Dr. Aris Sterodimas is the Head of the Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Department at Metropolitan General Hospital, in Athens, Greece. He is also the director of Regenerative Surgery Lab and he is considered as the pioneer of adipose stem cell application in the field of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Sterodimas is a Board-certified plastic surgeon, member of the ISAPS, member of the IPRAS, member of the HESPRAS, member of the ASPS, member of the ISPRES & member of the AeXPI. He holds a Master Degree in the field of Surgical Technology by the University College of London and the Imperial College of London. From 2005, he has been actively involved in research of Stem Cells application in the field of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and Regenerative Medicine. His PhD thesis is on Adipose Tissue Engineering in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery by the University of Athens. He has published 75 peer-reviewed articles in the most important Plastic Surgery journals and has contributed in the writing of 42 book chapters on the field of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Sterodimas serves as Visiting Professor and honored guest lecturer at Institutions around the globe and has participated as a faculty speaker in the biggest events of Plastic Surgery in the last 10 years. He has delivered 701 lectures & performed 64 live surgeries in the last 20 years. More than 150 Plastic surgeons from 28 different countries have visited his department for training and observation of the state of the art procedures performed by him and his team. He is the Editor of 'Adipose Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine' book published by Springer Verlag, which was among the top 25% sold medical books in 2015. His book has been translated in Chinese.