Foreign face transplant surgeons to attend congress

A foreign team of face transplant surgeons will attend a congress in Tehran soon, the executive secretary of 13th International Mouth, Jaw and Face Congress of Iran said on Saturday.

Reza Sharifi said that prominent surgeon in face transplant, Sylvie Testelin, accompanying 18 other specialists in new surgery expertise will present a lecture to the congress.
He added that the objective of the annual congress, the 13th of which due to open in less than a month, is offering the latest achievements in the world in mouth, jaw and face surgery.
Sharifi said that the Iranian surgery congress has thus far gained 23 points for on-job-training of the world experts, according to the International Surgery Journal.
He said that on the sidelines of the scientific event there will also be an exhibition of 65 Iranian and foreign firms' implant surgery facilities.