Surgery

Biography

Derick A Mendonca is a British Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, currently Head of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery department at Sakra World Hospital, Bangalore. He completed his Specialist Registrar Plastic Surgery training at the prestigious Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham, UK. He obtained the MRCS and FRCS (Plastic) qualifi cation from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow and is credentialed with the Certifi cate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Plastic Surgery. He obtained an advanced fellowship in Craniofacial and Paediatric Plastic Surgery for 1 year at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA. He maintains a keen academic interest with over 30 scientifi c publication prizes and is a frequent speaker at national and international Plastic Surgery conferences. He is particularly proud of two seminal publications: “The Birmingham classifi cation of venous malformations in children”, and “The fi rst biomechanical cadaveric anatomical study on palatal dissection and movement”. He is a reviewer and member of the Cochrane Wounds Group, Oxford and a Craniofacial surgery reviewer for two prestigious Plastic Surgery journals. His area of interest is in complex craniomaxillofacial reconstruction, craniofacial distraction, craniosynostosis (endoscopic & open calvarial remodelling), facial fractures and trauma, cleft lip and palate surgery, paediatric plastic surgery, ear and nose reconstruction, facial palsy reanimation surgery and oculoplastic surgery.

Abstract

Abstract : Calvarial vault reconstruction: Technical modifi cations in an Asian context