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
ICOPLAST Board Member | Prof Marzia Salgarello | Headshot image

Dr. Marzia Salgarello

Italy

Board Liaison
ICOPLAST Board Member | Dr Greg Evans | Headshot image

Dr. Greg Evans

USA

Dr. Maniram Ragbir

UK

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Asraf Ganatra

Pakistan

Dr. Georgia Spyropoulou

Greece

Dr. Ji Ung Park

South Korea

Webinar Subcommittee:

Dr. Anja Imsirovic

Austria

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