Supermicrosurgical Lymphaticovenular Anastomosis

About

Dr. Giuseppe Visconti; MD PhD  is a board-certified Plastic Surgeon based in Rome. He started the Lymphedema Surgery Program in University Hospital Agostino Gemelli in Rome which is nowadays one of the highest-volume Center for lymphedema surgery in Europe and recognized as Surgical Center of Excellence for lymphatic disease by LE&RN. Among the first user of Ultra High-Frequency Ultrasound in Europe for lymphatic surgery he pioneered its use for perforator flaps. Dr Giuseppe Visconti has been granted by the Italian Ministry of Health a research project on Lymphedema Surgery in 2017 has produced more than 25 publications dedicated to lymphedema surgery on international peer reviewed Journals 3 chapters on lymphedema surgery for International Books and is Co-Editor of the first book entirely dedicated to Supermicrosurgical LVA published in 2020. Appointed as Visiting Professor at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes in Timisoara Romania in 2019. Co-Founder of the Imaging in Reconstructive Microsurgery Yearly Meeting since 2019 he is regularly invited in National and International Meetings for Lymphedema Surgery and has been appointed as Faculty in Boston Lymphatic Symposium in 2021 at the American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery in 2022 at the International Master Degree in Surgical Lymphology 2022-2024 by RMES and Keynote Speaker on Lymphedema Surgery at the National Annual Meeting of Italian Society for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery in 2022.Dr Akitatsu Hayashi MD is specialized in the surgical treatment for lymphedema. He is best known for pioneering with modern imaging techniques of the lymphatic vessels for lymphedema surgery (Ultrasound OCT) and Director of the Kameda Lymphedema Center first Asian designated Surgical Center of Excellence by the LE&RN USA in 2020. He was appointed Visiting Professor of Asan Medical Center Korea in 2019 Virtual Professor at Buncke Clinic USA in 2020 and faculty at the Boston Lymphatic Symposium in 2021. He also has been publishing on related international journals (as the Journal of Clinical Medicine Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery Journal of Plastic reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Journal of Microsurgery) lecturing in 13 countries and performing surgery in 8 countries around the globe.Dr Johnson Chia-Shen Yang MD PhD FACS is a board certified plastic and reconstructive microsurgeon at Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. Dr. Yang is consider to be the pioneer of supermicrosurgery in Taiwan. He is currently the director of International Supermicrosurgical Lymphedema Center which was recognized as one of the six Surgical Center of Excellence for lymphatic disease in the world by Lymphatic Education and Research Network in 2021. Dr. Yang was also selected as one of the five Key Opinion Leader (KOL) in the Greater China region by Carl Zeiss in 2021. As the only plastic surgeon he was interviewed by ZEISS Beyond Talks for the celebration of Carl Zeisss 175th anniversary. His ground breaking articles were published in International Journal of Surgery (IJS) Journal of American college of Surgeons (JACS) and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS). Dr. Yang has been invited to speak at international conferences as well as keynote speaker at the annual meeting of Japan Society of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery and Pakistan Association of Plastic Surgeons. In 2017 Dr. Yang was appointed as visiting professor by BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen University of Heidelberg Germany.