Education Committee

Under the leadership of Dr. Horacio Mayer, Chair of the Education Committee, Plastic Surgeon experts from ICOPLAST Member Societies all around the world were invited to join a wide range of Educational Chapters.

Committee Members:

Chair
ICOPLAST Committee Member | Dr Horacio Mayer | Headshot image

Dr. Horacio Mayer

Argentina

Vice Chair

Dr. Edward Chang

USA

Board Liaison

Dr. Marzia Salgarello

Italy

Board Liaison

Dr. Greg Evans

USA

Dr. Maniram Ragbir

UK

Prof. Muhammad Asraf Ganatra

Pakistan

Dr. Georgia Spyropoulou

Greece

Dr. Ji Ung Park

South Korea

Webinar Subcommittee:

Dr. Anja Imsirovic

Austria

Dr. Hatan Mortada

Saudi Arabia

Dr. Madelein Maliepaard

South Africa

Dr. Maha Ejaz

UK

The Education Committee has 18 Educational Chapters. Each Chapter has a Chair, Secretary and three Vocals, one of whom is a trainee, and concentrates on one Plastic Surgery specialty with the objective of sharing their knowledge and expertise through the monthly Educational Webinar Program.

Facial Palsy

Chair:
Bernardo Hontanilla
Spain
Secretary:
Steffan Eisenhardt
Germany
Vocals:
Miriam Vincente
Tarek Amer
Amr Khalaf
Spain
Egypt
Egypt

Craniofacial/Cleft-Lip-Palate

Chair:
Ghulam Qadir Fayyaz
Pakistan
Secretary:
TBC
Vocals:
Percy Rossell
Fouad Ghareeb
Vik Sharma
Tsai Ming Lin
Peru
Egypt
UK
Taiwan

Facial Aesthetics

Chair:
Basal Sharaf
USA
Secretary:
Daniel Fasano
Italy
Vocals:
Smilja Tudjarova
Nora Menendez
Zaibi Zara
Macedonia
Ecuador
Pakistan

Head and Neck Reconstruction

Chair:
Edward Chang
USA
Secretary:
Georgia Alexandra Spyropoulou
Greece
Vocals:
Michele Maruccia
Jose Nunez
Hala Arazek
Italy
Peru
Egypt

Craniofacial Trauma

Chair:
Giorgio De Santis
Italy
Secretary:
Srinivas Susarla
USA
Vocals:
Amir El Barbary
Rabeet Khan
Egypt
UK

Rhinoplasty

Chair:
Enrico Robotti
Italy
Secretary:
Julio Daniel Kirschbaum
Peru
Vocals:
Andres Mascaro
Zekeriya Tosun
Dan Chikalipo
USA
Turkey
Kenya

Breast Aesthetics

Chair:
Moustapha Hamdi
Belgium
Secretary:
Radu Jecan
Romania
Vocals:
Fulvio Urso-Baiarda
Hisham El Manawi
Federico Taraschi
UK
Egypt
Italy

Breast Reconstruction

Chair:
Marzia Salgarello
Italy
Secretary:
Oscar J. Manrique
USA
Vocals:
Rieka Taghizadeh
Ricardo Delgado
Meir Retchkiman
UK
Peru
Israel

Hand & Upper Limb Reconstruction

Chair:
Hinne Rahkorst
Netherlands
Secretary:
Alexandru Georgescu
Romania
Vocals:
Gerrit Freund
Mahmoud Gouda
Shazma Yousaf
Germany
Egypt
Pakistan

Body Contouring

Chair:
Hossam Tahseen
Egypt
Secretary:
Raul Manzaneda
Peru
Vocals:
Simone La Padula
Italy

Genital & Gender Affirmation

Chair:
Stefania de Fazio
Italy
Secretary:
Gabriel del Corral
USA
Vocals:
Max Brambilla
Ricardo Lorenzini
Italy
Switzerland

Lower Limb Reconstruction

Chair:
Horacio Costa
Portugal
Secretary:
Umraz Khan
UK
Vocals:
Juan Berner
Nicolas Periera
Abdalah Abu-Baker
UK
Chile
Romania

Lymphedema

Chair:
JP Hong
South Korea
Secretary:
Pedro Ciudad
Peru
Vocals:
Alexandru Nistor
Shan Shan Qui Shao
Hatan Mortada
Belgium
Netherlands
Saudi Arabia

Microsurgery

Chair:
Johnson Chai-Shen Yang
Taiwan
Secretary:
Honda Hsu
Taiwan
Vocals:
Chen-Hung Lin
Pi-Chieh Lin
Dariush Nikkhah
Taiwan
Taiwan
UK

Sarcoma

Chair:
Maniram Ragbit
UK
Secretary:
Erkki Tukianan
Finland
Vocals:
Eldon Mah
Sarah Lonie
Australia
Australia

Burns and Wound Healing

Chair:
Kenneth Segwapa
South Africa
Secretary:
Mohamed Kadry
Egypt
Vocals:
Guillermo Wiegering Cecchi
Enrique Monclus
Bastian Bonaventura
Peru
Spain
Germany

Regenerative Medicine and Surgery

Chair:
Filip Stillaert
Belgium
Secretary:
TBC
TBC
Vocals:
Tsai Ming Lin
Patricio Centurion
Ash Mosahebi
Taiwan
Peru
UK

World Plastic Surgery

Chair:
Greg Evans
USA
Secretary:
Mikko Larsen
Australia
Vocals:
TBC
TBC