After specializing in General Surgery I started my carrier 1972 in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and also in Handsurgery.In 1975 I opened the first replantation center in Europe with 24 hour service.Since that time Microsurgery was my main interest.In 1984 I became the head of the Plastic Surgery departement at the Klinikum rechts der Isar of the Technical University in Munich. 

I am a founding member of the „ International Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery“ and his sectretary 1981 till 1985 and  his president in  1991.

International I gave courses in microsurgery all over the world. I was president of our national societies and the founding president of the „ German Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery“

I am honorary member of 17 societies national as international. I got many national as international awards like the „ Deutsches Verdienstkreuz“ of t he German goverment and the honoury professorship ofthe medical university of Tajikistan.

In 2007  i had to retire from university to due age and started a privat office till 2020.

Bevor I retired from university I did with my team the worldwide first double arm transplanation. The patient is still doing very well.

After this I was awarded as „ Emeritus of excellence“ of the Munich University.

I am still travelling and operating with my son who is also Plastic Surgeon.

Since 1997 I was very often in Aserbayjan and I am proud to have friends in this country.

Univ.Prof. Dr.med. Dr.habil. Dr.h.c. Prof.h.c.

                   Edgar Biemer, FRCS

            Emeritus of excellence TUM

Since 2007 Head of Department and Full Professor, Department of Maxillofacial, Technical

University of Munich, Germany

Member CCC Munich,

MEMBER DKTK site Munich,

2000 - 2007 Head of Department and Full Professor, Department of Maxillofacial, Ruhr

University Bochum, Germany

1999 apl. Professor of Maxillofacial Surgery, Charite Berlin, German

1994 - 1999 Leitender Oberarzt, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Klinikum Benjamin

Franklin, Berlin, Germany

1987 - 1994 Resident, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Free

University, Berlin, Germany

1984-1987 Resident, Institute for Anatomy, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Dr. Alejandro Martínez is a Mexican board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon who graduated from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Leon School of Dentistry. He completed his residency training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Hospital Regional 20 de Noviembre ISSSTE in Mexico, D.F, where he obtained an Academic Honorable Mention. He completed an Orthognathic and Temporomandibular Joint Fellowship from the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl., under Dr. Frank Dolwick (1989-1990).   

Dr. Martinez is the director of his private practice at UVA Clinic Face Architects in Monterrey, Mexico. He is a Clinical Professor of Orthognathic Surgery in the Orthodontics Postgraduate program at Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Leon, School of Dentistry. Associate professor at the maxillofacial surgery residency program on 20 of November Medical Regional Hospital ISSSTE and invited professor at the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at the University of Florida. He has also been invited as a European Board Examination Certification Process professor.

He is the Author and Co-Author of several national and international articles and book chapters in our specialty. He is an international lecturer recognized globally as a leading expert in corrective jaw (orthognathic) surgery. 

Dr. Martinez has over 31 years of experience in research and treatment of complex jaw revision surgery, total temporomandibular joint (TMJ) replacement, snoring and obstructive sleep apnea treatment, dental implants, and dentoalveolar surgery. He receives numerous awards for his contributions to Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 

Dr. Martinez is a member of Mexican Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (AMCBMC). Also a member of the ALACIBU ( Latin American Assoc. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery) and IAOMS (International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons). 

Certified Board member by the Mexican Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Also Certified Member  by the Latin-American Board of OMF (BLACIBU)

Former President of the Mexican Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (AMCBMC) 2008-2009. 

Former President of the Mexican Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2009-2012.

Former President of ALACIBU 2012-2013 (Latin American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery). 

Former President and founder of BLACIBU 2013 (Latin American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery). 

IAOMS Executive Committee Member 2014-2019

Vice President of IAOMS 2020-2021

IAOMS President 2022-2023

Dr. Manlio Galiè is Clinical Professor at the St. Anna University Hospital of Ferrara - Italy, Department of Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery - Center for Orbital Pathology & Surgery ( Director and Chief: Prof. Luigi C. Clauser ).He has completed formal training in both Medicine MD and Dentistry DMD.He specializes in Maxillo-Facial Surgery and in ENT Surgery.Dr. Galiè has lectured as invited speaker to numerous Seminars, Meetings, Roundtables and Congresses in Italy, Europe, and Worldwide.Author of over 70 publications in National and International Journals he is a Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery ( Official Pubblication of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery – EACMFS ), and of the Journal of Craniomaxillofacial Trauma and Reconstruction ( Official Membership Journal of AO CMF ).

International Fellow at University of California, Los Angeles ( UCLA ), Craniofacial Center.

Fellow of the European Board of Oro – Maxillo – Facial Surgery ( FEBOMS)

Member of the Executive Committee of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery ( EACMFS ) as Executive Adviser.

Member of the European Clinical Network: EUROCRAN and ORPHANET.

Member of the following Associations: EACMFS ( European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery ), SILPS (Society for Cleft Lip and Palate and Craniofacial Malformation Study and Treatment ), SICMFS ( Italian Society of Maxillofacial Surgery ), IAOMS (International Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons ).

Interested in new innovations in cranio-maxillo-facial surgery his special interests are in craniofacial surgery, orbital surgery , reconstructive surgery and total facial rehabilitation, orthognathic surgery, cleft surgery, tumor surgery of the oro-maxillofacial area.

Current researches: Tissue engineering & Distraction Osteogenesis.

Dr.Galiè is a Member and Teacher of the EACMFS Educational Rolling Programme Regional Courses in Europe and Eastern Countries.

Julio Acero is the Head of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Ramon y Cajal and the Puerta de Hierro University Hospitals in Madrid, Spain, Full Professor of Surgery at the Alcala University of Madrid and Member of the Research Group on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine of  The Ramon y Cajal Research Institute IRYCIS. He studied Medicine and Dentistry and obtained his PhD at the university in Madrid being distinguished as Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Iasi, Romania and by the National University of Athens, Greece. Fellow Ad eundem of the Royal College of Surgeons of England as well as Fellow and Examiner of the International Board for the Certification of Specialists in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (IBCSOMS). Prof Acero is a Member of the Spanish National Academy of Dental Sciences and foreign Member of the National Academy of Dentistry of Argentina. His special fields of interest are oncologic and reconstructive surgery of the head and neck including the skull base as well as bone regeneration. He has lectured and published widely in these fields and has been appointed as invited Professor in different universities around the world including the official appointments of External Full Professor of the National University of Athens (Greece), Honorary Professor at the University of Ferrara (Italy), the University of Belgrade (Serbia), the University of Bucharest (Romania) and the National University of Nordeste (Corrientes, Argentina). Visiting Professor at the University of Beijing (China), Messina (Italy), Malaya University at Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), University of Florida in Jacksonville and the Vanderbilt University (USA). Distinguished Fellow Award of the IAOMS,  Honorary Member of the Latin-American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ALACIBU), Honorary Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) and of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (ANZAOMS), Distinguished Fellow of the Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India, Honorary Member of the National OMFS Societies of Argentina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Turkey and the North Macedonian Association of Maxillofacial Surgeons. IAOMS Outstanding Committee Member Award presented in the ICOMS, Shanghai 2009, Humanitarian Award of the American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, presented in Puerto Rico 2016. President of the IAOMS 2016-2017, past Director of the Fellowships Committee of the IAOMS, Past Chairman of the IAOMS Education Committee and current Chairman of the IAOMS Visiting Scholar Program. Prof. Acero was the Education and Training Officer of the European Association of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery (EACMFS), currently Past President of the European Association. Past Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and former President of the Spanish Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He has been organizing and coordinating international educational programmes in OMF Surgery throughout the world: Eastern Europe (Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Northern Macedonia), Latin America (Peru, Paraguay, El Salvador), Asia (Indonesia, Philippines) and Africa (Kenya, Tanzania,,Nigeria)

Mr Massimo Maranzano DMD MD OMFS PLAS MSc

Consultant Oral Maxillo-Facial Surgeon/Head and Neck Reconstructive Surgeon/Plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester; Honorary Senior Lecturer University of Manchester Massimo qualified both MD and DDS from University of Padova (Italy), then qualified as Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon in 1996 from University of Verona (Italy) and completed his high medical training as full Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon in 2007 from University of Udine (Italy).  He is Master of Arts in Forensic Odontology from University of Florence since 2010.

He took up his job as NHS Consultant at Bassano del Grappa (Italy) in 1996 then moved to Udine Regional University Hospital Trust where he has set up the Regional Service of Higher Specialization in Head and Neck Reconstruction including rehabilitation and moved to Treviso Regional Hospital Trust where he has been practicing as Senior Head and Neck Consultant, finally has moved to Manchester in 2013.

Mr Maranzano has followed a unique training pathway both in Oral and Maxillofacial/Head and Neck Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He was able to combine both extensive clinical training and sound scientific grounding supporting clinical practice.

He has published in both English and Italian peer-reviewed journals and lectures at numerous national and international conferences in and outside Europe.

He is Honorary Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Jacksonville, Florida (USA).

He is Chief of the Reconstructive Section at the SORG academy. He is Member of the Great Manchester Cancer Pathway for Head and Neck Cancer. He is member of PEERS (Platform for Exchange of Education, Research and Science by Dentsply Sirona).

His clinical and research interests include Head and Neck Cancer and Reconstruction, including microsurgery, pre implant and implant surgery including 3D planning both for reconstruction and implant placement.

Prof. Hoffmann qualified as an OMFS surgeon in 1997 at the University Hospital Tübingen and finished his PhD-Thesis in 1999.  Since 2010 he is chairing the Dept. of OMFS at the University Hospital in Heidelberg, which is one of the major units in Germany, covering a broad scope of surgical techniques. At present Prof. Hoffmann holds the position as the Past-President of the German Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (DGMKG) and as a member of the board of the German Association of Surgery (DGCH).

His main focus is in the field of Traumatology and Reconstructive Surgery. He has special interests in image data based planning, treatment of Vascular Anomalies, CLP and bone regeneration.

Dr Gonzalez Lagunas is the Head of Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Hospital Quironsalud Barcelona. Member of the Executive Committee of EACMFS since 2021, with the position of Media Development Manager

He is the current editor of the EACMFS newsletter “The Pulse” and scientific director of its educational platform. Member at Large of the Executive Committee of IAOMS from 2014 to 2019. He chaired the 21st International Conference of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2013 (ICOMS) in Barcelona. Dr González Lagunas developed and was the Editor-in-Chief of the IAOMS magazine Face to face from 2014 to 2020.

Prof. Nkenke is Professor and Head of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the General Hospital of Vienna, Austria. He is also a consultant to the Wiener Privatklinik and runs a private practice. Prof. Nkenke is dually qualified as a doctor as well as a dentist. He also holds a doctorate in theoretical medicine. Prof. Nkenke has a deep commitment to innovation when he practices oral and maxillofacial surgery. He uses the latest technology to the benefit of his patients. He is specialized in virtual surgical planning and the use of patient-specific implants in orthognathic surgery, craniofacial surgery and reconstructive surgery. Prof. Nkenke has pioneered guided dental implant surgery. Further evidence of his commitment to innovation are new techniques he pioneered on free flap jaw reconstruction for cancer patients. This is a microsurgical technique which enables large defects in the face and jaws to be repaired.

 Prof. Nkenke has a special dedication to the treatment of cleft lip and palate malformations. Since two decades he is performing primary (closure of lip and palate) and secondary (bone grafting of the maxilla, rhinoplasty, advancement of the maxilla) operations. His armamentarium also includes distraction osteogenesis.

 Prof. Nkenke holds the positions of the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery and a Section Editor of the International Journal Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

 He is also active in undergraduate and postgraduate education. Prof. Nkenke give webinars on a regular basis. He has run several national and international congresses.

MR Sajjad Walji is a Maxillofacial / Head And Neck Surgeon at the Jeroen Bosch Hospital in The Netherlands. He trained with Professor Freihofer from Zurich and Professor Stoelinga in the Netherlands, followed by a fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology and Reconstructive surgery in the United Kingdom with Mr. Evans. During his 10 year stay in the UK, he developed a special interest in Parotid Gland Surgery and Facial Reconstruction.

He is been an Examiner for the European Board since 2010 and has lectured Internationally. 

He is passionate about teaching and devotes his time for charitable organisation.

He is a member of various professional organisations.