Hakan Brorson

Professor Håkan Brorson, MD, PhD is Senior Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University and Lund University Cancer Centre, Sweden. He received his Medical Degree and PhD at Lund University. Specialist in plastic and orthopedic surgery. He is Professor of plastic surgery at Lund university, Lund, Sweden; Professor at Esculera de Graduados, Asociación Médica Argentina (EGAMA), Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Honorary Professor at Macquarie University, Sydney.   American National Board Exam 1983. Consultant plastic surgeon/licensed Surgeon to Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2003. Board certified in Medicine, MA and Faculty License, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 2005-2006. Member of American Association of Plastic Surgeons.   His research is focused on the formation and distribution of adipose tissue in lymphedema using CT, MR Imaging/Spectroscopy and Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry for gross anatomy; microarray and RT-PCR for genetic studies; metabolomics and lipidomics; incidence of erysipelas after liposuction; long-term results after liposuction of arm and leg lymphedema. He has trained 45 teams globally to treat lymphedema with liposuction, a treatment that he developed over 30 years ago.