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Spending the day at the Laser Facial Resurfacing meeting in London! Hearing about the latest trends in skin rejuvenation with the revolutionary and highly versatile Era® Laser Devices, known for their unmatched margin of safety and minimal downtime– resulting in better patient outcomes in just a single treatment compared to traditional lasers. As always, good to catch up with good friends Nabil Fakih and Ben Sharples.

Back here again amongst friends and esteemed colleagues at the 7th IRFPSC Conference in Tehran. Great honour to be invited as one of the two international speakers. Gave a marathon talk on A-Z of facelift and 2 keynote talks on total nasal reconstruction and aesthetics of chin and the neck. Also participated as Panellist on two symposiums discussing the latest trends in Forehead lift and lower face/neck lift. Well organised conference and great attendance.

8th December 2019

Finished the day in Amsterdam by giving a talk on Deep Plane Facelift, my third lecture as an invited faculty at the Congress. Also presented my approach to managing the challenges of Total Nasal Reconstruction and Midface Reconstruction with Microvascular free Tissue Transfer, a great forum for exchanging ideas. The largest European gathering of surgeons from different disciplines with special interest and emphasis on Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Face.Fabulous meeting with tons of experience. Good to catch up with good friends FazilApaydin and Hesham Saleh and mentor Brian Musgrove.

21st September 2019

Another fabulous meeting in Paris. Honoured to be part of the faculty and having the opportunity to train the next generation of trainees dedicated to a future in microvascular surgery. Fabulous opportunity to catch up with my good friends particularly Stefanie Pompei, Frédéric Kolb, Nicolas Leymarie, Benjamin Sarfati, Jyrki Vuola and Carmen Vega.

An amazing meeting on Reconstructive Microsurgery and gathering of international experts sharing their ideas and enlightening presentations by giants in the field, Professors Fu-Chan Wei, Isao Koshima and Peter Neligan. Honoured to be part of the Invited International Faculty and have the opportunity to present my work on advanced reconstructive surgery! And as always, an excellent opportunity to catch up with friends Prof Fu Chang Wei, JW Choi, JP Hong, Adrian Ooi, Tomoyuki Yano, and Samir Mardini.

Arguably one of the leading international meetings dedicated to the recent updates in cosmetic and functional surgery of the periocular area. Catching up with good friend and guru in this field, Raman Malhotra.

Great to be invited back as an international faculty and honoured to give two talks at one of my favourite cities where I have met some amazing colleagues who have become good friends. An amazing conference organised to the highest standards by Prof Eun Chang Choi and my great friend Prof. JW Choi. Delighted to have met again with good friends and Colleagues Rene Largo, Adrian Ooi and Richard Xu.

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Honoured to be invited back as an international faculty in this fabulous meeting. Gave 4 lectures and participated in two expert panels. My talk on “Facelift: How do I do it” certainly got a lot of interest and generated very interesting discussion. As always, an enthusiastic audience. Great pleasure receiving the certificate of Merit and appreciation from the president of the conference and Professor Khajavi. Great note of appreciation for such a well organised meeting to the organising committee.

Great to be back in Seoul and honoured to be speaking at the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery conference. Another amazing meeting at the highest level organised by the Plastic Surgery team in Seoul. Great credit to Prof JW Choi, JP Hong and the team. Gave three talks, including one on Supermicrosurgery and another one on Peroneal Artery Perforator flap. A privilege to share the platform with great such as JP Hong who inspires every surgeon. It was a pleasure meeting with good friends, Matthew Hanasono and Rene Largo from MD Anderson and the mentors to many of us, Prof. Fu Chan Wei and Dr Bahman Guyuron. .

Great platform to share new ideas and innovations in surgery. I gave 3 talks on Microvascular Reconstruction in Head and Neck, Supermicrosurgery, my experience with the Free Style Proximal Peroneal Artery Perforator Flap.

Trips to Paris in June have become a regular part of annual calendar. Back here as an invited international faculty teaching free flap techniques to surgeons from all around the world. Arguably one of the best free flap courses anywhere, organised to the highest standards by the Plastic Surgery Faculty at Medical University of Saint Peres.

An amazing learning platform for the next generation of enthusiastic reconstructive surgeons with candidates making the journey from as far as Brazil, Costa Rica and Singapore. Full credit to Frédéric KOLB and his team.

Another international meeting, this time visiting Tehran as an invited speaker, perhaps the world capital of cosmetic surgery, sharing, learning and discussing novel techniques in Facial Plastic Surgery.

My contribution through two lectures on Reconstructive Microvascular Surgery and panellist on Aesthetic Facial Reconstruction. A thoroughly well participated and enjoyable meeting.

I grew up as a trainee reading his books and papers with full admiration for his contribution to the field of Reconstructive Surgery. Although I have been privileged to have known him for a few years, the journey had never felt complete without coming and paying homage at his home, the famous Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. I leave today feeling more content that I have finally been to undisputedly the world centre for reconstructive Surgery!

Congratulations to Professor Jong Woo Choi, my good friend and Director of the Academic Affairs Committee of PRS 2017, for organising such a high calibre and well attended meeting. I was privileged to give a lecture on Pushing the Boundaries of Head and Neck Reconstruction, chair a session on and advanced Head & Neck Reconstruction and deliver a masterclass talk on the Role of Fibula Flap for Mandibular Reconstruction. Such an amazing learning platform! Very grateful to the entire team for their hospitality, particularly Professor Byyung-il Lee and Professor Min Sung Tak.

I spoke of my recent developments with perforator flaps, introducing the Free Style Peroneal Artery Perforator Flap to the European Academy. A joy to catch up with good friends and mentors in the field. Fazil Apaydin, the new president of the Academy, Ira Papel, Daniel Labbé and Wolfgang Gubisch.

Amazing congress organised at the famous city of Shiraz. The highlight of my trip was undoubtedly visiting the ruins of Persepolis and the tomb of Cyrus the Great, the epicentre of Persian empire in 2500 BC.

Doing what I enjoy most, sharing in my experience in Microvascular tissue transfer, teaching and training other surgeons enthusiastic in developing a future in advanced reconstructive surgery. An excellent opportunity to get together with good friends from other parts of Europe, even if it is sadly just once a year! Undoubtedly one of the most advanced microvascular courses with a diverse range of free flaps.

A great note of appreciation to my friends and esteemed colleagues in the Plastic Surgery Department at ASAN Medical Centre! A privilege to be in the company of great surgeons, Prof CW Choi, Prof. Tae Suk Oh and the rest of the team. Very grateful for the amazing hospitality.

A joy to be back and speak in one my all-time favourite cities on the planet where I spend some time as a trainee. Gave several talks and chaired a session on Head and Neck Reconstruction.

Visiting this centre of excellence and meeting up with good friend and a leader in his field, Professor Rei Ogawa. The customary Japanese dinner and drinks followed! Amazing City with so much culture and history and gives a new meaning “No one does it like the Japanese”