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Educational board

Some of the best microsurgery, plastic surgery, and breast surgery specialists in the world have teamed up to make our Postgraduate programs.
coordinators and faculty board - Jaume Masià

Programme co-director.

Professor and Chief, Dept. of Plastic Surgery at Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (UAB). Barcelona, Spain.
Chief of Breast and Lymphedema Unit. at Clinica Planas. Barcelona, Spain.

FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Breast reconstruction

Supermicrosurgery (lymphedema)

Genital reconstruction

Head and Neck reconstruction

MEDICAL EDUCATION

Universitat de Barcelona

TRAINING IN PLASTIC SURGERY

Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford University, UK

Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Hospital de la Vall d’Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain

Institut Kaplan, Barcelona, Spain

Canniesburn Hospital, Glasgow, UK

Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, UK

Programe co-director.

Professor of Plastic Surgery, Center for Reconstructive Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle (USA)

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FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Reconstructive Supermicrosurgery

Lymphedema Surgery

Craniofacial Reconstruction

MEDICAL EDUCATION

University of Dublin, Trinity College

TRAINING IN PLASTIC SURGERY

University of Washington, Seattle (USA)

Programe co-director.

Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul (Korea)

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FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Plastic Surgery

Trauma and Hand Surgery

Reconstructive Supermicrosurgery

Lymphedema Surgery

Diabetic Foot Reconstruction

MEDICAL EDUCATION

Yonsei University of College of Medicine

TRAINING IN PLASTIC SURGERY

University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seol (Korea)

Educational Coordinator

Consultant Surgeon & Lymphedema Research Scientist at the Institut de Recerca de l’Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona (Spain)

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Fellow of the European Board of Surgery & the American College of Surgeons
Member of the World Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery

MEDICAL EDUCATION

University of Aden (Yemen)

TRAINING IN PLASTIC SURGERY

Cairo University Hospital (Egypt)

Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona (Spain)

Vice-Director and Adjunct Professor at Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of Töölö University Hospital. Helsinki, Finland.

FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Breast reconstruction

Head and neck reconstruction

Genital reconstruction

Supermicrosurgery (lymphedema)

Facial Palsy

MEDICAL EDUCATION

Helsinki University

TRAINING IN PLASTIC SURGERY

Helsinki University Central Hospital

Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Senior consultant and associate professor and director of The Lymphedema Unit at Lund University (Sweden)

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FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Reductive and Reconstructive Microsurgery
Liposuction for Advanced Lymphedema and Lipedema

MEDICAL EDUCATION

TRAINING IN PLASTIC SURGERY

Skåne University Hospital, Malmö

Associate Professor at the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.

FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Breast reconstruction

Pediatric surgery

Lower limb reconstruction

Supermicrosurgery (lymphedema)

MEDICAL EDUCATION

Ghent University Hospital

TRAINING IN PLASTIC SURGERY

Villain XIV Hospital, Maasmechelen&-Sint-Jacobus

Hospital, Tongerem. Belgium

Ghent University Hospital

H.Hart Hospital, Oostende, Belgium

Dijkzigt Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Med. Höchschu-le Hannover, Germany

Head of Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, director of Supermicrosurgery International Lymphedema Center in NCGM

FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Supermicrosurgical reconstructions

Lymphedema surgery

MEDICAL EDUCATION

The University of Tokyo

TRAINING IN PLASTIC SURGERY

Toranomon Hospital

The University of Tokyo

Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital

National Center for Global Health and Medicine in Japan

Professor and Coordinator of the Lymphology and Rehabilitation Research Unit of the Free University of Brussels ULB (Belgium)

FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Rehabilitation Medicine

Lymphofluoroscopy

Infrared Imaging

MEDICAL EDUCATION

Université Libre de Bruxelles

TRAINING IN PLASTIC SURGERY

Université Libre de Bruxelles

Associate Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Division of Surgery, University of Texas

FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Reconstructive Supermicrosurgery

Lymphedema Surgery

Breast Reconstruction

Preventive Microsurgeries.

MEDICAL EDUCATION

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

TRAINING IN PLASTIC SURGERY

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)

Head of Microsurgery Unit at the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hospital de la Sant Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona

FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Reconstructive Supermicrosurgery

Breast Reconstruction

Lymphedema Surgery

Preventive Microsurgeries

MEDICAL EDUCATION

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

TRAINING IN PLASTIC SURGERY

Gent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium

East Cooper Medical Center, Charleston (U.S.A.)

The University Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo University Hospital, Tokyo (Japan)

Member of International Lymphology Society and European Lymphology society
Director of the Russian Lymphology Association

FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Rehablitation Medicine

Pediatrics Physiotheray

Lymphedema Rehablitation

MEDICAL EDUCATION

St Petersburg State University, Medical Faculty

TRAINING IN PLASTIC SURGERY

St Petersburg State University

International faculty

RMES faculty members are internationally recognised leaders in Lymphology.
They play an active role in the International surgery and microsurgery communities, serving as experts and speakers at major conferences and courses.

Usama Abdelfattah MD

Al Azhar University Hospital
Egypt

Ali Al-Sakkaf MD, FEBS, FACS

Hospital de Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

Miguel Amore MD

Hospital Ramos Mejia U.B.A, Buenos Aires – Argentina

Helena Bascuñana Ambrós MD, PhD

Hospital de Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

Jean Paul Belgrado MD, PhD

Lymphology Clinic of Brussels,
Université libre de Bruxelles – Belgium

Esther Berjel PT

Escoles Universitàries Gimbernat,
Barcelona – Spain

Tobias Bertsch MD, PhD

Foeldi Clinic, European Centre of Lymphology – Germany

Francesco Boccardo, MD

Università degli studi di Genova – Italy

Xavier Bonfill MD, PhD

Hospital de Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

Håkan Brorson MD, PhD

Skane University Hospital – Sweden

Corrado Campisi MD, PhD

Campisi Clinic, Genova & Rapallo Reggio Emilia, Milan – Italy

Anabel Casanova Alvarez PT

Fundació TecnoCampus Mataró Maresme, Barcelona – Spain

Edward Chang MD

Anderson Cancer Centre – USA

David Chang, MD

University of Chicago Medical Centre – USA

Ming-Huei Cheng MD, FACS

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital – Taiwan

Johnson Chia-Shen Yang MD, PhD

Chang Gung University Hospital – Taiwan

Silvia Condrea MD

Hospital de Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

Jordi Cuartero MD

Hospital de Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

Andrea Damato PT

ORA Clinic,
Qormi – Malta

Joseph Dayan MD

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,
New York – USA

Dimitris Dionysiou MD, PhD

The Lymphedema Clinic Hospitals and Health Care – Greece

Yoav Dori MD, PhD

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia – USA

Joan Duch Renom MD, PhD

Hospital de Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

J.R. Escudero Rodriguez MD

Hospital de Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

Ignasi Gich MD, PhD

Hospital de Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

Liesl De Graeve MD

University Hospital of Ghent,
Ghent – Belgium

Isidre Gracia Alegria MD

Hospital de Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

Arin Greene MD, MMSc

Boston Children’s Hospital – USA

Moustapha Hamdi MD, PhD

Brussels University Hospital,
Brussels – Belguim

Akitatsu Hayashi MD

Kameda Lymphedema Centre,
Tokyo – Japan

Joon Pio Hong MD, PhD

Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan,
Seoul – Korea

Emily Iker MD, PhD

Lymphedema Centre Santa Monica – USA

Marco Innocenti MD, PhD

Plastic and Reconstructive Microsurgery unit at Rizzoli Institute,
Bologna – Italy

Babak J. Mehrara MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center – USA

Jae Yong Jeon MD

Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan,
Seoul – Korea

Orpheus Kolokythas MD, PhD

UW Medical Center – USA

Isao Koshima MD

Hiroshima University Hospital, Tokyo – Japan

Enrique Lerma Puertas MD, PhD

Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

Nicole Lindenblatt MD

Universitätsspital Zürich,
Zürich – Swiss

Patricia Martinez RN, MSN

Universitat Internacional de Catalunya,
Barcelona – Spain

Laura Martinez MD, PhD

Hospital de Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

Jaume Masià MD, PhD

Hospital de Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

Francisco Millan PT

Clínica Planas,
Barcelona – Spain

Narushima Mitsunag MD

Tokyo Medical University Hospital,
Tokyo – Japan

Joan Carles Monllau Garcia MD, PhD

Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

Antonio Moral Duarte MD, PhD

Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

Peter Neligan MD, FACS, FRCS

Center for Reconstructive Surgery at University of Washington,
Seattle – USA

Alex Nistor MD

Emergency Clinical County Hospital Timisoara,
Timisoara – Romania

Dung Nguyen, MD

Stanford Cancer Institute – USA

Joan Palou MD

Clínica Puigvert, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

Ketan Patel MD

Keck Medical Center of USC – USA

John Pak MD

Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan,
Seoul – Korea

Nicolas Pereira MD

Hospital del Trabajador ACHS – Chile

Neil Piller MD, PhD

Lymphedema Clinical Research Unit,
Bedford Park – Australia

Cristhian Pomata MD

Clínica Planas, Barcelona – Spain

Gemma Pons MD, PhD

Hospital de Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

Victoria Posternak RN, MBA

Stanford Cancer Centre – USA

Teresa Puig MD, PhD

Hospital de Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

Alexandra Rovnaya MD

Saint- Petersburg State Medical University – Russia

Katrin Seidenstucker MD

Sana Krankenhaus Benrath,
Dusseldorf – Germany

Dhruv Singhal MD, PhD

Harvard Medical School – USA

Ivan Sola BSc, MSc

Hospital de Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

Hiroo Suami MD

Reconstructive Microsurgery Research Unit,
University of Melbourne – Australia

Sinikka Suominen MD, PhD

Helsinki University Hospital,
Helsinki – Finland

Peter Suh MD

Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan,
Seoul – Korea

Gerard Urrútia MD, PhD

Hospital de Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

Koenraad Van Landuyt MD, PhD

Gent Univ. Hospital,
Gent – Belgium

Carmen Vega MD, PhD

Hospital de Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain

Hari Venkatramani MD, MS

Ganga Medical Centre and Hospital – India

Giuseppe Visconti MD, PhD

Agostino Gemelli University Hospital,
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome – Italy

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Takumi Yamamoto MD, PhD

Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine,
Tokyo – Japan

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Hidehiko Yoshimatsu MD

Cancer Institute Hospital of Tokyo – Japan