Department of Vascular Surgery

Ain Shams University

Egypt

Argyrios Tzamalis

Department of Ophthalmology

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Papageorgiou General Hospital

Greece

Claudio Gambardella

General Surgeon

Division of laparoscopic and bariatric surgery

Clinical center “Sanatrix” S.p.a. Napoli

Italy

Eberval G Figueiredo

Professor

Neurology

University of Sao Paulo

Brazil