Patrik Lassus MD, PhD

Patrik Lassus, MD, Associate Professor, is the Head of the Department of Plastic Surgery at Helsinki University Hospital, Finland.

His main clinical focus since 2008 has been in Facial and Head & Neck reconstructive surgery as well as in Aesthetic Facial Surgery. He is the leader of the Finnish Vascular Composite Allotransplantation team which has performed the first two Finnish face transplants in 2016 and 2018.

He became a docent in 2007 and his research focuses on reconstructive facial and head and neck surgery. The other arm in his research is focused on facial allotransplantation. He has published