Mr Antonio Orlando MD, FRCS, EBOPRAS

Consultant Plastic Surgeon

PERSONAL INFORMATION

General Education-
Scientific Lyceum: Leonardo da Vinci, Florence

Medical Education-
University of Florence 1982-1988
Graduate with Honours

Italian State exam-
Florence Nov 1988
Registration with:
Ordine dei Medici della Provincia di Firenze
24 Jan 1989

Postgraduate education-
Specialised (Hons) in Otorhinolaryngology
University of Florence (Italy), June 1991

Specialised ( Hons) in Plastic Surgery
University of Parma (Italy), Nov 1996

Diplomate of The European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
Slough, England, Nov 1998

General Medical Council-
Full registration no. 4083711 13 May 1994

On the Specialist Register for:

Otorhinolaryngology 12 Jan 1996

Plastic Surgery 26 Jan 1997

FRCS Fellow ad Eundem
Royal College of Surgeon of England 13 Apr 2000

Present appointment-
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Since Nov 1999 Special Interest in Head & Neck Surgery
Frenchay Hospital, Bristol

Other appointments-
Visiting Professor
School of Specialisation of Plastic Surgery
University of Parma, Italy

Born in Trento , Italy in 1964, he started medical school at the University of Florence in 1982 and graduated with honours in 1988. As a final year medical student, in 1987, he prepared his graduation thesis based on a research project conducted in the department of Otolaryngology of the University of Florence. It was at this early stage that he was first exposed to Plastic Surgery in Head and Neck reconstruction. Upon graduation he was accepted on to a training program in the School of Specialisation in Otolaryngology of the same University.

During his ENT training he worked under the tutelage of Prof. D. Lo Russo, Otolaryngologist and Plastic Surgeon, Director of the Service of Head and Neck Reconstructive Surgery in the University Department of Otolaryngology, in Florence. He acquired experience in the management of Head and Neck malignancies as an active member of a team performing major operations of resection and reconstruction of the Head & Neck.

His interest in reconstructive surgery led to his Specialisation Thesis in the Reconstruction of oro-mandibular defects following resections for cancer and subsequently to his decision to train in Plastic Surgery.

In November 1991 he entered the School of Specialisation in Plastic Surgery at the University of Parma: a five year training program rotating through the University departments of Parma, Pisa and Florence and including one year in the Department of Plastic Surgery at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol.

He Specialised in Plastic Surgery with honours in November 1996. He came back to UK where he undertook further training in Bristol as a Specialist Registrar in Plastic Surgery and two fellowships in Head and Neck Surgery in Belfast and in Amsterdam. Both units handle a large volume of cases, the Amsterdam Unit is particularly well-recognised throughout Europe and maintains a prolific academic and clinical research output.

In November 1998 Mr Orlando successfully passed the exam to become Diplomate of the European Board of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and in April 2000 became Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Appointed as a Consultant Plastic Surgeon in Frenchay Hospital (North Bristol NHS Trust) in 1999, he developed a special interest in Head and Neck Surgery and Skin cancer. He works in close collaboration with the Otolaryngologists and the Neurosurgeons in the management of major head and neck cancers providing complex reconstruction with microsurgical techniques.

His cosmetic training has progressed parallel to his reconstructive interest since the early stage of his plastic surgery training. He has worked and trained in cosmetic surgery in Florence, Parma and Bristol and he also regularly attends numerous courses and meetings in the UK, Europe and America.

Mr Orlando is fully trained and qualified to practice cosmetic surgery. He is on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council for Plastic Surgery since 1997 (n. 4083711). His cosmetic practice includes a wide range of procedures including facial surgery (face lift, blepharoplasty and rhinoplasty), cosmetic breast surgery (augmentation, lift and reduction,) body contouring (abdominoplasty and liposuction) and other non-surgical procedures.

Societies and Associations

British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS)

British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS)

British Association of Head & Neck Oncologists

Italian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

British Medical Association

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