Prof. Uroš Ahčan, MD, PhD, graduated in 1995 from the Faculty of Medicine in Ljubljana. In 1999, he finished his PhD and passed the examination in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery with honours. From 2008 to 2020, he was the head of the University Clinical Department for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at the University Clinical Centre of Ljubljana.

He is the President of the Slovenian Society for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. He is a professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Ljubljana and currently teaches plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.

The thorough knowledge and hard work of the Ljubljana school of plastic surgery, as well as a rich tradition, represent the basis for numerous internationally visible lectures in the area of reconstructive and aesthetic surgery. In the last two years, he has visited and lectured at Georgetown University in Washington, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Las Vegas, Turin, Moscow, Sarajevo, Zagreb, Beograd, Dubai, Barcelona, Prague, Copenhagen, Istanbul and other international congresses and has also performed live surgery. He has authored more than 500 published items, including numerous articles, papers for conferences, books and manuals.