World Craniofacial Foundation - Medical Advisory Board

Craniofacial Group - Paris, France
130 Rue de la Pompe
75116 Paris
France

DIPLOMAS & BOARDS
1980 : Valedictorian PCEMI Entrance Exam (Pitié-Salpétrière Faculty, Paris)
1985 : Residency Exam of Paris’ Public Hospitals (Internat des Hôpitaux de Paris)
1990 : M.S. of Human Biology, Elective in Anatomy (Pitié- Salpétrière Hospital, Paris)
                C1 : General Anatomy and Embryology
                C2 : Cervicofacial anatomy
1991 : Certificate of Microsurgical Techniques (Paris I University)
1992 : Thesis in Medicine (Valedictorian of the Pitié-Salpétrière Faculty)
1992 : American Medical School Equivalence : FMGEMS (basic, clinical and English parts of the Foreign
          Medical General Examination for Medical Studies)
1992 : Research Fellowship (DEA) of Surgical Science Elective in Surgical Neurosciences (Cochin-Port-
          Royal Faculty)
1994 : Certification of Diploma of Superior Studies in General Surgery (DES)
1995 : Certification of Diploma of Superior Studies in Plastic Surgery (DESC)
1998 : Board certification of the European Board of Plastic Surgery (EBOPRAS)

HOSPITAL POSITIONS
1996-98 : « Chef de Clinique » Staff Member – Plastic Surgery Unit, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris (Head of
               Department : Pr. Servant)
1998-01 : Plastic Surgery Consultant at Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris
1998-05 : Craniofacial Consultant in Pediatric Craniofacial Unit Hospital Necker, Paris, France
Since 2006 : Co-Director of Craniofacial Pediatric Craniofacial Unit Hospital Necker, Paris, France

OPERATIVE TRAINING & FELLOWSHIPS
     RESIDENCIES IN GENERAL SURGERY : 4 years
            Visceral Surgery :  (Pr. Arsac) Laennec Hospital, Paris (Nov. 86-May 87)                                                                        (Pr. Chapuis) Cochin Hospital, Paris (May 91-Nov. 91)
                                        (Pr. Chapuis) Cochin Hospital, Paris (Nov. 93-May 94)
            Urology :  (Pr. Thibault) Tenon Hospital, Paris (May 86-Nov. 86)
            Orthopedic Surgery : (Pr. Benoit) A. Paré Hosp., Boulogne(Nov. 88-May 89)
            General Surgery : Pr. Charles) Territorial H, Polynesia (June 87-Oct. 88)

      PLASTIC SURGERY : RESIDENCIES : 3 years
            Breast Cancer and Reconstr. Surg : (Dr Guerin). CAC R. Huguenin (Nov. 90-Mai 91)
            Maxillo-Facial Surgery : (Pr. Bertrand) A. Paré Hospital, Boulogne (May 89-Nov. 89)                                                                  (Dr. Deboise) Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris (Nov. 89-May 90)
          Neurosurgery : (Pr. Hirsch) Necker Hospital, Paris (May 90-Nov. 90)
            Plastic Surgery : (Pr. Banzet) Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris (May 94- 95)

      CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY FELLOWSHIPS: 2 years
            July 95-July 96 : (Dr Marchac) Craniofacial Unit, Hop. Necker, Paris
            Nov. through Dec. 1992 : (Pr. K.E. Salyer) Craniofacial Surgery Center Hospital Humana, Medical
                   City, Dallas, Texas
            Jan. through Oct. 1993 : (Pr. F. Ortiz-Monasterio) Centro de Cirugia de Malformaciones
                   Craneofaciales, Hospital M. Gea Gonzalez, Universidad Nacional Autonoma, Mexico
            September, 1996 : (Pr. Yu-Ray Chen) Craniofacial and Microsurgery Unit Chang Gung Memorial
                   Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China

TEACHING
1990-92 : Assistant Professor of Anatomy at the School of Surgery of Paris’ public hospitals (Assistance
              Publique)
Since 1998 : Yearly participation in teaching at : Ecole de Chirurgie de l’Assistance Publique : Anatomy in
              plastic and reconstructive surgery (Coord : J. M. Servant)
2001-02 : Participation in teaching at : Ecole de chirurgie de l’Assistance Publique : Flaps in nasal
              reconstruction (Coord : C. Le Quang)
May 12, 2006 : Participation in the SORG Cranio-maxillo-facial Course, Belek, Turkey : Distraction and
              innovation in craniofacial surgery
December 13, 2006: Visiting professor in Yale Plastic surgery department, Yale University, New Haven,
             Connecticut, USA

RESEARCH
Nov. 91-Oct.92 : Research Fellowship : INSERM U349 (DEA)
                        Biology of Bone and Cartilage (Pr. M.C. de Vernejoul)
                        Lariboisière Hospital, Paris
Nov. 95-Oct. 96 : Research Fellowship CNRS 1432 (Post-DEA) – LRO
                         Laboratory for Orthopedic Research (Pr. L. Sedel)
                         Faculty of Medicine – Villemin, Paris

SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS
     Visiting professorship in training center for surgery demonstrations:
              2000 & 2001 : Maadi surgical center, Cairo, Egypt
              2003 : Craniofacial center, University of Sao-Paulo, RP, Brazil
              2004 : Craniofacial center, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
              2006 : Department of Maxillo-facial surgery. Bologna University, Bologna, Italy (February 2006)
                        Department of Maxillo-facial surgery. Nasser Institute, Cairo, Egypt (march 2006)

     Foreign craniofacial consultant:
              Appointed by the Department of plastic surgery, University of Helsinki, Finland (may 2006, oct
              2006, April 2007, Nov 2007)

     Editorial board Member:
              Annales de chirurgie plastique, reconstructrice et esthétique
              European Journal of Plastic Surgery
              Reviewer of the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

     Congress organization:
              2000: ECSAPS organizer, Paris, October 27-28th, 2000
              Chairman of the 3rd International Congress on cranial and facial bone distraction processes. Paris,
                      June 14-16th, 2001
              Chairman of the 4th International Congress on cranial and facial bone distraction processes. Paris,
                      July 3-6th, 2003
              Member of the organizational committee of the 5th International Congress on cranial and facial
                      bone distraction processes. Paris, June 21-24, 2006

MEMBERSHIP SOCIETIES
     SOFCPRE : French Society of Plastic Surgery
     Active member since 2001 (previously Associate member since 1999.)

     ESCFS: European Society of Craniofacial surgery
     Active member since 2001; Former Secretary general (september 2004-september 2006)

     SBCC: Brazilian Society of Craniofacial Surgery
     Member elected in 2004

     EURAPS: European Association of Plastic Surgeons
     Member elected in 2004

     CFCPRE: College Français de chirurgie plastique, reconstructive et esthétiqu
     (French board of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery)
     Member and Secretary General since 2004

     ISCFS: International Society for Craniofacial surgery
     Associate member since 1999. Benchmarking committee since 2003. Active member in 2005.
     Secretary-Treasurer since 2005.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES
English & Spanish: currently read, speak and write

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