Francisco del Piñal

• Born in Santander, Spain. 1960.

• MD and PhD degrees from University Complutense. Madrid. 1983 and 1989.

• Plastic Surgery training in Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre. Madrid 1983-1988.

• Fellow in Microsurgery with Ian Taylor (Melbourne, Australia). 1989.

• Fellow in Hand Surgery in Kleinert Group (Louisville, KY, USA) 1990.

• Editor in chief of 4 books: - Arthroscopic management of distal radius fractures (Springer 2010) 

          - Arthroscopic management of ulnar pain (Springer, 2012).

  - Atlas of distal radius fractures (Thieme 2018).

  - Distal Radius Fractures and Carpal Instabilities (Thieme 2018).

• Editor The Journal of Hand Surgery European (2011-2013).

• General Secretary EWAS (European Wrist Arthroscopy Society). (2011-2014).

• Publications: papers and chapters more than 100 and 800 presentations.

• Best paper in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019.

• Keynote speaker: American, Australian, Argentinian, British, Belgian, Chilean, Chinese, Dutch, Finnish, French, Hongkongnese, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Mexican, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, South African, Taiwanese… Hand, Microvascular and Plastic surgery societies.

• Main interests: Arthroscopy, Microsurgery, Pain.

• Presently in Private Practice. Madrid, Spain.