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• President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

• General Secretary’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 

• Editor-in-Chief’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

• IPRAS Management Office Report . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 

• Outgoing Parliamentarian’s Message . . . . . . . . . . 13 

• IPRAS Officers for 2011-2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 

• Rising Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 

• Senior Ambassador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 

• Humanitarian Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 

• 16th IPRAS Congress, Vancouver, 

22-27 May 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 

• IPRAS Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 

• Surveys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 

• National Associations & Plastic Surgery 

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• Up - Coming Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 

• National & Co-Opted Societies’ Future Events . . 78 

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• IPRAS Benefits for Individual Members 

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C O N T E N T S 

Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein, 

IPRAS 1 st President 

IPRAS booth 

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A I M S A N D S C O P E 

• To promote the art and science 

of plastic surgery 

• To further plastic surgery 

education and research 

• To protect the safety of the patient 

and the profession of Plastic, 

Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery 

• To relieve as far as it is possible 

the world from human violence 

or natural calamities through 

its humanitarian bodies 

• To encourage friendship 

among plastic surgeons 

and physicians of all countries

Board of Directors 

President 

Marita Eisenmann-Klein - Germany 

General Secretary 

Nelson Piccolo - Brazil 

Treasurer 

Bruce Cunningham - USA 

Deputy General Secretary 

Yi Lin Cao - China 


Brian Kinney - USA 


Ahmed Noureldin - Egypt 


Andreas Yiacoumettis - Greece 

Parliamentarian 

Norbert Pallua - Germany 

Executive Director 

Zacharias Kaplanidis - Greece 

Dear colleagues, 

P R EIS PI DR EA NS T J’ S OMU ER SN S A ALG E 

Thank you for allowing me to serve as your President for the forthcoming 2 years! 

I am very happy that your delegates unanimously approved the by-laws changes and elected Nelson 

Piccolo from Brazil as my successor for the General Secretary position. 

I also want to thank the outgoing and the incoming Board of Directors and EXCO members. So 

many of them are involved in their national society activities and in challenging training programs 

and yet they serve IPRAS with great dedication! 

With all their expertise and their transcultural perspectives together we create a stable fundament 

in IPRAS. 

I am sure you noticed the member services that were introduced during the past 1 ½ years, since 

Zacharias Kaplanidis and his team started to work with us: their enthusiasm for YOU and your 

work is unparalleled! 

I am delighted that so many of you feel encouraged to share your ideas and visions with us, not only 

with the Executive Office but also with the Board of Directors and Executive Committee Members 

and with me personally. We learn from you every day! 

The congress in Vancouver turned out to be an outstanding event, due to the untiring efforts and 

dedication of our Canadian colleagues. Our congratulations and thanks to them! 

In Vancouver we started a direct communication with our trainees and residents throughout the 

world. I am happy about their activities. We will soon send out the questionnaire about training 

conditions worldwide. Please encourage all your trainees to 

participate! They now have the chance to create a better future 

for themselves and the next generation. 

The President of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India, 

Dr. Raja Sabapathy, has announced July 15th to be THE 

PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY DAY! 

On this day, every single one of the 1.300 plastic surgeons in 

India should operate on one patient for free. 

We congratulate our Indian colleagues for this unique 

initiative! 

I dream of having a world-wide Plastic Reconstructive Surgery 

Day with all of YOU on July 15th, 2012! 

Let us make the world a warmer place. NOW! 

Cordially yours, 

Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein, IPRAS 

President, at the opening ceremony of 

the 16th IPRAS congress in Vancouver 

Prof. Marita Eisemann-Klein 

President of IPRAS 

Marita Eisemann-Klein 




G E N E R A L S E C R E T A R Y ’ S M E S S A G E 

I am extremely happy to be 

a member of IPRAS 

As the IPRAS’ Board of Directors commences a new term, 

I must say that I am extremely happy to be a member of it, 

as General Secretary of IPRAS. 

Prof. Yi Lin Cao, IPRAS Deputy General Secretary, Prof. Andreas 

Yiacoumettis, IPRAS Deputy General Secretary, Prof. Nelson 

Piccolo, IPRAS General Secretary, Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein, 

IPRAS President, Dr. Brian Kinney, IPRAS Deputy General Secretary, 

Dr. Don Lalonde, Chairman of the Canadian Organizing Committee. 

Under the leadership of our President, Prof. Marita 

Eisenmman-Klein, we will be participating in the continuous 

evolution of Plastic Surgery and Plastic Surgeons around 

the world. IPRAS unites over 100 Plastic Surgery Societies 

and several other Societies with specific interests in the 

fields of Plastic Surgery. 

We understand that there are several differences throughout 

the world on how patients can reach a Plastic Surgeon and 

receive adequate professional and specialized services. The 

necessity for reconstructive procedures in all areas of the 

world has been the main drive for many decades as the 

originator (or consolidator) of aesthetic techniques and 

procedures. 

We also know, however, that there are many similarities 

amongst us, plastic surgeons worldwide! 

One of them is the ever present will to improve techniques 

and methods, constantly sharing successful recent and timeproven 

knowledge with other specialists. This has been 

done since the early years of training in Plastic Surgery and 

has continued for the entire Surgeon’s professional life, 

during congresses and several other meetings. History has 

shown that colleagues from the most varied places in the 

world have contributed to our ever growing knowledge. 

Prof. Nelson Piccolo 

IPRAS General Secretary 

Another is the will to help, to provide humanitarian aid, 

here, there, everywhere…. 

The Plastic Surgeon is the Surgeon who will most likely be 

present in every corner of this world, where humanitarian 

aid is needed and provided… We are “naturals” where 

disposition and availability are concerned, and we are 

certainly technically prepared for it! 

Being from Brazil and South America, we are also very, very 

happy that the next World Congress of Plastic Surgery will 

take place in Chile, in February 2013, when we are certain 

that a massive number of our members will be present!!! 

Prof. Nelson Piccolo, IPRAS General Secretary, Prof. Marita 

Eisenmann-Klein, IPRAS President, Dr. Constance Neuhann- 

Lorenz, President IQUAM, Chairperson WomenForWomen, 

Dr. Christian Echinard, Chairman IPRAS Emergency Task Force, 

Co-chairman Coordination of Humanitarian Projects 

I would also like to thank all the Member Societies, through 

their National Delegates, for participating in the meetings 

during the recent World Congress in Plastic Surgery, in 

Vancouver, when the new Board of Directors was elected. 

My best wishes to all of you, 

Prof. Nelson Piccolo 

IPRAS General Secretary

I P R A S J O U R N A L 

E D I T O R - I N - C H I E F ’ S M E S S A G E 

WHAT A YEAR! 

began with “what a day!”. Now that day has stretched into a year. We’ve had superior 

performances by all parts of our team. Beginning with the non-stop, world- circling efforts 

of our Secretary General, now President, Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein, the steady hand 

of our Treasurer, Dr. Bruce Cunningham, the Secretary General Prof. Nelson Piccolo, 

the Deputy Secretary General for Europe Prof. Andreas Yiacoumettis, the Chairman 

of the Scientific Advisory Board Prof. Daniel Marchac our Women For Women leader 

Dr. Constance Neuhann- Lorenz, and the large assortment of dedicated workers from 

Greece, to India, to Canada, with stops in smaller but no less important ports. There is no 

question as to the viability and acceleration of the effectiveness of IPRAS. 

It would be negligent to pass the opportunity to recognize the highly important 

management skills of Zita-Congress and its leader, Mr. Zacharias Kaplanidis, along 

with his entire team, especially my right hand in all my efforts, Ms. Maria Petsa. The 

problem with naming names in a huge effort is that it is impossible to enumerate all 

the contributors, but they know who they are and this Journal takes this moment to 

acknowledge their works. 

EDITORIALIt 

All this is about last year. We 

now have entered into the real 

life struggle to not only remain 

active but to move forward 

and assume the responsibilities 

incumbent with the position 

of the largest organization of 

plastic surgeons in the world. 

The experience in Canada will be 

a platform for our next biannual 

conference to be held in Chile in 

2013. It will be a major challenge 

to exceed, or even match, our 

success in Vancouver but that 

effort has begun many months 

ago. Once again it will require 

many shoulders pushing and 

many backs straining to pull the 

Society’s growing significance to 

an even higher level. Somehow 

my intuition, born out of fiftythree 

years involvement in plastic 

surgery, indicates to me a grand 

success in Chile….but intuition is 

amorphic. The performance will 

speak for itself. 

Dr. Thomas M. Biggs, M.D. 

Editor-In-Chief 

Dr. Thomas Biggs, IPRAS Editor-in-chief at the General 

Assembly Meeting during 16th IPRAS congress in Vancouver 


Regarding the Journal I must say I am pleased. I 

am pleased that so many people have pitched in and 

responded to my requests for contributions. I have 

been happy with our series, as we have presented each 

issue of three outstanding members of great quality: 


1) Rising Star….a surgeon under the age of forty-five 

whose contribution has been notable 

2) Pioneer….a surgeon whose contributions have 

significantly changed the way we do things 

3) Senior Ambassador….a surgeon in the twilight 

of his/her career who can recollect his/her own 

involvements and contributions and extrapolate 

them into a vision for the future….a path we’d be 

wise to follow. 

I am also pleased by the scientific articles that 

have come forth. My vision at this time is for the 

articles to be more of a draft form, pointing out the 

problem, providing a brief analysis of the pursued 

solution, displaying results, and finally reaching to 

the conclusion. This leaves the author free to publish 

the more complete work in one of our sister journals 

which is indexed. The time may come when we will 

change this approach, but for now this is the way it is. 

We have opened our pages to corporations who wish 

to present the technical aspects of their products 

in article form in addition to their buying space for 

advertising. 

The area where I would like to see more growth is in 

the “Letters to the Editor”. It would help me greatly 

to have more feedback from the readers. 

Finally, “What a Year”!…. it has been a joy for me to 

be on this ride and I eagerly anticipate a continuing 

adventure….so I thank all those who have made it so 

for me. 

Dr. Thomas M. Biggs, M.D. 

Editor-In-Chief 

Dr. Thomas Biggs, IPRAS Editor-in-chief at the National Delegates meeting during 16th IPRAS congress in Vancouver

I P R A S M A N A G E M E N T O F F I C E R E P O R T 

May 2011 - July 2011 

The 5th edition of the IPRAS Journal coincides with 

our Confederation making one step forward in both 

its management methods and its amplitude of aims and 

goals. 

For the very first time since its establishment in 1955, the 

institution of the President is added to its administrative 

pyramid. 

The new administrative IPRAS pyramid 

At the same time, important sub-committees are either 

founded or given a newly expanded agenda, such as 

the Humanitarian (IPRAS Foundation), the Board 

of Trustees, the Scientific Advisory Board, etc. The 

purpose and goals of these sub-committees are analyzed 

by ex-Parliamentarian and currently Deputy General 

Secretary, Prof. Andreas Yiacoumettis. We would just 

Mr. Zacharias Kaplanidis 

IPRAS Executive Director 

like to underline the magnitude the aims and goals of 

IPRAS now have in the field of Plastic, Reconstructive 

and Aesthetic Surgery worldwide. 

During the IPRAS World Congress in Vancouver 

(22-27/5/2011), 14 individual meetings of the Board 

of Directors, the Executive Committee, The National 

Delegates, the General assembly meeting and the Sub- 

Committees were held, reaching a record number for 

management and constitutive meetings in the history 

of IPRAS. A new record was set for the number of 

IPRAS members, as in Vancouver, with the addition of 

the newly-established association of Kazakhstan, the 

number of the National and Regional Associations 

reached 100. 

Since we are referring to Vancouver and the World 

Congress, we would like to congratulate the organizers 

for their absolute success on both the organizational 

level and participation. The participants exceeded the 

number of 1800, as officially stated by the Organizers of 

the Vancouver Congress, while the presence of Exhibitors 

and Sponsors was very dynamic. We would like to 

congratulate the President of the Canadian Society, Dr. 

Patricia Bortoluzzi and the Chairman of the Canadian 

Organizing Committee, Prof. Don Lalonde, 

Prof. Ronald M. Zuker, Chair, IPRAS2011 Vancouver, 

Prof. Peter C. Neligan, Chair, Scientific Program 

National Delegates meeting during 16th IPRAS congress in Vancouver 


The IPRAS booth 

Committee, Prof. Gordon Wilkes, Chair, Finance/ 

Sponsorship and all the members of the Canadian 

Society of Plastic Surgeons. 

It appears that the financial success of the Congress 

guarantees IPRAS an amount that exceeds 200.000 

CAD (50% of the net income). This amount gives 

IPRAS the potential to reinforce its management and 

humanitarian activities for the period 2011-2012. 

The Confederation’s Management Office (ZITA 

Congress) manned the mission to Vancouver with a group 

of 8 people. They staffed the beautiful booths of IPRAS, 

Chile 2013 and the 1 st European-Chinese Congress that 

will take place in October 2011. The IPRAS Executive 

Director, Mr. Zacharias Kaplanidis and the Assistant 

Executive Director, Mrs. Maria Petsa participated and 

organized 14 meetings of the Board of Directors, the 

Executive Committee, the National Delegate Council, 

Sub-Committees etc. It was a difficult and demanding 

task, met with absolute success. Many thanks are in 

order for all the Management Office staff as well as the 

Congress Organizers for their precious help. 

As you may well know, Vancouver was the place where 

the selection procedures for the host countries for 

the 2015 and 2017 IPRAS World Congresses were 

completed. 

The booth of 17th IPRAS congress 

that will be held in Chile, Sandiago 24/2-1/3/2013 


Following a flawless election procedure, the countries 

that were chosen to host the 2 world congresses were 

China (Shanghai) for 2015, and Belgium (Brussels) for 

2017. We congratulate both and we wholeheartedly wish 

both National Associations every success. We would also 

like to thank and congratulate the rest of the candidates 

for their excellent presentations. Namely, the President 

of the Hellenic Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and 

Aesthetic Surgery, Dr. Apostolos Mandrekas, the 

President of the Indonesian Society, Prof. Theddeus 

Prasetyono, Prof. Reha Yavuzer of the Turkish Society 

and Prof. Nicolo Scuderi from the Italian Society 

together will their assisting teams. It is our belief that all 

the above countries are perfect for the organization of a 

future IPRAS World Congress. We encourage them to 

try again reminding them that Chile is not that far away 

chronologically. 

The booth of the 1st Chinese – European Congress 

that will be held in China, Beijing 

Closing the Vancouver chapter, we would like to wish 

every success in their difficult and strenuous work to all 

the new “faces” in the IPRAS administration, starting 

with the new General Secretary, Dr. Nelson Piccolo 

(Brazil), and the new Deputy General Secretaries, Prof. 

Yilin Cao (China), Prof. Ahmed Noreldin (Egypt) 

and Prof. Andreas Yiacoumettis (Greece). Many more 

positions were filled with esteemed surgeons like our new 

Parliamentarian Prof. Norbert Pallua (Germany), the 

head of the IPRAS Foundation Dr. Christian Echinard 

(France), the President of the newly established 

(and IPRAS Organized) ISPRES Prof. Gino Rigotti 

(Italy), the President of the Scientific Advisory Board 

Prof. Daniel Marchac (France), and of course the 1 st 

President of IPRAS Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein 

(Germany). Furthermore, in this new era of IPRAS, we 

wish every success to the Deputy General Secretary Dr. 

Brian Kinney and the precious and very experienced 

treasurer Dr. Bruce Cunningham.

Since the publication of our last edition, many important 

events occurred for the evolution and the work of IPRAS 

worldwide. In the end of April, our President, Prof. 

Marita Eisenmann-Klein and the Executive Director, 

Mr. Zacharias Kaplanidis traveled to Kazakhstan 

after been invited to an ISAPS Symposium. We would 

like to thank ISAPS President, Dr. Jan Poell and 

General Secretary, Dr. Miodrag Colic for everything as 

well as giving us the chance to meet in this beautiful and 

interesting country of Central Asia. The hard work of 

the IPRAS President and the Executive Director started 

much earlier to the journey and arrival at ex-capital 

Almaty, resulting in the foundation of the National 

Association of Plastic Surgery of Kazakhstan with 34 

members and their admission as the 100th member of 

IPRAS by the IPRAS National Delegate Council. 

We wish them the best results in their targets. IPRAS 

and its management office will always be at their 

disposal for any kind of support. 

Another journey included traveling to Armenia at the end 

of June (28-30) in order to participate in the National 

Congress in Yerevan. IPRAS and its Management 

Office supported this organization in every way and we 

must report that it was successful from many aspects. 

The congress took place at the exceptional premises 

of the University of Yerevan (Medical School) with 

participation from approximately 15 countries, such as 

Georgia, Russia, South Korea, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, 

Brazil etc. The Congress impressed all participants 

as it had a rich and interesting scientific programme 

(26 International Faculty Members), enjoyed the 

unprecedented attendance of the National Media 

(7 TV Channels & 25 Journalists) which covered all 

activities for 2 days, and ended with a rather successful 

and interesting Public Day (with the participation of 

approximately 145 civilians). 

Thanks to IPRAS’ subsidy, approximately 39 residents 

from Armenia and Georgia attended the congress free 

of charge. IPRAS, also, subsidized the congress with 

During the visit to Kazakhstan. Among others, Prof. Marita 

Eisenmann-Klein, IPRAS President, Prof. Miodrag Colic, 

ISAPS Secretry General, Member of the IPRAS subcommittee 

cooperation with other Societies, IPRAS representative of 

Europe, Mr Zacharias Kaplanidis, IPRAS Executive Director 

10.000 € in total, an amount that had been accounted 

for and endorsed by the Executive Committee in Doha 

in December 2010. This way, the Confederation proved 

its sensitivity in supporting smaller Associations/ 

Members once more. ZITA Congress, who handled all 

the organization of the congress, also had an important 

financial and organizational contribution of 8000 €. 

Among others, Prof. Nelson Piccolo (Brazil) in his 

first official appearance as new General Secretary, the 

Deputy General Secretary, Prof. Andreas Yiacoumettis 

(Greece), the Deputy General Secretary, Prof. Ahmed 

Adel Noreldin (Egypt), the members of the executive 

committee, Dr. Suk Wha Kim (South Korea), Dr. 

Christian Echinard (France), Prof. Daniel Marchac 

(France), Prof. Mohamed Zaki (Egypt), and the 

President of IPRAS, Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein 

(Germany), honored the beautiful city of Yerevan 

with their participation. The hospitality shown by the 

Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein, IPRAS President and Prof. 

Andreas Yiacoumettis, IPRAS Deputy General Secretary with the 

President of the 3 rd AAPRAS conference and the President of the 

Society, meet the Dean of the university of Yerevan. 

Armenian Association was exemplary and we would 

like to thank all of its Members, the President of the 

Association, Dr. Armen Hovhannisyan and the President 

of the Congress, Prof. Gevorg Yaghhyan. Furthermore, 

we would also like to thank the Rector of the Yerevan 

State Medical University, Prof. Derenik Dumanyan, 

who perfectly hosted the Congress at its excellent 

university establishments. 

Despite its size, the congress left impressions and 

memories to be remembered for many years. 

Armenia, IPRAS will always be with you. 

Thank you for your precious experiences and your 

hospitality in your beautiful and historic country. 

In June and on the beautiful island of Mykonos, EURAPS 

held their annual congress, which for many years has 

been a very important event in the field of Aesthetic 

Plastic Surgery. IPRAS supported this congress 

immediately and supported the organization of 2011. 

IPRAS issued relevant reports in all the editions of 

the IPRAS Journal leading to the EURAPS Congress. 


During 14th ESLAS congress, Greece, Mykonos. Among Others, President of ESLAS (European Society 

for Laser Aesthetic Surgery) Dr. Paraskevas Kontoes 

The Management Office sent several newsletters to 

the IPRAS database (37.000 plastic surgeons) and 

ZITA Congress’s efforts, as partially responsible for 

the organization, contributed so that the 22nd Annual 

EURAPS Meeting in Mykonos in 2011 was the largest 

in participants numbers in the history of the 

institution. 

Some of its impressive numbers include: approximately 

450 participants, 170 accompanying persons, 17 

exhibition companies and 50 exhibitors. 

Congratulations to all the key persons behind its success, 

Prof. Moshe Kon (General Secretary), Prof. Othon 

Papadopoulos (Congress President) and Prof. Julia 

Terzis (EURAPS President). ZITA Congress would like 

to thank them for their excellent cooperation and wishes 

Prof. Milomir Nincovic and his assistant Dr. Sarah 

Lorenz every success in EURAPS 2012 in Munich. 

We also wish the best success in his duties to the new 

EURAPS General Secretary, Prof. Manfred Frey. 

The 22nd EURAPS congress in Mykonos. From the left Prof. 

Moshe Kon, EURAPS Former General Secretary, Prof. Julia 

Terzis, EURAPS former President, Prof. A. Banic, 

EURAPS New President 


IPRAS endorsed and ZITA Congress organized the 14 th 

ESLAS Congress of the European Society for Laser 

Aesthetic Surgery, which also took place in Mykonos in 

June. This was a specialty-based congress that satisfied 

all participants from 19 countries, and we would like to 

congratulate the President, Dr. Vakis Kontoes for his 

efforts and to express our sincere support to the efforts 

and the work of the entire administration. IPRAS 

will continue to work with ESLAS, since its members 

are mainly plastic surgeons. Moreover, ESLAS will be 

participating at the upcoming 1 st European-Chinese 

Congress of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic 

Surgery on 27-30/10/2011. 

To conclude the IPRAS Management Office report for 

the period April – June 2011, we would like to express 

our support to all the countries and our members that 

continue to tackle the consequences that the natural, 

social and political problems forced upon them in the 

previous months. 

Libya, Japan, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia. We haven’t 

forgotten about you. We are always at your side. 

We have underlined in these pages in the past, that in hard 

financial & political times the role of an International 

Scientific Institution such as IPRAS is very important. 

IPRAS, with 100 National Members and approximately 

40.000 plastic surgeons, constitutes a large scientific, 

social and economic entity, whose decisive contribution 

is capable of “healing” wounds, globally. With the new 

structure of IPRAS with its Sub-Committees and the 

establishment of the President, this is exactly where the 

Confederation aims. 

Therefore, during these difficult times, Leon Tolstoy’s 

words can inspire us all. 

“I now understand that my welfare is only possible if I 

acknowledge my unity with all the people of the world 

without exception”. 

Zacharias Kaplanidis 

IPRAS Executive Director 

IPRAS Management Office 

Zita Congress

O U T G O I N G P A R L I A M E N T A R I A N ’ S M E S S A G E 

The 2011 Vancouver World Congress 

A “Landmark” in the history of IPRAS 

Ever since IPRAS was founded at the beginning of the 

fifties in the last century, many Plastic Surgeons have 

participated in the World Congresses over these years. 

This time in Vancouver, it was the biggest gathering ever! 

Everything contributed to this success. The excellent 

organization by the Canadians, with Don Lalonde at 

the helm, the introduction of new ideas in the scientific 

program, the modern venue, the social events, the 

beautiful city of Vancouver and the surrounding area, 

to mention but a few. We congratulate the Organizing 

Committee and the Canadian Society for this success. 

It was also a “Landmark” in the history of IPRAS. Many 

things happened in Vancouver during the business 

meetings, which introduced new ideas, new procedures 

and new officers in the ExCo and Subcommittees, eager 

to work for the aims of our precious organization. 

According to the new revised bylaws, starting from the 

top, the office of the President was instituted and the 

number of members of the Board of Directors (BOD) 

was increased. With more Deputy General Secretaries, 

all the regions of the world are represented on the Board. 

Prof Marita Eisenmann-Klein was unanimously elected as 

the first President of IPRAS by the Council of Delegates 

and the Executive Committee and approved by the 

General Assembly. Her outstanding service as General 

Secretary was gratefully appreciated by everybody and 

the enthusiastic standing ovation following her election 

was more than an expression of admiration and continued 

support. In the position of General Secretary Nelson 

Piccolo was also unanimously elected, the first colleague 

from South America to serve in this position. 

The elections of the new ExCo officers and the 

appointment of members for the subcommittees were 

contacted in perfect order. The names and country of the 

General Assembly meeting. Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein elected as the 1st IPRAS President 

Prof. Andreas Yiacoumettis 



Awarding the Board of Trustees at the end of the Opening Ceremony of the 16th IPRAS congress in Vancouver. 

From the left : Prof. Daniel Marchac, Prof. Gursu Guler, Prof. Gary Brody, Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein, Prof. Paulino Morales 

new officers to serve for the period 2011-2015 are shown 

on the list printed in this issue of the Journal of IPRAS. 

The new bylaws contain the founding of two more 

important groups which are the “Board of Trustees” and 

the “Scientific advisory Board”. 

For a long time now, it has been felt by all and almost became 

an obligation, that Senior Members with distinguished long 

service to the Specialty and IPRAS, disserve appreciation 

and honor from everybody in the profession and more 

importantly by our Global organization, which up to now 

has failed to meet this duty. Hence, the bestowment of 

this lifetime appointment as IPRAS TRUSTEE which 

has now come to fulfill this debit. The Board of Trustees 

(no more than a hundred) will be a “think tank” group 

of esteemed colleagues who with their experience and 

wisdom, will deliver opinions and statements on highly 

important issues concerning our specialty. Their first task 

will be the development of a “Code of Ethics” . 

The first to receive this honor are: Garry Brody (US), 

Güler Gürsu (Turkey), Paulino Morales (Argentina), 

Daniel Marchac (France), Jean-Philippe Nicolai 

(Netherlands)and Mohamed Zaki (Egypt). Fernando 

Ortiz Monasterio (Mexico), Michel Costagliola (France), 

Jean-Paul Bossé, (Canada) were honored in “in absentia” 

as they were unable to attend in Vancouver and they 

will receive their plaquette at the opening ceremony of a 

future major IPRAS event. 

The Scientific Advisory Board is comprised of colleagues 

who are charged with the job of advising the BOD, the 

ExCo and the membership at large on scientific issues. 

The Board will Supervise the scientific programs of the 

biennial Congress and all meetings organized by the 


IPRAS Contract Organizer in collaboration with the 

Local Organizing Committee. 

Organizers of various events frequently ask for the use 

of the IPRAS Logo and for this purpose the Board will 

assess scientific events applying for IPRAS Endorsement 

according to the “Rules of Endorsement” set by the 

From the left: Dr. Vagif Galandarov, IPRAS National Representative 

of Azerbaijan with Prof. Daniel Marchac, Chairman of IPRAS 

Scientific Board

BOD. Members of the Scientific Board are expected 

to assist in the formation of a position statement on 

scientific issues of concern. The first chairman of this 

group is Daniel Marchac from France. 

During the Vancouver Congress we witnessed the birth 

of a new Society, which will function within the IPRAS 

structure. This is the “International Society of Plastic 

Regenerative Surgery” (ISPRES). The inaugural 

meeting was held on May 26th, 2011 during which the 

first ISPRES ExCo was elected with Gino Rigotti as 

President, Roger Khouri as vice President and Sydney 

Coleman as Secretary. Colleagues from all over the 

world interested in this modern and inspiring topic are 

already applying in large numbers to become members 

of this new Society. 

The Council of Delegates met twice during the Congress. 

Among other business the candidate societies for 

organizing the 2015 and 2017 presented their bids. For 

the first time the bidding was made well in advance in 

order to allow the winners ample time for preparation. 

The presenters of the bids were given time to promote 

their applications to the Council with audiovisual 

presentations and booths at the Trade Exhibition site. 

Between the two meetings of the Council enough time 

was given to the delegates to consult with their societies 

regarding their preferences. Countries bidding for the 

2015 event were China, Greece and Indonesia. For the 

2017 were Belgium, China Italy and Turkey. The winners 

following a secret vote were China for 2015 (Shanghai) 

and Belgium for 2017 (Brussels). Warm congratulations 

are in order to the winners. We are all looking forward 

to a great success in the organization of these top events 

of our specialty. 

The new ExCo and the new members of the 

subcommittees met in the afternoon of Friday May 27th 

for a very important deliberation regarding the role and 

the action plan of each of the Subcommittees. 

Regarding “Training & Accreditation” and “Board 

certification” the special subcommittees will focus on 

developing policies and strategies after Data collection 

and information from the National Authorities. Help 

from National Societies belonging to IPRAS on this 

matter will be very valuable. 

Issues regarding the practice of the profession will be 

covered by subcommittees such as the “Guidelines Sub- 

Committee”, the “Specialty Protection Sub Committee”, 

the “Quality Management Sub Committee” and the 

“Cooperation with other societies Sub Committee”. 

The “Communication subcommittee” made valuable 

suggestions towards making IPRAS more known to the 

membership, the various authorities and to the public 

as well. The newly founded IPRAS Media Office run 

by our Executive Management will be a great asset in 

pursuing this task. 

The Humanitarian Groups of IPRAS also met during 

the Congress. We have all witnessed the admirable 

activities of all these special colleagues who spare 

no effort in pursuing their philanthropic tasks. The 

protagonist Christian Echinard together with our 

President and others are continuously engaged in 

organizing missions and providing help wherever is 

needed. Special subcommittees on this subject are: the 

“IPRAS Foundation (IPRAF)”, the “Coordination of 

Humanitarian Projects Sub Committee”, the “IPRAS 

Emergency Task Force” and the “Women for Women 

Sub Committee”. 

IQUAM (International Committee for Quality 

Assurance and Medical Devices in Plastic Surgery) 

also held a meeting chaired by its President Constance 

Neuhann-Lorenz (Germany). Among other issues, the 

organization of the next meeting and the consensus 

conference which will take place in Athens in the autumn 

of 2012 was discussed. 

It is evident from the above that IPRAS has entered 

a new era. Its presence and activities have grown 

impressively in the last couple of years. New policies, 

closer communication with individual plastic surgeons 

on a regular basis, support and responsiveness, the 

publications of the IPRAS-Journal sent to over one 

hundred National Societies’ members, the Industry 

and health authorities, are the tools for achieving even 

greater results. Last but not least and surely the most 

important decision we have made, was to entrust to Z- 

Congress the executive management of IPRAS. Their 

enthusiasm and effectiveness together with the support 

of the officers of the IPRAS hierarchy and the individual 

members, have been the driving force in achieving many 

of our assigned tasks. The future is more promising and 

the prospects are greater. 

Yes! The Vancouver World Congress was a “Landmark” 

in the history of IPRAS. 

Prof Andreas Yiacoumettis 

IPRAS BOD - Deputy General Secretary 


Board of Directors 

President: Marita Eisenmann-Klein (Germany) 

m.eisenmann-klein@web.de 

General Secretary: Nelson Piccolo (Brazil) 

nelsonpiccolo@bol.com.br 

Treasurer: Bruce Cunningham (USA) 

cunni001@umn.edu 

Dep. General Secretary: Yi Lin Cao (China) 

yilincao@yahoo.com 

Dep. General Secretary: Brian Kinney (USA) 

brian@briankinneymd.com 

Dep. General Secretary: Ahmed Adel Noreldin (Egypt) 

esprs@hotmail.com 

Dep. General Secretary: Andreas Yiacoumettis (Greece) 

yiacoume@otenet.gr 

Parliamentarian: Norbert Pallua (Germany) 

npallua@ukaachen.de 

Exec. Director: Zacharias Kaplanidis - Ex Off (Greece) 

Zacharias.Kaplanidis@iprasmanagement.com 

Board of Trustees 

Awarded in Vancouver May 23rd, 2011 

Garry Brody (US/Canada) 

gsbmd@aol.com 

Guler Gursu (Turkey) 

yagiz@cnidus.com 

Daniel Marchac (France) 

danielmarchac@hotmail.com 

Paulino Morales (Argentina) 

pmorales@intramed.net.ar 

Awarded in Yerevan June 28th, 2011 

Jean-Philippe Nicolai (Netherlands) 

jpnicolai@kpnplanet.nl 

Mohamed Ahmed Zaki (Egypt) 

msobhi2000@yahoo.com 

Geographic Representatives 

Africa & Middle East 

Mohamed Kadry (Egypt) 

mkadrymd@gmail.com 

Asia-Pacific 

Saug Tae Ahu (Korea) 

kprs@chollian.net 

Murod Jafarov (Uzbekistan) 

uzjmps@gmail.com 

Suk Wah Kim (Korea) 

kprs@chollian.net 

Hideki Nakanishi (Japan) 

nhideki@clin.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp 

Takashi Nakatsuka (Japan) 

nakatsuk@saitama-med.ac.jp 


I P R A S O F F I C E R S F O R 2 0 1 1 - 2 0 1 5 

Theddeus O.H. Prasetyono (Indonesia) 

teddyohp@yahoo.com 

Zunli Shen (China) 

ZLShen@public1.sta.net.cn 

Europe 

Miodrag Colic (Serbia) 

drcolic@eunet.yu 

Chris Khoo (UK) 

tkkhoo@bakersbarn.net 

Daniel Marchac (France) 


Javier de Salamanca (Spain) 

jedesalamanca@yahoo.com 

North America 

Gregory Evans (USA) 

gevans@uci.edu 

Bryan Gamble (USA) 

wmbgamble@aol.com 

Mary MacGrath(USA) 

mcgrathm@surgery.ucsf.edu 

John Persing (USA) 

john-persing@quickmail.yale.edu 

john.persing@yale.edu 

Andrea Pusic (USA) 

PusicA@mskcc.org 

Deborah Reilly-Culver (USA) 

dareilly@unmc.edu 

Bryant Toth (USA) 

tothbryant@aol.com 

South & Central America 

Claudio Angrigiani (Argentina) 

claudioa@yahoo.com.ar 

Alejandro Duarte Y Sanchez (Mexico) 

amcper@cirugiaplastica.org.mx 

Sebastiao Nelson Edy Guerra (Brazil) 

sneg@terra.com.br 

Osvaldo Saldanha (Brazil) 

clinica@clinicasaldanha.com.br 

Carlos Uebel (Brazil) 

carlos@uebel.com.br 

Representatives of Sections 

African Section 

Ahmed Adel Noreldin (Egypt) 


Rajeev Ahuja (India) 

rbahuja@gmail.com 

Asian-Pacific Section

European Section (ESPRAS) 

Andreas Yiacoumettis (Greece) 


José Tariki (Brazil) 

jytariki@originet.com.br 

Ibero-Latino American Section 

Pan-Arab Section 

Mohammed Rida Franka (Libya) 

rfranka@hotmail.com 

Representatives of Co-Opted Societies 

International Federation of Societies 

for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH) 

Francisco Del Pinal (Spain) 

drpinal@ono.com 

International Society 

of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) 

Jan Poell (Switzerland) 

jpoell@bluewin.ch 

International Society for Burn Injuries (ISBI) 

Nelson Piccolo (Brazil) 

nelsonpiccolo@bol.com.br 

International Society of Craniofacial Surgery (ISCFS) 

Anil Madaree (South Africa) 

madaree@ukzn.ac.za 

World Society of Reconstructive Microsurgeons (WSRM) 

Julia Terzis (USA) 

mrc1@erols.com 

Other Elected Positions 

Chairperson of the Council of National Delegates 

Mohamed Ahmed Zaki (Egypt) 

msobhi2000@yahoo.com 

Deputy Chairperson of the Council of National Delegates 

Albert de Mey (Belgium) 

albert.demey@chu-brugmann.be 

Ex officio Members 

Editor of IPRAS Journal 

Thomas M. Biggs (USA) 

tbiggsmd2@aol.com 

President of IPRAS Congress 2013 (Chile) 

Patricio Léniz (Chile) 

drpatricioleniz@gmail.com 

Chairman Organizing Committee 

of IPRAS congress 2013 (Chile) 

Wilfredo Calderon (Chile) 

wcalderon@hts.cl 

Historian 

Riccardo Mazzola (Italy) 

riccardo.mazzola@fastwebnet.it 

lQUAM 

(International Committee of Quality Assurance 

and Medical Devices in Plastic Surgery) 

President: Constance Neuhann-Lorenz (Germany) 

dr.neuhann-lorenz@t-online.de 

Vice President: Manuel Garcia Velasco (Mexico) 

mgvelasco@mexis.com 

Secretary: Daniel Marchac (France) 


Parliamentarian: Andreas Yiacoumettis (Greece) 


Members 

Dimitre Evstatiev (Bulgaria) 

d_evstat@gmail.com 

Josef Fedeles (Slovakia) 

josef.fedeles@gmail.com 

Sub Committees 

STANDING SUB-COMMITTEES 

By-laws Sub Committee 

Chair: Andreas Yiacoumettis (Greece) 


Deputy Chair: Petros Palmos (Greece) 

petrospalmos@hol.gr 

Members: 

Yi Lin Cao (China) 

yilincao@yahoo.com 

Marta Markowicz (Germany) 

mmarkowicz@ukaachen.de 

Motohiro Nozaki (Japan) 

mnozaki@prs.twmu.ac.jp 

Nominating Sub Committee 

Chair: Nobuyuki Shioya (Japan) 

shioya@josaiclinic.com 

Deputy Chair: Dimitre Evtatiev (Bulgaria) 

drevstat@gmail.com 

Members: 

Krysztof Drzewiecki (Denmark) 

krzysztof.tadeusz.drzewiecki@rh.regionh.dk 

Sebastiao Nelson Guerra (Brazil) 

sneg@terra.com.br 

Ioan Lascar (Romania) 

ilascar@chirurgie-plastica.ro 

Communication Sub Committee 

Chair: Thomas Biggs (USA) 

tbiggsmd2@aol.com 

Deputy Chair: Roxanne Guy (USA) 

rguy@drguyplasticsurgery.com 


Zacharias Kaplanidis (Greece) 


Members: 

Brian Kinney (USA) 

brian@briankinneymd.com 

Bryan Mendelson (Australia) 

bcm@bmendelson.com 


pusica@mskcc.org 

Maria Simionow (USA) 

siemiom@ccf.org 

Andreas Yiacoumettis (Greece) 


IPRAS Foundation - IPRAF 

Chair: Christian Echinard (France) 

echinard@club-internet.fr 

Deputy Chair: Constance Neuhann-Lorenz (Germany) 


Members: 



Alexes Hazen (USA) 

Alexes.Hazen@nyumc.org 

Elsa Maria Meza Britez (Paraguay) 

mplastic@pla.net.py 

Lakshmi Saleem (India) 

Lakshmi.saleem@gmail.com 

Budget & Finance Sub Committee 

Chair: Bruce Cunningham (USA) 

cunni001@umn.edu 

Deputy Chair: Guillermo Vasquez (Argentina) 

info@cirurgiaplastica.gr.com 

Members: 

Nadiah Bundugji (Saudi Arabia) 

nbundugji@hotmail.com 

Peter Kompatscher (Austria) 

peter.kompatscher@lkhf.at 

Teddy Prasetyono (Indonesia) 

teddyohp@yahoo.com 

APPOINTED SUB-COMMITTEES 

Scientific Advisory Board 

Chair: Daniel Marchac (France) 


Members: 

Rajeev Ahuja, (India) 

rbahuja@vsnl.com 

Bishara Atiyeh (Lebanon) 

batiyeh@terra.net.lb 

Andrej Banic (Switzerland) 

andrej.banic@insel.ch 


Philippe Blondeel (Belgium) 

phillip.blondeel@ugent.be 

Krzysztof Drzewiecki (Denmark) 

rh02156@rh.dk 

Greg Evans (USA) 

gevans@uci.edu 

Pericles Filho (Brazil) 

periclesfilho@gmail.com 

Manuel Garcia Velasco (Mexico) 

mgvelasco@mexis.com 

Albert de May (Belgium) 

albert.demey@huderf.be 

Xiongzheng Mu (China) 

craniomu@gmail.com 

plastic_mu6666@yahoo.com 

Peter Neligan (Canada) 

pneligan@u.washington.edu 

Ahmed Noreldin (Egypt) 


Lydia Masako Ferreira (Brazil) 

lydiamferreira@gmail.com 

Coordination of Humanitarian 

Projects Sub Committee 

Chair: Chanjiv Singh (India) 

chanjivsingh@rediffmail.com 

Co-Chair: Christian Echinard (France) 


Members: 

Andre Borsche (Germany) 

borsche@interplast-germany.de 

Louis Kahoro (Kenya) 

lnkahoro@yahoo.com 


m.markowicz@t-online.de 

Deborah Reilly (USA) 


Dimitris Synodinos (Greece) 

dimitris.synodinos@zita-congress.gr 

IPRAS Emergency Task Force 

Chair: Christian Echinard (France) 


Co-Chair: Jan Poell (Switzerland) 

jpoell@bluewin.ch 

Members: 

Bud Alpert (USA) 

balpertmd@aol.com 

Zacharias Kaplanidis (Greece) 


Bouraoui Kotti (Tunisia) 

bouraouikotti@yahoo.com 

Sami Otman (Libya-France) 

samiotaman@yahoo.fr

Women for Women Sub Committee 

Chair: Constance Neuhann-Lorenz (Germany) 


Co-Chair Deborah Reilly (USA) 


Members: 

Vanessa Brébant (Germany) 

vanessa.brebant@gmx.net 


m.markowicz@t-online.de 


pusica@mskcc.org 

Nancy Van Laeken (Canada) 

nvanlaeken@providencehealth.bc.ca 

Guidelines Sub-Committee 

Chair: Guenter Germann (Germany) 

guenter.germann@urz.uni-heidelberg.de 

Co-Chair Othon Papadopoulos (Greece) 

othon@otenet.gr 

Members: 

Pericles Filho (Brazil) 

periclesfilho@gmail.com 

Harald Kubiena (Austria) 

harald.kubiena@meduniwien.ac.at 

Deuk Oh (Korea) 

ohdeuk1234@hanmail.net 

Reha Yavuzer (Turkey) 

ryavuzer@amerikanhastanesi.org 

Karsten Knobloch (Germany) 

kknobi@yahoo.com 

Specialty Protection Sub Committee 

Chair: Claude Le Louarn (France) 

lelouarn@lelouarn.eu 

Co-Chair: Guido Molea (Italy) 

molea@unina.it 

Members: 

Kirill Pshenisnov (Russia) 

kpshenisnov@plasticsurgeon.ru 

Eberhard Schaller (Germany) 

schaller@bgu.tuebingen.de 

Io Sofianou (Greece) 

iosof@otenet.gr 

Bryant Toth (USA) 

tothbryant@aol.com 

Training & Accreditation Sub Committee 

Chair: Bishara Atiyeh, (Lebanon) 

batiyeh@terra.net.lb 

Co-Chair: Jens Elberg (Denmark) 

rh01378@rh.dk 

Members: 

Dimitre Evstatiev (Bulgaria) 

drevstat@gmail.com 

Raymund Horch (Germany) 

Raymund.Horch@chir.imed.uni-erlangen.de 

Zun Li Shen (China) 

ZLShen@public1.sta.net.cn 



Quality Management Sub Committee 

Chair: Ivar van Heijningen (Belgium) 

ivar.van.heijningen@gmail.com 

Co-Chair: Lee Roy Young (USA) 

leroyyoungmd@bodyaesthetic.com 

Members: 

Mohammed Eed (Saudi Arabia) 

prof_eed@yahoo.com 

Lanhu Mu (China) 

lanhua_mu@yahoo.com 

Toma Mugea (Romania) 

drmugea@medestet.ro 

Claude Oppikofer (USA) 

claude@oppikofer.com 

Board Certification Sub Committee 

Chair: John Boorman (UK) 

john@boorman.myzen.co.uk 

Co-Chair John Persing (USA) 

john-persing@quickmail.yale.edu 

Members: 

Lars Lahoda (Germany) 

lulahoda@arcor.de 

Anil Madaree (South Africa) 

madaree@ukzn.ac.za, madaree@nu.ac.za 

Hilal Nahel (Syria) 

dr_nahelhilal@hotmail.com, nahel_hilal@hotmail.com 

Cooperation with Other Societies Sub Committee 

Chair: Manfred Frey (Austria) 

manfred.frey@meduniwien.ac.at 

Co-Chair: Susumu Takayanagi (Japan) 

misakotakayanagi@yahoo.co.jp 

Members: 

Miodrag Colic (Serbia) 

drcolic@eunet.yu 

Paolo Persichetti (Italy) 

P.Persichetti@unicampus.it 

Peter Vogt (Germany) 

vogt.peter@mh-hannover.de 


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R I S I N G S T A R 

Dr. Luise Kahoro 

When and why did you decide to choose plastic surgery as 

your specialty? 

In 1999/2000 while still in training for my postgraduate 

degree in general surgery. I was able to attend an 

“operation smile” mission in Kenya and was fascinated 

by the results of the surgery. 

You are one among 16 plastic surgeons in Kenya. You 

must be a very busy lady. How many hours do you work 

per week? 

Roughly about 40 hours a week; sometimes more 

sometimes less. 

You also are a working Mom. Are you ambivalent 

sometimes whether staying at home with the baby might 

have been the better decision? 

Being in a third world country I did not have much 

choice as every little extra coin goes a long way to help 

in meeting our family expenses. However, there are days 

I wish I did not have to go to work and could stay at 

home and attend to my son. I try, as much as possible, to 

spend time with him in the evenings. 

Who shares your domestic work load with you? 

I have a domestic worker who lives with me. I also live 

Last one from the left and next to the IPRAS President Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein, Dr. Luise Kahoro from Kenya. 


with some of my extended family that helps me look after 

the baby. They have been very helpful and supportive. 

You always seem to be relaxed, calm and composed. Are 

you a happy person? 

I like to think so and this far I am grateful to God for 

helping me achieve some of my life’s dreams. 

Share with us your experience with the “Women for 

Women” camp at Kenyatta National hospital, which you 

organized in 2010! 

It was a wonderful experience. I was able to work and 

interact with Marita, Debra and Vanessa. We screened 

about 10 patients. We were able to exchange ideas and 

share knowledge and generally bond with each other. 

How did the hospital staff in general react to the “Women 

for Women” team? 

They were welcoming and appreciative of this initiative. 

I have severally been asked by my colleagues when the 

next one will be organized. We would not mind if this 

became part of our unit’s yearly calendar at Kenyatta 

National Hospital. 

What happened with the patients who were operated during 

the camp in October 2010? 

They all did well postoperatively. Three of them had 

some minor wound infection that was cleared. For one 

girl with post burn contracture of the hand we lost some 

of the correction. 

What expectations do you have regarding the IPRAS 

support for the Kenyan Society of Plastic Surgery? 

There is a big paucity of plastic surgeons in Sub-Saharan 

Africa and this gap needs to be filled. My hope is that 

IPRAS would support the establishment of a training 

centre in this region. It would offer a fellowship for trained 

general surgeons who are interested in plastic surgery, as it 


is difficult to get funds to train outside our region. This can 

be done in collaboration with institutions such as Kenyatta 

National Hospital and the University of Nairobi, while 

IPRAS could help us with faculty to teach and examine. 

Do you experience an increased demand for aesthetic 

surgery in Kenya? 

Oh yes! As more ladies are becoming economically 

empowered, they are asking for these surgeries even if 

they have to save for them. Internet and the media have 

also allowed them to access a lot of information about 

the various kinds of procedures and this has increased 

their interest. 

Tell us about your vision about plastic surgery in Kenya in 

10 years from now! 

That plastic surgery would be a more easily available 

service to our communities that need them so that there 

should be at least a plastic surgeon in all the 8 provincial 

hospitals in our Country. This will entail a lot of training 

and also increase the level of interest in this subspecialty. 

By then, I hope we will be more than 50 plastic surgeons 

in Kenya and that we will affect our region by helping to 

train plastic surgeons from the Sub-Saharan region. 

And what are the visions you have for your children? 

That they would grow up to be God fearing men and 

women who would excel in all their endeavours. 

Is there a motto in your life? 

To be a woman of excellence and to be a role model for 

young women in my family, my community and in the 

world as God gives me opportunity. 

Thank you! 

Interview from Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein 

(IPRAS President)

Dr. Ricardo Baroudi 

Our Editor-in-Chief Tom Biggs offered me two privileges: 

To be Senior Ambassador of IPRAS Journal and give 

my message after Prof Jose Guerrerosantos address. Some 

telegraphic concepts are registered here, in an attempt to 

reach my colleagues from different decades of practice. 

I started my basic studies at the age of 6, in 1938. I graduated 

from the Medical School of the University of Sao Paulo in 

1957 and spent another four years training in Plastic Surgery, 

so it took me 23 years of investment to feel qualified to open 

my office. With my colleague and friend Dr Merlin Keppke, as 

pioneers, in 1962 we moved to Campinas City, a city 65 miles 

from Sao Paulo with 230.0000 inhabitants at that time, and no 

plastic surgeons. Today there are around 160 Plastic Surgeons 

working in this area, four Universities and four Plastic Surgery 

training departments for 1.200.000 inhabitants. Dr Merlin 

and I created the first Plastic Surgery training program in the 

Medical School of Campinas University in 1965. After 1,5 

years we resigned from this department to dedicate ourselves 

to private activities. Another point about our partnership: 

it lasted for 32 years without any misunderstanding. This 

period finished in 1992, when I closed my office and moved 

to Bologna to obtain my Board License to practice in Italy. 

In 1997, my plans changed again, taking me back to Brazil, 

where I practiced in Sao Paulo for 15 years until 2009, when 

I decided to retire. For this action there is an interesting 

message: “When the act of operating gives you not much 

pleasure and the pleasure of operating gives you too much 

trouble....it is time to stop”. 

Months later, the Directorial Board of our Society invited 

me to be the new Editor - in - Chief of the Brazilian Journal 

of Plastic Surgery. This trimestrial journal was at the Lilac B 

international level for 22 years, with no more than 14 articles 

per issue. After two and a half years we got an upgrade to 

Scielo Level, with around thirty articles per issue. This year 

the journal will be published in English, and is scheduled to 

be bimonthly. Our Brazilian colleague, Dr Antonio Roberto 

Bozola, wrote an interesting point about our journal: “The 

Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery is the second biggest in the 

world, with five thousand members, but not with the second 

best quality journal”. A huge job is still waiting for us. It is an 

“almost impossible mission”. 

S E N I O R A M B A S S A D O R 

Changing the subject, regarding our professional speciality, 

there are three basic groups of Plastic Surgeons. First, those 

who love to operate, have countless excellent results, but don’t 

write or publish, but love to present their best results when 

invited and eventually attend scientific meetings. Second, 

those who do the opposite; have an extensive curriculum with 

dozens to hundreds of publications, countless scientific meeting 

presentations, unlimited theoretic Plastic Surgery culture, most 

with a University career , but are not so avid with the scalpel 

and finally have less time for private clinical work, with all 

the consequences. Specifically “private patients” means those 

that “Knock on the doctor’s door”. Finally there is a third 

group, where I have belonged during the past 55 years of my 

professional life, consisting of Plastic Surgeons who like to both 

operate and publish. It is the most active and sacrificed group. 

After ten hours of daily routine, the third period of the day is 

dedicated for weeks, months and years to preparing scientific 

contributions. It never ends. There are no explanations. Each 

one has their own limits and enthusiasm to go on. 

Before I continue, I am quoting a phrase written by Mark 

Twain in 1850. It is a lesson in discretion and modesty that I 

have always followed - “I don’t like to talk about myself but I 

don’t feel discomfort if the others do”. Breaking this concept 

and attending Tom Biggs’s request the article above describes 

our activities in the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery, ISAPS, 

IPRAS and our scientific contributions. 

EDITORIAL COMMENT: 

SENIOR AMBASSADOR. RICARDO BAROUDI 

This editor has had the privilege of the friendship of Ricardo 

Baroudi since his first (of thirty-six) trips to Brazil. I was in Brazil 

for the annual meeting of their National Society in December of 

1971 In San Jose Do Rio Preto. After the meeting I made an auto 

trip to Iguasu Falls with Melchiades Oliviera and his two sons, 

passing through Campinas where began one of the most fortunate 

of many fortunate occurrences of my life….I met Ricado Baroudi. 

He was living and practicing in this city near Sao Paulo. Since that 

day forty years ago, we have been in steady communication, and 

I have benefited from his wisdom, tolerance, and overall innate 

sense of agape more than I can write with my simple words. I can 

only say that he is as close as is possible to the template I and all 

other plastic surgeons should strive. 


Humanitarian Plastic Surgery Networks: 

a world of solidarity 

IPRAS now involves 100 National and Regional Plastic 

Surgery Societies from all over the world, with nearly 

forty thousand surgeons. Some of these countries are 

rich, some are poor… 

Developing countries have nearly no or very little 

access to Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Most 

of them, however, need this type of specific care very 

dramatically (acute burns, burn contractures, congenital 

malformations, nomas, post trauma defects…). One of 

the goals of our scientific societies should be to provide 

them with local training, surgical expertise and help, and 

technical assistance. 

In 2007, ESPRAS, the European Society, developed a 

humanitarian network, SHARE (Surgical Humanitarian 

Aid Resources Europe), to include the most efficient 

European surgical NGOs. 


H U M A N I T A R I A N W O R K S 

Dr. Christian Echinard 

President, HumaniTerra 

In 2010, IPRAS, the International Confederation, 

launched HUGS, the “Humanitarian Union for Global 

Surgery”, with the support of Marita Eisenmann-Klein, 

our actual President, and Nelson Piccolo, our Secretary 

General. HUGS is a global network aiming to provide 

surgical help to the developing countries. More recently, 

the idea of an Emergency Force, ran by IPRAS, for 

disaster relief in the world, was proposed; it will be the 

IPRAS Emergency Force, with surgical volunteers and 

mobile operating theaters. 

In this beautiful but terrible world, everything must be 

done to help the poorest countries to develop a better 

sanitary system. There is an enormous need for surgical 

help. There is a need for teaching surgery, a need for 

reconstructing surgical wards and operating theaters, 

a need for rehabilitation. There is also a need for 

A joint surgical camp “Women for Women”/“HumaniTerra”, in Bangladesh

prevention of major risks, of surgical diseases, of severe 

burns, flame suicides and acid attacks… There is a need 

for emergency support and disaster relief, a need for 

active cooperation with the developing countries... 

IPRAS is not a Charity organization. IPRAS is a 

scientific society, the most important scientific Plastic 

Surgery society in the world, gathering over 38 000 

plastic surgeons. 

IPRAS is not a Charity, but the role of this global 

organization, besides its scientific activities, and because 

it is a medical non-profit association, is to help the poor 

countries. 

IPRAS Foundation (formerly IPRAF), will participate 

in the development of the humanitarian activities carried 

out by the Plastic Surgeons of this planet. Its role is not to 

sponsor one specific NGO, but to enhance humanitarian 

activity through worldwide networks, for regular Plastic 

A French-Italian surgical team (HumaniTerra/SHARE) 

in Port Au Prince: a need for cooperation 

After the earthquake in Haiti: a need for rehabilitation 

Reconstructive Surgery and Emergency Programs. It 

will organize lectures, courses, and round tables on this 

topic during the IPRAS endorsed meetings, including, 

if possible, a plenary session on humanitarian Plastic 

Surgery. This has already been done in Delhi, Rhodes, 

and Vancouver… and will be set up in Yerevan, Beijing, 

Santiago de Chile, Brussels, and many other places in 

the near future. 

The Foundation will support and help the three main 

projects that were elected as priority humanitarian 

projects in Vancouver, during the last IPRAS World 

Congress, last May: HUGS, IPRAS EMERGENCY 

FORCE, and Women for Women. 

HUGS (Humanitarian Union for Global Surgery) is 

the name of the project organized by the IPRAS subcommittee 

for humanitarian help. 

It will gather big as well as smaller NGOs, such as 

V.I.P.S., Interplast, Operation Smile, HumaniTerra, 

Medecins du Monde – Operation Sourire, Sentinelle, 

Women for Women, the Noma Foundation, Rotaplas 

and others, in a world network. Its aims are to federate 

all humanitarian Plastic Surgery activity under the 

umbrella of the biggest Plastic Surgery society, IPRAS. 

This will allow exchanges and joint activities, through 

the IPRAS website and through specific meetings. It 

will therefore be a great help to all our colleagues in the 

developing countries, but will also help young Plastic 

Surgeons to participate in difficult surgical camps under 

the guidance of senior surgeons. A specific database 

will be set up. It will include all surgical camps in the 

world, and Plastic Surgery actions. It will also contain 

world data per treated pathologies: Nomas, acute 

burns, burn contractures, congenital hands, cleft lips 


and palates, tumor surgery… this will promote plastic 

surgery within the official institutional international 

sponsors. 

The IPRAS Foundation will sponsor and help the 

management of the world network “HUGS” and also 

promote one important common global humanitarian 

project each year, accessible to all the HUGS 

participating NGOs. 

The IPRAS EMERGENCY FORCE is the name of 

the humanitarian project set up by the “disaster relief” 

IPRAS sub-committee. 

A group of IPRAS plastic surgeons (French-Libyan) in Benghazi, Libya: A need for emergency support. 

It will be composed of Plastic Surgeons from all over 

the world, willing to help and provide surgical help 

immediately after a disaster. It will be a real emergency 

program, for which we will need mobile structures, such 

as transportable operating theaters and tents, but also 

surgical material and consumables. It should be able 

to go on the site of the disaster (earthquakes, fires, 

tsunamis, conflicts, famines….) as soon as possible. An 

appeal to all medical and paramedical companies will be 

made, to support and help, financially and logistically, 

this emergency force. 

The human resources of the IPRAS Emergency Force 

will be a group of IPRAS volunteer Plastic Surgeons, 

rapidly available, good willing and ready to go. This 

is of course not easy to do, because most of the Plastic 

Surgeons are very busy, and cannot leave their office, on 

demand, at once, for several days or weeks. However this 

has already been organized by SHARE, the European 


network, during the Haiti recent disaster, with 15 teams 

from different European countries sent there immediately 

after the earthquake, for a three month period. It has also 

been more recently been done for the Libyan conflict in 

Benghazi. An appeal for volunteers will be made very soon 

to all IPRAS surgeons, in order to set up a world database 

of the members, doctors, nurses, and physiotherapists. 

We are actually working on the mobile operating theater 

project. One sample of these O.Ts. is right now been 

built in Haiti, at the University Hospital, and will allow 

HUGS and SHARE teams to operate very soon. This 

prototype will be then developed, and carried by boat or 

plane on the field, as soon as possible after the disasters. 

A proposal has been made for the IPRAS Foundation to 

sponsor this common project. 

The “Women for Women” project 

This excellent project has been founded by Marita 

Eisenmann-Klein and Constance Neuhann-Lorenz, a 

few years ago, under the umbrella of IPRAS. It is based 

on the idea, and the real fact, that in some countries 

(particularly in the developing world) female patients 

prefer or can only be operated on by women surgeons. 

A group of women surgeons belonging to IPRAS has 

decided to join their forces in order to achieve this 

task. They are currently travelling through numerous 

countries and are operating on women on a regular 

basis. Several joint surgical camps have been organized 

with them, among others a recent co-operation camp in 

Bangladesh with HumaniTerra.

Training in the temporary nursing school (under a tent) in Haiti: a need for reconstruction and teaching 

“Women for Women” will soon participate in other 

joint missions in Cambodia and Afghanistan. 

Fund raising by the IPRAS Foundation 

We will need a lot of money in order to develop these 

projects and make them a success. The IPRAS foundation, 

recently renewed in Vancouver, will collect funds. 

Some of these funds will come from private donations, 

through a call to IPRAS members, and through a 

proposal to drugs companies. This will be done with the 

help of our partner Zita Congress, which is very much 

involved in Humanitarian causes. 

Another part of the funds will come through institutional 

international sponsors, such as the European Community, 

the U.N. agencies, international foundations…This goal 

will be long and not easy to achieve… but we’ll make it. 

We have to join our forces… 

Plastic surgeons are participating in hundreds surgical 

humanitarian camps and missions every year. They are 

performing thousands of surgical procedures, free of 

charge, all around the world. This world of solidarity, born 

within our own plastic surgery group, is not yet recognized 

enough. We have to show that Plastic Surgery is not only 

cosmetic surgery… but that the best aesthetic surgeons in 

the world can also participate in a global project of free 

In Afghanistan, gathering women for a flame suicide 

prevention campaign: a need for prevention 

reconstructive surgery for the poorest countries. We have 

to demonstrate that many of us can be available, in case 

of disaster, in world consensus of sharing. 

IPRAS will be the ferment of this chain of surgical 

solidarity all around the world. Join us and help us to 

help them. 

We need you, the World needs you! 

Christian Echinard. 

Chairman, IPRAS FOUNDATION. 

President, HumaniTerra 


Women For Women by IPRAS: 

2nd Mission - Chilmari Bangladesh 

About the Region of Chilmari 

Bangladesh, a country of “a thousand rivers” with much 

of its geography embedded in water, is recognized as 

the most densely populated country in the world by the 

World Health Organization. With a surface area of only 

144,000 square kilometers and an escalating population 

of 160 million, diseases of poverty and overcrowding are 

rampant in the country. Living even below the poverty 

cutoff line for Bangladesh are the inhabitants of the 

northern riverbank of the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta. 

The people of this region are nomadic in nature and dwell 

on semi-permanent islands known in Bengali as “Chars”. 

(Figure 1) These islets, formed from the melting snows of 

the Himalayas, undergo constant formation and erosion 

from its powerful currents, and typically have a lifespan 

of only months to a few years. Due to its vulnerable 

position at the northernmost tip of Bangladesh, Chilmari, 

in the district of Kurigram, is a frequent victim of natural 

disasters, such as flooding and cyclones. This was the 

location of the ninth mission for Women for Women by the 

International Confederation for Plastic Reconstructive & 

Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS). 

About the bond between Women for Women 

and Friendship 

The inhabitants of the northern riverbank and char areas 

of Bangladesh are amongst some of the most vulnerable 

and marginalized people in the world. Recognizing 

the serious deficiencies in food supply, running water, 

electricity, basic sanitation and living infrastructure 

within the chars, Women for Women and Friendship 

teamed up for a second successful surgical mission 

between April 23rd to 30th. The local planning and on 

site organization in anticipation for our mission were 

coordinated by Friendship, a value-based Bangladeshi 

organization established in 1998 under the leadership 

of Mrs. Runa Khan. To fulfill its aim of providing 

essential basic services to the most inaccessible areas 

of the country, Friendship delivers both primary and 

secondary healthcare to the people living on the shifting 

islands through its floating hospital at the mouth of 


April 23-30, 2011 

In Collaboration with “Friendship” 

and the Emirates Floating Hospital 

Dr. Constance Neuhann-Lorenz, MD 

the Brahmaputra River. Through a generous startup 

donation and sustained funding from the Emirates 

Airlines, the Emirates Floating Hospital (EFH) has 

provided essential medical care to around 4 million 

people of the chars since November of 2008. (Figure 2) 

The ability of the EFH to be self-contained and mobile 

affords the hospital the unique ability to relocate every 

few months to serve a different char, in addition to 

surviving natural disasters, common to this region. 

The EFH is a suitably equipped hospital with one fulltime 

onsite medical doctor, one optometrist, 4 ward 

nurses, 2 OR nurses, 2 operating rooms, a pharmacy and 

a radiology department. (Figure 3) In addition, with the 

invitation of Friendship, there is a regular roster of foreign 

missionary teams that provide specialized medical and 

surgical care a few times a year, ranging from gynecology, 

orthopedics, cleft lip and palate and, finally, plastic and 

reconstructive surgery by Women For Women. 

About Mission Chilmari Bangladesh 

In Bangladesh and other developing countries of 

the world, it is not uncommon for women to suffer 

from disfiguring physical injuries as a result of ethnic, 

social, marital, and other domestic disputes. Further 

compounding the issue of inadequate prevention and 

Photo from the Emirates Floating Hospital

The Emirates Floating Hospital on the bank of the Ganges-Brahmaputra River 

that provides medical service to 4 million people of the Char region. 

treatment of these avoidable injuries, it is known that 

female victims generally do not actively travel away from 

home to seek medical attention. As a result, they further 

exclude themselves from society and spend the rest of 

their lives hiding their physical deformities and tolerating 

the shame inflicted upon them by their perpetrators. 

The mission of Women For Women, therefore, aims to 

“help women suffering from physical injuries as a result 

of domestic abuse, war, or other socio-cultural reasons in 

third-world countries”. Women For Women (WFW) is 

a charity program, supported by IPRAS, and its missions 

are carried out by an international core group of socially 

conscious female plastic surgeons, who share a common 

vision to restore the skin and the lives of female victims 

of war and social crimes. 

The most common crime of female domestic violence 

in Bangladesh and other parts of South East Asia are 

burns, particularly acid burns to the face. This vicious 

form of attack is an unconscionable act that aims to 

disfigure the most presentable element of the female 

body. This is a large-scale problem that has afflicted 

Bangladeshi women for generations, from young to old, 

and from north to south. Only recently has it received 

its much-needed corrective attention, and today there 

is a national society based in Dhaka, the capital of 

Bangladesh, known as the Acid Survivors Foundation. 

(http://www.acidsurvivors.org) 

During this mission 6 months ago, the Women for 

Women team met with ASF Founder Mrs. Monira 

Raman and her team to evaluate synergies and visited 

the ASF-center and the surgical facilities. 

About the WFW Team to Chilmari 

Team WFW arrived in Chilmari on April 23rd and 

began screening potential patients the same day on the 

EFH. The surgical team consisted of two senior plastic 

surgeons, Dr. Connie Neuhann-Lorenz (President of 

WFW, Munich, Germany), Dr. Toni Zhong (Plastic, 

Reconstructive and Microsurgeon, University of 

Toronto, Canada), and junior plastic surgeon was Dr. 

Michelle Locke from Auckland, New Zealand currently 

completing her fellowship training at the University of 

Toronto. All three other members of the surgical team 

came from Munich, Germany, and consisted of Drs. 

Carola Stenzel and Christina Frey (anesthesiologists) 

and Mrs. Gabi Kerlstetter, a senior OR nurse. In 

addition, our team was privileged to have the company 

of Ms. Ann Christine Weorhl during the entire mission, 


an acclaimed photographer and journalist who was 

working on an exposé of acid burn victims of Asia. 

About the Patients 

The Operating Theatre on the EFH 

For five consecutive days, from April 24th to April 28th, 

our team performed approximately 61 procedures in 32 

patients. Many of these patients had multiple sites of burn 

injuries. The ages of the patients ranged from 2 to 70, 

and the most commonly performed procedure was burn 

contracture release and reconstruction using a full thickness 

skin graft. Since the intent of the WFW is not to be an 

exclusionary program embedded in feministic ideology, we 

also performed upper extremity burn contracture releases 

for two little boys who presented to EFH. 

Case 1: 

Accidental Soot Burns to the Perineum 

The most complex and demanding procedure of this 

mission involved the release of a severe full thickness 

soot burn to the perineum of a 17 year-old girl. She 

had an extensive burn contracture of the perineum that 

resulted in webbing of the proximal 1/3 of her inner thigh 

skin. (Figure 4a) Preoperatively, she had approximately 

25 degrees of abduction between her proximal legs. 

Functionally, due to the distal extent of the webbing 

in her groin and both inner thighs, she was unable to 

provide independent perineal care. As a result, she was 

rendered to an infantile status where she had to have 

her basic personal hygiene needs provided by her family 

members. After reviewing her surgical options which 

were limited due to the presence of full thickness burns 

to both her thighs and the difficult nature of healing 

in the perineal region, we decided to reconstruct the 

anticipated large perineum defect caused by release of 

the contracture using a pedicled right vertical rectus 

abdominus myocutaneous flap (VRAM). (Figure 4b) 

Since the EFH ORs are not equipped with ventilators 

which excluded the option of providing general anesthesia 

and paralysis to the patient, we were relegated to 

performing the entire surgery under regional anesthesia 

and conscious sedation. (Figure 4c) In addition, to 


maximize the safety of the surgery and minimize OR 

duration, the three surgeons worked in concert and 

completed the entire surgery within an acceptable 

time frame with minimal blood loss. The patient was 

ambulating with assistance by postoperative day 1 and 

tolerating solid foods by postoperative day 3. Most 

importantly, for the first time in 3 years, she was able 

to provide personal hygiene care for herself, a right that 

should be basic to any adult human being. 

Case 2: 

Dowry Dispute - Burns to the Face and Neck 

A 22-year-old girl was attacked by her mother-in-law 

and sister-in-law the day after her wedding, by setting 

fire to her veiled face and sari, as a result of an unsettled 

dowry dispute. As a result, she sustained third degree 

burns to her face, neck, chest and arms. After barely 

surviving the initial extensive burns, she was finally 

repatriated by her own family for the remainder of 

her recovery. Feeling ashamed and worthless with her 

physical scars, her family had taken her to the EFH 

to seek our reconstructive expertise. (Figure 5a,b) 

She underwent release of severe burn contractures to 

the right side of neck with local flaps and FTSG, ear 

reconstruction using a superiorly based pedicled tubed 

flap, and release of flexion contracture of her index 

finger. (Figure 6a,b) Despite our reconstructive efforts 

at restoring some semblance of normalcy to her face 

and hand, she will likely remain a woman who will be 

permanently physically and emotionally scarred by this 

tragic and preventable assault. 

The Future 

In a society built on thousands of traditional rituals 

and customs, intentional burn attacks on women is 

one ritualistic practice that must be eliminated. Even 

today, one Bangladeshi woman is attacked with acid 

every two days. Especially in the “char” regions of 

Northern Bangladesh, where its residents have been 

completely neglected by the government and foreign 

non-government organizations (NGO), WFW intends 

to strengthen its loco-regional presence in assisting 

marginalized female patients who have nowhere else 

to turn. With the support of local organizations such 

as Friendship, and continued funding from Emirates 

Airlines and other sponsors, WFW team aims establish 

sustainability by educating, preventing, treating, and reintegrating 

female victims of burn injuries. 

Dr. Constance Neuhann-Lorenz, MD 

Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery 

President IQUAM 

President «Women for Women» - IPRAS Humanitarian Project 

ISAPS Chairperson Committee Government Relations 

DGPRAEC (German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and 

Aesthetic Surgeons)

June 6th, 2011, New York 

Fund-Raising Gallery Night 

WomenforWomen 

Initiated by our EXCO member and Women for 

Women activist Andrea Pusic, the first Fund-Raising 

Gallery Night took place in New York, on June 6, 2011. 

Andrea, together with Women for Women members 

Alexes Hazen and Haydé Hirmand, with the full support 

of Andrea`s family, her husband Martin and her sons 

Michael and Luka, decorated the gallery with posters 

informing about Women for Women. The unique flower 

arrangements were done by Alexes Hazen, right after 

stepping off the plane, after presenting at the EURAPS 

Congress in Mykonos. 

We were all enchanted by Andrea`s sons, who assisted 

to welcome the guests and acted as the perfect hosts 

Dr. Andrea Pusic’s sons 

Prof. Marita Eisemann-Klein 


Member, Women for Women 

with their badges “Ask me about Women for Women”. 

More than 200 guests, among them New York Plastic 

Surgeons like Sydney Coleman and Seckin Dervish came 

to support Women for Women. The donations summed 

up to more than 38.000 USD. 

Andrea said in her your welcome note: “200 US Dollars 

are needed to change one patient`s life fundamentally. 

On this evening a better life was provided for 200 

patients!” 

Thanks from the depth of our heart to Andrea, Michael, 

Luke, Martin, Alexes, Haydé and, last but not least, the 

owner of Bortolami Gallery and all those who donated! 

Marita Eisenmann-Klein 


Member, Women for Women 

Among others: Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein, Dr. Sydney Coleman 

and Dr. Andrea Pusic, member of the IPRAS Communication 

Committee and WomenforWomen 



“INTERPLAST – Germany” 

“INTERPLAST – Germany” performs free plastic reconstructive surgery for social 

underprivileged and needy patients in developing countries. The volunteering medical 

personnel of this NGO (plastic surgeons, anaesthetists, operating room and anaesthetic 

nurses and other specialists) work free of charge, usually during their annual holiday 

or after retirement. Travel expenses, medical supplies and instruments are funded by 

donations raised in Germany from industry as well as the general public. 

In the last years we organized about 60 camps per year all over the world. Specialists 

of different faculties join the 1600 INTERPLAST members and share their expertise 

for the benefit of the poor. INTERPLAST teams provide reconstructive operations 

that transform the lives of children with physical disabilities and thereby improve the 

future of their families. INTERPLAST has no financial, political, racial or religious 

interest. 

The aim of the surgery is to improve function, and not to do cosmetic surgery. 

Cooperation with local medical staff and working in their hospitals close to the 

patients´ home is efficient and offers education in a specialist field for all involved. 

Apart from medical staff, local volunteers with social commitment are essential for 

the preparation and the smooth running of a successful INTERPLAST camp which 

should be a humanitarian joint venture. 

Interplast supports the IPRAS guidelines for humanitarian work which are: 

I. Registration of humanitarian missions to facilitate and better coordinate 

humanitarian activities involving plastic surgeons all over the world. 

II. Improvement of the quality of humanitarian aid given by experienced plastic 

surgeons so that no harm will be done. 

In the humanitarian camp there is no place for cosmetic surgery and competition 

with the local plastic surgeons should be avoided. 

The humanitarian aid provided should lead to sustainable development of 

reconstructive plastic surgery in the receiving countries. 

Therefore Interplast is operating accordingly. Since 2008 all Interplast camps are 

registered in advance. Quality report with complication review is mandatory after 

every camp. Finally, integration of the local colleagues is always sought, but, 

unfortunately, not always managed. 

André Borsche 

Interplast Germany

16th IPRAS CONGRESS, VANCOUVER, 22-27 MAY 2011 

The Voice of Future Plastic Surgeons 

More than 1870 plastic surgeons from all over the 

world attended the 16th Congress of the International 

Confederation for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic 

Surgery (IPRAS), held in Vancouver on 23rd – 27th of 

May, 2011. Thanks to the coordination and remarkable 

hospitality of the IPRAS 2011 organizing committee 

and the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons, many 

educational opportunities and a lot of entertainment was 

provided within a friendly and relaxing atmosphere. 

With 55 free master classes and over 500 papers presented 

on a wide range of topics, it proved to be an extremely 

successful meeting, ensuring that IPRAS lived up to 

its reputation as one of the premiere confederations 

for Plastic Surgery. Vancouver 2011 was undoubtedly 

Opening ceremony of the 16th IPRAS congress 

Dr. S. A. Rehim 

an enjoyable and informative experience for all Plastic 

Surgeons and Residents, marking yet another IPRAS 

event that brings together the international community 

of Plastic Surgery. 

One of the unique effects of this year’s Conference 

was the introduction of “Residents Presentation 

Competition”. To highlight the research of young Plastic 

Surgeons, IPRAS has brought together more than 350 

residents from around the world, to present their clinical, 

laboratory and educational research. We would like to 

take this opportunity to congratulate the prestigious 

prize winners, who were presented with their awards 

by IPRAS Vancouver 2011 and the Canadian Society 

of Plastic Surgeons. These outstanding achievements 


from future Plastic Surgeons and scientists are truly 

inspirational to their peers, who will continue to compete 

amongst each other to contribute to the future of our 

speciality. 

IPRAS 2011 Residents Awards: 

• International Clinical Paper 

Botulinum Toxin Type A Treatment for Raynaud´s 

Phenomenon 

Dr. Kelli Webb, Southern Illinois University School 

of Medicine 

Residents meeting 

From The left: Dr. S.A. Rehim, Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein, 

Dr. Sarah Lorenz 

• International Epidemiology & Bio-statistics Paper 

Drains Increase the Harms in Reduction 

Mammaplasty: A Meta-analysis 

Dr.Tom Yu-Tai Su, China Medical University 

Hospital 

• International Research Paper 

Infantile Haemangioma: Haemogenic Endothelium 

with Erythropoetic Potential 

Dr. Tinte Itinteang, New Zealand 

• Award for International Poster 

Meshed and Micrografted Skin’s Expansion Rates: 

Claimed, True and Estimated Results 

Dr. David Lumenta, Medical University of Vienna 

Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons 2011 

Residents Awards: 

• F.M. Woolhouse Award for Canadian Clinical 

Presentation 

Non-invasive Measurement of Edema in Burn 

Wounds over Time Utilizing Near Infrared 

Spectroscopy (NIRS) 

Dr. Karen Cross, University of Toronto 


• CSPS Award for Canadian Epidemiology and 

Biostatistics Presentation 

Measuring Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction 

after Facial Paralysis: A Systematic Review of 

Patient Reported Outcome Measures 

Dr. Jennifer Klok, University of Ottawa 

• CSPS Award for Canadian Basic Science 

Presentation 

Examination of the Factor Structure of the Michigan 

Hand Questionnaire 

Dr. Bryan Chung, Dalhousie University 

Another highlight was Prof. Eisenmann-Klein meeting 

the Residents. The focus of this meeting was to 

highlight areas of Residents’ training needs in their 

respective countries, and thereby support the work to 

develop practical solutions to improve training across 

the spectrum of Plastic Surgery. The meeting proved 

to be an interactive discussion between trainers and 

trainees, opening new frontiers for future collaboration 

to improve Plastic Surgery training for Residents. 

Whilst surgical training is currently undergoing many 

changes, a move toward an outcomes-based education, 

focused on the achievement of core competencies, will 

have a significant impact on how trainees are taught 

and evaluated. Moreover, the implementation of the 

European Working Time Directive (EWTD) in some 

of the European countries has already imposed its 

challenges on the future of Plastic Surgery training. 

Dr. Alejandro Duarte Y Sanchez, Dr. Julio Kirshbaum, 

Dr. Dr. Wilfredo Calderon, Dr. Patricio Leniz 

A pilot survey was conducted to evaluate the trainees’ 

opinions on the adequacy of their own training 

programs. This survey included 32 residents representing 

Plastic Surgery training programs from 9 different 

countries. The results of this evaluation were of great 

interest and illustrated the potential improvements 

that may be required to deliver more effective training

Press conference during 16th IPRAS congress. From the left: Dr. Yi Lin Cao, Prof. Andreas Yiacoumettis, 

Dr. Nelson Piccolo, Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein, Dr. Brian Kinney. On the podium: Dr. Don Lalonde 

in Plastic Surgery worldwide. There was a general 

consensus amongst trainees, that progression within 

the program should be competency-based, however 

it was acknowledged that limited exposure or lack of 

structured training may have major implications on 

this. When trainees were asked about the adequacy of 

their training in certain areas, aesthetic, craniofacial, 

and paediatric Plastic Surgery, were areas highlighted as 

deficient amongst trainees. 

Although the conclusions that can be drawn from 

this survey are limited due to the small numbers 

Dr. Peter Neligan, Chair, Scientific Program Committee 

of respondents, the results give scope for further 

investigations on a much larger scale. The survey may 

be regarded as a platform for trainees to voice their 

concerns and opinions on current and future practices 

within training programs. A follow-up survey may need 

to be conducted, in which trainees from all over the world 

can be invited to disclose their opinions and suggest 

improvements for the current training programs, the 

results of which may produce a highly beneficial impact 

on the future of Plastic Surgery education and training 

opportunities on a global scale. 

The Conference was much more than scientific 

presentations and educational classes. It was also an 

excellent opportunity to network with trainees from all 

over the world. Over the past two years Dr Don Lalonde- 

Chairman of the Canadian Organizing Committee along 

with an enthusiastic group of Residents from British 

Columbia, Nottingham UK, and Texas have worked 

relentlessly to bring the best out of this meeting, both 

scientifically and socially. 

Finally, after another long day of scientific presentations, 

Residents had a chance to become acquainted with each 

other and team up yet for another exciting competition 

“The amazing IPRAS Residents race”! The participants 

all had great fun and shared unforgettable moments 

whilst running through the vibrant streets of downtown 

Vancouver, ending at a local pub watching the Vancouver 

Canucks and the San Jose Sharks in a memorable game 

of ice hockey with the Vancouver Residents. 

See you all at the next IPRAS Santiago, Chile 2013 with 

another fascinating experience! 

S.A.Rehim 

MB BCh, MSc, MRCS 

Resident, Plastic Surgery, Nottingham UK. 


Evidence-based medicine 

at the 16th IPRAS 

congress in Vancouver, BC 

Striving for high levels of evidence-based medicine 

clinical trials is key to guide and support clinical decision 

making 1 . As such, monthly journal clubs and self-directed 

assignements have been shown, in a recent study from 

London, Ontario, Canada 2 , to improve evidence-based 

skills in Plastic Surgery residency training. Randomizedcontrolled 

trials (RCTs) are believed to reflect the 

gold-standard in plastic surgery 3 an beyond. However, 

the conception, planning and execution, as well as the 

reporting of RCT in plastic surgery is challenging 4 . As 

such, Dr. Rohrich stated: “So you want to be an evidencebased 

plastic surgeon? A lifelong journey” 5 . 


in Plastic Surgery journal publications 

Given the broad field of Plastic Surgery, with its 

subdisciplines of reconstructive surgery, aesthetic surgery, 

hand as well as burn surgery, a lack of randomizedcontrolled 

trials (RCTs) is evident. As far as journal 

publications in the four major plastic surgery journals 

are concerned (Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, Annals 

of Plastic Surgery, Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive 

and Aesthetic Surgery, American Journal of Aesthetic 

Surgery) a survery among all published clinical trials 

in 2007 revealed that only 2.2% of those were Level I 

evidence studies 6 (i.e. meta-analyses and randomized 

controlled trials with narrow confidence intervals). The 

average level of evidence was Level III, which are cohort 

studies. Comparing the Level I evidence from 1978 to 

2009 among various Plastic Surgery Journals, there was 

a steady increase of such studies 7 , a fact supported by 

two other studies 8,9 . 


in plastic surgical conferences 

As far as conference abstracts are concerned, the 

reporting rate of randomized-controlled trials is generally 


low, often lower than 10%. As such, at the ASPS 2008 

meeting, a total number of 9% of all conference 159 

abstracts were randomized-controlled trials, with 5% 

being presented as oral abstracts and 4% as poster 

presentations 10 . As far as burn surgery is concerned, 

the American Burn Association (ABA) meeting in 

2008 included 252 abstracts with a total number of 

7% being RCTs (5% oral presentations, 2% poster 

presentations) 11 . In line, the 2008 annual meeting of t 

he American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) 

included 10% RCTs. 


at the IPRAS 2011 congress 

Prof. Dr. Karsten Knobloch, FACS 

Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery 

Hannover Medical School, Germany 

The recent IPRAS 2011 meeting in Vancouver, BC 

produced 697 published abstracts in the Canadian 

Journal of Plastic Surgery 12 (figure 1). Five hundred and 

Figure 1. 697 IPRAS abstracts published with 84% clinical trials, 

8% experimental studies and others.

Figure 2. Level of evidence of 567 clinical IPRAS conference 

abstracts in Vancouver, BC, 2011. 

Figure 3. Mean level of evidence of all 567 clinical trial abstracts, 

480 oral and 255 poster abstracts. 

sixty-seven clinical trial abstracts were analysed according 

to the underlying study design (figure 2). Among all 

clinical trials, three meta-analyses of randomizedcontrolled 

trials were presented, accounting for 0.5%. 

Fourteen randomized-controlled trials accounted for 

2.5% of all clinical trials. Observational studies were the 

predominant clinical trial design in 52%. Case series and 

case studies accounted for 29% and expert opinions for 

16% of all clinical trial abstracts. Overall, the mean level 

of evidence was 3.54±0.9, with no significant difference 

between the 480 oral abstracts (3.5±0.9) vs. 255 poster 

abstracts (3.7±0.7). 

References 

1. Cheung MC, Allan BJ, Yang R, Thaller SR. Evidencebased 

medicine and its role in plastic surgery. J 

Craniofac Surg 2011;22(2):385-7. 

2. Temple CL, Ross DC. Acquisition of evidence-based 

surgery skills in plastic surgery residence training. J 

Surg Educ 2011;68(3):167-71. 

3. McCarthy CM. Randomized-controlled trials. Plast 

Reconstr Surg 2011;127(4):1707-12. 

4. Knobloch K. Surgical randomized-controlled trials 

and CONSORT 2010. Ann Surg 2011;253(3):633-4. 

5. Eaves FF 3rd, Rohrich RJ. So you want to be an 

evidence-based plastic surgeon? A lifelong journey. 

Aesthet Surg J 2011;31(1):137-42. 

6. Sinno H, Neel OF, Lutfy J, Bartlett G, Gilardino M. 

Level of evidence in plastic surgery research. Plast 

Reconstr Surg 2011;127(2):974-80. 

7. McCarthy JE, Chatterjee A, McKelvey TG, Jantzen 

EM, Kerrigan CL. A detailed analysis of level I 

evidence (randomized controlled trials and metaanalyses) 

in five plastic surgery journals to date: 1978 

to 2009. Plast Reconstr Surg 2010;126(5):1774-8. 

8. Momeni A, Becker A, Antes G, Diener MK, Blümle 

A, Stark GB. Evidence-based plastic surgery: 

controlled trials in three plastic surgical journals 

(1990-2005). Ann Plast Surg 2008;61(2):221-5. 

9. Chang EY, Pannucci CJ, Wilkins EG. Quality of 

clinical studies in aesthetic surgery journals: a 10year 

review. Aesthet Surg J 2009;29(2):144-7. 

10. Knobloch K, Yoon U, Vogt PM. Quality of reporting 

in poster versus oral presentations at the American 

Societ of Plastic Surgeons 2008 conference in Chicago. 

Plast Reconstr Surg 2010;125(5):219e-221e. 

11. Knobloch K, Yoon U, Vogt PM. Randomizedcontrolled 

trials and CONSORT reporting qualityan 

evidence-based analysis of ASPS, ABA and ASSH 

conference abstracts. Plast Reconstr Surg 2011 (in 

press) 

12. The 16th World Congress of the International 

Conferation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic 

Surgery. Can J Plast Surg 2011;19 (Suppl A):1A- 

192A. 

Prof. Dr. Karsten Knobloch, FACS 

Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical 

School, Germany, knobloch.karsten@mh-hannover.de 


I was a young apprentice, together with Tom Rees and 

Ralph Millard, when I first heard that a small group 

of young plastic surgeons decided to create the first 

society to expand the knowledge of this new specialty. 

This happened at a meeting in London, in 1951. The 

organizer of the group was someone with whom I would 

create a solid friendship: Tord Skoog. With his deep 

sense of dedication to teaching, allied with his personal 

leadership, Skoog founded the Confederation in 1955, 

and became its first Secretary General. Some of his cofounders 

I came to know quite well: Gillies, McIndoe, 

Barrett-Brown, Webster, Dufourmentel, Burian, 

among others. The 1st Congress in Uppsala marked the 

beginning of a long tradition of meetings that gathered 

both the experienced and the novice plastic surgeon, 

every four years, in cities around the world. 

In the following decades, as each country aggregated 

their members in national associations, IPRAS spawned 

several major societies that today represent the whole 

range of our specialty. Yet we should not forget the 

mission-statement of our very first Confederation: to 

promote plastic surgery clinically and scientifically, 

educating our younger colleagues, and tightening the 

bond between specialists in all countries. 

When I returned to Brazil, in the late 1950’s, after a 

very enriching educational experience in the USA and 

Europe, I was determined to teach what I had learned. 

By uniting my private clinic with the 38th Ward of the 

Santa Casa General Hospital (a charity institution), 

in 1962 I began a residency program that – over these 

many years – has trained over 500 plastic surgeons, 

in 42 different countries. With a group of dedicated 

assistants, our school has been actively involved in all 

aspects of plastic surgery, both reconstructive and 

aesthetic: education and clinical practice; research and 

investigation. I firmly believe that this has been done in 

the true spirit of IPRAS. 

As a privileged actor, and also spectator, it has been 


IPRAS BOARD OF TRUSTEES 

IPRAS: A Personal Recollection 

Prof. Ivo Pitanguy 

exciting to follow the development of our specialty, from 

a young seedling to a mature, multi-branched tree over 

more than 50 years. Participation in all of the IPRAS 

quadrennial meetings was a personal commitment that 

has given me great pleasure. Revisiting old friends, 

meeting new ones and exchanging experiences are some 

of my fondest memories of our Confederation. 

Looking to the future, I am sure that plastic surgery 

will carry on thriving, absorbing new technologies 

and techniques. Cell reproduction and derivation will 

set the stage for whole tissue regeneration, and it will 

continue to be the work of the plastic surgeon – together 

with a multidisciplinary team – to restore function and 

aesthetics following trauma or the ravages of senescence. 

There will be no shortage of skin envelope to cover 

large wounds, once dermal cell replication becomes a 

staple of the reconstructive laboratory. Heterologous 

grafting, today in an unsure footing, will become safe 

and predictable. Many of the operations currently 

performed – with large scars and risk to flap survival 

– will be noticeably improved. The healing process itself 

will certainly be controlled in the age of biotechnology, 

allowing less noticeable scars. 

It is my hope that IPRAS and its national societies will 

continue to be the forums where innovation will be 

presented, where the inquisitive mind will find others 

equally curious, so that plastic surgery may evolve within 

the framework of two principal objectives: to generously 

pass on knowledge to the next generation, and to assure 

safety to our patients. 

Ivo Pitanguy 

Head-Professor of the Plastic Surgery Departments 

of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro 

and the Carlos Chagas Institute of Post-Graduate 

Medical Studies. Member (and patron) of the Brazilian 

Society of Plastic Surgery, the National Academy 

of Medicine, and the Brazilian Academy of Letters. 

Visiting Professor, I.S.A.P.S. FICS, FACS.

Formation of the “IPRAS Trustees” 

I suppose I should start this article by congratulating the 

IPRAS Executive Board for taking a brave and much 

applauded decision to create a new Board entitled 

“Lifetime Trustees”, and then continue by thanking 

them for honouring me to be one of the members of 

this new force. When I was asked to write my thoughts 

and feelings about this new body and IPRAS in general, 

I must admit I did not realize that I would be both 

bewildered and uncomfortable. Bewildered, because, 

my relation with IPRAS goes way back to 1955 and I am 

not sure how to talk about a relation without making it 

personal. 

Uncomfortable, because I am sure that, there are 

so many other members of IPRAS, who are more 

knowledgeable then I. However, I shall try to give you 

my own experiences with IPRAS, and what it meant to 

me for the past 45 years. Above all, I shall try to share 

my thoughts with you, about, what this new responsibility 

means to me, as well as what it should really mean to our 

younger generation of plastic surgeons. 

Here we are; yes, the summer of 1955... I was an 

exchange medical student in Göttingen University 

Medical School. I had chosen this university because of 

the information I had received concerning a professor 

doing Cleft Lip & Palate operations, which attracted 

me like a magnet but had, thus far, observed no such 

operation. However, to my great disappointment the 

professor was not in the hospital, at that time, because 

he was attending a meeting in Sweden. Therefore, I had 

ended up in Thoracic Surgery instead. 

Yes, this was the year of the first International Congress 

of IPRAS (then IPRS) in Stockholm, Sweden. Like 

most relations, it had started on a wrong foot. Later 

on, I learned that the second Congress took place in 

London, Great Britain, in 1959. Even though I was 

not there personally, this particular date also holds an 

important role in my life, because two unforgettable 

pioneers, the fathers of Plastic Surgery in Turkey, Drs 

Halit Ziya Konuralp and Cihat Borçbakan were there 

Prof. K. Güler GÜRSU, M.D. 

(as in 1955) and demanded an explanation “why the 

Turkish Flag was not displayed along with the others? 

”The answer was simple .They were told that, after those 

two meetings, it had been decided to turn this group 

into an international organization This was going to be a 

group, formed by the National Plastic Surgery Societies. 

Therefore, unless they had a Society, they could not be 

officially included. 

Receiving this response and information, upon their 

return to Turkey, they immediately brought a group of 

surgeons together and formed the Turkish Society of 

Plastic Surgery in 1961. What a wonderful coincidence 

that, this year marks the 50th anniversary of both IPRAS 

and TSPRAS. 

However, this platonic relation from a distance, 

without knowing each other personally, finally became 

a reality in 1963, when, as a young trainee from 

New York, I registered in the 4th IPRS Congress in 

Washington, D.C. and attended for the first time. So, 

from 1965 on, we have never parted. IPRAS became 

my guiding light in my adventure of creating a teaching 

program in Turkey. This relation was blessed in 1967 

with my first paper presentation of 8 Pseudo Median 

Clefts, 2 posters; “Statistical study of 172 CL & CP 

in a period of 18 months” and a case presentation of 

a” Unusual Facial Cleft with 6 nostrils, and Related 

Orbital Deformities”. This was the beginning of an 

international involvement, therefore since the Rome 

Congress, Article 5a of the By-Laws (then) became our 

rule in creating teaching centres and in preparation of 

the curriculum. We adopted the Anglo-Saxon model 

for training programs and had our first National 

Congress in 1968, with Prof. Tord Skoog as a guest. 

This has continued, uninterrupted, until today, every 

other year. The evaluation and progress of Turkish 

Plastic Surgery, as well my own history since then, 

in relation to IPRAS, is another, personal as well as 

professional, story. 


However, in respect to our professional relations in 

summary, I was involved as the National Representative 

of Turkish Society of Plastic and Reconstructive 

Surgery to IPRAS, for a very long time. Following the 

establishment of chapters, Turkey had the honour of 

hosting both the 6th Congress of the European and 5th 

Congress of the Asian-Pacific Section in 1989 in İstanbul. 

I believe this occasion is still remembered by many. 

All educational and ethic-oriented Organisations in 

the field have rightfully and wisely followed the path 

of IPRAS in these past years, consequently being 

members of IPRAS, which now is the one and only real, 

unquestionable identity in our specialty. Other identities 

of course were and will continue to be added as time 

goes on. 

As I would like to emphasize here, the fact remains that 

the validity of our training and recognition as Plastic 

Surgeons is established by IPRAS. In an age of global 

changes in every aspect of our lives, and in any specialty, 

plastic surgery is going through a painful period as well. 

After years of studies, both clinical and experimental, when 

we had achieved to be the top of all possible excellences in 

all domains of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, 

Among Others: Prof. Andreas Yiacoumettis, Prof. Daniel 

Marchac, Prof. Gursu Guler, Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein, 

Prof. Paulino Morales 

(like microsurgery, transplantations of tissues, organs etc 

just to mention few) we are facing unequal, unethical 

and, above all, even non-medical interventions to our 

specialty. Not only is the value of knowledge by training 

and the evaluation of skills by proper, legal channels being 

interfered with, but also, these necessary requirements 

are under attack by so many. These developments are 

targeted to destroy and demolish our specialty. There are 

so many on the waiting list to take away one part of this 

deliciously prepared meal, the right recipe of which took 

almost a century to prepare. 


Therefore, as a proud member of the organization, it is 

my firm belief that the creation of the “Lifetime Trustee 

Board” sprung from this necessity. This title was neither 

given to us, nor accepted by us just to be recognised or 

honoured. Just the contrary, I strongly believe that we 

were chosen to continue to work for the excellence of our 

Profession by sharing our knowledge and experiences and, 

Prof. Gursu Guler awarding by IPRAS President 

Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein 

whenever possible, to assist in the formation of the new 

developments of either the training or the practice of our 

profession, within the established guidelines of IPRAS. 

Young men and women need to know that they are not 

alone at the wolves table; we have all gone through difficult 

times due to the circumstances of every period we were 

in. As long as you have a sound training, respect for your 

patients, your colleagues and, above all, yourself, you will 

be successful and, most importantly, content and at peace 

with yourself. This path is going through IPRAS, sincerely 

believing in it, just as we must believe in the Hippocratic 

Oath as a word of honour to the profession and to our 

patients, to whom we owe our existence…. 

With my most sincere thanks to everyone in my life who 

had a hand in my being what I am today, including my 

parents, teachers of all educational levels, my national and 

international friends, colleagues, my residents, students, 

my dear patients and, of course, IPRAS. This honour 

below was not bestowed on me alone, it belongs to all 

of you and, of course, to my country for the tremendous 

progress that she has made in Plastic Surgery. 

Professor K.Güler GÜRSU, M.D. 

Retired Chairperson of Plastic, Reconstructive 

and Aesthetic Surgery Department 

Hacettepe University Medical Faculty 

Ankara- TÜRKİYE 

Lifetime Trustee of IPRAS

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S U R V E Y S 

‘‘Lunch Time’’ 

Suture Suspension Lifting 

Surgical lifting has been the standard of care for providing 

a radical solution and achieving dramatic improvements 

in the face and neck. There is, however, a growing 

trend nowadays for patients to seek the least invasive 

treatments possible with less risk of complications and 

downtime. Minimally invasive suture suspension of the 

face has gained prominence with the advent of the socalled 

‘‘lunch-time’’ face-lift. This procedure entails the 

passage of sutures under the skin of the face and neck. 

It avoids large incisions and significant undermining. 

Although there has been substantial mention in the 

popular press, little information exists in the plastic 

surgical or dermatologic literature regarding the safety, 

efficacy, longevity, or complications of these suspension 

procedures. 

Multiple techniques now in vogue with simple 

transcutaneous elevation of soft tissues with various 

smooth looping or barbed sutures placed at various 

points in the face have been described; they may provide 

simple solutions to some conditions, but all lack evidence 

of follow-up beyond the immediate or very short-term 

postoperative period. It is really surprising that serious 

long-term studies and peer-reviewed data about longevity 

and patient satisfaction following such suture lifting 

procedures are notoriously lacking. The few clinical 

studies that exist do not offer any level of evidence more 

than level III. Most fall short of confirming the claims of 

fewer complications and improved patient satisfaction 

compared with standard techniques. Yet that did not 

stop numerous television shows and even physicians 

Dr. Bishara S Atiyeh 

from heavily advertising and promoting with unbridled 

enthusiasm transcutaneous suture lifting. 

Although there may be many theoretical and real 

advantages to using suture suspension and despite some 

reported satisfactory results of minimally invasive facelifts 

in cases involving the jawline and upper neck, tissue 

relaxation invariably occurs. Results are disappointing 

and have failed in terms of long-term maintenance of 

repositioned soft tissue and often result in visible threads, 

extruded threads, broken threads, or traction lines at rest 

or with animation. Moreover, evidence-based information 

on the fate of the implant materials is lacking. 

Unfortunately, Aesthetic Surgery relies heavily on 

patients’ feedback to determine success. However, the 

type of feedback received depends on how carefully 

questions are selected. The most well-intentioned 

physician can easily end up promoting a procedure of 

limited benefit. Plastic Surgeons are quite justified in 

being skeptical about new procedures that sound too 

good to be true. Currently, no consensus on an optimal 

subdermal suspension thread or an optimal placement 

pattern has been reached, and unfortunately, a safe 

and effective ‘‘lunch hour’’ procedure for elevating and 

redraping the soft tissues in an upward direction, with 

minimal or no patient downtime, is still eluding us. 

Barbed sutures “lunch time” lifting: evidence-based 

efficacy. J Cosmet Dermatol. 2010 Jun;9(2):132-41. 

Bishara S Atiyeh 

Saad A Dibo 

Michel Costagliola 

Shady N Hayek

CO2 Fractional laser skin resurfacing 

A new era in facial rejuvenation & combined plastic surgical techniques 

Introduction 

Lasers have a long history in aesthetic plastic surgery. 

First used as cutting devices, in the early 90’s, they were 

subsequently applied for skin resurfacing procedures, 

many times in combination with a surgical procedure (1). 

Lately, fractional resurfacing has emerged as a “limited 

adverse effects” procedure (2) for skin rejuvenation 

either stand-alone or in conjunction with cosmetic 

surgery. 

Material & Method 

From June 1997 until June 2009, 1157 patients underwent 

laser assisted blepharoplasty (3) and 317 patients 

underwent face lift combined with ablative CO2 laser 

skin resurfacing by the senior author (PK). Laser skin 

incision and laser skin resurfacing of the lower eyelid 

was performed in 397 and 872 blepharoplasty cases 

respectively. Full face or partial skin resurfacing was 

performed in 207 of the patients who underwent face lift 

combined with CO2 Laser operations. 

Since September 2007, 495 sessions of CO2 facial 

fractional laser resurfacing were performed in 187 

patients. 

Patients were given questionnaires to evaluate the quality 

of their scars following laser or cold blade incisions in 

laser assisted blepharoplasty. Patient and physicians 

evaluation of the procedures’ outcome was recorded. 

Results 

The quality of scars in laser skin incisions fared 

significantly lower compared to steel ones. Laser skin 

resurfacing of the eyelid or the whole face skin yielded 

satisfying end results, but with a significant number of 

patients experiencing side-effects and long lasting postprocedure 

sequelae (erythema, hyper-pigmentation etc) 

which sometimes required extra treatments to resolve 

(4). Return to everyday activities was achieved a lot 

Dr. Paraskevas Kontoes 

earlier by patients who did not have their skin laser 

resurfaced. 

Fractional laser skin resurfacing achieved inferior 

results regarding skin texture compared to full ablative 

resurfacing and required multiple sessions. However, 

fractional resurfacing was rated by most patients as an 

“over the weekend” procedure and patient downtime 

was significantly less than full ablative resurfacing. 

In both groups the final results were rated higher than if 

face lift or blepharoplasty were conducted alone. 

Conclusions 

CO2 laser is an excellent adjuvant to traditional facial 

aesthetic procedures as a cutting device (excluding skin 

incisions) because it minimizes blood loss and surgical 

time. Laser skin resurfacing has shifted over the years 

from full ablative procedures to the more sophisticated 

fractional ones which can complement the results of 

surgery in terms of skin texture. 

References 

1. Kontoes P. Combined laser and aesthetic surgery 

techniques for the rejuvenation of the facial area. 

Hellenic Plast Surg 2001;1:31-42 

2. Gold M. Fractional technology: a review and clinical 

approaches. J Drugs Dermatol 2007;6:849-852 

3. Kontoes P, Lambrinaki N, Vlachos S. Laser-assisted 

blepharoplasty and inferior lateral retinaculum 

placation: skin contraction versus skin traction. 

2007;31:579-585 

4. Kontoes P, Vlachos S. Intense pulsed light is effective 

in treating pigmentary and vascular complications of 

CO2 laser resurfacing. Aest Surg J 2002;22:489-491 

Paraskevas P Kontoes, 

LaserLight Clinic, Athens, Greece 

Dept. of Plastic Aesthetic & Laser Surgery, 

“HYGEIA” Hospital, Athens, Greece 


The world of Plastic Surgery has lost one of its most 

iconic figures with the passing of D. Ralph Millard, Jr. 

A Life Member of ISAPS, Dr. Millard died quietly at 

his North Miami Beach home on June 19 th , at the age of 

ninety-two. An indefatigable scholar, lecturer, author, 

educator, innovator, and master clinician, he will be 

most remembered for the power of his thought. At once 

creative, original, and brilliant…he was also disciplined 

(principled, he would have said), bringing an aspect that 

is not always, or even often, associated with the concept 

of genius. From an early age, he shunned the prosaic and 

routine: in his approach to his own education and training 

in Plastic Surgery (with a minimum of time devoted to 

prerequisite general surgery, his was a patchwork exposure 

to many of the greats of the day, with his transformational 

year under Gillies falling early rather than later within 

the cycle), in his extensive authorship (wherein he broke 

all the rules then in place for medical writing, beginning 

with his classic collaboration with the now Sir Harold, The 

Principles and Art of Plastic Surgery, as unconventional in 

its day as it remains entertaining, even to this day), in his 

scientific presentations (when his name was announced 

from the podium of the First International Congress of 

Plastic Surgery in Stockholm to present his revolutionary 

paper on unilateral cleft lip repair, the young unknown 

began his formal presentation in a stentorian voice from 

the rear of the hall and continued all the way to the dais, 

adding the additional “in transit” minutes to his total 


I N L O V I N G M E M O R Y 

Obituary of D. Ralph Millard, Jr., M.D. 

June 4, 1919 - June 19, 2011 

presentation time), and, of course, in the daily planning 

and execution of the repairs he brought to his most 

difficult reconstructive challenges. 

That some prickly, more senior members of the plastic 

surgical establishment would find him brash was no 

surprise. But this penchant was then compounded by 

his compulsive commitment to straight talk and frank 

opinion, a bluntness that, while admirable and refreshing 

to many, was impolitic to some and incendiary to a fewwho 

would take unconcealed umbrage at his remarks and 

assessments. Thus, early on, his membership in national 

societies would be blocked for extended periods. In spite 

of this, he was elected President of both the Plastic Surgery 

Educational Foundation and the American Association 

of Plastic Surgeons, as well as Vice-Chair of the American 

Board of Plastic Surgery…all positions that brought him 

pride. The arrogance that some attributed to him was never 

in evidence to this trainee, who spent two years with him 

following a residency taken elsewhere; instead, I saw only 

profound humility for his best efforts (and they were always 

his best efforts) on behalf of his patients, especially those 

with more serious deformity. In common with other great 

individuals, he remained his harshest, most unforgiving 

critic. It was also refreshing to be in the company of one 

who, in the mid 1970s, approached aesthetic surgery 

with the same dedication and respect that he did all of 

Plastic Surgery. He was a pioneer in rejuvenation of the 

neck and the first to advocate submental lipectomy. He

also confirmed for me that great modern Plastic Surgeons 

were most often masters in both arenas: the aesthetic and 

the reconstructive. 

His interests in Plastic Surgery were wide-ranging, and 

he found himself especially drawn to some of its most 

intractable challenges, only two of which I will note 

here. Cleft lip and palate, of course, presented a lifelong 

devotion, and his rotation-advancement operation 

for repair of the unilateral cleft lip remains a universal 

standard, still embraced in the over-whelming majority 

of repairs world-wide. So is his extensive, three-volume 

text, Cleft Craft, which garnered multiple awards for 

medical writing, the definitive work on the subject. Nasal 

reconstruction, and especially total nasal reconstruction, 

was another such area where Millard created outcomes 

never before realized. He established sound planning 

and operative principles for this most humbling of 

plastic surgical undertakings and brought them together 

(along with those for primary and secondary aesthetic 

rhinoplasty and congenital--especially cleft--rhinoplasty) 

in A Rhinoplasty Tetralogy. It is no coincidence that 

current leaders in the field, Gary Burget and Fred 

Menick, are both Millard trainees. Among his major 

works I must also cite Principlization of Plastic Surgery, 

which focuses not on any specialty area within the field 

or any atlas of its operations, but rather on the thought 

processes that should underpin proper diagnosis and 

treatment throughout Plastic Surgery. This unique work 

brings to a culmination a career of reflection and analysis 

in the complex field of Plastic Surgery, a thought process 

that had been awakened in him those many years ago by 

Gillies. 

Millard was an internationalist in every sense of the word 

and appreciated early on the world-wide distribution of 

talent in plastic surgery. He was understandably fond 

of things British, dating from his time with Gillies, and 

was proud of his Honorary Fellowships in the Royal 

College of Surgery of both England and Edinburgh, 

as he was the Order of Distinction from Jamaica, 

bestowed by the former British colony in appreciation 

for his many missions to that island to perform volunteer 

reconstructive surgery. In his many years as Professor 

and Chief of Plastic Surgery at the University of Miami, 

he trained more than 180 residents and fellows, many of 

whom he followed throughout their careers. Less than 

60% of these, however, were American; the remaining 

40% were international, many of them now in positions 

of leadership within some 35 countries. And as he had 

also drawn so much from his early visits to overseas 

masters of Plastic Surgery, so did he open wide the doors 

of his Miami program to visitors from around the world. 

And visit they did; a typical morning in Operating Room 

Number One at Jackson Memorial Hospital presented 

the sleeping patient, with Millard seated comfortably on 

an oversized purple cushion with embroidered crown (a 

gift from his nurses), assisted by a much-less-comfortable 

resident or fellow craning from a distance to keep his 

attached headlight beamed exactly on the operative site 

(Millard demanded precise, focused lighting, but would 

not be bothered with the wearing of a headlight himself), 

a highly efficient and practiced scrub nurse, and a gaggle 

of some half to a full dozen visitors, all jockeying for 

a better look…while trying to avoid the attention that 

might well send an unsettling question their way from 

the intimidating Millard. 

His three greatest loves were, foremost, his family, followed 

in turn by plastic surgery itself, and then athletics. While 

an undergraduate at Yale, he lettered in boxing, wrestling, 

and football. He often credited the self-reliance he found 

as Captain of the Yale Boxing Team with the success in 

many of his life struggles that followed. This same love 

of sports is among the many gifts he has passed on to his 

three children: to elder son Duke, who played football for 

Harvard (where Millard had received his M.D.); to son 

Bond, who enthusiastically coaches scholastic football to 

this day; and to daughter Meleney, some of whose track 

records remain unbroken at her Miami high school (more 

than three decades later). 

Those who had the privilege of getting to know him 

found a surprising shyness about this man, who had so 

little penchant (or patience) for small talk. But if the 

topic turned around a legitimate controversy in Plastic 

Surgery (or boxing), he opened up. He knew and counted 

his enemies, perhaps more than he needed to, but he was 

blessed with a wealth of uncommonly true friends. But 

among the many, his most ardent supporter, his most 

trusted advisor, and his most loyal friend remained his 

wife, who sadly preceded him in death by more than a 

decade. When his remarkable and beautiful Barbara fell 

fatally ill, he abruptly retired from the practice of Plastic 

Surgery that he loved so well to devote himself entirely to 

the final days of one he loved more. And with her passing, 

he was left—in the brief span of a few months--bereft of 

both. He moved from his house in Miami (he couldn’t 

bear to be there without her) to an apartment near Bond, 

to which he gradually and increasingly confined himself. 

Tony Wolfe, his loyal resident and then partner in practice, 

visited him regularly throughout his final decade, bringing 

enthusiastic young residents and fellows to meet the Great 

Man…attention he clearly enjoyed. 

Our specialty is fortunate that this special man chose to 

come our way. He left it a richer and deeper discipline 

than it had been before. I fear, however, that his ilk will 

not soon come our way again. 

J. William Little, M.D. 


NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & PLASTIC SURGERY ORGANIZATIONS’ NEWS 

We have pleasure to notify the new Executive Committee 

of the Argentinean Society of Plastic Surgery for the 

period April 2011-April 2012. 


Argentinean Society of Plastic Surgery 

(SACPER) 

The list of Officers is as follows: 

THE AAPRAS CONGRESS 

“An Example of Synchronized Cooperation 

and Successful Outcome” 

By Gevorg Yaghjyan and Efi Papachristou 

On June 28 th -30 th , 2011, the Armenian Association 

of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons 

(AAPRAS) organized its 3 rd International Congress on 

the Unfavourable Results and Complications in Plastic 

Surgery. 

The Congress of 2011 took place in Yerevan, and was 

co-organized by the Yerevan State Medical University 

and hosted at the Conference Hall of Yerevan State 

Medical University. 

The Congress was organized under the auspices of 

IPRAS (the International Confederation for Plastic, 

Press Conference 

President: Martha Mogliani, MD 

Vicepresident: Luis Ginesin, MD 

General Secretary: Omar Ventura, MD 

Assistant Secretary: Claudio Saladino, MD 

Treasurer: Gustavo Prezzavento, MD l 

Assistant Treasurer: Alberto Abulafia, MD. 

Secretary Proceedings: Raúl Tolaba, MD 

Armenian Association of Plastic Reconstructive 

And Aesthetic Surgeons (AAPRAS) 

Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery), ESPRAS 

(the European Society for Plastic, Reconstructive 

and Aesthetic Surgery) and ISAPS (the International 

Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery). Aside from their 

endorsement, they also sponsored 36 young Armenian 

residents and 4 residents’ participation in this Congress. 

This significant scientific event attracted many highly 

esteemed Plastic Surgeons from all over the world, 

including members of the Armenian Diaspora of Plastic 

Surgeons. The renowned attendees of the Congress 

engaged in a constructive dialogue on Plastic Surgery 

complications and made groundbreaking scientific 

contributions on the latest Plastic Surgery developments. 

Another goal of the Congress was to establish and 

maintain cooperation with Plastic Surgeons from 

different countries throughout the world, ensuring the 

improvement of Plastic Surgery quality and treatment 

outcome in Armenia, through the exchange of 

information and professional experience. 

The scientific importance of the Congress is demonstrated 

by the presence of many members of the IPRAS Board 

of Directors, such as IPRAS President Prof. Marita 

Eisenmann - Klein, the Secretary General Dr. Nelson 

Piccolo, the Deputy Secretary General for Europe Dr. 

Andreas Yiacoumettis, and the Chairman of the Scientific 

Advisory Board Dr. Daniel Marchac. IPRAS is the only 

Global Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and 

Aesthetic Surgery, representing 40.00 Plastic Surgeons 

in 100 Nations and Regions worldwide.

Opening Ceremony 

The 3 rd International AAPRAS Congress officially 

began on June 26 th with an Opening Ceremony 

attended by several important Armenian personalities 

and internationally renowned Plastic Surgery experts, 

including a few of the newly elected Board of Directors of 

IPRAS. Welcome speeches were given by the Minister of 

Health of Armenia Mr. Harutyun Kushkyan, the Rector 

of Yerevan State Medical University, Mr. Derenik 

Dumanian, IPRAS President Prof. Marita Eisenmann- 

Klein (Germany) and ESPRAS President, Dr. Andreas 

Yiakoumettis (Greece). 

Press Conference 

The opening ceremony followed the launch of a 

successful Press Conference, organized by IPRAS Media 

Office, with the help of the Armenian Local Organizing 

Committee. The Press Conference was covered by some 

of the most popular Armenian Media, including 6 TV 

stations, 3 News Agencies, 1 Radio Station and various 

online Media. The total number of participating media 

is estimated on 30. 

Key Speakers of the Press Conference were the IPRAS 

President, Prof. Marita Eisenmann Klein, IPRAS 

Executive Director, Mr. Zacharias Kaplanidis, ESPRAS 

President, Prof. Andreas Yiacoumettis, AAPRAS 

President, Prof. Armen Hovhannisyan and the President 

of the Local Organizing Committee, Prof. Gevorg 

Yiaghjyan. 

In an attempt to reach the public via the media, the 

speakers presented new and interesting data on Plastic 

Surgery and confirmed how much progress has been 

made lately in Plastic Surgery in Armenia. 

IPRAS President, Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein, 

welcomed the journalists, congratulating all the Armenians 

for the efforts made to re-establish the institutions of their 

country. During her presentation on Breast Reconstruction 

after Oncological Resections, Prof. Eisenmann-Klein 

explained that reconstructive and aesthetic surgery have 

to go together and underlined that breast deformities are 

a very common phenomenon in Armenia 

Additionally, introducing IPRAS to the Armenian 

Media, Mr. Zacharias Kaplanidis, Executive Director 

of the Confederation, stated that every qualified Plastic 

Surgeon in the world has to be an IPRAS member 

and briefly presented the IPRAS aims and scopes, 

which are the promotion of educational and research 

activities worldwide, the creation of a code of ethics in 

Plastic Surgery, the provision of advice on international 

law, on medical practices and on security guidelines 

and highlighted that the most important dimension of 

IPRAS is its humanitarian missions. 

Prof. Armen Hovhannisyan, President of the Armenian Society of 

Plastic Surgeons and Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein, IPRAS President 

The President of the 3rd International Congress, Prof. 

Gevorg Yaghjyan and Prof. Armen Hovanessyan, 

President of AAPRAS, with Board Member Dr Karen 

Danileyan, were invited to the most popular TV show on 

the H1 Governmental Channel, where the importance 

of this type of congress for Armenia was discussed and 

also that Plastic Surgery is not a medical discipline used 

only for aesthetic reasons, but one that can alleviate 

both physical and emotional pain. 

The interviews and information about congress and 

public day was spread among main media in Armenia 

and Diaspora. During the days of the Congress, the 

IPRAS President, Prof. Marita Eisenmann - Klein, also 

participated in a 30-minute TV show on “SHANT TV” 

Scientific Programme 

The Scientific Program of the Congress was 

multidisciplinary, encompassing topics from all the 

Plastic Surgery domains. Top experts participated with 

their remarkable presentations, covering the following 

On the podium, Prof. Gevorg Yaghjyan, President of the 3rd 

International Congress on the Unfavourable Results and 

Complications in Plastic Surgery 


Plastic Surgery thematic: face, rhinoplasty, breast, body 

contouring, oncology and skin tumours, reconstructive 

microsurgery and humanitarian surgery. Over 120 Plastic 

Surgeons from 23 countries worldwide took part in the 

congress workings; about 60 reports were delivered within 

7 sections, as well as 6 state-of-the-art lectures by renowned 

experts. The Congress Book is specifically designed to cover 

the Congress material, including over 90 scientific papers. 

The Congress also included 10 round tables, the agenda of 

which encompassed specific topics, concerning analyses of 

complications, by the leading Plastic Surgeons. 

In the Special Session, 3 residents presented their case 

reports and presentations. Issues related to the European 

and American Plastic Surgery resident education 

were also incorporated in this important section. The 

Humanitarian Plastic Surgery Round Table was chaired 

by Prof. Jean – Philippe Nicolai and attracted many 

Plastic Surgeons from Armenia to participate in the 

Humanitarian Mission in the world. A short video film 

about the Women for Women Program and a short 

explanation about this program was presented by the 

President of IPRAS, Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein. 

Public Day 

The Yerevan Public Day was successfully launched during 

the last day of the Congress, inaugurating a dialogue 

forum with the citizens and demonstrating that Plastic 

Surgery is not a medical discipline used only for aesthetic 

reasons, but one that can also alleviate both physical 

and emotional pain. Aiming to increase awareness on 

health issues and prevent medical malpractice, some of 

the most renowned Plastic Surgery experts, Prof. Marita 

Eisenmann-Klein, IPRAS President, Prof. Gevorg 

Yaghjyan President of the 3rd AAPRAS Congress, 

Prof. Armen Hovannisyan, AAPRAS President, Prof. 

Andreas Yiacoumettis, ESPRAS President, Prof. 

Nelson Piccolo, IPRAS General Secretary, By Prof. 

Daniel Marchac, Chairman of the IPRAS Scientific 

Advisory Board presented topics, such as fat grafting 

and breast reconstruction and augmentation, the safety 

of liposuction, the challenge of face transplantation, and 

skin tumors. Almost 200 Armenian citizens participated 

in the Public Day, actively engaging in a dialogue process, 

posing their own interesting questions. 

Wine and Brandy Tasting at NOY Factory 


Left to Right: Prof. Daniel Marchac, Chair of the Scientific 

Advisory Board, Prof. Andreas Yiacoumettis, IPRAS Deputy 

General Secretary, Prof. Gevorg Yaghjyan, President of the 

3rd International Congress on the Unfavourable Results and 

Complications in Plastic Surgery and Dr. Ara Nazaryan 

Besides the “rich” scientific program, a nice social 

program was available to Congress participants. The 

Opening Ceremony took place on June 28th, 2011, at 

the Cafesjian Center for Art. The Reception started 

with a tour at the Armenian Center for Contemporary 

Experimental Art and was followed by a Cocktail 

Reception and Music from a classical quartet. 

The faculty dinner took place at NOY BRANDY 

FACTORY on June 29th, 2011. The dinner started with 

a brandy tasting and a tour in the Museum. The objective 

of NOY FACTORY tour was to reveal the secrets of true 

Armenian brandy and make it attainable to those who 

appreciate the majestic flavour and aroma of the legendary 

drink of the Biblical land. The Conference Dinner took 

place at the Bellagio restaurant, on June 30th, 2011. 

In his letter, Prof. Yiacoumettis states: “IPRAS and 

ESPRAS are very proud of our Armenian colleagues. 

Your team worked hard for the success of this event and 

you must be very pleased with the outcome. I am looking 

forward to future cooperation in both the European and 

the Global activities of our precious organizations. Once 

again, many thanks to you personally and to your colleagues 

for making our meeting in Yerevan unforgettable”. 

We think that the congress success was insured by the close 

cooperation with IPRAS, ESPRAS and “Zita Congress”, 

the official Congress Organizer of this event. 

We are looking forward to establishing a close 

cooperation with these organizations in the future, 

encouraging other National Associations in the former 

SU to conduct their International Congresses together 

with these Institutions. 

Dr. Yaghjyan Gevorg MD, PhD 

President of 3rd Congress of AAPRAS

EURAPS 2011 

Letter by the Outgoing 

Secretary General 

Dear colleagues and friends, 

The 22nd Annual EURAPS Meeting on the island 

of Mykonos belongs in the past. With nearly 450 

participants and 150 accompanying persons, it was the 

largest EURAPS Meeting ever. The event evaluation 

questionnaires showed enthusiastic remarks about the 

scientific and social programs. 

I have attended EURAPS Meetings, from the first one 

in Strasbourg in 1990 and only missed one meeting. For 

many years I served the Association; the past four years 

as Secretary General and I enjoyed doing so. During 

these years I was able, with the help of others, to achieve 

several things. 

Dr. Moshe Kon 

Outgoing EURAPS 

Secretary General, 

Dr. Julia Terzis 

Outgoing EURAPS 

President 

A new modern website was built, 61 new active members 

and five new corresponding members joined EURAPS, 

the EURAPS-JPRAS affiliation with two EURAPS 

members on the Editorial Board became reality, the 

EURAPS By-laws were adjusted, the transition of 

ECSAPS into the EURAPS Research Council was 

initiated, a EURAPS representative on the AAPS 

Board (reciprocal voting Board member position in each 

Association) was appointed, the EURAPS’ financial 

seat in Switzerland was established and CME credit 

points (12) for the Barcelona, Manchester and Mykonos 

meetings were obtained. 

It has been a great pleasure, for the past two years, 

to work with Dorothee and Georg Noever, at the 

From the left: 

Dr. Manfred FREY, 

EURAPS New 

Secretary General 

2011-2014, 

Mrs. Katia 

Ioannidou, 

Dr. Othon 

Papadopoulos, 

EURAPS Local Host 

Mykonos 2011 

Treasurer’s Office. They are extremely professional 

and we worked well together as a team. Thanks to their 

efforts, EURAPS is now, from a financial point of view, 

a more transparent and official organization. 

During several years I worked together with Eric Arnaud, 

Dominique Erni, Moustapha Hamdi and Rafic Kuzbari, 

Benoît Lengelé Hans-Günther Machens and the different 

local hosts as the Scientific Program Committee. They 

are all dedicated, hard working colleagues and we did 

our utmost to compile balanced programs based on the 

scores of the reviewers but also taking every submitted 

abstract into account. We know that we have had to 

disappoint many, who sent in abstracts which were not 

accepted, but that is a result of a very stringent selection 

and because of meetings without simultaneous sessions. 

I served with four Presidents: Françoise Firmin, David 

Soutar, Erkki Tukiainen and Julia Terzis. Everyone had 

his or her way to contribute to EURAPS and to fill in 

the presidency. 

It is now up to Manfred Frey, the new Secretary General, 

to move upwards and onwards with the Association. 

I wish him success in doing so, together with Andrej 

Banic, EURAPS President 2011-2012. 

I want to thank all the members for their support and 

input and I hope to serve our Association for many more 

years, in another capacity. Mykonos was a great place 

to step down and have 600 people, including my family, 

attend my farewell party! 

I look forward to seeing you during the 23rd EURAPS 

annual meeting in Munich 2012. 

With kind regards, 

Moshe KON 

EURAPS Past Secretary General 


Finland is a small Nordic country situated in the eastern 

corner of Scandinavia. 

Throughout history, Finland was often ruled by either 

one of its powerful neighbours, until 1917, when the 

country became an independent republic. Finland was 

the first country in the world to allow females into the 

parliament and the second country in the world to give 

women the right to vote (1906). 

The national Society: The Finnish Association of 

Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (Chirurgi 

Plastici Fenniae) was founded in 1957 and nowadays 

holds 128 members, out of which about 70 are actively 

practicing, fully licensed members. Two thirds of the 

active members work in public hospitals, some with 

a little private practice on the side. One third of the 

Finnish plastic surgeons work full time to cover a small, 

yet steadily increasing market of cosmetic surgery. 

With 4 annual meetings this small but, active society 

keeps up good standards and close collaboration among 

its members. Knowing each other well is mostly a 

strength. 

Plastic Surgery related research gives the foundation to 

good clinical practice and supporting research among 

our members is one of the goals of the Society. The crop 

of papers from our last National meeting in November 

2010 was huge and it was a hard job to put them in order. 

The following papers were chosen to the top three: 

How to Assess Scar Hypertrophy? A Comparison 

of Subjective Scales and Spectrocutometry – A New 

Objective Method. 

I.Kaartinen, P.Välisuo, V. Bochko, J. Alander H. 

Kuokkanen 


Finnish Association of Plastic, Reconstructive 

and Aesthetic Surgery (CPF) 

Department of Plastic Surgery, Tampere University 

Hospital 

Bilateral Progressive Facial Paralysis and Cutis Laxa 

caused by Gelsolin Amyloidosis- From Symptoms to 

Treatment 

T.Pihlamaa, J.Rautio, S.Kiuru-Enari, S.Suominen. 

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and 

Department of Neurology Helsinki University Hospital 

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Lymph Node 

Transplant Therapy after Axillary Lymphnode Removal- 

Effect on local immunology in Mice. 

P.Hartiala 1,2,3, M.Visuri 1,3, S.Ylä-Herttuala4, 

E.Suominen1, K.Alitalo5, S.Jalkanen3, A.Saaristo1. 

Department of Plastic Surgery and Department of 

Microbiology and Immunology Turku University 

Hospital, Satakunta Central Hospital, Medicity 

Reasearch Laboratories, A.I.Virtanen Institute, 

University of Eastern Finland and Department of 

Cancer- and Molecular Biology, Biomedicum, University 

of Helsinki. 

The tradition of microsurgery in Finland goes back to the 

70s, with pioneers like Sirpa Asko-Seljavaara and Simo 

Vilkki having set the pace. Our small country of only 5 

million people is therefore extremely proud to host the 

6th, and largest so far, World Society for Reconstructive 

Microsurgery, WSRM, in Helsinki, from June 29th to 

July 2nd , 2011. Welcome to Helsinki! 

The Finnish Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and 

Aesthetic Surgery 

Tarja Niemi, President 

tarja.niemi@tyks.fi 

Susanna Kauhanen, Secretary 

susanna.kauhanen@hus.fi

Association of Plastic Surgeons of India (APSI) 

The Teaching Department at Victoria Hospital, 

Bangalore, India celebrated their silver Jubilee on 8th 

January, 2011, by holding CME courses on various topics 

in Plastic Surgery by National & International Speakers, 

including Dr. Niri Niranjan from the UK. Inauguration 

of the Department Library by the Donor, Dr K S 

Shekar, also took place the same day. Later in the day, 

the alumni meeting with all past HOD’s, was attended 

by all past Academic Staff, PG’s and paramedical staff 

from the past 25 years. Several senior staff members 

were honoured. 

A live operative workshop on Post Mastectomy Breast 

reconstruction took place on 9th January. Four patients, 

including two cases of primary resection of breast 

carcinoma and immediate reconstruction and two 

cases of secondary reconstruction, were demonstrated 

by national and international faculty. This workshop 

included two free flaps and two pedicled flaps. 

The Teaching Department at Medical College and SSG 

Hospital, Vadodara (Baroda), India, celebrated their 

silver Jubilee on 24th December, 2010. The highlight 

of the program was a family reunion of all alumni 


and honoring of Teachers as well as the support staff. 

On 25th and 26th February, The Baroda Association 

of Plastic Surgeons organized a unique program on 

Unfavourable Results in Plastic Surgery and How to 

Avoid and Treat. The Association of Plastic Surgeons 

of India supported this program through the Scientific 

Activities of the Gujarat Fund. Lectures were oriented 

towards discussing plans to salvage. 

Dr. C R Sunderrajan National CME course was held at 

Ahmedabad on 26th and 27th February, its theme being 

Cosmetic Surgery. The full-day operative session on 26th 

February included a demonstration on fat harvesting 

and fat grafting, as well as split ear repair using conchal 

cartilage. The following day’s program included a 

demonstration on Obagi Blue Peel by Dr. Arumugam, 

and a demonstration of fractional CO2 Laser 


Our colleagues from Jabalpur Surgeons Association 

shared pictures of the Cosmetic Surgery and Hand Surgery 

workshop that was held there on 18th September, 2010. Dr. 

Hari Venkatramni and Dr. Shailesh Patel participated in 

the operative demonstration. The meeting was organized 

by Dr. Vinod B. Tamrakar, under the banner of Plastic 

Surgeons of Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgadh and 

Vidarbah. A State Association was also formed. 

MAPSICON 

The sixth biennial conference of Maharashtra section of 

APSI was held in Akola on 19th and 20th February 2011. 

APSI accords financial assistance to this event. The 

conference was held at the Committee Hall of Panjabrao 

Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth. Dr Bipin Sharma, 

Commissioner of Akola Municipal Corporation, Vice- 

Chancellor Dr Venkat Mayande and Dr Subhashchandra 

Korpe, President of Surgical Society of Akola were 

present at the inauguration. MAPSI president Dr JJ 

Kashikar, APSI President Dr Raja Sabapathy and 

President-elect Dr AK Singh attended the Conference.

APSICON 2011 

The 46th Annual Conference of the Association of 

Plastic Surgeons of India will be held in India’s most 

industrialized city, Coimbatore, from 9th until 11th 

September, 2011. 

On 7th September, the Prof. CR Sunderrajan Memorial 

Live Surgery Workshop will be held at Ganga Hospital. 

On 8th September, the Dr. Charles Pinto Memorial 

CME Course and later the main Conference will be held 

at Le Méridien Coimbatore Hotel, 762 Avinashi Road, 

Neelambur Village, Coimbatore. 

Visit www.apsicon2011.com for details. 

APSICON 2012 

The 47th Annual Conference of the Association of 

Plastic Surgeons of India will be held at Lucknow in 

November 2012. Please mark the dates. 

Main Conference – 6th, 7th and 8th 

PG course on Cleft 2nd and 3rd 

Dr.CR Sunderrajan Memorial Workshop 4th 

Dr. Charles Pinto Memorial CME - 5th 



PRESS RELEASE 

PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE 

SURGERY DAY – 15th July. 

President and Members of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India call on 

Union Minister of Health, Hon. Shri. Ghulam Nabi Azad. 

The Association of the Plastic Surgeons of India 

has decided to observe July the 15th of every year 

as Plastic Reconstructive Surgery Day. Dr. Raja 

Sabapathy, Director in Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, 

who is the President of the National Association, 

explained that this move was taken to increase the 

awareness of the spectrum of work done by Plastic 

and Reconstructive Surgeons and also to enable the 

members to reach out to the masses. 

Dr. S. Raja Sabapathy, President, APSI and Dr. Atul Kumar 

Shah, Secretary, APSI explaining the proposal of the 

Association of Plastic Surgeons of India to observe the 15th 

July of every year as the Plastic and Reconsturctive Surgery 

Day to Hon Minister of Health, Shri. Ghulam Nabi Azad. 

On 20th June, the team comprising of Dr. S. Raja 

Sabapathy, President of APSI, (Coimbatore), Dr. 

Atul Kumar Shah, Secretary of APSI, (Baroda) 

and Dr. Rakesh Khazanchi (Medanta Hospital, 

New Delhi) met the Hon’ble Minister for Health 

Shri. Ghulam Nabi Azad at New Delhi and made a 

presentation of the plans. 

Dr. S. Raja Sabapathy explained that most of the 

people remained in the dark about the possibilities 

of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. This is 

because, unlike other specialties, like cardiac surgery, 

neurosurgery or orthopedic surgery, this specialty 

does not relate to any organ system. Plastic Surgeons 

operate from head to foot; they operate on both sexes 

and on all age groups. 

The President of APSI, Dr S Raja Sabapathy has 

appealed to all the 1300 members of the Association 

to do at least one free surgery on 15th July. Surgeries 

could vary from correcting birth defects, post burn 

problems, hand injuries, deformities related to 

trauma, cancer reconstruction to aesthetic surgery. 

This way, they should be confident that they will make 

a difference in the lives of thousands of people and in 

turn their families and the community. In addition, 

the members will also organize awareness programs 

as per the need of each place. 

Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Health Minister, 

appreciated the initiative of the Association and 

wished them well. He also suggested to them 

to explore the possibility of a project, where the 

Association will provide the technical manpower and 

the Government could provide the infrastructure 

and the resources required to perform reconstructive 

surgery in places where it is not available. Dr. S. Raja 

Sabapathy said the members would be excited at the 

Members of Plastic Surgeons of India with Hon’ble 

Health Minister, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad (L-R) Dr. Rakesh 

Khazanchi, Hon’ble Health Minister Shri Gulam Nabi Azad, 

Dr. S. Raja Sabapathy, President APSI Dr. Atul Kumar Shah, 

Secretary APSI. 

opportunity to reach the unreached and a project 

report will be prepared by the Association. 

See also http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ 

article2124021.ece

Korean Society of Plastic 

and Reconstructive Surgeons (KPRS) 

Founded in 1966, the Korean Society of Plastic and 

Reconstructive Surgeons celebrates its 44th anniversary 

as the forefront academic congregation of Korean 

Plastic Surgery. Plastic Surgery in Korea has achieved 

enormous growth over the past years. Recently, there 

have been a growing number of patients visiting Korea 

from neighboring Asian countries for plastic operations. 

Given the circumstances, the Society has devoted itself in 

planning and carrying out various charity works related 

to Plastic Surgery, in an effort to facilitate the diffusion 

of this discipline with humanitarian spirit. 

As a part of domestic social service, the Society is 

involved in a service which provides plastic surgical 

care for low income population. It is mainly targeted 

at underprivileged patients living in governmentsubsidized 

residential areas, who are suffering from 

scars and functional disability sustained from burns, 

facial deformity, congenital malformations of the face 

and hands/extremities, hemangiomas and vascular 

malformations. This undertaking begun in 2005, and is 

benefiting from participations of surgeons from various 

institutional hospitals and private clinics, who have 

provided plastic surgical care to 221 patients from 2005 

to 2010, all free of charge. The patients either apply 

directly to the Society for the service, or are referred 

Smiley Face Sketching Contest 

to one of participating institutions. Even though there 

is no immediate compensation for the surgeons, they 

contribute to the community-serving image of the 

Society by their self-sacrificing annual participation. 

In addition, the Society holds the annual “Smiley 

Face Sketching Contest” for children. The contest was 

designed to promote positive interaction among the 

children who have gone through surgery for congenital 

facial malformations, including cleft palate, or secondary 

deformations such as burn or accidents, and to provide 

them with an opportunity to live up to their artistic 

potential. With almost 200 children and their family 

members participating every year, the event serves as a 

valuable ground for promoting unity among the cohorts. 

Furthermore, the Society is actively involved in 

overseas projects as well. As Dr. Millard, then-army 

surgeon of the United States military during the 

Korean War in 1950, had visited Korea and graciously 

offered his services to treat many cleft lip patients, who 

could not afford surgery, Plastic Surgeons of Korea 

are now returning the favor to underdeveloped, thirdworld 

nations. From 2004 to the present, the Society 

has either directly or indirectly supported 8 private 

and social organizations for more than 20 overseas 

service projects. These organizations visit various 


nations like Vietnam, China, Uzbekistan, Cambodia, 

Kyrgyzstan, and Mongolia to aid the rehabilitation of 

children with congenital malformations with surgical 

correction. Many faculty members from various 

Mission to Vientnam, 2009 

medical schools have actively participated, for more 

than 12 years, as members of the Global Care, a nongovermental 

organization. And there are many teams 

who have been devoted to one specific country for 

more than 10 years, such as Seoul National University 

ROAPS, the Romanian Association of Plastic Surgeons, 

whises to inform all IPRAS colleagues about the 

highlights of our forthcoming biannual programme 

concerning our scientific activity. 

Our Association begun preparations for the Annual 

Meeting of Plastic Surgeons, which will be held from the 

5th to the 8th of October 2011 in Sinaia and will have a 

large international participation. 

Meanwhile we also prepare our biannual ROAPS 

Congress. It will also take place in Sinaia between the 

25th and the 29th of September 2012. It is an international 

event whicl always attracts esteemed colleagues from all 

the corners of the world. 

In the academic field, ROAPS was actively involved 

in creating a post - Ph.D project. The title of 

the project is “Sustaining post-Ph.D research in 

Transplantation Reconstructive Surgery field (POST 

DOC-TRANSPLANT)” and is listed under the code 

POSDRU/89/1.5/S/64153. ROAPS is managing the 


Romanian Association 

of Plastic Surgeons (ROAPS) 

team (Vietnam), Yonsei University team (Uzbekistan 

& Mongolia), and Sooncheonhyang University team 

(Cambodia) etc. More recently, the Society has been 

involved in academic exchanges between Korea and 

third-world countries, inviting scholars to visit Korea 

for demonstration of complex facial malformation 

surgery such as Crouzon or Apert syndrome patients. 

Prof. Dae Hyun Lew MD PhD 

Chairman, International Affairs Committee 

The Korean society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons 

Dept of Plastic & Reconstr. Surgery 

Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul, Korea 

whole project and provides scientific support for the 20 

participating Romanian plastic surgeons. This project 

will run for the next 2 years and will reach its successful 

completion at the end of 2014. 

We are looking forward to welcoming as many colleagues 

as possible to our very interesting international events 

and Romania. 

Best regards, 

Ioan Petre Florescu 

President of ROAPS,

Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and 

Aesthetic Surgeons of Uzbekistan (SPRAZ) 

Uzbekistan – one of the ancient countries of the world, where 

medicine has arisen at an early stage of human development. 

Archeological excavation findings and ancient hand-written 

sources tell of it. Archaeologists and historians calculate that 

the first human on earth appeared about three million years 

ago. These people were at a rather low level of intellectual 

development; medical aid level was also very low. Relying 

on the instinct of self-preservation, the person of that time 

The 3rd Central Asian Plastic Surgery Conference, Tashkent May 

3-5, 2012. From the left: Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein, IPRAS 

President , Dr. Murod Jafarov, President of the Society of Plastic, 

Reconstructive and Aesthetic surgeons of Uzbekistan, Dr. Miodrag 

Colic, ISAPS Secretary General, IPRAS Europe representative, 

Member of the Cooperation with other Societies IPRAS committee 

could treat light traumas and simple diseases. For example, 

he could remove a splinter from the body; stop a bleeding 

vessel by putting grasses or licking the hurt place; or have a 

bite at the umbilical cord of the newborn. 

The great scientist Abu Ali ibn Sina (Avicenna), one of 

founders of surgery in the East, who was born in Bukhara, 

in the volumes III and IV of the book “Canon of Medicine”, 

which are devoted to surgery, stated theoretical and practical 

recommendations. Ibn Sina assorts methods of operations 

developed by Hippocrates and Galen in detail, and describes 

improvements and changes to these operations. Concerning 

treatment of stomach wounds, Ibn Sina describes the 

technique for wound closure after repositioning of the 

dropped-out and restrained guts. The recommended 

resection of the dropped-out omentum in the subsequent 

suture of the wound is still of value until today. 

In the 14th – 15th centuries, during Amir Timur’s Empire 

and his generation, great attention was given to medicine. At 

that time, good moral and material conditions were created 

for scientists and doctors. During that period many hospitals 

were constructed, in which skilled doctors worked. They 

rendered surgical help to sick warriors and local population, 

and were engaged in treatment of bullet wounds, furunculosis, 

purulent diseases, bloodletting, repositioning of fractures and 

dislocations. In Hussein Bajkara’s times, in the 15th century, a 

surgeon by the name of Hussein-sheikh used catgut suture. 

After the conquest of Turkestan by Russia, medical and, in 

particular, surgical service of the population changed. In 

April 1903, at the initiative of Peter F. Borovsky, the Red 

Cross Hospital opened a surgical branch with 10 patient beds. 

In 1920, the Turkestan State University in Tashkent founded 

its Medical faculty. This faculty became independent in 1931 

as the “Central Asian Medical Institute”, the first University 

in Central Asia to offer higher medical education. The 

opening of high schools and scientific-research institutes, 

the arrival of scientists from abroad and the work of local 

doctors were factors that contributed to the development of 

medicine and surgery, as well as the public health system in 

the republic. Surgeon Pavel P. Sitkovsky and his students 

dealt with the problems of appendicitis, hernia, biliary 

dyskinesia and plastic operations. He is also the founder 

maxillofacial surgery in Uzbekistan. 

In the last 60 years of the 20th century, Academician 

Vohid V. Vahidov and his pupils developed and widely 

applied plastic operations of the cicatricial stricture of the 

esophagus. Academician Uktam A. Aripov and his students 

contributed greatly in the areas of abdominal, vascular and 

transplant surgery. He conducted experimental studies on 

transplantations, and in September 1972 performed the 

first renal transplantation on a patient with chronic renal 

failure. During the 1970s, in the Surgery Department of the 

The 3rd Central Asian Plastic Surgery conference, Tashkent May 

3-5, 2012. From the left: Mr. Zacharias Kaplanidis, IPRAS Executive 

Director, Prof. Marita Eisenmann-Klein, IPRAS President, 

Dr. Daniel Marchac, Chairman of the IPRAS Scientific Board 


Samarkand Medical Institute Hospital, serious and deep 

burns were treated with autologous and homologous skin 

grafts. The first Department of Plastic and Reconstructive 

microsurgery was established in 1984, based in the Surgery 

Science Centre and performed 104 autologous skin graft 

procedures from 1984 until 1995. 

Based in the Pediatric Clinic of the Tashkent Medical 

Institute, the Children’s Plastic Surgery Department is very 

well developed and maintains excellent co-operation with 

other countries like Korea, Singapore, Turkey, Germany and 

the USA, as well as with charity organizations such as “Smile 

Train” and “Operation Smile”. 

Aesthetic medicine is a young, developing specialty of 

medicine in our country. It is of great social value, as it can 

affect every aspect of life, from the family institution to 

business development. Experts recognize that Plastic Surgery 

in Tashkent was somewhat late in starting to develop, but, 

nevertheless, interest in it increases every day. It is only logical 

to assume that interest increases thanks to the successes and 

achievements of Plastic Surgery. 

On April 5th, 2007 the first Constituent Assembly was held, 

with the participation of 30 doctors working in the field 

of Plastic Surgery. Plastic surgeons from private clinics 

and official government hospitals, ENTs, traumatologists, 

orthopedists and ophthalmologists participated. The 

meeting ended with the founding of the Society of Plastic, 

Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery of Uzbekistan 

(SPRASU). 

The number of private clinics in the republic has increased. 

Such well proved clinics include the Center for Aesthetic 

Surgery “CHIROY-TIB”, “KASMED” Medical center, 

“ESTIMED” Private clinic, “MEDAS” Clinic of Aesthetic 

Surgery, “HEIBERG CLINIC” ТМ and “KALISTO”. 

In these clinics, the full spectrum of aesthetic interventions 

on the face, trunk and extremities is carried out, such as 

various kinds of face-lifting; upper and lower blepharoplasty; 

otoplasty and rhinoplasty; mammoplasty; fat grafting and 

reconstructive operations on genitals. 

Another step in the development of Plastic Surgery in 

Uzbekistan was the organization of the First Conference on 

Plastic Surgery in Central Asia in 2008, where we welcomed 

21 participants from 6 countries. That same year, Uzbekistan 

became a member of the International Confederation of 

Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. In the 

second Conference, which was held in 2010, 45 visitors from 

16 countries of the world participated. At that conference, 

we were joined by the General Secretary and the Executive 

Director IPRAS, a fact indicating increase of interest in 

Plastic Surgery in Uzbekistan. 

The visit of Executive Director Zacharias Kaplanidis in 

January 2011 marked the continuation of our cooperation 

with IPRAS. During his visit, Mr. Kaplanidis met with First- 


Deputy Minister of Health Republic of Uzbekistan, Prof. 

Anvar Alimov and the President of SPRASU, Prof. Murod 

Jafarov. On those meetings, the prospects of the development 

of Plastic Surgery in Uzbekistan and the questions connected 

with the organization of the 3rd Conference of Plastic Surgery 

of Central Asia were discussed. The First-Deputy minister 

was glad to join IPRAS in carrying out the conference, and 

promised support from the Ministry of Health of the Republic 

of Uzbekistan. 

During his visit, Executive Director Zacharias Kaplanidis 

held meetings with members of SPRASU and presented 

them with the report «Prospect of development IPRAS», 

and also met Heads of private clinics. 

From the left: Dr. Murod Jafarov, President of the Society of 

Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic surgeons of Uzbekistan, 

Dr. Miodrag Colic, ISAPS Secretary General, IPRAS Europe 

representative, Member of the Cooperation with other societies 

IPRAS committee, Dr. Thomas Biggs, Editor in Chief of the 

IPRAS Journal 

In summary, we consider that, with our joint efforts and th e 

international support of IPRAS, Plastic Surgery will further 

develop in Central Asia and Uzbekistan in particular. In 

Uzbekistan we have ancient cities such as Samarqand, Bukhara 

and Khiva, with a history of more than 2000 years. And we 

will be happy to invite all our friends and Plastic Surgeons 

from all over the world to join our 3rd Central Asian Plastic 

Surgery Conference, which will take place in Tashkent on 

May 3rd – 5th, 2012. 

Murod M. Jafarov, MD, PhD. 

President of the Society of Plastic, Reconstructive 

and Aesthetic Surgeons of Uzbekistan.

I S P R E S 

A new Society is born and will function within IPRAS. It is named International Society of Plastic 

Regenerative Surgery (ISPRES). All those interested in this particular field of science, plastic surgeons 

and collaborating scientists, will find a forum and a group of colleagues with whom they will share 

knowledge and interests in this type of Surgery. Plastic Surgeons have been practicing fat injections 

for over a century but it was only recently that we realized that this procedure involved more than 

augmenting soft tissue in the various parts of the body. “Stem Cells”, “Pre-adipocyte cells” and other 

related terms are entering not only our vocabulary but also are influencing our everyday practice. 

A golden future is ahead of us and this topic needs to be studied in depth. In our perpetual efforts 

for improving our results, new applications will be evolved and it is expected that our methods and 

techniques will be significantly enriched. 

The inauguration meeting for founding ISPRES tïïk place in Vancouver Canada during the 16th 

IPRAS World Congress. 

Join us for ISPRES in Rome on 2012 

March 1-3 (Preliminary Date)! Experience a walk 

through the Vatican Gardens with us! Be with us 

in the Necropolis under the Cathedral where St. 

Peter’s grave was detected! Come along for an 

audience with Pope Benedikt XVI or join us for 

the Angelus Prayer with the Pope! 

International Society of 

Plastic Regenerative Surgery 

(ISPRES) 



Dear friends, 

I S P R E S 

It gives me great pleasure to invite you as members of our newly created 

International Society for Plastic Regenerative Surgary (ISPRES). As some 

of you are already aware, this society was founded at the last IPRAS meeting 

in Vancouver where I received the honor of becoming its first president. 

A basic reason for having a separate body is to emphasize the need to focus 

and specialize in the regenerative modalities of this niche area. 

The last half century was characterized by a leap in almost every field of 

medicine and in plastic surgery, where necessity, as always, has been the 

mother of invention. The 70s and 80s has been an era of local and regional 

flaps. With the 90s microsurgery came to help us find near precise solutions to impossible situations. 

However, only in the last decade have we started looking beyond duplication and substitution to 

actually remaking and recreating what age or disease has taken away. The genius in a plastic surgeon 

has finally found his comfort zone in regenerative surgery. 

With stem cell research and its possible applications gaining momentum in every facet of medicine, 

lipoaspirate has become the most dependable elixir to restore or recreate. 

We have always learnt to use our skill in aesthetic surgery as a means to fulfill the aspirations of 

the patient but we must also recognize the importance of reconstructive surgery which is indeed 

the “soul” of our specialty. Today this newly found society is an endeavor to amalgamate both for 

achieving synchronicity in function and form. 

The near future will see tremendous progress in the versatility of lipoaspirate to solve many problems, 

from the simple to the most complex, and we will be fortunate to be a part of this exciting journey. 

I therefore appeal to all of you to join the society and empower it with all of your experience, 

knowledge and skill. Legends in this field such as Tom Biggs, Sydney Coleman, Roger Khouri.... 

have already laid the path for all who wish to participate in, contribute to and enrich these pages of 

history. 

For all these reasons I also encourage all of you to participate to the first ISPRES Meeting that will 

be held in Rome on February 2012. 

Gino Rigotti 

ISPRES President 

ISPRES Management Office 

Contact Person: Maria Petsa 

Email Address: maria.petsa@iprasmanagement.com 

Telephone: +30 211 100 1787 

In order to apply for membership please visit IPRAS website (www.ipras.org) at Latest news section in order to 

download the application form and send it to the above mentioned address with your CV.

I S P R E S 

ISPRES Board of Directors 

President Gino Rigotti (Italy) 

Vice President Roger Khouri (USA) 

Secretary General Sydney Coleman (USA) 

Assistant General Secretary Alessandra Marchi (Italy) 

Treasurer Greg Evans (USA) 

Parliamentarian Andreas Yiacoumettis (Greece) 

Member Brian Kinney (USA) 

Member Lee Pu (USA) 

Executive Manager Zacharias Kaplanidis (Greece - IPRAS Management) 

Founding Members of ISPRES 

1 Marita Eisenmann Klein Germany 

2 Sydney Coleman USA 

3 Gino Rigotti Italy 

4 Norbert Pallua Germany 

5 Andreas Yiacoumettis Greece 

6 Marta Markowicz Germany 

7 Roger Khouri USA 

8 Kotaro Yoshimura Japan 

9 Lee Pu USA 

10 Guy Magalon France 

11 Riccardo Mazzola Italy 

12 Tim Marten USA 

13 Alessandra Marchi Italy 

14 Neeta Patel India 

15 Andrea Grisotti Italy 

16 Tom Biggs USA 

17 Greg Evans USA 

18 Emanuel Delay France 

19 Dan Del Vecchio USA 

20 Maurizio Nava Italy 

21 José Guerrerosantos Mexico 

22 Tom Baker USA 

23 Abel Chajchir Argentina 

24 Jim Carraway USA 

25 Nelson Piccolo Brazil 

26 Rod Rohrich USA 

27 Brian Kinney USA 

28 Ewaldo Bolivar de Souza Pinto Brazil 

29 Peter Rubin USA 

30 Michael Schneider Norway 

31 Neeta Patel Mumbai 

32 Theodoros Voukidis Greece 


C E R T I F I C A T E O F M E M B E R S H I P 

To All Plastic Surgeons 

Members of IPRAS 

Dear Colleagues, 

We are proud to present the 

“Certificate of Membership” to 

all members of IPRAS, which is 

the only Global Plastic Surgery 

Organization incorporating all 

National Societies of the world. 

Members of National Societies, who 

are at the same time members of 

IPRAS, are Plastic Reconstructive 

and Aesthetic Surgeons of good 

standing and with high ethical 

principles. 

For many years since the founding 

of IPRAS, many of our members 

have requested repeatedly a proof 

of membership and now is the time 

to fulfill their wish in the best and 

most official way. This “certificate” 

can be proudly displayed wherever 

you wish as a proof of belonging 

to our largest Organization of the 

world. It may be hung on the wall 

of your office or used as an extra 

document in your Curriculum 

Vitae. 

In order to send your application 

for the certificate you should 

get in touch with the Executive 

Management Office at: Maria Petsa 

- IPRAS Executive Office (maria. 

petsa@iprasmanagement.com) and 

pay the 100 € fee which covers 

With our most sincere regards, 

Marita Eisenmann-Klein 

President 


the cost of design, shipping & 

management. Once your National 

Society has verified your active 

membership, it will be sent to you 

by post (express). A complementary 

“lapel pin” bearing the IPRAS logo, 

Nelson Piccolo 

General Secretary 

will also be sent to you at no extra 

charge. 

To send your application please 

visit http://www.ipras.org and click 

on the IPRAS certificate banner. 

It is important to all of us to display our Specialty to the public at large, 

promoting at the same time the image of Plastic Surgery worldwide. 

Daniel Marchac 

Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board

JOIN YOUR COLLEAGUES 

The first website that gives you the opportunity 

to upload your scientific profile for free!! 

www.ipras.org 

I P R A S W E B S I T E 

Now it is very simple to upload your scientific 

profile and gain the benefits of being under the 

IPRAS umbrella. 

Try it…!! 

Sign up on www.ipras.org and follow the following 

steps: 

1. Create an account by clicking “Member’s 

login” on the top right-hand corner and then 

select the “Create new account” tab. 

2. Fill out your “Username”, “Email” and 

“Password”, as required. 

3. Select the option “Doctor” and your country, 

under the section “If you are a doctor, complete 

the following”. 

4. Once all account details have been added, click 

on “Create new account” button. 

Then you click on “EDIT” and then on “DOCTOR 

PROFILE”. 

This is the section where all the information of 

your scientific profile can be uploaded. 

You may complete the fields with the information 

that you prefer such us: Personal Picture, Hospital 

Position, Affiliation, Special Field of Interest, 

Contact Details, Memberships, Topics of Special 

Interest, Publications etc. 

At the “EDIT” section you may proceed to the 

appropriate corrections at your account such us 

to change your password or to update personal 

information. 

When you complete the aforementioned steps 

there will be one last step remaining for your 

details to be uploaded on the IPRAS website. The 

application must be approved by the National 

Association you are a member. The application will 

be sent at the Association of the country that you 

have declared, ensuring that only IPRAS members 

of good standing and high ethical principles are 

able to upload their personal details. 

As soon as your Association verifies you as 

a member, your profile will automatically be 

uploaded at the website’s, “Find a doctor” option 

in the “Members”section. 

It is also up to you to decide whether your profile 

will be classified as “private” or visible to all 

visitors of the IPRAS webpage. Our aim, besides 

facilitating communication among colleagues, 

expands to allowing patients to verify the good 

standing and high ethical principles of the doctors’ 

profiles hosted, allowing them to choose qualified 

IPRAS members for needed procedures. 

In conclusion, I want to emphasize the usefulness 

of the IPRAS website FORUM. A section you 

will gain access to, as soon as your profile has 

been accepted and uploaded. Only verified 

plastic surgeons can use it and read its contents. 

Therefore, you will have the opportunity to 

exchange ideas, news regarding plastic surgery 

techniques, news from your National Association, 

alerts and all other information you would like to 

share with your peers. 

Don’t miss the opportunity to make the IPRAS 

website twice as useful to you! 

If you face any difficulties please do not hesitate 

to contact me at: maria.petsa@iprasmanagement. 

com . 

Always at your disposal! 

Maria Petsa 

IPRAS Assistant Executive Director 



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124 ABSTRACTS SUBMITTED! 

MORE THAN 350 PARTICIPANTS EXPECTED! 

As the 2 nd IMAFR Meeting (01-03 September 2011) is approaching we are 

proud of announcing a memorable Scientific Program covering a wide range of important 

topics of our specialty such as 

Aesthetics, Facial Rejuvenation, Rhinoplasty, Implants, 

Endoscopy, Microsurgery, Facial Trauma, Head and Neck Cancer and 

Craniofacial Deformities 

The theme is "Binding aesthetics with reconstruction" and the intention of 

the 2 nd IMAFR Meeting is threefold: 

Educational, scientific and recreational. 

An outstanding Faculty comprised of Top Specialists from all over the world 

will give lectures on the above topics 

Honorary President: Marita Eisenmann-Klein. Germany 

Congress Chairmen: Apostolos Mandrekas, Greece 

Alexander D. Rapidis, Greece 

Daniel C. Baker USA 

Dario Bertossi Italy 

Giovanni Botti Italy 

Sean Boutros USA 

Jay Calvert USA 

Mimis Cohen USA 

Sydney Coleman USA 

Peter Cordeiro USA 

Gregory Evans USA 

Ralph William Gilbert Canada 

Wolfgang Gubisch Germany 

Andrew J. Kaufman USA 

Brian M. Kinney USA 

William J. Little USA 

Lydia Masako Ferreira Brazil 

Peter Neligan USA 

Milomir Ninkovic Germany 

Pier Francesco Nocini Italy 

Norbert Pallua Germany 

Nelson Piccolo Brazil 

Gerald H. Pitman USA 

Jan G. Poëll Switzerland 

Julian Pribaz USA 

Oscar Ramirez USA 

Camilo J. Roldán Germany 

Pierre Saadeh USA 

Osvaldo Saldanha Brazil 

Julia Terzis USA 

Spero Theodorou USA 

Patrick Tonnard Belgium 

Carlos Oscar Uebel Brazil 

Kurt G. Vinzenz Austria 

Don’t miss the chance to attend high scientific 

level lectures and participate to master classes 

FREE OF CHARGE 

Register NOW on www.imafr2011.org 

Combine Science with memorable vacations 

on the Hippocrates Island


Invited�International� 

Faculty� 

Marita�Eisenmann�Klein,�� 

Germany� 

Andreas�Yiacoumettis,� 

Greece� 

Roger�Khouri,�USA� 

Bishara�Atiyeh,�Lebanon� 

Dan�Del�Vecchio,�USA� 

Norbert�Pallua,�Germany� 

Marco�Klinger,�Italy� 

Klaus�Überreiter,�Germany� 

Dana�Mihaela�Jianu,�� 

Romania� 

Ali�Mojallal,�France� 

Michael�Schneider,�Norway� 

Gürsu�Güler,�Turkey� 

Theodoros�Voukidis,�Greece� 

Scientific�Program� 

Topics� 

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��Congenital�Anomalies� 

��Upper�Limb/�Hand�Surgery� 

��Facial�Reconstruction� 

��Lower�Limb� 

��Cutaneous�Malignancies� 

��Skin�Cancer� 

CME�POINTS�ARE�� 

EXPECTED�TO�BE� 

GRANTED�� 

Symposium�Secretariat� 

Mr.�George�Koliopoulos� 

Zita�Congress� 

Tel.�+30�2111001781� 

Fax.�+30�2106642116� 

Email:�george.koliopoulos@zita� 

congress.gr� 

www.zita�congress.gr� 


Dear�Colleagues,� 

� 

The�Cyprus�Society�for�Plastic�Reconstructive�and�Aesthetic�Surgery�invites�you�to�an� 

exciting�and�much�promising�meeting�taking�place�on�the�14�15 th �October�2011�in�� 

Limassol,�Cyprus.� 

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The�programme�will�cover�topics�from�all�aspects�of�Plastic�and�Reconstructive�surgery� 

in�which�you�will�be�able�to�exchange�experiences�and�ideas�with�numerous�esteemed� 

experts.�Special�attention�will�be�paid�to�Breast�Reconstruction�with�the�new�method�of� 

Fat�Grafting.�The�program�will�focus�on�the�recent�advances�and�concepts�of�our�� 

specialty�and�particularly�on�the�fat�and�stem�cell�application�in�the�field�of�� 

regenerative�plastic�surgery.�The�one�day�Course�on�Fat�Grafting�will�give�special�� 

emphasis�on�breast�reconstruction.�� 

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The�topics�that�will�be�covered�during�the�Symposium�will�be�� 

Breast�Reconstruction,�Congenital�Anomalies,�Upper�Limb/Hand�Surgery,�Facial�� 

Reconstruction,�Lower�Limb�and�Cutaneous�Malignancies.� 

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The� Organizing� Committee� has� selected� a� great� number� of� internationally� renowned� 

speakers�who�will�reflect�our�aims�of�improving�education,�skills�and�ultimate�patient� 

care.� 

� 

The�Symposium’s�Program�welcomes�the�submission�of�abstracts,�for�those�interested� 

in�presenting�their�work�during�this�important�event�� 

� 

Submission�of�abstracts�is�not�obligatory�in�order�to�attend�CyprusFatGraft2011 

Authors�of�clinical�and�research�papers,�who�wish�to�have�their�abstracts�considered�for� 

inclusion�in�the�scientific�program,�can�submit�their�abstract�online�via�the�Symposium’s� 

website�www.cyprusfatgraft2011.com�by�August�19th�2011� 

� 

Take�a�moment�off�the�hustle�and�bustle�of�your�daily�routine!�Picture�yourself�lying�on� 

the�sandy�beaches�of�one�of�the�most�beautiful�islands�in�the�Mediterranean�or�simply� 

imagine�yourself�scholarly�examining�the�ruins�of�a�long�forgotten�civilization�that�once� 

flourished�on�the�island.� 

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Let�us�welcome�you�to�the�island�of�Cyprus!�� 

The�birthplace�of�Goddess�Aphrodite!� 

Marita�Eisenmann�Klein�� Andreas�Yiacoumettis�� Christos�Merezas�� 

��IPRAS�President�� Deputy�General�Secretary�IPRAS�BOD��Symposium�Chairman�� 

��ESPRAS�President��President�of�the�Cyprus�Society�� 

��UEMS�Section�PRAS�President��for�Plastic,�Reconstructive�� 

��and�Aesthetic�Surgery�� 

Organized�by:� Co�organized�by�:�

eijing, china 

�� 

Chinese 

European 

Congress 

of Plastic 

Reconstructive 

and Aesthetic 

Surgery 

27-30 October 2011 

Dear Colleagues, 

Despite belonging in an ever expanding front of the 

medical world that always advances to new 

achievements and exciting challenges, we do not 

get the chance to witness many “first time” events 

as often as the sum of our personal scientific 

contributions actually deserves. 

We are proud to announce that, “for the first time” European Plastic Surgeons 

join their Chinese Colleagues in organizing a major Congress, the 1st Chinese 

European Congress of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery 

taking place in Beijing, China, from October 27th to 30th, 2011. We invite you to be 

present in the first of many Congresses to link the world of plastic surgery with a 

view of the combined Chino-European Perspective. A combination that already 

captured the imagination and gained the support of the most esteemed international 

plastic surgery and anti-ageing organizations globally. 

Besides IPRAS (the Global Organization of our Specialty) and ESPRAS (the 

European Section), this event is co-organized by the European Society of 

Preventive, Regenerative and Anti-aging Medicine, the International Society 

of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS), the American Society of Plastic Surgeons 

(ASPS), the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery (SBCP) and the European Society 

for LaserAesthetic Surgery (ESLAS). 

'This has never happened before’ 

Contact details: Chrysa Kontololi Tel: +30 211 100 17 83 Fax: +30 210 664 21 16 Email: chrysa.kontololi@zita-congress.gr 


The program includes all aspects of tissue 

engineering with state of the art research presentations,all 

aspects of reconstruction of congenital 

anomalies,trauma sequelae and reconstruction after 

tumor surgery. Liability and malpractice issues, 

practical suggestions on setting up a successful 

Plastic Surgery practice and on optimizing internet 

representation,will also be presented. 

The Anti-Aging program will cover an update on 

the latest research of skin aging and prevention 

programs. Preventive, Regenerative and Anti-aging 

Medicine is encapsulating a great part of the 

Preliminary Program Topics 

Bioengineering 

Stem Cell Research 

Composite Tissue Transplantation 

Innovations - Materials & Devices 

Wound Healing & Wound Management 

Congenital Anomalies 

Hand Surgery 

Burns 

Pediatric Plastic Surgery 

Innovations in Microsurgery 

Management of Malignant tumors and post 

Oncologic Reconstruction 

Trauma Management & Reconstruction 

Breast Aesthetic & Reconstructive Surgery 

Liability Issues and Malpractice 

Fat Graft Workshop 

Aesthetic Surgery 

Body Contouring 

Set up of a Successful Plastic Surgery Practice 

Optimizing Internet Representation 


27-30 October 2011 

beijing, china 

www.china-europe2011.com 

�� 

Chinese European Congress of 

advances made in our battle against health burdens 

brought by time. It is directly aligned to the philosophy 

of plastic and reconstructive surgery while 

many plastic surgeons are members of ESAAM. 

Indications for laser treatments will be 

presented in cooperation with ESLAS, 

the 

European Society for Laser Aesthetic Surgery. A 

Society populated mainly by plastic surgeons with a 

distinct specialization in techniques which reside at 

the forefront of technological progress. 

Preventive, Regenerative 

and Anti-Aging Medicine 

Non-Invasive facial 

Rejuvenation 

Biotechnology and Human Aging 

Biology and Genetics of Age Related Skin Disorders 

Glycation and Aging of the Cardiovascular System 

Human Myoblasts in Regeneration of Post - Infarction 

heart 

Common Ageing 

Associated Bone & Joint Diseases and their Treatment 

Brains & Skin Aging: A Common Molecular approach? 

Ageing of Immune System 

Macula Degeneration - a Progressive, Ageing Associated 

Ocular Disease 

New Frontiers in the Management of Chronic Disease 

Prevention and Treatment of Prostate Cancer 

Prevention and Treatment of Kidney Stones 

Testosterone and PDE5 Inhibitors in the Aging Male 

The Dialectic Role of Hormones in the Prevention and 

Female Health 

New Cosmetic Approaches for the Ageing Skin 

Elastic Fibres, Skin Scarring and Phytocosmetology 

Can Aging be delayed? 

Lessons from Centenarians 

IPRAS / ESAAM cooperation: A Futuristic picture of 

Preventive, Regenerative and Anti-Aging Medicine 

Holistic Medicine.

Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery 

INVITED FACULTY 

We are happy to announce an Invited outstanding faculty from all over the world, comprised of 

top specialists and researchers and an impressive International and Scientific Committee 

under the chairmanship of Professor Daniel Marchac (France) and Professor Lan Mu (China) 

will 

cover the whole spectrum of the Plastic,Reconstructive andAesthetic Surgery. 


The presentation of the Beijing Congress in the 16th IPRASWorld Congress during May 22 - 27,2011 in 

Vancouver was an absolute success with almost all of the 1800 participants getting a full package of 

information through the booth set up in 

the exhibition area. There, surgeons had 

the chance to receive useful information 

about the scientific content of the 

congress. They went through the already 

confirmed part of the faculty that contains 

some of the most respected names in 

plastic surgery and keeps expanding daily 

with more and more esteemed colleagues 

from all over the world. They also got 

presented with the especially low prices 

for their stay in Beijing that the Organizational Support Company,Zita Congress,secured. 

Numbers, names and pictures do speak for themselves, so take the time to go through the following pages 

and make time in your schedule for the 1st Chinese European Congress of Plastic, Reconstructive 

andAesthetic Surgery,an event that will gather surgeons,medics and the industry from every 

part of the globe. 

The fantastic venue capturing the heart precinct of Beijing Olympic Green, China National Convention 

Centre is right next to the Bird Nest (China National Stadium for the Olympics opening and closing 

ceremony), the Water Cube (National Aquatics Center) and National Indoor Stadium.The Centre itself is 

398m long,148m wide,42m high and its has 

eight floors and two more in the basement 

with a shopping mall inside. CNCC is 

proud of its stunning architectural design 

(by world-famous UK-based RMJM). Its 

front appearance looks like traditional 

Chinese quoins, illustrating Chinese rich 

history and culture,incorporating tradition 

and modernity,and bridging to the future. 

Sitting in the center of the Olympic 

commercial circle between Beijing's fourth 

and fifth ring roads, CNCC boasts an 

enviable location.It's only 30 minutes drive 

to the airport and the subway station is 

connected with CNCC's basement which 

enables people to quickly go to the city center, the airport, the Beijing Railway station, the central business 

district, China's silicon valley Zhongguancun, and many tourist attractions such as Tian'anmen Square, 

Forbidden City or Summer Palace.It takes only one hour from CNCC to the renowned GreatWall and Ming 

Tombs. 

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REGISTER AND BOOK HOTEL ACCOMMODATION VIA www.china-europe2011.com 

Specialty 

Registration Fees 

Late (before September 

15th, 2011) 

CNCC Grand Hotel China 

On Site (September 16th till 

the end of the congress) 

Participants 

€ 450,00 € 500,00 

Accompanying Persons € 150,00 € 150,00 

Registration fees for all PARTICIPANTS include the following: 

Entry to all scientific conference sessions 

Access to Exhibition & Poster Area 

Conference Bag (including all conference material and final program) 

Opening Ceremony Participation 

Opening Ceremony Cocktail Participation 

Coffee Breaks 

Business Lunches 

Registration fees for ACCOMPANYING PERSONS include the following: 

Access to Exhibition & Poster Area 

Opening Ceremony Participation 

Opening Ceremony Cocktail Participation 

Half Day City Tour (Forbidden City) 

* The Conference Dinner is not included in the registration fees there is an additional charge 

** Registration fees do not include insurance of participants against cancellation, accidents, theft 

or property loss. Participants should arrange for their own insurance. 

CNCC Grand Hotel, located in the center of the Beijing Olympic 

Green, is a brand new international standard hotel with 420 

comfortable rooms. The hotel is adjacent to China National 

Convention Center, China's biggest and newest international 

conference venue and with the help of sky bridge between the 

Hotel and the Center,it takes only 3 minutes to walk to the Center. 

The Hotel is also within walking distance to the Bird Nest (China 

National Stadium),theWater Cube (NationalAquatics Center) and the State Indoor Stadium all of which 

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Single Room : 130€ per room, per night Double Room: 70€ 

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�Chrono�biology�and�diet�in�aging 

�Intestinal�permeability�and�overweight 

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SUPPORT LETTER FROM BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER 

Dear colleagues and friends of IPRAS, 

I have always been certain that the only way forward is to have our eyes looking to the 

future, confident that plastic surgery will carry on thriving, absorbing new technologies and 

techniques. I have accompanied our society since its first steps, and I am glad to see visions 

transformed to reality! It has been my hope that IPRAS and its national societies will 

continue to be the forums where innovation will be presented, where the inquisitive mind 

will find others equally curious, so that plastic surgery may evolve within the framework of 

two principal objectives: to generously pass on knowledge to the next generation, and to 

assure safety to our patients. 

I am particularly happy that the upcoming IPRAS World Congress is to be held in beautiful 

Chile, in our continent of South America, where plastic surgery has made giant steps of 

development. I invite you all to add this important event to your plans for 2013 and to take 

advantage of the opportunity to attend one of the most important scientific gatherings for 

plastic surgery. 

Ivo PITANGUY 

Head-Professor of the Plastic Surgery Departments of the Pontifical Catholic University 

of Rio de Janeiro and the Carlos Chagas Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Studies 

Member (and patron) of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery, the National Academy 

of Medicine, and the Brazilian Academy of Letters 

Visiting Professor, I.S.A.P.S. FICS, FACS 


INTERNATIONAL 

PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE AESTHE 

International Confederation for Plastic, 

Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 

th st 

24 February - 1 March 2013 

S A N TT II A G O C H II LL E 

IPRAS 

th 

17 World Congress of 

the International 

Confederation for 

Plastic, Reconstructive 

and Aesthetic Surgery 

www.ipraschile.cl 

SANTIAGO, CHILE 2013 


TIC SURGERY 

Dear colleagues, 

w w w. i p r a s c h i l e . c l 

IPRAS 

th 

17 World Congress of the International 

Confederation for Plastic, 


th st 


S A N T I A G O , C H I L E 

Santiago de Chile is the destination for our World Congress 2013. Santiago 

recently, without even being noticed by the rest of the world, has changed into 

a vibrating city with an incredible spirit. It is considered now to be the 

Manhattan of South America. And it is surrounded by a breathtaking beautiful 

landscape between endless beaches and eternal snow, volcanos and rain 

forests, deserts and penguins! 

Our colleagues there are eagerly awaiting us with the unique hospitality of 

South America. Together we shall prepare an outstanding scientific program, 

but also unforgettable social events and unique pre- and post- congress tours. 

You all have noticed the dynamic development of our Confederation into a 

society that is eager to serve its individual members more efficiently and to 

increase the benefits for its members continuously. 

Our next world congress in Santiago de Chile will define another turning point. 

From now on, IPRAS will organize all world congresses with its own 

management staff and PCO. You will have the same familiar pattern of 

information and the same familiar persons will accompany you to destinations 

all around the world. 

Chile is a particularly exciting one. We promise to make this trip an 

unforgettable experience for you. 

We look forward to meet you there! 

Marita Eisenmann-Klein Patricio Léniz 

Daniel Marchac 

President of IPRAS President of the congress 

Chairman of the Scientific 

President of Chilean 

Society of Plastic Surgery 

Board of IPRAS 

ZITA 

C O N G R E S S 

ISO 9001 

ISO 14001 

O r g a n i z a t i o n a l S u p p o r t : 

ZITA CONGRESS S.A. 

Contact details: Maria Petsa Tel: +30 211 100 17 87 Fax: +30 210 664 21 16 Email: maria.petsa@zita-congress.gr

Chile 

Chile is a country of startling contrasts and 

extreme beauty, with attractions ranging 

from the towering volcanic peaks of the 

Andes to the ancient forests of the Lake 

District. Spindly Chile stretches 4300km 

over half the continent from the driest 

desert in the world (near San Pedro de 

Atacama) to massive glacial fields. Filling up 

the in-between are volcanoes, geysers, 

beaches, lakes, rivers, steppe and countless 

islands. Slenderness gives Chile the intimacy 

of a backyard (albeit one fenced between 

the Andes and the Pacific). 

Espacio Riesco 

Today, Chile is one of South America's 

most stable and prosperous nations and 

a recognized middle power. It leads Latin 

American nations in human 

development, competitiveness, income 

per capita, globalization, economic 

freedom, low perception of corruption 

and state of peace. 

Resting on an inland plain, with the 

Andes glimmering in the distance, 

Santiago, the capital of Chile, is the fifth 

largest city in South America. Santiago is 

a city that seems destined for growth. 

Espacio Riesco Convention Center is 

a highly innovative exhibition venue 

in Santiago and spans over more 

2 

than 130,000 m of land. 

The Center provides meeting rooms 

2 

of 10,000 m that can easily hold 

around 6,500 guests as well as an 

2 

indoor expocenter of 17,000 m 

2 

and an outdoor expocenter of 28,000 m . Providing a parking facility for around 2,000 

vehicles, the Espacio Riesco Convention Center is internationally deemed fit to meet 

all the requirements of global exhibitors as well. This notable convention forum strives 

towards creating an out of the world 

experience for its clients by 

providing them with the right space, 

the latest technology and excellent 

service for the enablement of highly 

effective and successful trade 

shows, events and conferences. 

Espacio Riesco is the place that 

denotes confidence and promotes 

creative development. 

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ZITA Congress S.A. guarantees 

highest quality accommodation and unique delegate rates 

Contact details: Maria Petsa Tel: +30 211 100 17 87 Fax: +30 210 664 21 16 Email: maria.petsa@zita-congress.gr 

INTERNATIONAL 

PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE AESTHE 

International Confederation for Plastic, 

Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 

th st 


S A N TT II A G O C H II LL E 

IPRAS 

th 

17 World Congress of 

the International 

Confederation for 

Plastic, Reconstructive 


Organizational Support 

ZITA 

C O N G R E S S 

ISO 9001 

ISO 14001 

ZITA CONGRESS S.A. 

SANTIAGO, CHILE 2013 

Issue 5 www.ipras.org IPRAS Journal 77 

TIC SURGERY

NATIONAL & CO-OPTED SOCIETIES’ FUTURE EVENTS 

29 - 01 September 2011 

9th Pan-Hellenic Society 

of Plastic, Reconstructive 

and Aesthetic Surgery Congress 

Location: Kos, Greece 

Venue: Kipriotis Village Resort 

Contact: Mr. Nikos Antonopoulos 

Telephone: +30 211 100 1782 

Fax: +30 210 6642116 

E-mail: nikos.antonopoulos@zita-congress.gr 

01 - 03 September 2011 

2nd International Meeting on Aesthetic and 

Reconstructive Facial Surgery (IMAFR) 

Location: Kos,Greece 

Venue: Kipriotis Village Resort 


Telephone: +30 211 100 1782 

Fax: +30 210 6642116 


URL: http://www.imafr2011.org 

07 - 10 September 2011 

VIII Centroamerica- 

Caribe Meeting of FILACP 

Location: Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) 

URL: http://www.congresocentroamericanodecirugiapl 

astica2011.gauno.com/ 

14 - 18 September 2011 

33rd National Congress of the Turkish 

Society of Plastic Reconstructive 

and Aesthetic Surgeons 

Location: Çeşme, İzmir 

Venue: Sheraton Hotel 

E-mail: tpcd@figur.net 

URL: http://www.plastikcerrahikurultayi.org 

14 - 18 September 2011 

33rd National Congress of the Turkish 

Society of Plastic Reconstructive 

and Aesthetic Surgeons 

Location: Izmir - Turkey 

Venue: Cesme Sheraton Hotel 

URL: http://www.plastikcerrahikurultayi.org/ 


23 - 27 September 2011 

Plastic Surgery 2011 

Location: Denver,Colorado 

URL: http://www.plasticsurgery2011.org 

29 - 01 October 2011 

DGPRÄC Congresses 

Joint Congress of the Austrian 

and the German Society of Plastic Reconstructive 

and Aesthetic Surgeons, Innsbruck, Austria 

Location: Innsbruck, Austria 

URL: http://www.plast-congress-2011.org 

14-15 October 2011 

Symposium on Recent advances 

and new concepts in Plastic Surgery 

& Fat Grafting Course 

Location: Limassol, Cyprus 

Venue: Dt. Raphael Hotel 

Contact: George Koliopoulos 

Telephone: +30 211 100 1781 

Fax: +30 210 6642116 

E-mail: george.koliopoulos@zita-congress.gr 

URL: www.cyprusfatgraft2011.com 

14 - 17 October 2011 

APRSSA congress 

(Association of Plastic and Reconstructive 

Surgeons of Southern Africa) 

Location: Spier Wine Estate, Cape Town 

27 - 29 October 2011 

1st Chinese European Congress of Plastic, 


Location: Beijing, China 

Venue: China National Convention Centre 

Contact: Chrysa Kontololi 

Telephone: +30 211 100 1783 

Fax: +30 210 6642116 

E-mail: chrysa.kontololi@zita-congress.gr 

URL: http://www.china-europe2011.com 

04 - 05 November 2011 

International Education Symposium: 

«Esthetic Surgery and Cosmetology for Face 

and Periorbital Rejuvenescense» 

Location: Institute of Surgery n.a. 

A.Vyshevsky, B. Serpukhovskaya, 27 

E-mail: info@plastickafedra.com 

URL: http://www.plastickafedra.com/

NATIONAL & CO-OPTED SOCIETIES’ FUTURE EVENTS 

11-14 January 2012 

American Association for Hand Surgery 

2012 Annual Meeting 

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada 

Venue: Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa 

URL: http://handsurgery.org/ 

20 - 22 January 2012 

ISAPS Course 2012 

Location: Goa, India 

Venue: Hotel Grand Hyatt 

Contact: Dr. Nazim Cerkes 

Telephone: 011 29228349 

E-mail: ncerkes@hotmail.com 

01 - 03 March 2012 

Internation Society 

of Plastic Regenerative Surgery (ISPRES) 

1st International Congress 

with Fat Graft Course 

Location: Italy, Rome 

Venue: Hotel Columbus 

06 - 11 March 2012 

XLIII National Congress 

Of Plastic, Aesthetic 

and Reconstructive Surgery 

Location: Merida, Yucatan. Mexico 

Venue: Convention Center Merida. 

URL: http://www.cirugiaplastuca.org.mx 

11 - 14 March 2012 

16th ASEAN Congress 

of Plastic Surgery 

Location: Boracay Island, Aklan, Philippines 

Venue: Boracay Regency Beach Resort 

& Convention Center 

URL: http://www.papras.org/ 

03 - 05 May 2012 

3rd Central Asian 

Plastic Surgery Conference 

Location: Tashkent, Uzbekistan 

Contact: George Koliopoulos 

Telephone: +30 211 100 1781 

Fax: +30 210 6642116 

E-mail: george.koliopoulos@zita-congress.gr 

22 - 26 May 2012 

XIX International 

Meeting of FILACP 

Location: Medellín (Colombia) 

URL: http://www.filacp2012.com 

29 - 31 May 2012 

3rd European Conference on Preventive, 

Regenerative and Anti Aging Medicine 

(ECOPRAM) 

Location: Istanbul, Turkey 

Contact: Chrysa Kontololi 

Telephone: +30 211 100 1783 

Fax: +30 210 6642116 

E-mail: chrysa.kontololi@zita-congress.gr 

URL: http://www.ecopram2012.com 

03 - 07 September 2012 

21st Congress of ISAPS 

Location: Geneva, Switzerland 

Venue: Centre International de Conferences Geneve 

Contact: Catherine Foss 

Telephone: 1-603-643-2325 

Fax: 1-603-643-1444 

E-mail: isaps@conmx.net 

URL: http://www.isapscongress2012.org 

12 - 15 September 2012 

43. Jahrestagung der DGPRÄC / 17. 

Jahrestagung der VDÄPC 

Location: Bremen, Germany 

URL: http://www.dgpraec2012.de 

10 - 13 October 2012 

2nd World Congress 

of Plastic Surgeons of Lebanese Descent 

Location: Cancun, México. 

Venue: Convention Center Cancun. 

URL: http://www.congressmexico.com/LSPRAS2012 

01 - 03 November 2012 

10th IQUAM Consensus Conference 

Location: Athens, Greece 

Venue: Royal Olympic Hotel 


Telephone: +30 211 100 1782 

Fax: +30 210 6642116 



IPRAS is happy to announce a new section in the ever-developing 

IPRAS Journal. 

“IPRAS Member Association Profiles” 

Starting from the upcoming sixth issue of the Journal in October 2011, 

and in each forthcoming issue, 

you will be able to read a very interesting historical account 

of eight of our Member National or Regional Associations. 

Watch this space for a section worth reading and keeping in your 

archives! 

Each new IPRAS Journal will open a window 

to the past, current and future work of our Colleagues globally, 

allowing the family of Plastic Surgery to strengthen its ties even more 

and allow each surgeon to map the world presence of our specialties. 

For each National or Regional Association Member of IPRAS 

you will be able to read about: 


important milestone events 

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inspired and gifted colleagues 

endeavors for the profession's development 

past and future events 

efforts to promote education 

humanitarian initiatives 

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In the Next Issue, Don't Miss the Reports on: 

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The United States of America 

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Bulgaria 

New Zealand 

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IPRAS BENEFITS 

FOR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS 

• Immediate information about safety 

warnings on devices, drugs and procedures 

• Information regarding the proper use of 

all materials, substances and techniques 

related to Plastic, Reconstructive and 

Aesthetic Surgery through IQUAM 

(the International Committee of Quality 

Assurance and Medical Devices in Plastic 

Surgery) General Consensus statement, 

with an update every 2 years 

• Free electronic receipt of the IPRAS 

JOURNAL 

• Information regarding harmonization of 

training 

• Information regarding accreditation of 

Plastic Surgery Units 

• Promotion of Patient Safety and Quality 

Management (in cooperation with WHO) 

• Protection of the Specialty and Promotion 

of its image world-wide 

• Promotion of Individual Members of 

National Associations by uploading their 

scientific profile on the IPRAS website 

• Exchange of ideas, views, thoughts and 

proposals though the IPRAS website and 

its FORUM section 

• Certificate for Individual Members to 

display their IPRAS Membership 

• Regular updates on necessary information 

and the right to participate in all events 

organized by National Societies and 

IPRAS 

• Strengthening ties of professional 

cooperation and friendship with colleagues 

beyond national borders all over the world 

• Information regarding the developments of 

plastic surgery worldwide 

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for Plastic Reconstuctive 


IPRAS BENEFITS 

FOR NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS 

• Association support for educational and 

research purposes 

• Association legal & ethical advice 

according to international law and 

practices and assistance with crisis 

management 

• Promotion of local or regional events 

through the official IPRAS management 

office 

• Promotion of local or regional news and 

a Historical Account for the Association 

through the IPRAS Journal 

• Free shipment of copies and electronic 

receipt of the IPRAS Journal 

• Immediate information and advice about 

safety warnings on devices, drugs and 

procedures 

• Information regarding the proper use of 

all materials, substances and techniques 

related to Plastic, Reconstructive and 

Aesthetic Surgery through IQUAM 

(the International Committee of Quality 

Assurance and Medical Devices in Plastic 

Surgery) General Consensus statement, 

with an update every 2 years 

• Promotion of Patient Safety and Quality 

Management (in cooperation with the 

World Health Organization - WHO) 

• Information regarding harmonization of 

training 

• Information regarding accreditation of 

Plastic Surgery Units 

• Protection of the Specialty and Promotion 

of its image world-wide 

• Information and reports about events 

organized by other National Societies and 

IPRAS 


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Executive Director: Zacharias Kaplanidis 

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Assistant Executive Director: Maria Petsa 

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Accounting Director: George Panagiotou 

E-mail: george.panagiotou@zita-congress.gr 

Congress Organizer: Yannis Liolios 

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Associations Management Director: Dimitris Synodinos 

E-mail: dimitris.synodinos@zita-congress.gr 

Commercial Director: Gerasimos Kouloumpis 

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Next issue: October 2011 

IPRAS Journal Management 

Editor: IPRAS 

Editor-in-Chief: Thomas Biggs, MD 

Editorial Board: Marita Eisenmann - Klein, MD 

Andreas Yiacoumettis, MD 

Christian Echinard, MD 

Constance Neuhann-Lorenz, MD 

Zacharias Kaplanidis, Economist 

Page Layout: “In Tempo” Athens Greece 

E-mail: panos@intempo.gr 

Post Editing: Athena Spanou, MD 

Photographer: Julian Klein 

DISCLAIMER: 

5th Issue July 2011 

IPRAS journal is published by IPRAS. IPRAS and IPRAS 

Management Office, its staff, editors authors and contributors do 

not recommend, endorse or make any representation about the 

efficacy, appropriateness or suitability of any specific tests, products, 

procedures, treatments, services, opinions, health care providers or 

other information that may be contained on or available through this 

journal. The information provided on the IPRAS JOURNAL is not 

intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, 

diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images 

and information, contained on this journal is for general information 

purposes only. IPRAS, IPRAS Management Office and its staff, 

editors, contributors and authors ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE NOR 

LIABLE FOR ANY ADVICE, COURSE OF TREATMENT, 

DIAGNOSIS OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION, SERVICES OR 

PRODUCTS THAT YOU OBTAIN THROUGH THIS JOURNAL. 

NEVER DISREGARD PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ADVICE 

OR DELAY SEEKING MEDICAL TREATMENT BECAUSE 

OF SOMETHING YOU HAVE READ ON OR ACCESSED 

THROUGH THIS JOURNAL. 

While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, neither the 

publisher, IPRAS, IPRAS Management Office and its staff, editors, 

authors and or contributors shall have any liability for errors and/or 

omissions. Readers should always consult with their doctors before 

any course of treatment. 

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Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. All rights reserved. Contents 

may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission 

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