Prof. Fabio Santanelli di Pompeo was born in Naples, currently he is Full Professor and holds the Chair of Plastic Surgery at Sapienza, University of Rome, where he runs the university program for the Board in Plastic Surgery, and from 2003 is Head of Plastic Surgery Unit at Sant’Andrea Hospital. He started his training on 1984 at University of Naples, and continued from 1987 to 1990 at University of Göteborg, Sweden, where he achieved Fellowships in “cleft lip and palate”, “craniofacial surgery”, “breast surgery” and “reconstructive microsurgery”. Since 1990 he achieved both the Italian and the Swedish Board in Plastic Surgery, and his main interest has been in Reconstructive Microsurgery, specially focusing on breast reconstruction with DIEP flap and Latissimus Dorsi flap procedures. The intense activity in this field led him to start and chair, since 2007 a University Master Course on Breast Reconstruction, at Sapienza University of Rome, and from 2009 a Fellowship on Clinical and Experimental Reconstructive Microsurgery at the Superior Institute of Health, in Rome. Over the last years, he has been focusing on the study of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, and Face Allotrasplantation in cooperation with the Italian Ministry of Health. The commitment and contribution to the scientific research in plastic surgery brought national and international recognition, with the consequent appointment as Honorary Professorship in Plastic Surgery at University of Novi Sad, Serbia, Honorary Member of the Serbian Society of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and Honorary member of the Swedish Association of Plastic Surgeons. He hold the position as EURAPS General Secretary from 2015 to 2021, currently he is President elect from 2022 to 2023. His scientific effort produced 170 original papers and 37 book chapters.