Plastic Surgery - Principles and Practice

Mr Ross Farhadieh is the Head of Department of Plastic Reconstructive & Hand surgery of The Canberra and Calvary Hospitals, in Canberra Australia. He completed his medical degree with honours (BSc) in Surgery. He was awarded the prestigious Surgeon Scientist Scholarship (2005) Royal Australasian College of surgeons and completed a three year Medical Doctorate (MD) research degree in molecular biology of head and neck cancers. He completed his plastic surgery training in Melbourne with microsurgical training under Professor Wayne Morrison in 2011 FRACS(Plast). He completed multiple subspecialty fellowships in London, in paediatric surgery at Great Ormond St, Aesthetic surgery at the Wellington and Microsurgery at the Royal Free and completing the FRCS(Plast) in 2012 and European Board of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery fellowships in 2013 EBOPRASF. He is the director of Panthea Clinics in Sydney and Canberra. His practice encompasses complex trauma and oncological microsurgical reconstruction and aesthetic surgery of the face, breast and body.

Mr Neil Bulstrode is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital where he is the Lead Clinician for the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He was educated at Sherborne School, UK, before commencing his medical studies at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, London. He completed his medical degree with honours degree (BSc) in Physiology. He completed his in Plastic Surgery training in some of London’s World premier units. He completed a post graduate Doctorate Medicine MD research at the RAFT Institute of Plastic Surgery at Mount Vernon Hospital. He spent organised a year exchange with the plastic surgery training program in Sydney, Australia 2003-4 and obtained his fellowship in Plastic Surgery - FRCS (Plast) - from the Royal College of Surgeons in 2005, entering into the GMC Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery in 2006. Neil has both an NHS reconstructive and an adult aesthetic/cosmetic practice. This involves the reconstruction of congenitally deformed children, ear reconstruction, craniofacial surgery, the treatment of giant congenital naevii and vascular anomalies. His cosmetic practice includes all aspects of cosmetic facial, breast and body contouring surgery.

Dr Babak Mehrara is the Chief of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service in the Department of Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr Mehrara obtained his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed his residency in Plastic Surgery at New York University. He then completed a fellowship in microsurgery with William W. Shaw at UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Mehrara's clinical expertise includes microsurgical and alloplastic breast reconstruction, complex head and neck reconstruction, and lymphedema. Dr. Mehrara is also the director of the Lymphedema Research Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering and has a deep interest in developing novel treatments for this disease.

Dr Sabrina Cugno is a consultant plastic surgeon at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, the Shriners Hospital and CHU Sainte-Justine in Montreal. She completed her undergraduate degree at McGill University (Montreal, Canada) followed by a Masters’ degree at Oxford University (Oxford, United Kingdom). She completed her medical studies at McMaster University (Hamilton, Canada) and training in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Université de Montréal (Montreal, Canada). She completed a specialty training in pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgery at the world renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (London, United Kingdom). She is a fellow of both the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada and American College of Surgeons. Sabrina’s practice is dedicated to the care of children with either congenital and traumatic injuries, with a focus on cleft lip and palate/velopharyngeal insufficiency, ear reconstruction, treatment of giant congenital nevi and vascular anomalies.