Albert Losken, MD, FACS, is a professor in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Department of Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine. A board-certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Losken specializes in general and reconstructive plastic surgery with an emphasis on breast and head and neck reconstruction. He was an early advocate and practitioner of breast oncoplastic surgery, a method for breast cancer surgery in which surgical oncologists and plastic surgeons work together to remove the lesion and preserve and reconstruct breast tissue. He has also contributed to developing and refining body contouring after weight loss surgery. Dr. Losken also performs live surgery and educates other plastic surgeons at the annual Atlanta Breast Symposium. Dr. Losken is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He holds professional memberships with American Association of Plastic Surgeons, Georgia Surgical Society, Southeastern Surgical Congress, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Association of Academic Chairmen of Plastic Surgery and Georgia Plastic Surgical Society.

Renowned specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery is the director of the Advanced Breast Reconstructive Service and the Integrated Lymphoedema Treatment Unit in Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Dr. Masià introduces the most innovative micro-surgical breast reconstruction and Lymphoedema techniques in Spain since 2000, situating Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau as the flagship Spanish centre for Lymphoedema treatment and breast reconstruction. He shares his welfare work with an important teaching, research and education work.

Peter C. Neligan received his medical education at the University of Dublin, Trinity College, graduating MB, BCh, BAO in 1975. He obtained his FRCS in general surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1980 and subsequently trained in Plastic Surgery in Dublin. In 1983 he moved to Toronto for fellowship training at the University of Toronto, completing fellowships in surgical research, pediatric plastic surgery, microvascular surgery, and burn surgery.

Having obtained his FRCSC in Plastic Surgery, Dr. Neligan established practice in Sudbury, Ontario in 1987 before returning to the University of Toronto in 1991 to take up a position at the Wellesley Hospital as Director of the Ross Tilley Burn Unit.

In 1993 he moved to Toronto General Hospital where he specialized in oncologic reconstruction and reconstructive microsurgery. Dr. Neligan served as Chief of Plastic Surgery at TGH from 1996 until 2007. In 1996 he was appointed Chair of the University Division of Plastic Surgery. In 1999 he was appointed the Wharton Chair in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, the first endowed chair in Plastic Surgery in Canada. Dr. Neligan moved to Seattle, WA in July 2007 where he is now a Professor at the University of Washington in the Departments of Surgery and Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery. He is active in numerous societies, and is past president of the Plastic Surgery Foundation, The American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery and the North American Skull Base Society. Dr. Neligan currently serves on the Board of Directors for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and is a past member of the Board of Directors for the American Head and Neck Society. He is the immediate past Chair of the Advisory Council for Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery at the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Neligan has authored 7 books, over 70 book chapters, and over 170 peer-reviewed papers. He is the series editor of the third edition of the 6-volume set, Plastic Surgery, considered to be the bible of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He has made over 200 peer-reviewed presentations at national and international meetings as well as delivering numerous invited lectures. He has served as Visiting Professor to numerous institutions nationally and internationally. He sits on the Editorial Board of five journals and is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery.