Organ Transplantation and Artificial Organs

Medhat Askar is a Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Texas A&M College of Medicine & Director of Transplant Immunology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. After completing his MD and PhD (Cairo, Egypt) he trained in transplant immunology at Thomas Starzl Transplantation Institute (Pittsburgh, PA). He is a passionate educator (with a Masters in Health Education) who has published and given many lectures on various topics of histocompatibility, transplant immunology, laboratory accreditation and medical education to multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals at various stages of their careers. He a Councilor of the Transplantation Society (TTS) and served as co-chair of TTS education Committee (2012-2014). He is a current Board Member of ASHI. He exchanges experiences with laboratories around the world as an invited speaker and laboratory evaluator, including The TTS Global Alliance for Transplantation Workshop (South Africa, 2013). With a global network of collaborators in transplantation network, he is a project leader in the 17th International HLA and Immunogenetics Workshop.

Transplant Immunology and pathology

The generation of immune tolerance is an important goal in autoimmune diseases and organ transplantation. We are trying to find new therapies for autoimmune liver disease, type 1 diabetes and organ transplantation, with new monoclonal antibody-based therapy options and new cell therapies. Through the development of chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) only an immune tolerance in the affected organ should be generated without weakening the general immune competence.

Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology

Janez Rozman, Ph. D. was born in Novo mesto, the Republic of Slovenia, in 1956. In 1982 he finished his engineering degree at the Faculty of Natural Science at the University of Ljubljana in the Republic of Slovenia. He received an M.Sc. degree in 1988 from the same institution. He finished his dissertation at Faculty of Electrical Engineering University of Ljubljana in January 1993. He started to work at the Jožef Stefan Institute in 1980 and began as a graduate on his diploma work at the Department for Electron Microscopy. In 1982 he changed his specialist field and entered the Department of Automatics, Biocybernetics, and Robotics. He began to work on human implantation technology as a designer of stimulating multi-electrode systems and encapsulation technology. In January 1994, he his colleagues have established a small reserch company ITIS d. o. o. Ljubljana and formed his own research group Center for Implantable Technologgy and Sensors. His research interests concern investigation of possibilities in selective stimulation of autonomic nerves and ganglia. Current interest is selective stimulation of nerves innervating cardio-vascular system, glands and other organs to improve their function in disease and recording of ENG. He is the author or co-author of 50 scientific articles. His small research company ITIS d. o. o. Ljubljana conducted national projects as well as one project of the FP5 of the European Commission. He is a member of International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society and the supervisor of students and young researchers in different EU countries.

Transplantation surgery

Prof. Walter G. Land, Molecular ImmunoRheumatology, Laboratory of Excellence Transplantex, University of Strasbourg, France Dr. Walter G. Land is a retired transplant surgeon from Germany who was the Head of the Munich Transplant Center. He and his team performed altogether 4000 kidney and pancreas transplants. In 1994, he proposed the 'danger/injury model' in immunology holding that it is the injury that induces immunity. Since that time until today, Dr. Land’s activities focus on publications devoted to the introduction of the new immunological branch of 'Innate Immunity' into the field of organ transplantation.

transplant surgeon

Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, S. Orsola and Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Completed his the training in hepatobiliary surgery and living-donor liver transplantation at the department of Hepato-biliary Surgery at the Asan Medical Center in Seoul in 2006, Dr. Ravaioli now is a surgeon at the Department of General Surgery and Transplantation of S. Orsola Hospital in Bologna. He is involved in the transplant activity, HPB surgery and general surgery. Since 2015 he has the responsibility of the surgical kidney transplant program. He performed or assisted more than 2000 operations. The most frequent operations were liver resection, liver transplantation, kidney transplantation, organ harvesting and split procedure. He performed also general surgery procedures like laparoscopic appendicectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, colo-rectal surgery, hernia repair and gastric resections. He was autonomous in performing liver resection, split liver procedure, living and cadaveric kidney transplantation, general abdominal surgery and standard liver transplantation. Dr. Ravaioli's h-index is 36, according to Google Scholar and he is author or co-authors of more than 175 papers indexed on Pub-Med with a total impact factors of more than 637. Dr. Ravaioli was the invited speaker at numerous international meetings and also reviewer for many journals, like Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, Journal of Clinical Oncology and so on. He had the habilitation for associate professor since 2013. Dr. Ravaioli's main field of research includes liver transplantation and liver resection. He recently developed a machine for the organ perfusion and he had national grant for ongoing study in this topic. He is a coordinator of a study on micro-RNA and hepatocellular carcinoma with regional grant.

General Surgery and Transplantation,

Dr Edyta Skwirczyńska Author of the doctoral work, "Assessment of the Medical Staff's Knowledge of Donor DCD Donations in Poland”. A Psycho-oncologist and Psychologist at the Independent Public Clinical Hospital; working in General Surgery, Transplantation, Gastroenterology, Oncology and Gynecology departments Assistant Professor at the Pomeranian Medical University of Szczecin at the Department of History of Medicine and Medical Ethics. Additional education in other areas include Transplant Coordinator, Sociologist and Psychotherapist. An expert in communication, social relations and ethics. Has a broad knowledge of human-related science which is used in everyday work with patients. Has a holistic approach to her patients' problems with good therapeutic effects and a quick return to emotional stability. Patients have valued her not only for her professionalism and knowledge, but also for her admirable skills in empathizing.

General Surgery, Transplantation, Gastroenterology, Oncology and Gynecology

Fariborz Tavangarian was born in Esfahan, Iran. He received his BS and MS in Materials Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology (Esfahan) in 2007 and 2010, respectively. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University as a research assistant and started his Ph.D under the supervision of Prof. Guoiqang Li. in 2011. He received his Ph.D from mechanical engineering department in 2014. He has authored 37 scientific articles in internationally peer-reviewed journals and has been widely-recognized by his fellow scientists for his numerous research contributions, as evidenced by the more than 600 citations from scientists all around the world. The h-index of his publications is 15 which shows the quality of his publications. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the mechanical Engineering Program at the Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg. His research interest is in bio-inspired-healing ceramics and nanocomposites, biomaterials and smart materials

Surgery and Organ Transplantation

Emilio Vicente López is Director of the General and Digestive Surgery Service at "Sanchinarro University Hospital" and "Clara Campal" Oncological Center. Chairman of the Surgery Section at Faculty of Medicine. San Pablo University, CEU. Other professional positions: Digestive Viscera Transplant Program Director at Ramón y Cajal Hospital (Madrid, Spain). Chief of the General Surgery Section at Ramón y Cajal General Hospital (Madrid, Spain). Professor of surgery at Alcalá University (Madrid, Spain). Complementary training: Pittsburgh University (USA), Mayo Clinic (USA), Memorial Sloan Ketering Cancer Center (USA), Chicago University (USA), Nebraska University (USA), Kyoto University (Japan), Seul University (South Korea). Medical areas of interest: Hepatobiliopancreatic surgery; oncologic digestive surgery; liver, intestinal and multivisceral transplant.

Hepatobiliopancreatic surgery; oncologic digestive surgery; liver, intestinal and multivisceral transplant.

Dr. Parker is Acting Chairman of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, N.J. He maintains faculty positions as Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey. In his role as professor, he is responsible for teaching medical students and residents compassionate care and the latest advances in surgery. Recently, Dr. Parker was awarded the prestigious Theodore Kocher Award by the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Chief Residents “given for meticulous surgical technique and outstanding clinical judgment” and the volunteer faculty award for teaching Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson medical students. Dr. Parker specializes in the most advanced minimally invasive approach to patients with colon and rectal disease. Laparoscopy and open colorectal surgery is used for the treatment of colon and rectal cancer, benign polyps, diverticulitis and inflammatory bowel disease. He uses both medical and surgical techniques in the management of hemorrhoids, rectal prolapse, fecal incontinence and other anal rectal diseases. Colonoscopy is performed for screening, diagnosis and therapy in the evaluation of the colon and rectum. Dr. Parker is currently developing the first robotics program in the region for colon and rectal surgery to provide the best possible surgical outcome for patients. He has been recognized for his abilities in minimally invasive-laparoscopic surgery and was selected to teach both nationally and internationally. Consumers’ Research Council of America has named Dr. Parker one of America’s Top Surgeons for the past three years and Top Doctor in New Jersey for the last three years.

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Rabii Madi is a director of urologic oncology and robotic surgery, Associate professor, division of urology. Educational Background: Residency: Urology, American University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon 1998-2004 and Fellowship at Urologic Oncology and Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center , 2004-2006. Clinical Interests: • Urologic Oncology • Robotic surgery for Prostate cancer (nerve sparing radical prostatectomy, salvage prostatectomy for radiation failure), kidney cancer, and bladder cancer • Kidney cancer (Robotic radical and partial nephrectomy) • Bladder cancer (Robotic radical cystectomy with neobladder or ileal conduit) • Adrenal tumor • Robotic Pyeloplasty • Advanced Laparoscopy such as Single Incision Laparoscopy

Integration of Robotic Surgery in Urologic Oncology Developing surgical tools and techniques in Robotic Surgery

Stacey Ann Scheib is director of Minimally Invasive Gynecology at Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA.

Fibroids, Gynecologic Specialties, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Gynecology, Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy, Pelvic Floor Disorders,

Michael Tanzer is Professor of Orthopaedic surgery. Currently Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, McGill University Health Centre Professor of Surgery, McGill University Associate Surgeon-in-Chief, McGill University Health Centre Vice Chair (Clinical) of Surgery, McGill University

Enhancement of bone growth into porous coated implants Clinical determinants of outcome following hip and knee arthroplasty

Dr. Steven A. Curley specializes in providing surgical care for patients with hepatobiliary and pancreatic malignancies. As our chief of surgical oncology and cancer center associate director, he leads efforts at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and on the McNair campus to build a world-class, multidisciplinary surgical oncology program with significant national and international outreach and stature. Dr. Curley has been leading a basic sciences laboratory for 22 years. Currently, his research centers on the design, bench testing, and clinical study of novel noninvasive radiofrequency (RF) field treatment devices. Having developed two FDA-approved devices for invasive radiofrequency ablation needles to

Surgical Oncology Liver, bile duct, and gallbladder cancer surgery Neuroendocrine tumor surgery Colorectal cancer surgery

Francisco Borja, M.D., is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee joint replacement and arthroscopic surgery. A native of Madrid, Spain, Dr. Borja received his medical degree from the Complutense University of Madrid and completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at St. Luke's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. He then served as the Annie C. Kane Fellow in Hip and Knee Reconstruction at New York Orthopedic Hospital/Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. From 1980-1986, he was the chief surgeon of the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at the University of Miami. Dr. Borja has published in several medical journals on hip and knee joint replacement and knee surgery. He has participated in clinical research on arthritis and bone banking and has delivered numerous presentations at national and international medical meetings on orthopedic surgery.

Orthopedic surgery

Dr. Justus Gross MD, PhD, is head of the department of Vascular Unit, Clinic for Cardio- Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig- Holstein, Kiel, Germany. The main focus is set at aortic treatments, such as complete open, complete endovascular and complex hybrid procedures. Approximately 250 Aortic cases are treated a year. The entire research group is busy in developing novel technologies according to stent- graft designs and finding solutions for endovascular treatment of the aortic arch.

Cardio- Vascular Surgery

His surgical training began Dr. Philippe SCHUCHT in the townships of South Africa in traumatology. After a surgical and neurological basic training in Zurich, he studied at the Department of Neurosurgery in Bern for neurosurgeons, where he devoted himself early complex operations for brain tumors and neurosurgery in children. A Fellowship with Prof. Duffau in Montpellier, the pioneer of surgery niedrigmaligner brain tumors also contributed to his training in how a Fellowship with Prof. Berger and Prof. Lawton in San Francisco, two leading luminaries of neuro-oncology and vascular neurosurgery. His scientific training began Dr. Philippe SCHUCHT at the Brain Research Institute in Zurich, where he participated in the investigation of possible therapies in spinal cord injury. In collaboration with Prof. Aguzzi neuropathology in Zurich he investigated nerve transplants and prions. In Prof. Duffau in Montpellier he explored the Motor Control Network and the importance of epilepsy in brain tumors. His current research focuses on maximizing patient safety during brain tumor surgery and the latest technology, which contribute to the optimization of tumor removal. Dr. Philippe SCHUCHT is a member of the Swiss Society of Neurosurgery, the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research, the Swiss glioma Networks and the European Association of Neuro-oncology. He is co-founder of the Swiss Young Neurosurgeons which supports the education of young neurosurgeons in Switzerland and was its first president. He founded and is president of the Swiss Neurosurgeons International that humanitarian in developing countries, especially in Myanmar (Burma) and Vietnam, is active.

Vascular Neurosurgery, Microsurgical surgery

Dr.Mirko Omejc has received his PhD in University of Ljubljana during the period of 1996. Currently, he is working as Head of Department for Abdominal Surgery in University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities as Professor of Surgery, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana.

Abdominal Surgery

With a medical degree in Italy, Rome, at The Catholic University of Holy Heart in 1987, and after having completed two resident program in General Surgery and Thoracic Surgery, Ferdinando Agresta served as consultant surgeon in the Community Hospital of Vittorio Veneto (TV) Italy and in Padua (Italy) and since 2011 he is the Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the Community Hospital of Adria (RO), Italy. His main field of interest is laparoscopy, above all the laparoscopic approach in the emergency situations. He has been the promoter and Chief of the Scientific Committee of several Consensus Conference on Laparoscopy and emergency, laparoscopy and incisional/ventral hernia, Laparoscopy and Appendectomy and Laparoscopy and cholecystectomy,. He is authors of more than 100 articles and editor of two books

Laparoscopic surgery, General Surgery

Mohamed Sobhi Ahmed Zaki is Professor for Plastic Reconstructive Surgery of the Medicine-Cairo University. He has for full Resident of General& Plastic Surgery and Burns at Cairo University Hospitals. He has completed his fellowship in Massachusetts General Hospital & Shriners Burns Institute - Harvard Medical School, Boston. He won The Nation Prize for Medical Sciences -Egypt 1982, First Grade Medal for Sciences and Arts-Egypt 1984, Golden Medal of Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School U.S.A. 1976. He is specialized in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abdel Aleem is Professor of Cardio Thoracic Surgery at Kaser Al Ayni Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University. He was graduated (1977) got his M. Sc General Surgery (1981) and M.D. Cardio_Thoracic surgery (1988). He had research work in both Cardiac and Thoracic surgery. His main domain is Thoracic surgery and he is the Head of Thoracic Surgery Unit at Cairo University Hospitals from 1988 till 2013 when he became an Emeritus Professor at the Department of Cardio_Thoracic Surgery. He consider Thoracic surgery is a challenging branch, very interesting and needs excellent talent and needs tedious hand craft .That is why Thoracic Surgery is his hobby during his clinical life. He has published a local book (Spot lights on Thoracic Trauma) that helps both under and post-graduates in their career and all surgeons dealing with trauma. He was honoured and proud of teaching most of the Thoracic surgeons allover Egypt the art of Thoracic Surgery.

Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Trauma.

Jüri Teras is a Chief of General and Oncological Surgery Centre and President of Estonian Surgical Association

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-research is surgical oncology

Constantine Constantoyannis is a Neurosurgeon specialized in Functional Neurosurgery and Spinal Surgery. He graduated from Medical School at Athens University, Greece, in 1990. He started his clinical career as a resident at the Department of Neurosurgery (1993-1999) at the University of Patras in West Greece with Prof. N. Papadakis. In 2001 he accomplished his PhD in Neurosurgery with a clinical study on Transcranial Doppler Sonography in subarachnoid hemorrhage. After two fellowships, (2001) at the University of Umea (Sweden) and at the University of British Columbia (Canada) (2002-2003) with Prof. Christopher Honey, he completed his training in Functional Neurosurgery. Since 2004 he became a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Patras University Hospital and he is currently an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Medical School in Patras, Greece. He is head of the Functional Neurosurgery program in Patras and his clinical and research interests are: Deep Brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease and dystonia; trigeminal neuralgia; spinal stimulation; chronic pain; minimal invasive spinal surgery. He has published more than 90 papers in scientific journals or books and he is member of editorial/advisory boards of 14 journals Close

Deep Brain Stimulation applications, brain plasticity, disorders of consciousness, head injury, neuronavigation solutions in Neurosurgery. National Coordinator ‘European network for the study of dystonia syndromes’, Cost action 1101, European Cooperation in Science and Technology.

Dr. Vural Fidan has recieved his MD and PhD in Hacettepe University. He is deputy director of ENT department. He is an Otorhinolaryngologist at Yunus Emre Goverment Hospital. He worked as a visiting scientist at Yale University ENT and Allergy departments. He has more than 20 SCI indexed articles. Research interests are pulmonary hypertension, allergy, otology, rhinology and sleep medicine.

Facial plastic surgery, Otology and audiology surgery, congenital heart loss and sleep disorders, allergic rhinitis and immunology.

Professor, Doctor of Medical Sciences. Head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education. He worked for 10 years at the Department of ENT diseases in the 2nd Moscow State Medical Institute as a junior researcher. He defended in 1985 his thesis on "Differential diagnostic value of auditory evoked potentials in various forms of hearing impairment." Since 1990 he worked in the Scientific Center of Audiology and Hearing Aids Health Ministry as a senior researcher. It awarded the title of "senior researcher" in 1992. Powered by the department of Otorhinolaryngology RMAPO a professor. In 2002 he defended his doctoral thesis on "Optimization technologies hearing improving interventions in various forms of hearing loss." He is Regional Secretary of the European Academy Otology and Neurotology (EAONO) (2006-2009), Full member of the European Academy of Otology and Neurotology (EAONO), Member of the International Society of Rhinology.

-Acute sensorineural hearing loss Mucociliary transport in the middle ear cholesteatoma surgery Timpanopolastika and ossikuloplastika Membership in professional societies

Waldo Concepcion, MD, FACS, is a Professor of Surgery, Chief of Clinical Transplantation at Stanford University and Chief of Pediatric Kidney Transplantation at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. Dr. Concepcion was born in Omaha, Nebraska and spent his early years in Panama and Costa Rica. He graduated Medical School from Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Mexico. He then completed his General Surgery Residence at Loma Linda University Medical Center and his Transplantation Surgery Fellowship at University of Pittsburgh under the mentorship of Dr. Thomas Starzl, world leader in the field of transplantation. Dr. Concepcion is a member of the original team that developed the liver transplant program at California Pacific Medical Center, where he practiced as a transplant surgeon from 1988 to 1994 and is an expert in the field of hepatobiliary and portal hypertension surgery. He and his team moved to Stanford University In 1994. By 1996, he was named director of the Transplantation Institute at Loma Linda University Medical Center where he founded the pediatric liver program and served as Director over the multi-organ transplant program. Under his leadership, his program became one of the premier transplant centers in Southern California, earning the industry distinction of Center of Excellence among health care organizations as well as his program being reported one of the highest patient and organ graft survival in Southern California. In 2005, Dr. Concepcion returned to Stanford University to become the new Chief of Clinical Transplantation and Chief of Pediatric Kidney Transplantation at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital continuing in the tradition of one of the best kidney transplant programs in the world. He has published over 100 articles and book chapters in the scientific literature and remains active in clinical research projects. His area of interest are; outcomes in pediatric and adult liver transplantation and kidney transplantation, pediatric liver tumors, and viral infections post-op transplantation in pediatric patients.

Pediatric Kidney Transplantation, Pediatric Liver Transplantation, Adult Liver Transplantation, Hepatobiliary Surgery, General Surgery

Dr. Slakey is a Professor of Surgery and a Clinical Professor of Urology and Paediatrics. He was the Director of the Tulane Center for Abdominal Transplantation from 1998 until 2006, when he became Chair of the Tulane Department of Surgery. He received his undergraduate and graduate education at the University of California at Berkeley. His Masters in Public Health had a focus on the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease and Healthcare Administration. His medical school and general surgery residency were at the Medical College of Wisconsin. While there, he was the Administrative Chief Resident and he maintained an active research program studying aspects of transplant immunology. He received several awards for his research and has presented his results across the United States and in several countries around the world. He has experience in both adult and paediatric transplantation, including advanced procedures such as living related and split liver transplantation. He has an active hepatobiliary surgical practice treating patients with benign and malignant disease. Dr. Slakey's interests also extend to advanced laparoscopic surgery. He was the first surgeon in the south-eastern United States to perform laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy for renal transplantation. In addition, he is one of the first surgeons to perform major laparoscopic liver resections. Dr. Slakey is very active in the transplant community. In addition, he has continued his research interest in clinical and basic science studies in transplant immunology, advanced laparoscopy, and other aspects of advanced surgical science.

- Hernias - Liver, Kidney, Pancreas Transplantation - Complex Liver and Pancreas Surgery

Vikas Dhawan is Associate Professor for Hand and Microsurgery Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine of the University of Kentucky. He has for full specialist training at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute of Hand and Microsurgery affiliated with the University of Louisville in Kentucky. He has completed an AO Foundation fellowship in hand surgery at the University of Bern in Switzerland and a clinical fellowship in brachial plexus surgery at the University of Yamaguchi in Japan. He also completed a tissue engineering research fellowship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He is specialized in hand surgery, microsurgery and brachial plexus surgery.

-Hand and Micro Surgery -brachial plexus surgery -Tissue Engineering

1973: Humanistic High School on Emil Fischer High School in Euskirchen. 1973- 1980: Study of medicine at the Albertus Magnus University in Cologne. 1980-1981: Medical Assistant in the Department of Surgery, University of Cologne (Pichlmaier). 1981-1982: military service as a medical officer of the Armed Forces at Army and Air Force in Munster, Cologne-Wahn and Nörvenich. 1982-1985: Medical Assistant in the Department of Surgery, University of Cologne (Pichlmaier, Reichmann). 1985-1987: Research Fellow and House Officer in Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA (Abbott, Darling, Brewster). 1987 -1992: ward physician in the Department of Surgery, University of Cologne (Pichlmaier, Rehm). 1992-1998: senior physician in the Department of Surgery, University of Cologne (Pichlmaier, since 1996 Hoelscher). Since 1998: Univ.-Professor of Vascular Surgery at the JW Goethe University. 1998-2007: Head of the center of gravity and vascular Endovascularchirurgie clinical center at the University of Frankfurt am Main JWGoethe. Since 2004: in addition gGmbH chief physician of vascular surgery at the Hospital of the Holy Spirit, teaching hospital of the JW Goethe University. Since 2004: Konsiliarius of Vascular Surgery at the German Clinic for Diagnostics, Wiesbaden. Since 2007: Director of the Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of the Hospital of the JW Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main.

-Endovascular Surgery

_Vascular surgery

amazi O. Datiashvili, MD, PhD is a world recognized Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon. He has had an extremely successful carrier in Russia. After graduation from The First Moscow Medical Institute in 1972 and completion of his Fellowship in General and Vascular Surgery at the National Research Center of Surgery in 1974, he quickly progressed to become a Chief of the Microsurgical Department at age 28 at the Moscow City Hospital #51. He earned his PhD degree in 1978. In 1981 he continued his outstanding academic and surgical carrier at the National Surgical Center in Moscow – a leading surgical institution in Russia. In 1988 he earned a Degree “Doctor of Medical Sciences” – the highest scientific degree in Russia. In 1991 Dr. Datiashvili immigrated to the US. Here he completed General Surgery Residency at the Mount Sinai Medical School in New York and then Plastic Surgery Residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry/New Jersey Medical School. Now Dr. Datiashvili continues his successful carrier as a Professor in the Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery at Rutgers University/New Jersey Medical School. Dr. Datiashvili is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is an active Member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Association of Plastic Surgeons, American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, and International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, and other surgical societies.

•Reconstructive Microsurgery

•Reconstructive Surgery

•Wound Surgery

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Skin Cancer

She teaches general surgery at the University of Bologna. She conducted several postgraduate and undergraduate surgery courses (4 th year and 5th year of the degree course). She has an active role in the residency training programme. She taught general surgery to general surgery, thoracic surgery and radiotherapy residents, as well as to neurophysiology technicians and obstetrics. She is tutor of general surgery residents. She was consultant surgeon for hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery at Perrino hospital of Brindisi, where she has performed a large number of HBP operations.

She has performed, as first surgeon, more than 7,000 operations of general surgery at the Department of Surgery of the University of Bologna. The documentation relating to surgery she has performed has been certified by the director general of the hospital and by the head of the Department of Surgery. This documentation is available for examination on request. The fields of major interest are: hepato-pancreato-biliary-surgery, oncological colorectal surgery and emergency surgery.She has membership in International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association - IHPBA,Società Italiana di Chirurgia and Società Italiana di Chirurgia Oncologica.

-She has done scientific research on many topics with a particular focus on gastrointestinal and hepato-bilio-pancreatic surgery. Many publications are government funded (MURST funds).

She was awarded two European grants for liver surgery research.

She has been invited as a lecturer or chairman to several national or international Congresses.

She was author or co-author of 204 scientific papers. She has written 2 chapters for scientific texts.

She has made 180 presentations to international or national congresses (130 were published in the congress proceedings, 88 as full papers)

Giovanni Ussia is Professor of Surgery and Consultant in General and Thoracic Surgery of the University of Bologna, Medical School, Bologna Italy. He was Registered with the Order of Physicians and Dentists of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy from 1974-1982 and registered with the Order of Physicians and Dentists of Bologna, Bologna, Italy # 9663 from 09.11.1982 until today. He was also registered with the General Medical Council UK # 7165293 from 04.09.2013.

The scientific research was in line with this addressing various areas of investigation, including surgery of the liver, liver transplantation, acute liver failure, liver regeneration, the study of liver preservation awaiting transplant the pathophysiology of acid bile, portal hypertension, tissue reactivity to synthetic materials such as sutures, the use of human fibrin, the study of tissue reactivity for vascular prostheses, the effects of the laser beam, and the agnostic insulinoma problems. He carried out important studies in the field of laparoscopic surgery. Vascular surgery and the prevention of arterial thrombosis has been a very interesting area of study that were then published on the Journal of Vascular Surgery ; recently we have been dedicated to clinical research in preventive and protective medicine using high-tech equipment and combining the clinical, laboratory, genetic and imaging data to make prevention programs tailored to healthy individuals. • Publications / Articles (see detailed list attached ) • Author of 150 scientific papers: • Proceedings of the XXIII Congress of the European Society for Surgical Research 
 (English), Karger, Zurich, 1988. • New radiological imaging and intervention in General Surgery, Masson Italy SPA, 1989. • CD ROM on laparoscopic sutures with Prof. AWattiez, published in 2003. He is also a member of following Associations • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons • Member of the Italian Society of Endoscopic Surgery • Member of the Italian Society of Surgery

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Bruno Nardois is Associate professor of Medical and Surgical Sciences of the University of Bologna, Medical School, Bologna Italy.

-Surgery

Dr. Kayvan Taghipour-Khiabani holds a masters in experimental science from McGill University in Montreal. He is an assistant professor of surgery and head of the hand and microsurgery section at the University of Nevada School of Medicine, specializing in hand surgery and microsurgery. Dr. Khiabani's expertise is unique in the field of plastic reconstructive, hand and microsurgery as he brings broad surgical expertise and international clinical experience to Southern Nevada. He is the only hand and upper extremity surgeon in Nevada with orthopaedic and plastic surgery fellowships in hand and microsurgery. Dr. Khiabani is board certified in plastic and reconstructive surgery in the U.S. and Canada. He has an extensive research background in reconstructive and microsurgery. He is a member of prestigious surgical societies including the American College of Surgeons, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Plastic Surgery Research Council, American Medical Association, Royal College of Surgeons of Canada, and Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons. He has led many national and international presentations and award-winning lectures in plastic surgery.

- Migraine Headache (Surgical Treatment)