Faculty Biographies
Prof. Barnea is a specialist in plastic and reconstructive surgery and the head of the plastic and reconstructive breast surgery unit at the Tel-Aviv Medical Center in Israel. He is also the owner and director of a private plastic surgery clinic in Tel Aviv. He graduated medical school at Tel Aviv University and served in the army as chief physician of the airborne infantry brigade and commander of the medical officers’ course in the military school of medicine. He completed his residency in plastic surgery at the Tel Aviv Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in microsurgical oncological reconstruction at MD Anderson, Houston, Texas. There he developed a specialization in reconstructive and aesthetic surgery of the breast, including microvascular breast reconstruction. He also completed a master degree in plastic surgery. Currently Prof. Barnea performs various types of breast surgeries, both aesthetic and reconstruction. He works in the breast health center, as part of the multi- disciplinary breast team and in a private clinic. He is involved in new medical technologies and start-ups, and serves as a medical advisor and consultant. He published Dr. Adams maintains a private practice in plastic surgery in Dallas, TX., and also serves as an Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. He is the program director of the UT Southwestern Aesthetic Fellowship, and Past President of Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation (ASERF) and the current President of The Aesthetic Society. Dr. Adams is an international authority on breast surgery/augmentation, breast implants technology including new generation devices, and soft tissue support materials, capsular contracture, and breast implant associated ALCL. He has developed new techniques for use in clinical breast implant surgery that has made breast augmentation / enlargement and breast reconstruction safer for patients. He also recently opened AYA Dallas Medical spa in Snider Plaza next to his medical office, and serves as AYAY medical director. Dr. Adams was presented the Aesthetic Society President’s Recognition Award in 2019, 2017 ASAPS Special Educator Award and the 2017 Simon Fredericks Award for best panelist at the ASAPS annual meeting. He received the teaching Award in 2005 in the Department of Plastic Surgery at UT Southwestern and received the Faculty Excellence Award in 2001, and was named Department of Plastic Surgery Clinician of the Year in 1998 and 2019.
MD, PA, USA William Adams, Jr.
Plastic Surgeon, Israel Yoav Barnea
scientific papers and book chapters on these subjects, both clinical research and basic science. He is a lecturer and educator in plastic surgery and a tutor of medical students, interns, and residents.
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