Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery of the Male Breast (PDF)

-Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital (Milan, 2011-2015), consultant for breast reconstruction - General Surgery Department of St. Stefano Hospital (Prato, 2011-2015). Currently, he works as consultant at the Plastic and Reconstructive Microsurgery Department of Careggi University Hospital - Florence - Italy. Main fields of interest are: breast, orbito-palpebral, nose and facial surgery, both as reconstructive and aesthetic procedures. To develop the aesthetic aspect of these specific expertise, since 2010, he is the scientific and medical director of a medical and surgical center focused in researching and refining new aesthetic procedures. He has authored more than 60 publications on the main field-related international journals. He has taken part in several courses, conferences, seminars and symposia inherent to the discipline of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic surgery, in many of which also as a speaker. He has performed over 8500 surgeries, including both reconstructive and cosmeticprocedures. Currently he is reviewer for several international Plastic Surgery Journals.



Doctor Francesca Toia graduated at Medical School in 2007 in Palermo. She completed her training in Plastic Surgery at University of Palermo in 2013 and completed a phD course in "Experimental oncology and surgery" in 2017. She achieved the European Board for hand surgery in 2017. She has completed several international fellowship in Great Britain, Sweden, Switzerland,Spain and presented at several national and international meetings. She published more than 35 papers on international journals and is Associate editor for "Plastic and Aesthetic Reaserch" journal. Since October 2016, she works as a staff member in the Plastic Surgery Unit at Policlinico Universitario P.Giaccone, Palermo. Her main clinical interest are reconstructive microsurgery, limb and nerve surgery and her main fields of research are regenerative medicine and surgical oncology, for which she was awarded several nationalresearch grants.

Professor Francesco Moschella is full professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Palermo. He graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1974 at University of Catania, specialized in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at University of Milano in 1977 and in Orthopedics and Traumatology at University of Catania in 1980. He is Chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery at the University Hospital Paolo Giaccone, Palermo since 2011, and chief of the Training Program in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at University of Palermo since 2002. Since 2008, he is Chief of the University Department in Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences and since 2012 he is Chief of the Hospital Department in Oncology at the University Hospital Paolo Giaccone, Palermo. Professor Moschella has been President of the Italian Society for Microsurgery from 2015 to 2017. He has performed surgery in all areas of reconstructive surgery and microsurgery with a particular focus on: (a) surgery of the head and neck and oral cavity; (b) hand surgery. He has also conducted extensive research on the vascularization of the skin and muscles, contributing to the diffusion of new reconstructive and guides a research team on regenerative medicine.