In this "Giants in Plastic Surgery" episode of the PRS Global Open Deep Cuts Podcast, Dr. Marzia Salgarello shares portions of exciting stories dotted throughout her journey to becoming a brilliant Plastic Surgeon. She talks about how family plays an important role in both her life and her career, how she balances between the two, and what kind of surgeon she strives to be.

Read a recent classic PRS Global Open article by Dr. Salgarello and co-authors, “Breast Reconstruction Using the Lateral Thoracic, Thoracodorsal, and Intercostal Arteries Perforator Flaps”: https://bit.ly/GOXDC_Salgarello 

Marzia Salgarello is the Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery and Head of the Plastic Surgery Department of the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic Foundation. 

An academic powerhouse with more than 120 papers to her name, she specializes in microsurgery and aesthetics. She is known to be a mentor to those around her.

At her clinic, she specializes in performs breast reconstruction with prosthesis in a single step, i.e. with the immediate use of a definitive prosthesis without having to resort to a second operation to change the prosthesis, or with the tissues of the abdomen. In this case it involves using one's own tissues without the use of prostheses such as an autotransplant. 

Your host, Dr. Vimal Gokani, is a senior Specialty Registrar in plastic surgery in London, England. Your producer & editor, Charlene Kok, is a Year 2 Medical Student in Imperial College London, England, with a keen interest in Plastic Surgery. 

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