Current Positions

• Professor and Chief, Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery University of Illinois and Director Craniofacial Center UIC (1989- present)
• Training Program Director, Plastic Surgery Residency Program , University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois (1989-present)

Education

• University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, M.D. Degree
• Master’s thesis University of Athens, Greece
• General Surgery residency ( 1): University of Athens Medical School
• General Surgery residency (2): University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
• Plastic Surgery residency: University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
• Head and Neck Fellowship: Roswell Park Memorial Institute,
  Buffalo, New York

Certifications

• General Surgery Board Certifications: Greece, 1976
• American Board of Plastic surgery (ABPS) certification, 1983
  • Recertified: ABPS, 2017

Areas of Expertoise:

• Cleft Lip and Palate and Pediatric Plastic Surgery
• Aesthetic Surgery
• Post bariatric body contouring
• Abdominal wall reconstruction
• Breast reconstruction
• Maxillofacial Trauma

Publications:

Author and co-author of 163 peer-reviewed articles, 146 abstracts and
33 book chapters

Editor:

• Mastery of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 3 volume textbook
  Little, Brown and Co, Boston, MA 1994

Co-Editor:

• Unfavorable Results in Plastic Surgery: Avoidance and
  Treatment. 3rd edition, Goldwyn R. Cohen M, (eds.) Lippincott, Philadelphia, 2002
• Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery after Massive Weight Loss. Thaller S and Cohen M (eds.) JP Medical publisher. London, St Louis, Panama City, New Delhi, 2013
• Ferraro’s Fundamentals of Maxillofacial Surgery. 2nd edition. P. Taub, P. Patel MD, S. Buchman and M. Cohen, (eds.) Spriger. NY 2015
• Unfavorable results in Plastic surgery: Avoidance and Treatment 4th Edition Cohen M, Thaller S (eds.) Thieme, NY, 2018

Guest Editor:

• Problems in General Surgery. Reconstruction of Difficult Wounds. Vol. 6, 1989. J.B. Lippincott Co
• Clinics in Plastic Surgery. Cleft Lip and Palate. Vol 31, April 2004, Saunders Philadelphia
• Clinics in Plastic Surgery. Abdominal wall reconstruction. Vol 33, April 2006. Saunders, Philadelphia

Editorial Boards:

• The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery: Senior editor
• Plastic Surgery Hyperguide:Associate Editor 2009-2015
• Plastic Surgery Education Network (PSEN), PSEF: Section Editor in Chief Pediatric and Craniomaxillofacial surgery 2009-2015

Presentations:

• Four hundred and twenty eight presentations at local, regional, national and International meetings
• Invited Visiting Professor in 67 Institutions in the USA and the world.

Professional organizations:

• Member of 26 National and International organizations
• Past President: American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons,
  • American Association of Pediatric Plastic Surgery,
  • Chicago Society of Plastic Surgeons and
  • Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgery