Turkey

Dr Nuri Celik

Nuri A. Celik completed his plastic surgery training in Istanbul University Hospitals in 1994. He was a plastic surgery fellow at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk from 1994 to 1995. He studied brachial plexus and facial nerve surgery as a microsurgery fellow at Baylor College of Medicine between 1995-1997. He did a one-year craniofacial surgery fellowship at Medical College of Wisconsin before he returned to Istanbul, Turkey to start his private practice.

He lectures on rhinoplasty,  facial rejuvenation, blepharoplasty and canthoplasty internationally. He served as  the President of the Turkish Society of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery from June 2016 to June 2018. He is married with two children.

USA

Dr William Chen

Formal Education and Training:

Diocesan Boys School; Hong Kong.

University of California, Berkeley, A.B.*(Distinction); Honor Program Completed in Biochemistry; with double major in Zoology.

St.Louis University School of Medicine, M.D.

Alpha Omega Alpha, National Medical Honor Society.

LAC-USC Medical Center,Internship in Internal Medicine.

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Jules Stein Eye Institute; Post-Graduate Resident in Ophthalmology, U.C.L.A; Chief Resident in Ophthalmology.

Fellowship in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, under Clinton D. McCord,M.D.; Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. USA

 

Awards and Honors:

Wendell H. Griffith Award for Outstanding Achievement and

Research in Biochemistry, St.Louis University School of Medicine.

Inducted to Alpha Omega Alpha;

Member of Alpha Omega Alpha Academic Forum.

 

University Faculty/Academic Appointments:

Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, U.C.L.A. School of Medicine, and  Stein Eye Institute.

Senior Attending Surgeon, Eye Plastic Surgery Service, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California.

2004 to Present—Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery (VOL), Department of Plastic Surgery, UCI.

USA

Dr Salvatore Pacella

Dr. Pacella is the Division Head of Plastic Surgery at Scripps Clinic and Scripps M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in La Jolla, California.  His practice includes cosmetic and reconstructive surgery of the face, breast and body with a special emphasis on oculoplastic surgery for correction of both aesthetic surgery complications and post-skin cancer reconstruction.  Dr. Pacella received his M.D. from the University of Rochester (N.Y.) with high honors.  After completing his residency at the University of Michigan, he completed fellowships in aesthetic breast surgery in Marina Del Rey, CA (W.G. Stevens, MD) in addition to facial aesthetic and oculoplastic surgery in Atlanta, GA (F. Nahai, MD; C. McCord, MD and M. Codner, MD).  Dr. Pacella has published over 25 peer-reviewed publications in plastic surgery and health care economics and is a regularly invited speaker at numerous regional and national meetings sponsored by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.  His recent comprehensive textbook Aesthetic Facial Reconstruction after Mohs Surgerywas awarded a Highly Commended Distinction by the British Medical Association’s Annual Medical Book Awards in 2017. Having earned an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, he routinely serves as a financial consultant for health systems and industry alike. In his spare time, Dr. Pacella experiences an active lifestyle with his wife and two children in Southern California.  When not caring for patients, he enjoys surfing, cycling and officiating rugby.

Local Keynote Speaker

Mr Graeme Southwick OAM

Education
Graeme Southwick graduated Monash University with honours in December 1970, pursued postgraduate studies at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne and was awarded The Gordon Gordon-Taylor prize by The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1973 for the highest marks in the first part examinations at the College. He achieved FRACS both in Otorhinolaryngology (ENT Surgery) and in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery before studying in London and USA for 2 years and made Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Experience
On return to Australia in 1979, Graeme Southwick was appointed Consultant Plastic Surgeon to Peter McCallum Cancer Institute and The Alfred Hospital. He also commenced private practice, establishing The Melbourne Institute of Plastic Surgery of which he is currently a Director.  Since 1979 Graeme Southwick has been involved with teaching and research at Monash University and holds an appointment as Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Surgery and O&G

Graeme Southwick established The Advanced Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Workshop in 1993 and  was chairman for 23 years of this focused three day plastic surgery meeting held in Melbourne annually. This highly regarded well attended conference is high on the education agenda of plastic surgeons from Australasia.  In 2000 Graeme Southwick established The Advanced Plastic Surgery Education Foundation, a not-for-profit charity support funding education and research in plastic surgery in Australia.

Graeme Southwick commenced the Advanced Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Fellowship over 25 years ago – this 6-12 month fellowship is open to bona fide plastic surgeons from around the world and has successfully assisted the training of over 40 young Australian and international plastic surgeons.

Credentials
Graeme Southwick is a member of The Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons, The Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, The British Association of Plastic,  Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, and The Australian Hand Surgery Society.  He is a Past Councillor (1996 – 2004) Treasurer, Vice President and President  (2002 – 2004) of The Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons and a member of International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons and National Secretary for Australia (2006 -2012).

Graeme Southwick is an Editorial Board member for American Aesthetic Surgery Journal, reviewer for ISAPS Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Journal, and an advisor to the Indian Plastic Surgery Journal. He has been widely published in Australia and overseas and is a sought after International speaker and lecturer.

Graeme Southwick was awarded the Medal of The Order of Australia on the Queen’s Birthday Honour List in June 2004 for service through the provision of immediate medical assistance to victims of the bombing which occurred in Bali on 12^th October 2002.

 

 

Local Keynote Speaker

Dr Bryan Mendelson

Dr Mendelson is in private practice at The Centre for Facial Plastic Surgery in Melbourne Australia. He graduated from Monash University Medical School, Melbourne, and Interned at the Alfred Hospital Melbourne, then became a Demonstrator in Anatomy at Monash University for a year. In 1971 he moved to the USA to train in general surgery and plastic surgery at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota for six years. There followed a fellowship at the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery in Manhattan, New York under Doctors Converse, Rees, Aston and others. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery and The American Board of Plastic Surgery.

Dr Mendelson is known for his contributions on the surgical anatomy of the face. His several important anatomical findings are published in a series of classic papers, on the Surgical Anatomy of the Temple, the retaining ligaments of the orbit and Prezygomatic Space, the Surgical Anatomy of the Mid Cheek as well as the Surgical Anatomy of the Premasseter space and the Jowl. The terms Prezygomatic space and Premasseter spaces were also introduced.

Dr Mendelson is a founding member and Head of the Faculty of the Melbourne Advanced Facial Anatomy Course (MAFAC). www.mafac.com.au, which has conducted more than 14 Cadaver Dissection Courses in Australia and the USA. This anatomical based approach to Aesthetic Surgery has led to numerous invitations to teach and lecture at teaching Courses and Congresses overseas. The importance of understanding the facial layers and of the Sub-SMAS Facial Spaces, taught at the Courses is now included in the major Plastic Surgery texts (Neligan, Aston) as well as in the online version of the latest edition of Gray’s Anatomy.

He has performed demonstration of his anatomical based, Limited Dissection Composite Facelift on 14 occasions as well as on the Tarsal Fixation Technique of Upper Lid Blepharoplasty Surgical Demonstrations performed in Canada, United Kingdom, Turkey, Brazil, Germany, Taipei, Italy (x 2), Spain (x 2), Russia (x 2) & U.S.A (x 2).

Dr Mendelson is a Past President of ISAPS, The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. In Australia he served on the Council of ASAPS for 6 years and delivered the Second ASAPS ORATION in 2007.

Dr Mendelson has published on ‘Ageing of the Facial Skeleton’ and ‘The Long Term Results of Hydroxyapatite Augmentation of the Facial Skeleton’. Submitted publications are on the Biology of Hydroxyapatite and on a Series of 350 Hydroxyapatite Mid Cheek Augmentations.