Paul Tessier
Paul Tessier (August 1917 – June 6, 2008) was a French maxillofacial surgeon. He was considered the father of modern craniofacial surgery.[1]
Biography
Born in
Maxillofacial Surgery of the Military Region of Paris in Hospital Puteaux. In 1949, he returned to Nantes to become a surgical consultant in ophthalmology
.
Dr. Tessier started to improve surgical techniques to correct craniofacial deformations in the mid-1950s. He performed his first craniofacial operation in 1967. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, he developed the following methods:
- Using autogeneous (patient's own) bone grafts instead of skull and facial contours.[2]
- Transcranial and subcranial correction of orbital hypertelorism.
- Techniques for correcting Treacher Collins syndrome.
- Correction of craniofacial clefts.
In the 1970s, he began traveling to the
maxillofacial surgery, but also other specialties such as trauma and neurosurgery. He was an honorary member of the American College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Surgeons at London, and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons
.
Positions and awards
- International Society of Craniofacial Surgery, Founding Member
- European Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Founding Member
- Jacobson Innovation Award, 2000
References
- ^ Dr Paul Tessier: Plastic surgeon who revolutionised the treatment of facial deformity. Obituary, The Independent. 23 June 2008
- PMID 16217446.
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