Faculty Biographies
Dr. Per Hedén was born in Stockholm, Sweden 1951. After completing medical training in Stockholm at the Karolinska Institute he entered his plastic surgery training program in 1978. Dr. Hedén was subsequently one of the driving forces in estab- lishing microsurgery in the region and this led to the first microsurgical operation in Stockholm, performed in 1981. After completing his plastic surgery training in 1982, he held a plastic surgery position in Australia. He subsequently pursued plastic surgery research in the United States, first in Springfield, Illinois, and later at Harvard University in Boston. His research, which dealt mostly with blood circulation and metabolism in skin flaps, led to his thesis, “Monitoring techniques and animal models as guides for free flap surgery,” in 1988. After continuing his research he achieved, and still holds, an Associate Professorship at the Karolinska institute in 1990. He became the head of the microsurgery unit at Sabbatsbergs Hospital in 1990. He still has a devot- ed interest for microsurgical repair of facial paralyses and patients from all of Sweden are sent to Dr. Hedén for this kind of surgery. Over the years he has published more than 50 scientific papers and also a number of chapters in plastic surgery textbooks. He has also been, and continues to be, an advisor for young plastic surgeons doing research. Dr Hedén has also been the organizer and president of several international meetings among these is the plastic surgery congress Beauty through Science held each year in Stockholm. Raj Acquilla graduated from Manchester University Medical School, UK, in 1999, and during his 18-year medical career has gained 14 years’ experience in cosmetic medicine, performing over 80,000 procedures with BOTOX® and fillers in that time. He is an expert in medical aesthetics, facial contouring and non-surgical facelifts, dermatological surgery (including the treatment of facial skin cancer), and undergraduate and postgraduate clinical education. He runs busy private clinics in Cheshire, London and Ibiza in addition to his own facial aesthetic academy, where he is a recognised masterclass trainer using the latest and most innovative facial rejuvenation techniques. He is a UK ambassador and global key opinion leader for Allergan Facial Aesthetics, a member of the Scientific Committee for AMWC Global, a board member of IMCAS Worldwide, NW Regional Chair of the British College of Aesthetic Medicine and a faculty member of The European College of Aesthetic Medicine & Surgery, and was recently awarded an honorary fellowship to the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery in Melbourne, Australia. Dr Acquilla has lectured at every major UK aesthetics conference, and has taught across the world. To date, he has lectured and taught over 30,000 healthcare professionals in 36 countries over six continents.
Plastic Surgeon, Sweden Per Heden
Aesthetic Surgeon, UK Raj Acquilla
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