FACULTY
Alexander Aslani (Spain)
Dr Alexander Aslani presides the largest specialist Plastic Surgery Center on the Costa del Sol, totally specialized to meet the specific needs of Body contouring. Dr Aslani looks back at a career spanning 24 years as a surgeon and a log of more than 14000 operations.
Hisham El Minawi (Eqypt)
Professor Doctor Hisham El Minawi, an aesthetic plastic surgeon at Kasr El Aini School of medicine, Cairo University. Egypt's assistant secretary at Isaps. More than 25 years experience in practice. Started his career in microsurgery and hand surgery and now specializes in body contouring and non surgical facial rejuvenation. A lecturer and trainer in many international meetings. Table head trainer At cadaver courses.
Amin Kalaaji (Norway)
Dr AMIN KALAAJI, MD, PHD is a board certified plastic surgeon, medical director, consultant at Oslo Plastikkirurgi Clinic since 20 years www.osloplastikkirurgi.com and president of the Norwegian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (2018-2020).
His current focus is on aesthetic breast surgery and body contouring, including aesthetic breast augmentation with fat grafting, inverted nipples, female intimate rejuvenation surgery, gluteal augmentation with fat. In addition: rhinoplasty, and quality of life (QoL) after aesthetic surgery.
Dr. Kalaaji has published many peer-reviewed scientific papers and has presented more than 400 lectures, global courses, and invited-speaker lectures in plastic and aesthetic surgery worldwide, such as for ASAPS, ISAPS, ISPRES, IMCAS, and many national and international aesthetic surgery meetings.
He is Editor-in-Chief on the newly published 2-volume book:
Plastic and Aesthetic Regenerative Surgery and Fat Grafting: Clinical Application and Operative Techniques. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77455-4. Springer.
He currently serves on the editorial board for the Aesthetic Surgery Journal and had hold/is holding key educational and adminstrative positions in the world major aesthetic societies as ASAPS, ISAPS, ISPRES, in addition to organizing meeting for these societies. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-77455-4#affiliations
Matt Stefanelli (France/UAE)
Dr Stefanelli is also Anatomist and the Scientific Director of ICLASS ANATOMY, the International Society of Anatomy for Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology, Gynaecology & Plastic Surgery, based in Paris & Dubai.
He is the Secretary of 3 others international scientific societies:
- AESTHETICUS, International Society of UltraSound in Aesthetics & Plastic surgery
- ISGAPS, International Society of Genital Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
- ISRAD, International Society of Reconstructive & Aesthetic Dermatology.
Dr Stefanelli is a consultant in the medical aesthetic industry for various scientific societies & companies, performing anatomy workshops, cadaver courses & live demos worldwide. He holds a MBA in Heath Management.
Finally, he gets involved in volunteer plastic surgery in Africa, South America and Asia as Founder member of WORLDPLAST FOUNDATION.
Aris Sterodimas (Greece)
Dr Aris Sterodimas is the Head of the Plastic Surgery Department of Metropolitan General Hospital, in Athens, Greece. He is the director of Regenerative Surgery Lab in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he is considered as the pioneer of adipose stem cell application in the field of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. Dr Sterodimas is a Board certified plastic surgeon, member of the ISAPS, member of IPRAS, member of the HESPRAS and member of AeXPI. He serves as member of the Board of Directors of ISPRS for 2022-2024.He did his training in Plastic Surgery in Bristol Royal Infirmary University Hospitals Bristol NHS, Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford University Hospitals NHS and the Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in United Kingdom. He obtained his Master degree in the field of Surgical Technology from Imperial College of London, United Kingdom. Dr. Sterodimas was accepted and served then as chief resident of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Department for 3 consecutive years in the world renowned center of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ivo Pitanguy Institute, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From 2005, he has been actively involved in research of Stem Cells application in the field of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and Regenerative Medicine. His PhD thesis is on Adipose Tissue Engineering in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He has published 65 peer reviewed articles in the most important Plastic Surgery journals and has contributed in the writing of 32 book chapters on the field of plastic & reconstructive surgery. Dr Sterodimas serves as Visiting Professor and honored guest lecturer at Institutions around the globe and has participated as a faculty speaker in the biggest events of Plastic Surgery in the last 10 years. Plastic surgeons from 25 different countries have visited his department for training and observation of the state of the art procedures performed by him and his team. He is the Editor of 'Adipose Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine' book by Springer, which was among the top 25% sold medical books in 2015.
Cemal Senyuva (Turkey)
Dr Senyuva is the immediate Past President of the Turkish Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (2018-2020). He is the Ex-Chair of Turkish Plastic Surgery Education Foundation for the second term (2017-2019, 2019-2021). Dr Senyuva is an expert and a clinical trainer of Ultrasonic (Vaser) liposuction surgery, on which he organizes 3-4 workshops a year. To this day, he has trained over thirty international plastic surgeons in theoretical and hands-on advanced ultrasonic liposuction. Dr Senyuva is also an International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) professor, leading courses throughout the year for the ISAPS Educational Council as part of their visiting professorship program.
Tilman Stasch (Kenya)
Dr. Tilman Stasch MBChB, MRCS (Ed.), MD, F EBOPRAS is an internationally Board qualified Aesthetic, Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgeon with over 15 years of international training and experience in this field. He grew up in Stuttgart, Germany and Windhoek, Namibia.Dr Stasch completed his medical degree in South Africa at the University of Cape Town Medical School (MBChB) in 2001 and qualified in 2005 as a surgeon at the prestigious Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (MRCS Ed.), further specializing as a Plastic Surgeon and Hand Surgeon in the UK and Germany (Specialist Certificate, Facharzt). His academic research engagement earned him the highest honours for his MD thesis (summa cum laude) at the University of Witten / Cologne, Germany, as well as several national and international academic accolades and prizes.Dr Stasch is actively involved in clinical research, academic teaching and regularly conducts expert presentations and workshops to international faculties.His Clinic for Plastic Surgery and Aesthetic Medicine in Nairobi, Kenya, was established 10 years ago, and is recognised as the go to Centre for excellence in the Region.
Berend van der Lei (Netherlands)
Prof Dr Berend van der Lei has more than 20 years’ experience in plastic surgery, especial in the area of aesthetic surgery and cosmetic treatments. He was appointed as the first Professor in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in the Netherlands in 2007, actually also the first in Europe. He is appointed at the University Medical Centre and University of Groningen as well at Bey Bergman (Private) Clinics. His main areas of interest, research and clinical experience are facial rejuvenation, breast and body contouring and botox and fillers. From December 2005 till February 2016, he was the President of the Dutch Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Throughout the years he has published more than 100 articles in the international literature and presented numerous lectures internationally.
Akin Yucel (Turkey)
Prof. Dr. Akın Yucel is a Plastic and and Reconstructive surgeon. Dr. Yucel completed his primary and secondary education at TED Ankara College and completed high school at Ankara Science High School. He graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine as a Medical Doctor in 1987.
In the same year, Dr. Yucel started his specialization training at Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. He worked at Wexham Park Hospital in England in 1989 and University of Washington, Seattle in USA in 1992. Dr. Yucel completed his residency in 1994 and became a Plastic Surgeon.
Prof. Dr. Akin Yucel worked as a Founding Faculty Member and Head of the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at Kocaeli University between 1994 and 1996.
In 1996, he started to work as a lecturer in the Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and Hand Surgery Department at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine. He became Associate Professor in 2000 and Professor in 2008.
While working at the university, he took part in the Education Commissions. During this period, he was interested in aesthetic surgery, post-cancer breast repairs, hand surgery, microsurgery, head and neck cancers, lower extremity repairs and skin cancers. He has published many scientific articles and book chapters in these fields and has given conferences at many national and international meetings.