France

Jean-Paul Meningaud, MD, PhD is Professor, Head of the Department of Plastic and maxillofacial Surgery and Director of the ambulatory surgical Department at the Henri Mondor hospital (Hospitals of Paris). A Fellow of the European Board of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, he has graduated in microsurgery and holds the HDR (postdoctoral degree authorizing the holder to direct the research of others). Professor Meningaud and his team have an extensive experience of the feasibility, reproducibility, risks and benefits of face transplantation. He received the James Barret Brown award in 2011. He has been President of the European Association for Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery in 2018-2020. He oversees ten University Diplomas in cosmetic medicine, one in microsurgery and one in dental implants. He runs research in regenerative medicine and aesthetic surgery. Certified Expert, Cour de Cassation (highest court in the French judiciary), he is a titular member of the French National Academia of Surgery.