Personal information:
Last name: MOUNIR
First name: Abel (Abderrahman)
Birthday: 31.03.1964 in Algiers
Nationality: French, British and Algerian
Languages: French, German, English, Arabic
Married with four children
University Education:
From 1983 to 1990 Docteur en Medecine, M.D. (Algiers, Algeria)
From 1991 to 1993 Masters degree in Neuroscience, M.Sc. (Montreal, Canada)
From 1994 to 1999 German Board of Plastic Surgery (Düsseldorf, Germany)
Clinical training:
Internship:
From 10/1989 to 09/1990 Intensive Care Unit (Mustapha Bacha Hospital, Algiers)
Residency training in Plastic Surgery (Germany):
From 04/1994 to 03/1995 Orthopaedic clinic at George-August-University, Göttingen,
From 04/1995 to 11/1996 Burn Unit, Plastic and Hand Surgery Clinic, Bergmannsheil, Bochum
From 02/1997 to 02/1998 Plastic and Hand Surgery Clinic, School of medicine, Hanover
From 03/1998 to 10/1998 Plastic Surgery Unit, St Agatha Krankenhaus, Cologne
From 11/1998 to 10/1999 Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Dreifaltigkeits- Hospital, Wesseling
Final examination for the German Board for Plastic Surgery: 28 October 1999
Fellowship training in Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery (Canada)
From 01.02.2000 to 31.03.2000: The Toronto Institue for Plastic Surgery, Toronto
From 01.07.2000 to 30.07.2000: Esthetique International Plastic Surgery Centre, Baltimore, MD
Scientific training:
- Research fellow in neuroscience
From 01/1991 to 12/92 Department of Pathology, Universite de Montreal, Canada 1991-1992
Master thesis:
"Host serotonin axons innervate intrastriatal ventral mesencephalic grafts after implantation in new-born rat"
- Research assistant in Neuropathology
From 01/1993 to 06/ 1993 Centre Hospitalier Cotes-des-neiges, Montreal
Fellowships:
1991-1993: Research fellowship, Universite de Montreal.
1994-1996: Residency fellowship Program, D.A.A.D (Germany)
2000-2001: Aesthetic surgery fellowship Program, Toronto (Canada)
Work Experience:
From 2000 to 2001 Consultant Plastic Surgeon “Praxisklinik Badhomburg
For Plastic and cosmetic Surgery, Germany
From 2001 to 2002 Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the private clinic
For Cosmetic Surgery Pountney London, UK
Since 2003 Runs a private practice (the London Centre for Cosmetic Surgery)
Society Membership:
Canadian Society of Neuroscience
European Society for Aesthetic Surgery
American Academy for Cosmetic Surgery
Professional Interests:
Microsurgery, Clinical Research, Cosmetic surgery
Bibliography:
Presentations:
- G.Doucet, A. Mounir (1992)
Host striatal and serotonin projection into foetal ventral mesencephalic transplants in the newborn or adult
rat striatum. Rest. Neurol. and Neuroscience, 4, num. 3, p.164
- G.Doucet, A. Mounir (1992)
Serotonin axons lose the ability to grow into foetal mesencephalic grafts shortly after birth
Rest. Neurol. and Neuroscience.
- A.Mounir (2011)
Dealing With the Overprojecting Pinched Tip. A New Approach to the Difficult Tip: Introducing the Palisade Technique. Istanbul International Rhinoplasty Course & 3rd International Eurasian Aesthetic Surgery
Publication
- Serotonin Axons Lose the Ability to Grow Into Fetal Ventral Mesencephalic Grafts Shortly After Birth: Guy Doucet, Abderrahman Mounir, Mariem Chkirate, Annie Vallée, and Michel Geffard. J Neural Transplant Plast. 1992; 3(4): 219.
- Host Serotonin Axons Innervate Intrastriatal Ventral Mesencephalic Grafts After Implantation in Newborn Rats. Abderrahman Mounir, Mariem Chkirate , Annie Vallée, Philippe Pierret , Michel Geffard , Guy Doucet. European Journal of Neuroscience. Volume 6, Issue 8, pages 1307–1315, August 1994
- Dealing With the Overprojecting Pinched Tip: A New Approach to the Difficult Tip Introducing the Palisade Technique. Mounir A, Latimer-Sayer E. Ann Plast Surg. 2011 May 27.
- Co-author in Cosmetic Surgery Book: Advance Techniques in Rhinoplasty (in preparation) By Melvin A. Shiffman (Editor).
