Elise Lupon

Harvard Medical School & University Côte d’Azur

<p><span style="color: black;">Dr. Elise Lupon is an Assistant Professor in Nice, France, in the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery department (Pr Olivier Camuzard) and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She is currently concluding a PhD focusing on Tissue Engineering applications in Reconstructive surgery, and she is building a Hand allotransplantation surgery program in Nice. She joined the Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Laboratory (Pr. Cetrulo) in 2019 and developed expertise in tissue engineering.&nbsp;In 2021, she obtained an O-1 A visa to conduct her research both in the USA and France.</span></p>

Yanis Berkane

Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and University of Rennes

<p><span style="color: black;">Dr. Yanis Berkane is a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Resident in Rennes, France (Pr. Nicolas Bertheuil) and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School (CEMS, Uygun Lab). He is currently concluding a Ph.D focusing on Machine Perfusion and Tissue Engineering applications in Reconstructive surgery, which is consistent with his clinical focus areas (Microsurgical flaps, Breast reconstruction). He joined the Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Laboratory (Pr. Cetrulo) in 2021 and developed expertise in VCA subnormothermic machine perfusion, subzero non-freezing, and tissue engineering. He aims at an academic plastic surgeon career in France, while keeping part of his research projects in the US.&nbsp;</span></p>

Alexandre G. Lellouch

Harvard Medical School

<p><span style="color: black;">Dr. Alexandre G. Lellouch is a Board-certified plastic surgeon in Paris and co-investigator / Lecturer at MGH/ Harvard. He has extensive experience in reconstructive microsurgery. The hand and face transplantation as clinical options in the treatment of severely injured and disfigured patients led led him to dive into the field of reconstructive transplantation. Vascularized Composite allotransplantation (VCA) has emerged in recent years as the most promising treatment option for many patients afflicted with soft tissue defects that cannot be satisfactorily reconstructed using contemporary techniques. Moreover, VCA has overtaken tissue engineering by becoming a clinically viable option. Unfortunately, the prognostic in the long term is compromised due to the ineluctable development of chronic rejection and the absence of treatment available. To overcome this issue, Dr. Lellouch’s team focuses on decellularization technologies, machine perfusion, and immune tolerance induction protocols.&nbsp;</span></p>

Olivier Camuzard

University Côte d'Azur

<p><span style="color: black;">Pr. Olivier Camuzard is a Professor in Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand surgery. He’s the head of the Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand department in Nice, France. He has extensive experience in reconstructive microsurgery, and has specialized in hand and wrist surgery, reconstructive limb microsurgery, peripheral nerve and brachial plexus surgery, sarcoma surgery and skin tumors. He spent a year&nbsp;in Taiwan in the world most famous center for nerve reconstruction and microsurgery (</span><a href="https://www.changgung.hospital/en/about.aspx?id=11&amp;bid=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: black;">Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Linkou</a><span style="color: black;">).</span><em style="color: black;"> </em></p>