Local Flaps in Facial Reconstruction after Skin Cancer Surgery ~ UNIPI

Language: English

Period: 13 – 17 July 2026

Application Deadline: 10 June 2026

Program Intensity: Full-time

ECTS: 3

Tuition fees: 750€

The Summer School is organized by the Plastic Surgery Unit of the University of Pisa.

The Summer School is structured in a 5-day course characterized by lectures and hands on training covering all the most useful techniques involved in facial reconstruction after skin cancer excision. Each day a different anatomical unit of the face will be covered and the daily schedule will be divided into two sessions:

Morning: frontal lecture regarding the clinical anatomy of the district and description of the different reconstructive options.
Afternoon: practical training in the OR during which the participants will be involved in the patient evaluation, the design and planning of the different reconstructive options and assist during surgeries.

The Summer School will be activated with at least 4 students. The maximum number of participants is set to 16 students.

The Summer School will be held on campus in Pisa, at Ospedale Santa Chiara, Ed. 15 Chirurgia Plastica, Via Bonanno Pisano, 10.

The anatomy, physiology and biomechanics of the facial skin and muscles will be addressed and followed by OR experience to evaluate and understand patients’ variability.

Focus on proper skin cancer resection with adequate margins will be followed by the evaluation of multiple reconstructive options.

The decision-making process will be critically explained to the student and the techniques of flap planning, flap harvesting and donor site morbidity will be discussed.

Reconstructive surgery of the nose, lip, eyelid, forehead and ear will be specifically reviewed to give the student a wide spectrum of possible reconstructive options, with a step-by-step approach to each procedure, completed by tips and tricks from leading experts. Moreover, skin closure options will be reviewed including updates on the latest materials used and the new technologies involved in wound closure. In conclusion, prevention and treatment of complications will be addressed.

The school is open to medical doctors and residents in Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial surgery, Head and Neck surgery, Dermatology.

Admission Requirements

Being a medical doctor and resident in Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial surgery, Head and Neck surgery, Dermatology.

Fluency in written and spoken English.

Required documents

Identity Document (*PASSPORT in case you are a foreign student*)
Enrolment Form
Curriculum Vitae
Letter of presentation by the Director of residency program

All the documents must be in pdf format, in order to upload them on the portal when required.

Application has to be submitted via Alice portal following the instructions of the “How to apply” page.

Tuition fees: 750€

Pay fees by Debit/Credit Card or PayPal online using the following Payment Form

NOTICE:

International students without Italian Tax Code: please tick the box ‘Anonymous’ in order to disable the field ‘Italian personal ID/VAT number’.
Please type your NAME and SURNAME next to the pre-filled text of the field ‘Reason’
Please pay only after receiving the admission letter

REFUND POLICY:

The refund policy will be published in a few days.

Contacts

Coordinators
Prof. Emanuele Cigna emanuele.cigna@unipi.it
Dr. Alberto Bolletta alberto.bolletta@unipi.it

Summer/Winter School Office support.summerschool@unipi.it

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