Basel A Sharaf is the practice chair of the Mayo Clinic's Center for Aesthetic Medicine and Surgery and co-director of the Oculofacial Plastic Clinic. Dr. Sharaf trained in maxillofacial surgery at Harvard University, plastic surgery at Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, and microsurgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Sharaf is double board certified in plastic surgery and oral and maxillofacial surgery and is currently an Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and a consultant plastic surgeon in the Division of Plastic Surgery at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Sharaf is the current chair of the quality committee in the Department of Surgery at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and focuses his practice on craniomaxillofacial surgery, facial aesthetic surgery, orbital, and eyelid reconstruction with an emphasis on incorporating virtual planning and three-dimensional printing in clinical practice.
Samir Mardini is a plastic surgeon and global leader in the field of craniofacial surgery and facial paralysis and reanimation surgery in children and adults. Dr. Mardini completed his plastic surgery residency at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, followed by a one-year craniofacial fellowship and a two-year reconstructive microsurgery fellowship at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan. He then spent two more years as an academic surgeon in Taiwan before joining the Plastic Surgery division at the Mayo Clinic. His specialty in craniofacial surgery in children and adults includes helping those needing cleft lip and palate repair and those with craniosynostosis, vascular malformations, jaw malformations, congenital nevi, and facial injuries. He has a particular passion for improving the lives of patients with facial paralysis and synkinesis. Dr. Mardini is leading innovative breakthroughs in research centered around the facial nerve, facial allotransplantation, facial anatomy, regenerative medicine, cleft and craniofacial diseases, 3D imaging, and virtual surgery planning.
Waleed Gibreel is a pediatric plastic and craniofacial surgeon at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he holds the position of an associate professor in Plastic Surgery in the division of plastic surgery. Dr. Gibreel completed his combined general surgery and plastic surgery residency at the Mayo Clinic and joined the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles for subspecialty training in pediatric plastic and craniofacial surgery. Dr. Gibreel's practice includes all aspects of pediatric craniofacial surgery, such as cleft lip and palate, ear reconstruction, craniosynostosis, facial paralysis and reanimation, orthognathic surgery, vascular anomalies, facial trauma, nasal reconstruction and burn reconstruction.
