BK RANK LECTURE
Supported by the Australasian Foundation for Plastic Surgery
Pedro C. Cavadas
Valencia, SPAIN
Dr Cavadas (Valencia 1965) is a reconstructive surgeon in Valencia, Spain. He works in private practice (Clínica Cavadas), with special interest and experience in reconstructive microsurgery, replantation surgery, massive extremity trauma reconstruction, orthoplastic surgery, tertiary reconstruction of head and neck oncology, and creative microvascular reconstructions. He is author of over 150 indexed papers, including description of the MSAP flap, the first transhumeral bilateral transplantation, the first transfemoral bilateral transplantation, many book chapters, and countless lectures in international meetings. He is actively involved in humanitarian surgery in East Africa through his foundation.
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Andrea Battistini
Ohio, USA
Dr. Andrea Battistini is a plastic surgeon based in Columbus, OH, specializing in aesthetic and cosmetic plastic surgery as well as facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. He has completed several fellowships in plastic surgery, including subspecialties in gender-affirming surgery, craniofacial and maxillofacial surgery, and burn surgery at Northwestern University, the University of Utah, and the University of Chicago, respectively. He earned his medical degree from the University of Milano Bicocca, followed by further training at Università degli Studi di Milano. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at The Ohio State University, having previously served at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dr. Battistini's areas of expertise include sex reassignment surgery, cosmetic and facial cosmetic surgery, breast cosmetic surgery, and non-surgical rejuvenation. His research has been published in various notable journals, with topics ranging from gender-affirming surgery techniques to innovations in cleft lip and palate correction.
Eva-Maria Baur
Bavaria, Germany
Dr Baur is a German Specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and Hand Surgery. She serves at the Clinic of Plastic and Hand Surgery in Murnau and as Head of the Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery at Klinikum Penzberg. Dr Baur has held numerous leadership roles within international professional societies, including President of the German Society for Hand Surgery (2020–2021), Past President of the International Wrist Arthroscopy Society, and European Board Member of ICOPLAST. She is actively involved in international education and has participated in multiple humanitarian surgical missions in India, Peru, Rwanda and Colombia. Her clinical and academic interests focus on hand surgery, peripheral nerve surgery and advanced reconstructive techniques.
Edward I. Chang
Texas, USA
Dr. Edward I. Chang is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Professor in the Department of Plastic Surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Chang graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, and then matriculated to NYU School of Medicine where he graduated AOA and with Honors in Cell Biology. He was accepted to the combined plastic surgery program at the University of California San Francisco where he was honored as Intern of the Year. He spent two years at Stanford University examining the impact of stem cells in diabetes and aging. Dr. Chang then spent an additional year at MD Anderson Cancer Center for a microsurgical fellowship and was recruited to stay on as faculty. Dr. Chang has published widely on basic science as well as clinical outcomes in over 170 peer-reviewed journals, multiple book chapters, and is a co-editor on a textbook on microvascular reconstruction. He specializes in microvascular free flap reconstruction with a focus on complex microsurgical reconstruction for breast, head and neck, and extremity defects following cancer resection, and also supermicrosurgery for the treatment of lymphedema.
Eric I. Chang
New Jersey and Philadelphia, USA
Eric I. Chang, MD, FACS is a double-board certified plastics and reconstructive microsurgeon specializing in autologous free flap breast reconstruction, lower extremity limb salvage, and lymphedema. After completing his plastic surgical and microsurgical training at UCLA Medical Center and MD Anderson Cancer Center respectively, he was an Associate Professor and Program Director at Fox Chase Cancer Center where he built a Lymphedema Center of Excellence. He is currently in practice in New Jersey and Philadelphia, USA and serves as an editor and reviewer plastic surgery journals.
Martin Heaton
Norwich, England
Martin has been a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital for 16 years specialising in head and neck reconstruction and the surgical management of skin cancer. Graduating from Nottingham University in 1992, Martin trained all over the UK. He did an MD doctorate developing artificial skin at the University of Sheffield before undertaking Fellowships at the Royal Marsden, Pulvertaft Hand Centre and the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Other roles include Training Programme Director for plastic surgery and examiner for the FRCS (PLAST). Away from work Martin has 3 children and enjoys gardening, salami making and beekeeping.
Horacio F. Mayer
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dr. Horacio F. Mayer is Chief of the Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Department at the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires (University of Buenos Aires). There, he also holds appointments as Director of the Plastic Surgery Residency Program and the Breast Reconstruction and Oncoplastic Fellowship Program. Dr. Mayer is Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Plastic Surgery and has authored 20+ book chapters,100+ scientific articles and edited the definitive “Breast Reconstruction: Modern and Promising Surgical Techniques” published by Springer Nature. Currently, he is Chairman of the Education Committee of ICOPLAST and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons International Steering Committee.
Jordan Sumanas
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Dr. Sumanas (Sue) Jordan, she/her, is an Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery and the Impact Institute at Northwestern University, founding Director of the Gender Pathways Program at Northwestern Medicine, and Chief of Plastic Surgery at the Jesse Brown Veterans Administration Medical Center, in Chicago, IL. She completed plastic surgery residency and microsurgery fellowship training at Northwestern and Ohio State University, respectively. She obtained additional training in gender-affirming vaginoplasty from Chulalongkorn University and the Preecha Aesthetic Institute in Bangkok, Thailand. Her clinical focus includes gender affirming top and bottom surgery and breast and gynecologic cancer reconstruction. She has over 90 publications in transgender health, surgery, and basic science.
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