Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon, Head and Neck Oncologist, Head of the Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, the Netherlands.
Presentation:
“The nose – a challenge in facial reconstruction”.
Since the first procedures for facial aesthetic surgery, the nose has always been at the center of reconstructive surgery. In addition to the general interest in the nose itself, reconstructive surgery offers many solutions, but its limits are also quickly reached. Recognizing the limits is part of the fine art of facial reconstructive surgery.
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Since 2007 Prof. dr. dr. Kessler has been working as Head of the Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery at Maastricht UMC+. This department deals with all care for patients with mouth, jaw or facial diseases; from disease prevention to reconstruction and functional recovery. Before transferring to Maastricht UMC+, he worked for several years at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany. There he qualified as Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon in 1999 and as a plastic surgeon in 2003. His special areas of devotion are: Head and neck oncology, oral pathology, microsurgery, orthognathic surgery, cleft lip and palate treatment, aesthetic surgery and dental implantology. Research and, above all, teaching are not only obligations in his academic role, but also determine his everyday life.