IBSW – International Breast Surgery Workshop

8-9 October 2021
Rome, Italy

3rd World Consensus Conference on BIA-ALCL

7th International Breast
Surgery Workshop

Dear Colleagues and Friends

the 3rd World Consensus Conference on BIA-ALCL and the 7th International Breast Surgery Workshop will be held as a hybrid event with the possibility to register and participate either “live” in-person or “virtual” on-line. We have made the significant effort to provide free registration to “virtual” on-Line participants who might be unable to participate physically due to travel or other constraints, so to maximize the spread of knowledge.

We are actively monitoring the development of the pandemic COVID-19, which thanks to vaccination is slowing down to allow for a back to normal “live” in-person event but with respect of all the safety measures.

Please leave your email address using contact form below and we will keep you constantly updated.

Yours sincerely,

Fabio Santanelli di Pompeo & Mark W. Clemens

Presidents

Fabio Santanelli di Pompeo,
Professor

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Professor Fabio Santanelli di Pompeo is considered one of the major world-experts on breast reconstruction with autologous tissues. He has specifically contributed to the development and affirmation of DIEP (Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator) flap procedure, being the first to perform a DIEP flap in Sweden and in Italy back on 1998 and then persisting on a more regular basis with the establishment of the Breast Unit at Sant’Andrea Hospital, counting more than 700 procedures performed till nowadays. The technique of using abdominal tissues from the patient itself to reconstruct the breast, has been described first in Sweden – where he started – and later improved in United States and Europe, with Santanelli’s contribute. Professional effort of Professor Fabio Santanelli di Pompeo has produced not only clinical but also scientific results with more than 150 original publications on international and national reviews and 35 chapters on international and national books.

Mark W. Clemens,
MD, FACS

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Mark W. Clemens, MD, is the Associate Vice President of Perioperative Services at MD Anderson Cancer Center and an associate professor of plastic surgery. He completed plastic surgical training at Georgetown University, research fellowshipsat the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Harvard Children’s Hospital, and a microsurgery fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center. He received a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as of June 2021. Dr. Clemens’ research interests include BIA-ALCL as well as robotic-assisted, microvascular, and prosthetic reconstructive surgery of the breast. Dr. Clemens has lectured in 27 countriesand written more than 150 peer-reviewed articles and 50 book chapters. He is the breast section editor and on the editorial board of the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, and is the secretary anda board officer for the Aesthetic Surgery Education Research Foundation (ASERF). He is an author for National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guidelines on Lymphoma. He was a member of the surgical team that performed the world’s first skull and scalp allo-transplantation. Dr. Clemens serves as a content expert on breast implant safety for the US FDA and the Scientific Committees of the European Commission.