Trainees or Residents from ICOPLAST National Societies participated in the Trainee Grand Prix competition representing their country.
The Trainee Grand Prix is a prestigious competition where teams, representing their country, showcase their knowledge and skills internationally in knock-out rounds. The best three teams receive a share in the ICOPLAST Award prize pot.
1st Prize - Spain
2nd Prize - South Africa
3rd Prize - US
Best Oral Presentations
Trainees also have the opportunity to enter a country-based medical competition at the ICOPLAST World Congress. The best three teams, according to the knockout system, receive an award.
1st Prize: Riccardo Di Giuli, Italy
Conservative breast reconstruction with dermoglandular remodelling or intercostal artery perforator flap integration: a safe and effective approach.
2nd Prize: Japie de Wet, South Africa
The median forehead flap: shifting the paradigm of complex nasal reconstruction.
Best Poster Presentation
Trainees also have the opportunity to enter a country-based medical competition at the ICOPLAST World Congress. The best three teams, according to the knockout system, receive an award.
1st Prize: Moodley Siveshin, South Africa
Tape-assisted Tissue Expansion and Closure of the Abdomen: A Novel Adjunct to Surgery in Omphalopagus Conjoined Twin Separation.
2nd Prize: Julian David Rios Zuluaga, Colombia
A Radiological Protocol for the Evaluation of Upper Extremity Perforators using Doppler Ultrasound.
3rd Place: EunSoo Park, South Korea
Contact Area Between 3D-Printed Silicone Implant and Nasal Bone as a predictive Factor for Implant Deviation.
The ICOPLAST Grand Prix 2023
Trainees also have the opportunity to enter a country-based medical competition at the ICOPLAST World Congress. The best three teams, according to the knockout system, receive an award.
The ICOPLAST Young Plastic Surgeon Award
Presented to a Trainee in recognition of best paper dedicated to the field of regenerative plastic surgery.
