Dr. PIERGIORGIO ALLEGRA

Dr. Allegra graduated in Medicine in his hometown Florence in 1983. Although he was accepted into the prestigious residency program in Plastic Surgery at the University of Padua, he moved to the United States for a year of research at the University of California-San Francisco and the following surgical training. He completed the residency program in Surgery, at the University of MO-Columbia, Plastic Surgery, at the University of Rochester, NY, and Craniofacial Surgery, at the International Craniofacial Institute in Dallas, TX (Founded and directed by Dr. K. E. Salyer, MD, one of the best known plastic surgeons in the world).

He obtained Board Certifications in both Surgery and Plastic Surgery.

He has been in private practice since 1995. His interests have been fully focussed on all aspects of Aesthetic Surgery. He has practiced in Chicago and in Dallas, where he was called back in 1999 by Dr. Salyer, to direct the Centre for Aesthetic Surgery at the International Craniofacial Institute.

In 2001, he decided to bring the American approach to Italy and open his own office in downtown Milan. He is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and corresponding member of the Italian Society Of Plastic Surgery.

Academically, Dr. Allegra has contributed to the scientific surgical literature and has been a speaker at several congresses in the U.S.A and in Italy. In Padua, he is an Instructor in Aesthetic Surgery for the Master Courses in Aesthetic Surgery for Plastic Surgeons, organized by the Department of Plastic Surgery at the University of Padua, and teaches aesthetic surgery at the Residency School in Plastic Surgery of the University of L'Aquila. He is also a Lecturer at the post-graduate school in Orthodontics at the University of Ferrara.

His professional experience extends to the specialized field of Aesthetic Surgery of the male patient, and he is the consulting plastic surgeon for For Men magazine.

He is regularly invited in the U.S.A. and in U.A.E. for lectures and operations.