Junior Editorial Board
Junior Editorial Board Members
Research Interests: Upper and lower limb surgery, vascularised composite allotransplantation
Said C. Azoury
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Research Interests: Microsurgery, head & neck and breast reconstruction/cosmetic surgery
Christopher Bibbo
International Center for Limb Lengthening, Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Research Interests: Orthopedic surgery, plastic reconstructive and microsurgery, foot and ankle surgery, extremity amputations, orthoplastics, limb salvage, peripheral nerve surgery
Research Interests: Hand surgery, reconstructive microsurgery, body contouring after massive weight loss, peripheral nerve reconstruction, cosmetic surgery and medicine
Research Interests: Microsurgical breast, lymphatic reconstruction, limb salvage
Research Interests: Head and neck reconstruction, microvascular surgery, head and neck cancer, craniomaxillofacial trauma, maxillofacial surgery, craniofacial surgery
Research Interests: Hand surgery, microsurgery, reconstructive surgery, aesthetic surgery, stem cells, regenerative surgery
Emanuele Cigna
Plastic Surgery and Microsurgery Unit, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Research Interests: Breast reconstruction, lymphedema, melanoma, perforator flaps, lymphatic surgery
Research Interests: Cosmetic surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, craniomaxillofacial surgery, hand surgery, wounds, reconstructive surgery, skin, wound healing, plastic surgery
Research Interests: Head and neck neoplasms, reconstructive surgery
Research Interests: Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine for peripheral nerve repair, neural interfacing for prosthetic control and bioelectric medicine, neuroprosthetics, vascularized composite allografts, microsurgical education, equality in healthcare and STEM
Research Interests: Lymphedema microsurgery, lymphatic research
Research Interests: Plastic and reconstructive surgery, facial plastic surgery, hand surgery, peripheral nerve surgery, clinical research
Ashleigh M. Francis
Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA.
Research Interests: Lymphedema, breast reconstruction, abdominal wall reconstruction, head and neck reconstruction
Research Interests: Nerve transplant, brachial plexus injury, upper limb, hand surgery
Epameinondas Gousopoulos
Department of Plastic Surgery & Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Research Interests: Lymphedema, lipedema, lymphatic vessel biology, anti-ageing
Yoshitaka Hamada
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kansai Medical University Medical Center, Osaka, Japan.
Research Interests: Hand, elbow, peripheral nerve, extremity reconstruction, brachial plexus injury, microsurgery
Research Interests: Lymphedema, adipose-derived stem cells, growth factor, wound healing, supermicrosurgery
Research Interests: Cranioorbital trauma, secondary traumatic reconstruction, maxillofacial injury
Kun Hwang
Department of Plastic Surgery, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
Research Interests: Craniofacial surgery, skin grafting, facial deformity
Research Interests: Cleft lip and palate, facial transplantation, vascularized composite allotransplantation, plastic and reconstructive surgery, microsurgery
Research Interests: Aesthetic surgery, breast reconstruction, gender affirming surgery, lymphedema, reconstructive microsurgery
Research Interests: Clinical applications for adipose stem cells (ASCs) and on building new research tools with adipose tissue to study inflammation and metabolic disease, specifically with adipose tissue microphysiologic systems
Research Interests: Digital and upper limb reconstruction with flaps (including DAP), head and neck reconstruction with flaps, parotidectomies, nerve reconstruction (facial palsy, brachial plexus) and nerve regeneration, nose reconstruction (nasal keystone was descibed as an alternative some years ago), trunk reconstruction with flaps
J. Monroe Laborde
Orthopaedic Surgery, Director of Foot Clinic, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center & U. Medical Center New Orleans, New Orleans, USA.
Research Interests: Diabetic foot, foot ulcers, charcot foot, tendon balancing, biomechanics
Research Interests: Congenital craniofacial anomalies, cleft lip and palate, orthognathic surgery, obstructive sleep apnea, rhinoplasty
Research Interests: Breast reconstruction, mastectomy, breast implant, stem cell, adipose tissue, oncological surgery, cosmetic surgery
Research Interests: Breast reconstruction, aesthetic breast surgery, microsurgery
Research Interests: Lymphedema, microsurgery, facial reconstruction, nose reconstruction, prepectoral breast reconstruction, lymphatic surgery, lva, vlnt, skin cancer, mandibular reconstruction, wound healing
Research Interests: Facial nerve disorder and reconstruction, oral oncology, cutaneous malignancies and salivary gland malignancies
Johnny Chuieng-Yi Lu
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan.
Research Interests: Peripheral nerve injuries reconstruction, brachial plexus reconstruction, facial palsy reanimation, head and neck reconstruction, neuromuscular junction lab, database analysis
Research Interests: Microsurgery and oncologic reconstruction
Research Interests: Breast reconstruction, lymphedema, microsurgery
Research Interests: Breast reconstruction, oncoplasty, human derived acellular dermal matrix, plastic surgery, cosmetic surgery, breast cancer, skin cancer, breast implant
Diego Marré
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Facial Paralysis Unit, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Research Interests: Facial reanimation surgery, head and neck reconstruction and sarcoma reconstruction
Research Interests: Plastic reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, hand surgery, microsurgery, lymphatic Surgery, head and neck surgery, burns, regenerative medicine and surgery
Derek Mendonca
Department of Plastic Surgery, Al Jalila Children’s Hospital, Dubai.
Research Interests: Cleft palate, burn, 3D printing, craniofacial surgery
Yong Miao
Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, NanFang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Research Interests: Cosmetic surgery, stem cell, hair loss, hair transplantation
Patrick Micheels
Private Practice, Chene-Bougeries, Switzerland.
Research Interests: Fillers, nasolabial fold, facial rejuvenation, injection
Dung Nguyen
Division of Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Research Interests: Breast aesthetic and reconstructive surgery, lymphedema surgery, gender affirming top surgery
Research Interests: Reconstructive microsurgery, hand surgery, breast surgery and chest wall reconstruction
Research Interests: Telemedicine, telepharmacy and tele-health, cadaver lab and training in aesthetic medicine
Research Interests: Craniomaxillofacial surgery, craniomandibular disorders, facial asymmetry, 3D diagnosis and 3D print, dental implants, biomaterials and bone repair in maxillofacial surgery.
Research Interests: Lymphatic microsurgery, reconstructive microsurgery, breast reconstruction
Research Interests: LVA, liposuction method for chronic lymphedema, microsurgery, breast reconstruction, post trauma reconstruction, burns, 3D printing, AI in plastic surgery, breast augmentation, breast reduction, abdominoplasty, liposuction, blepharoplasty, rhinoplasty, body contouring
Jeremie Oliver Piña
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Section on Craniofacial Genetic Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Research Interests: Cleft lip/palate, craniomaxillofacial surgery, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, genomics
Research Interests: Lymphedema surgery, lymphangiogenesis, evidence based medicine, robotic microsurgery, reconstructive microsurgery
Régis Roche
Neosyad Company, Aix en Provence, France.
Research Interests: Fat grafting, breast surgery, regenerative medicine, stem cell
Ali-Farid Safi
Medical Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Research Interests: Oral and maxillofacial surgery, allotransplantation, facial transplantation, microsurgery
Research Interests: Craniosynostosis, cleft lip and palate, anatomy, craniofacial surgery, cosmetic surgery
Research Interests: Surgical oncological reconstruction, lymph reconstruction and head neck and facial surgery
Research Interests: Evidence based plastic surgery, quality of evidence, alloplastic and autologous breast reconstruction, patient reported outcome in aesthetic surgery, improving outcome in aesthetic facial, breast and body surgery
Thomas Satterwhite
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Research Interests: Gender affirming surgery, facial feminization, body feminization, top surgery, breast augmentation, vaginoplasty, plastic surgery, cosmetic surgery, craniofacial surgery, patient-reported outcomes
Research Interests: Head and neck reconstruction, lymph surgery, breast reconstruction, microsurgery and supramicrosurgery
Research Interests: Lymphedema,reconstructive microsurgery, perforator flap, supermicrosurgery
Research Interests: Head and neck reconstruction, breast reconstruction, regenerative medicine, humanitarian medicine
Research Interests: Oral and maxillofacial, head and neck tumors surgery, head and neck reconstruction, microsurgery and supramicrosurgery
Research Interests: Breast reconstruction, breast aesthetic surgery, breast implant research, microsurgery, lymphedema surgery
Research Interests: Cosmetic surgery and reconstructive,reconstructive microsurgery of the face and oral cavity,treatment of facial paralysis,surgery hair restoration team for micro-car-hair transplant (FUT and FUE techniques),surgical oral & face oncology
Adele Sparavigna
Derming srl, Clinical Research Institute, Milan.
Research Interests: Dermatological applied research, clinical studies, non-invasive diagnostic of the skin, cosmetics, drugs, injection techniques, skin aging, aesthetic medicine
Research Interests: Oral and maxillofacial surgery, guided tissue regeneration, implants, anabolic bone medications, low-bone mass disorders
Kensuke Tashiro
Department of Plastic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan.
Research Interests: Lymphedema, perforator flap, free tissue graft, wound healing, supermicrosurgical, plastic surgery
Scott H. Troob
Department Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Research Interests: Microvascular free flap reconstruction, facial trauma, facial paralysis
Research Interests: Otolaryngology, skull base, lymph nodes, head and neck/microvascular surgery
Ian Lee Valerio
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Research Interests: Microsurgery, extremity reconstruction, peripheral nerve surgery, targeted muscle regeneration, regenerative peripheral nerve interfaces, regenerative medicine, limb salvage, residual limb care, and wound care
Joris Anton van Dongen
Department of Plastic-, Reconstructive- and Hand Surgery, Utrecht University Medical Center, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Research Interests: Mesenchymal stem cells, fat grafting, regenerative surgery, extracellular matrix, hydrogel, plastic surgery
Hari Venkatramani
Department of Plastic and Trauma Reconstructive Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
Research Interests: Major limb trauma, brachial plexus injuries, congenital hand and microsurgical reconstruction for trauma, lymphedema reconstruction
Research Interests: Neuromuscular disorders, clinical neurophysiology, neurological diseases, clinical neurology, multiple sclerosis, neuroimaging, neuro-oncology
Research Interests: Breast reconstruction, microsurgery, oncologic reconstruction, lymphedema, breast implant capsular pathology and foreign body reactions
Hayson Chenyu Wang
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Research Interests: Plastic and reconstructive surgery, stem cell traslational medicine, scleroderma, psychology of plastic surgery
Bin Yang
Department of Craniomaxillofacial Plastic Surgery, Hospital of Plastic Surgery Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Research Interests: Maxillofacial surgery
Research Interests: Breast reconstruction, breast surgery
Research Interests: Peripheral nervous system, clinical anatomy, facial analysis, procedural anatomy, tissue optics and laser-tissue interaction, photodynamic therapy, cryodermatology, and plasma medicine/dermatology