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S E N I O R A M B A S S A D O RDr. Riccardo F. MazzolaDr. Biggs: Dr. Mazzola, to those of us who have been onthe Plastic Surgery scene for a while you are a legend, butthis is an International Journal and many of our readers aresomewhat new to the field, so please give us a review ofyour educational and training background.Dr. Mazzola: I obtained my medical degree at the Universityof Pavia in 1967, magna cum laude. I passed my Boardexamination in ENT in 1970 at the University of Ferraraand my Board in Plastic Surgery at the University of Milanin 1974 (head Prof. G. Sanvenero Rosselli). I became anAssistant Professor of Plastic Surgery at the Universityof Milan in 1971 and I am currently Professor for Plasticand Reconstructive Surgery at the Postgraduate School ofENT, and Maxillofacial and Plastic Surgery at the School ofMedicine of the University of Milan.Dr. Biggs: Tell us about your Foundation.Dr Mazzola: In April 1975, I established the “FondazioneG. Sanvenero Rosselli” for Plastic Surgery, as a tribute to mylate uncle Gustavo Sanvenero Rosselli, founder of PlasticSurgery in Italy. The institution promotes various formsof teaching, fulfilling a continuous postgraduate trainingprogram, by arranging meetings, seminars and courses inthe field of Plastic Surgery. Directed by a Board of Trustees,the Fondazione has coordinated more than 150 meetingsand seminars and organized 48 theoretical and practicalcourses, with live surgery over the years. I am currently theVice-President of this Institution. The Fondazione housesmore than 4,000 books and boasts certainly one of the mostimportant rare book collections on Plastic Surgery in theworld. We have volumes dating from 1490 onward.Dr, Biggs: Tell us about your professional life.Dr. Mazzola: I am a Founding Member, Secretary General(from 1995 to 2001) and President (from 2005 to 2006) of theEURAPS (European Association of Plastic Surgeons). I wasSecretary of the Italian Society of Plastic Surgery (SICPRE)from 2001 to 2004, and am a member of over 15 Nationaland International societies, among them the prestigiousAmerican Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS).Dr. Biggs: How about presentations and authorships?Dr. Mazzola: I have participated in 450 invited panels,lectures, conferences and courses at National or InternationalMeetings and Congresses. I have organised 52 Congressesand Courses.I’ve been honoured to be the Keynote speaker in numerousInternational Congresses, and was awarded the Maliniaclectureship at the 2006 ASPRS Congress in San Francisco,USA.I am the co-Author of 3 textbooks (“CraniofacialMalformations”, Churchill Livingstone 1990; “VelopharyngelIncompetence”, Masson 1995, in Italian, “Fat Injection,from Filling to Regeneration”, Quality Medical Publishing,2009), 12 book chapters and 112 publications, 38 of them inpeer reviewed scientific journals.Dr. Biggs: What are your primary surgical interests now?Dr. Mazzola: My primary interests include Cleft Lip andPalate, Head and Neck reconstruction, Nasal Reconstruction,Fat injection, Rhinoplasty and History of Plastic Surgery.Dr. Biggs: Where do you see us going in Plastic Surgery?Dr. Mazzola: That is a good question, because I am bothoptimistic and, at the same time, somewhat despondent. I’mthe latter because Plastic Surgery, by not being independent,has less opportunity for research. Modern day Plastic Surgerybegan with a collection of ENTs, General Surgeons, and severalothers who had a common talent: innovation. Innovationwas necessary to deal with the massive wounds resultingfrom World War I, wounds never seen before, because theseunfortunate victims were the beneficiaries of medicine whichwas advanced enough to keep them alive but still lacking inskills to reconstruct them. My despondency lies in the fact thatour lack of independence limits us in our quest for advancedsolutions plaguing modern surgical problems.My optimism lies in the wonders that await us. Thesewonders include wound healing, tissue regeneration,concepts of neurogenesis, and many others.Dr. Biggs: Do you have any advice for our youngerreaders?Dr. Mazzola: Yes. Go back several centuries and see howbrilliant minds were dealing with some of the same problemswe are dealing with now. See how Leonardo Da Vinciunderstood anatomy, how concepts of wound healing haveevolved. Study the Masters and extrapolate their creativethought processes into your own.Dr. Biggs: Thank you Dr. Mazzola. You truly are a SeniorAmbassador for IPRAS and for physicians of all types.24 IPRAS Journal www.ipras.org Issue 7
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