Editor-in-Chief
(Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery),
Dolan Park Hospital
,
United Kingdom
Professor Marcos Sforza is an accomplished and respected aesthetic surgeon who is currently the Scientific Medical Director of N1 Plastic Surgery, UK. He also leads and develops research interests at two universities SESA and UNIFESO School of medicine, where he resides as Professor of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and is responsible for the Elective Internship in Plastic Surgery. Under his guidance, the internship provides a regional nucleus of postgraduate education and training, alongside medical research and development.
Mr. Sforza was brought up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he was trained by the world-renowned plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy. Immediately after finishing his training, he was invited to remain at Professor Pitanguy’s School as a teaching instructor for the residents. On moving to England, he embarked on his selected career as a plastic surgeon, consulting at the London’s famous Harley Street, Southampton and Birmingham in the UK.
Mr. Sforza is a prolific published author of over 50 peer renowned papers, book chapters and articles on burn care, trauma, and reconstruction and in aesthetic surgery. He was awarded the Best Scientific Exhibit Award in 2009 and 2011 by the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) and his work (through his students) was awarded the Heckett Memorial Prize in 2012 and the Highly Recommended Prize in 2013, both given by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS).
Mr Sforza is an active member of a number of professional associations such as: SBCP, Aexpi, ASPS, IFATS, ISAPS. He is frequently invited as a speaker in most of the Plastic Surgery meetings worldwide, with an average of 30 international lectures and courses given per year.