Mario Scaglioni MD

Prof. Dr. med. Mario Scaglioni studied medicine at the University of Pavia, Italy. After completing his doctorate in Pavia, he became a specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at the University Politecnica delle Marche, Italy. Moreover, he subspecialized in Reconstructive Microsurgery. He obtained a year's (2011-2012) fellowship in Breast Reconstruction and Head & Neck reconstruction, respectively, under the supervision of Prof. Eyal Gur at the Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Israel. 

Afterwards (2013), he spent 1 year at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, as a microsurgery research fellow. Under the mentoring of Prof. Suami, he studied the anatomy of the lymphatic system and its application in lymphedema surgery. Then (2014), he moved for one more year to Chang Gang Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, as a microsurgery fellow under the mentoring of Prof. Fu-Chan Wei and Prof. Yur-Ren Kuo, worldwide recognized microsurgeons. In 2015, he was appointed as a consultant in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University Hospital Zurich (USZ). 

In 2017, he received his Venia Legendi (PD) at the University of Zurich. In 2018, he was appointed as a senior consultant at the Clinic of Hand and Plastic Surgery at the Lucerne Cantonal Hospital (LUKS). In December 2021, he was appointed Titular Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine at the University of Lucerne. Since January 2022, he has been promoted as Co-Chief of the Clinic of Hand and Plastic Surgery in LUKS. He published more than 90 scientific papers in international peer-reviewed Journals and contributed to several book chapters; he is an internationally well-recognized reconstructive microsurgeon.