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Samir Mardini, M.D.

  1. Facial Plastic Surgeon
  2. Plastic Surgeon
  3. Chair, Plastic Surgery

地点

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

语言

English

Appointments

Dr. 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 was a major contributor to forming Mayo Clinic's groundbreaking face transplant program, and he led his team to perform Mayo Clinic's first-ever face transplant successfully. This groundbreaking procedure gave a new life to a patient whose facial disfigurement destroyed his face and his life. As the Chair of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Dr. Mardini tirelessly works to support and lead his team of fourteen plastic surgeons and hundreds of providers and Allied Health staff to exceptionally care for patients, innovate, and educate. He spent years traveling around the world, developing his knowledge, skills, and expertise to help people of all ages regain confidence and improved function after suffering from facial paralysis, disfigurement, or deformities. His practice focuses on the whole person, and he regularly collaborates with physicians across specialties to provide holistic, respectful, and attentive care to their individual health needs and aesthetic preferences.

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 Mayo Clinic.

Dr. Mardini's passion for helping others and extensive background and training at leading centers around the world reflect his relentless spirit of collaboration, knowledge-seeking, and mastery. 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. He spent years perfecting his techniques in facial aesthetic surgery to restore function, symmetry, and a natural aesthetic appearance for people with facial deformities and facial paralysis.

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. As an active teacher and mentor, he has edited six peer-reviewed journals, published over one hundred and ninety peer-reviewed articles, over thirty book chapters, and four books, including a children's book on facial differences. Dr. Mardini was the Program Director for the Plastic Surgery Residency for eight years before assuming the role of Chair, and during that time, established the first Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency, which successfully advances four resident graduates per year. He has won Teacher of the Year for Plastic Surgery two years in a row and Teacher of the Year for Surgery and Surgical Sub-Specialties at the Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education.

Dr. Mardini is grateful for his participation in over thirty volunteer mission trips worldwide, helping children in need. During these trips, he and his team performed surgery for over 700 patients with cleft and craniofacial deformities and other facial differences.

  1. Bell's palsy
  2. Brachial plexus injury
  3. Cleft lip
  4. Cleft palate
  5. Craniosynostosis
  6. Facial deformity
  7. Facial fracture
  8. Facial injury
  9. Facial nerve disorder
  10. Facial paralysis
  11. Facial weakness
  12. Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome
  13. Orbital fracture
  14. Traumatic injury
  1. Blepharoplasty
  2. Botox injection
  3. Brow lift
  4. Chest surgery
  5. Cleft lip repair
  6. Cleft palate repair
  7. Cosmetic surgery
  8. Craniofacial implantation
  9. Craniofacial surgery
  10. Face lift
  11. Face transplant
  12. Facial filler injection
  13. Facial fracture repair
  14. Facial implant surgery
  15. Facial reanimation surgery
  16. Facial reconstruction
  17. Flap surgery
  18. Muscle transfer
  19. Otoplasty
  20. Rhinoplasty
  21. Wound care
  • Aesthetic surgery of the face and body
  • Craniofacial surgery for children and adults
  • Cleft lip and palate surgery
  • Facial reanimation
  • Facial plastic surgery
  • Facial trauma
  • Functional muscle transfers for brachial plexus injuries
  • Head and neck reconstruction
  • Orbital reconstruction
  • Perforator flap surgery
  • Reconstruction of finger amputations using microvascular transfer of toe flaps
  • Reconstruction of complex wounds
  • Reconstruction of the breast, abdominal and chest walls, esophagus, head and neck
  1. 2004
    Fellow - Craniomaxillofacial SurgeryDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
  2. 2001
    Chief Resident - Plastic SurgeryGeorgetown University Medical Center
  3. 2000
    Resident - Plastic SurgeryGeorgetown University Medical Center
  4. 1998
    Resident - General SurgeryGeorgetown University Medical Center
  5. 1996
    Internship - General SurgeryGeorgetown University Medical Center
  6. 1995
    MDMedical College of Virginia
  7. 1990
    BS - BiologyGeorge Washington University

Certifications

  1. 2008
    Plastic SurgeryAmerican Board of Plastic Surgery

Awards and honors

  1. 2025
    Small Grands Program Award Division of Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic
  2. 2025
    Keynote Speaker School of Medicine, University of Modena
  3. 2025
    Keynote Speaker Chinese International Conference on Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery
  4. 2024
    Nakos Symposium LecturerAmerican Society of Reconstructive Transplantation
  5. 2024
    Keynote SpeakerInaugural Congress of the International Surgical Academy
  6. 2024
    William ReMine Lectureship Award Priestley Society
  7. 2022
    Keynote Speaker 75th Anniversary of the National Oncology Institute of Poland
  8. 2021
    Presidents Invited Speaker European Association if Plastic Surgeons- New Frontiers in Facial Reconstruction and Facial Transplantation
  9. 2020
    Keynote Speaker Baker Gordon Symposium
  10. 2019
    Skoog LectureshipSkoog Visiting Professorship
  11. 2018
    Keynote Speaker Texas Transplantation in Society
  12. 2018
    Keynote Speaker Additive Manufacturing Americas. Personal Approaches to Additive Manufacturing
  13. 2017
    Keynote SpeakerInternational Facial Nerve Symposium
  14. 2016
    2016 EndowmentEndowment for Education Research Award (EERA) Review Committee, Office of Applied Scholarship and Education Science (OASES), Mayo Clinic
  15. 2013
    Keynote Address Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons
  16. 2013
    Keynote SpeakerNorthwest Society of Plastic Surgeons
  17. 2013
    Honorary MemberNorthwestern Society of Plastic Surgeons
  18. 2012
    Honorary MemberPeruvian Society of Plastic Surgeons
  19. 2011
    Godina Traveling Fellowship AwardAmerican Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery
  20. 2011
    Ahmad M. Obaid Honored Scholar in Reconstructive SurgeryReconstructive and Transplant Surgery Center
  21. 2006
    Award of Excellence in Teaching and Clinical Practice, Department of SurgeryE-Da University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  22. 2004
    Certificate of Appreciation for “Valuable Contributions to the Biological Research ServiceDepartment of Clinical Investigation, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, United States Army
  23. 2003
    Best Junior Clinical Paper Presentation AwardAmerican Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Annual Meeting, Hawaii
  24. 1994
    Student Research Fellowship RecipientInternational Society for Cardiovascular Surgery

Professional memberships

  1. 2025 - present
    Board MemberAmerican Society for Reconstructive Transplantation
  2. 2025 - present
    Finance and Budget Committee MemberAmerican Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
  3. 2025 - present
    Technical Exhibit Committee MemberAmerican Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
  4. 2024 - present
    PresidentFu-chan Wei Club
  5. 2024 - present
    MemberAesthetic Multispecialty Society
  6. 2024 - present
    MemberAesthetic Multispecialty Society
  7. 2024 - present
    Future Growth Fund Committee MemberAmerican Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
  8. 2023 - present
    MemberInternational Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
  9. 2023 - present
    MemberInternational Society of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation
  10. 2023 - present
    MemberInstitutional Human Cadaveric Use Committee
  11. 2019 - present
    Council MemberWorld Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
  12. 2018 - present
    Nominations CommitteeAmerican Society for Reconstructive Transplantation
  13. 2017 - present
    MemberAmerican Cleft-Palate-Craniofacial Association
  14. 2016 - present
    MemberAmerican Society for Reconstructive Transplantation (ASRT)
  15. 2016 - present
    TreasurerAmerican Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
  16. 2015 - present
    MemberTransplant Center Executive and Practice committee
  17. 2015 - present
    Candidate MemberAmerican Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons
  18. 2015 - present
    Candidate MemberAmerican Society of Plastic Surgeons
  19. 2015 - present
    MemberAME
  20. 2014 - present
    MemberAmerican Association of Plastic Surgeons
  21. 2014
    ChairMaster Series Symposium Committee
  22. 2013 - 2019
    RepresentativeASRM Representative to WSRM
  23. 2012 - present
    MemberNovel Technologies Team
  24. 2012 - present
    MemberInternational Advisory Team
  25. 2012 - 2014
    MemberBuncke Lectureship Committee, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
  26. 2012 - 2014
    MemberGodina Fellowship Selection Committee, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
  27. 2012
    MemberBuncke Lectureship Committee
  28. 2012
    MemberGodina Fellowship Selection Committee
  29. 2012 - present
    Honorary MemberPeruvian Society of Plastic Surgeons
  30. 2011 - 2013
    MemberProgram Committee, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
  31. 2011 - present
    MemberEducation Committee, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
  32. 2011 - present
    MemberAmerican Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)/Plastic Surgery Foundation (PSF) SHARE
  33. 2010 - present
    MemberPriestley Society
  34. 2010 - present
    MemberVCA
  35. 2010 - present
    MemberAmerican Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
  36. 2010 - present
    MemberAmerican Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons
  37. 2010 - present
    MemberMinnesota Medical Society
  38. 2010 - present
    MemberZumbro Valley Medical Association
  39. 2009 - present
    MemberAmerican Medical Association
  40. 2008 - present
    Founding MemberAmerican Society for Reconstructive Transplantation
  41. 2008 - present
    MemberMayo Alumni Association

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