Dr. Alexandre Marchac

A board-certified specialist in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, Dr. Alexandre Marchac is based in Paris, actively practicing at the Nescens Paris Spontini Clinic, the Georges-Pompidou European Hospital, as well as in Boulogne, at the Center Chirurgical des Princes.

Dr. Marchac is a knowledgeable and highly qualified plastic surgeon who applies the most recent and effective techniques and is known for his inclination toward minimally invasive methods for achieving the most natural results while limiting post-operative consequences and scars.

His main interests are ear reconstruction, microsurgery, complex facial reconstruction, and aesthetic surgery of the face and breasts. Dr. Marchac is also very interested in research and novel techniques and is the author or co-author of numerous scientific publications. 

• Doctor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of Paris, France, 2008
• Clinical Fellowship with Dr. Françoise Firmin, 2009
• Clinical Fellowship with Dr. Françoise Firmin, 2009
• Master 2 in “Surgical Sciences”, University of Paris, France, 2010

Diploma of complementary specialized studies (DESC) in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 2011

• Winner of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris (Cochin Port-Royal), 1997-2003
• Consultant surgeon at the European Georges-Pompidou Hospital, 2012-2017

• Active Member of EURAPS
• Member of the French Society of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery (SoFCPRE)
• Founding member of ISAR (International Society of Auricular Reconstruction)
• European Board of Plastic Surgery (EBOPRAS)

• November 19th 2016 : Pediatric Face Transplantation, keynote speaker, Royal Belgian Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Brussels, Belgium.
• November 19th 2016 : Auricular Reconstruction, keynote speaker, Royal Belgian Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Brussels, Belgium.
• October 22nd 2016 : Minimally Invasive Otoplasty with Earfold, Allergan Academy Symposium, Barcelona, ​​Spain.
• October 10th 2016 : Minimally Invasive Otoplasty with Earfold, French Society of ENT, Paris, France.
• September 6th 2016 : Total ear, nose and lip reconstruction following massive facial amputations by Bonobo monkeys, WWW, Tarifa, Spain.
• June 11th 2016 : Otoplasty and Auricular Reconstruction, GAPS, Reims, France.
• January 2016 : Composite Breast Augmentation, keynote speaker, Sebbin university at Pyramid clinic in Zurich, Switzerland.
• September 9th 2015 : Post traumatic ear reconstruction, Ear reconstruction workshop, keynote speaker, Mumbai, India.
• April 18th 2015 : Composite breast augmentation, 3D simulation and current revolutions in breast augmentation, ESCP Wikistage talk, keynote speaker, Paris, France.
• April 11th 2015 : 3D simulation in breast augmentation, keynote speaker, Sebbin university at Pyramid clinic in Zurich, Switzerland.
• Nov 21th 2014 : Composite breast augmentation: who to correct malpositions, visibility and synmastia. SOFCPRE, Paris, France.
• May 14th 2014 : Pediatric Face transplantation, Facial Aesthetics / Oculoplastic Surgery and Rhinoplasty Course, Coventry, UK.
• June 11-13 2014 : Ear reconstruction, keynote speaker, Spanish National Meeting – Grenada, Spain.
• Nov 29th 2013 : Treatment of nose and lip mutilations following Bonobos monkey bites. SOFCPRE, Paris, France.
• Feb 2nd 2013 : Classification and Algorithm to Autologous Auricular Reconstruction at a Guest Teaching Course at NYU Institute of Reconstructive Microsurgery.
• Feb 2nd 2013 : Indirect Expansion in Auricular Reconstruction at a Guest Teaching Course at NYU Institute of Reconstructive Microsurgery.
• Nov 3rd 2012 : Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction: Strategies to decrease OR time. Marchac A, Fenoll C, Lantieri L. 10th IQUAM meeting, Athens, Greece.
• Nov 3rd 2012 : Is Vascular Composite AlloTransplantation still research or clinical application? Marchac A, Hivelin M, Lantieri L. 10th IQUAM meeting, Athens, Greece.
• Nov 3rd 2012 : Daniel Marchac's Biography. 10th IQAM meeting, Athens, Greece.
• June 19th 2012 : Lessons learned from great masters: how to be innovative in Plastic Surgery, keynote lecture, Cambridge department of Plastic Surgery annual meeting, Cambridge, UK.
• June 14th 2012 : Beyond aesthetics, the real revolutions in Plastic Surgery, keynote lecture, Annual Congress of AXA Insurance medical advisors, Paris, France.
• May 24th 2012 : From Craniofacial Surgery to Composite Allotransplantation: Indications for Facial Transplantation in the Cohort of the French Reference Center for Craniofacial Malformations, Marchac A, Diner P, Hivelin M., Vazquez MP, Lantieri L, Picard A. EURAPS, Munich, Germany.
• Nov 21th 2011 : Auricular reconstruction in a humanitarian mission, Marchac A, Firmin F, SOFCPRE, Paris, France.
• Nov 21th 2011 : Indirect expansion in post-traumatic ear reconstruction, Marchac A, Firmin F, SOFCPRE, Paris, France.
• June 3rd 2011 : Indirect expansion in post traumatic ear reconstruction. A Marchac, F Firmin. EURAPS, Greece.
• March 12th 2011 : Endogenous Cellular Therapy. Marchac A, Tepper O, Allen Jr R, Warren SM (Paris, New York) Day of Young Visual Artists, Maison de la Chimie, Paris, France.
• Jan 18th 2011 : Eyelids Transplantation. Marchac A, Benjoar MD, Hivelin M, Bosc R, Meningaud JP, Lantieri L. American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Cancun, Mexico.
• Jan 18th 2011 : Face Transplant Outcomes. Marchac A, Benjoar MD, Hivelin M, Bosc R, Meningaud JP, Lantieri L. American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Cancun, Mexico.
• Jan 16th 2011 : Face Transplant Panel. Technical Pearls. Marchac A, Benjoar MD, Hivelin M, Bosc R, Meningaud JP, Lantieri L. American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Cancun, Mexico.
• Oct 6th 2010 : Chemical Delay of Flaps through Endogenous Stem Cell Therapy. Marchac A MD, Butala P MD, Knobel D MD, Allen Jr R MD, Szpalski C MD, Wetterau M MD, Crawford JL BS, Davidson EH MBBS, Saadeh PB MD, FACS, Warren SM MD, FACS, 2010 American College of Surgeons meeting, Washington, USA
• Oct 3rd 2010 : Chemical Delay of Flaps through Endogenous Stem Cell Therapy. Marchac A MD, Butala P MD, Knobel D MD, Allen Jr R MD, Szpalski C MD, Wetterau M MD, Crawford JL BS, Davidson EH MBBS, Saadeh PB MD, FACS; Warren SM MD, FACS, 2010 American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS) meeting, Toronto, Canada.
• Aug 27th 2010 : Endogenous stem cell therapy improves diabetic wound healing. Marchac A, Allen Jr R, Canizares O, Lin C, Nguyen P, Levine J, Saadeh P, Warren S, 2010 European Plastic Surgery Research Council, Hamburg, Germany.
• May 25th 2010 : Mitigating radiation-induced skin injury: preventing angiostasis via topical CXCR3 silencing, Alexandre Marchac, Meredith T Wetterau, Denis Knobel, Parag Butala, Caroline Szpalski, Sara B Immerman, James L Crawford, Stephen M Warren, Pierre B Saadeh, Jamie P Levine, 2010 Plastic Surgery Research Council, San Francisco, USA.
• May 4th 2010 : Endogenous Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetic Wound Healing, Alexandre Marchac MD, Robert J. Allen Jr. MD, Oren M. Tepper MD, Jennifer Capla MD, Jamie P Levine MD, Pierre B Saadeh MD, Stephen M Warren MD. Peter Steeger Lectures, NYU, New York, USA.
• May 13th 2009 : Partial auricular amputations: principles of surgical repair, Marchac A, Firmin F. Journée des Jeunes Plasticiens, Paris, France.
• Feb 27th 2009 : Surgical treatment of Keratosis Palmaris in Mal de Meleda. Marchac A, Blanchet-Bardon C, Revol M, Servant JM. Mega-Hand, Paris, France.
• Feb 25th 2008 : Medico-economic analysis in secondary breast reconstruction after radiotherapy: DIEP versus latissimus dorsi pedicled flap with implant. Marchac A, Benjoar MD, Lepage C, Sanvoisin P, Méningaud JP, Lantieri L. 53rd national congress of the SoFCPRE, Paris, France.
• Nov 25th 2008 : Endoscopic resection of frontal osteomas. Marchac A, Méningaud JP, Lantieri, L. 53rd national congress of the SoFCPRE, Paris, France.
• Oct 6th 2008 : Marchac A. Positional Occipital Plagiocephaly. Long-term results of surgical treatment of severe cases. Thesis for the Doctorate of Medicine. Paris 5 University.
• March 3rd 2008 : Surgical treatment of Mal de Melada palmar keratosis. Marchac A, Blanchet-Bardon C, Revol M, Servant JM. Young Visual Artists Day, Paris, France.
• Aug 2007 : Severe Deformational Plagiocephaly: surgical correction with the “occipital 180° flip”. Marchac A, Arnaud E, Renier D. XII International conference of the ISCFS, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
• March 2007 : Surgical treatment of severe cases of Positional Occipital Plagiocephaly. Marchac A, Arnaud E, Renier D. Day of Young Visual Artists, Paris, France
• June 2005 : Bipedicular fasciocutaneous flaps for covering loss of substance in the distal third of the leg. Marchac A, Masquelet AC. Advancement Group for Microsurgery, Nice, France.
• March 2005 : Bipedicular fasciocutaneous flaps for covering loss of substance in the distal third of the leg. Marchac A, Masquelet AC, Day of Young Visual Artists, Paris, France.
• Jan 2005: Neuro-cutaneous flaps : history and anatomical bases. Marchac A, Vacher C, Anatomical Society of Paris, France.

• Auricular Reconstruction.

Firmin F, Dusseldorp J, Marchac A. 2017, Thieme Medical Publishers, New York.

• Composite breast augmentation.

Auclair E, Marchac A. In Atlas of Cosmetic Breast Surgery, ed. Persichetti, Minerva Medical, April 2017

• Ear malformations.

Firmin F, Marchac A. Report 2016 of the French Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Ann Chir Plast (2016) 61, 420-428.

• Ethical issues in pediatric face transplantation: should we do face transplantation in children?

Marchac A, Kuschner T, Paris J, Picard A, Vazquez MP, Lantieri L. PRS, August 2016.

• How to get a beautiful scar?

Marchac A. Rhythmology, January 2016.

• Setting of a breast autologous microsurgical reconstructive surgery unit: evolution in 20 years and review of 1138 cases.

Lantieri L, Hivelin M, Benjoar MD, Quilichini J, Hutzinger V, Marchac A, Lepage C. Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2015 Jul 31.

• Reconstruction of Punitive Ear Amputations in Uganda: A Unique Surgical Burden of Disease.

Dusseldorp J, Hodges A, Patel A, Marchac A, Firmin F. J Craniofac Surg. 2015 Jun.

• Endogenous cell therapy improves bone healing.

Layliev J, Marchac A, Tanaka R, Szpalski C, Henderson R, Rubin MS, Saadeh PB, Warren SM. J Craniofac Surg. 2015 Jan; 26.

• The Use of Lipofilling to Treat Congenital Hypoplastic Breast Anomalies: Preliminary Experiences.

Derder M, Whitaker IS, Boudana D, Marchac A, Hivelin M, Mattar N, Lepage C, Claude O, Benjoar MD, Bosc R, Lantieri L. Ann Plast Surg. 2013 Jun 12.

• A biography of Daniel Marchac, a pioneer among plastic surgeons.

Marchac A. Annals of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Volume 58, Issue 2, April 2013, Pages 77-79, ISSN 0294-1260.

• Dual perforator propeller internal mammary artery perforator (IMAP) flap for soft-tissue defect of the contralateral clavicular area.

Rüegg EM, Lantieri L, Marchac A. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2012 Apr 1.

• Neglected skin tumours: about 3 cases.

Zehou O, Valeyrie-Allanore L, Ortonne N, Chazelas K, Hivelin M, Marchac A, Chosidow O, Wolkenstein P. Ann Dermatol Venereol. 2012 Mar; 139(3):194-8.

• Cranium and midface distraction osteogenesis: current practices, controversies, and future applications.

Marchac A, Arnaud E. J Craniofac Surg. 2012 Jan; 23(1):235-8.

• Topical siRNA and stem cell therapy reduce reactive oxygen species and accelerate healing in senescent wound.

Butala P, Knobel D, Crawford JL, Szpalski C, Marchac A, Sultan SM, Wetterau MT, Davidson EH, Saadeh PB, Warren SM. 2011 MAR-APR;19(2):A16-A16, Wound repair & regeneration.

• Hypertelorism Correction: What happens with Growth? Evaluation of a Series of 95 Operated Cases.

Marchac D, Sati S, Renier D, Deschamps-Braly J, Marchac A. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 Nov 15.

• Reconstruction of the burnt ear.

Firmin F, Marchac A. Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2011 Oct; 56(5):408-16.

• Hypertelorism Correction: What happens with Growth? Evaluation of a Series of 95 Operated Cases.

Marchac D, Sati S, Renier D, Deschamps-Braly J, Marchac A. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 Nov 15.

• A cost analysis of DIEP flap in breast reconstruction.

Marchac A, Bosc R, Benjoar MD, Hivelin M, Lepage C, Lantieri L. Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2011 Aug; 56(4):275-9.

• Correction of alveolar cleft with calcium-based bone substitutes.

Marchac AC, Warren SM. J Craniofac Surg. 2011 May; 22(3):858-9.

• Deformational plagiocephaly: long term results of surgical treatment in severe cases.

Marchac A, Arnaud E, Michienzi J, Di Rocco F, Renier D. J Craniofac Surg. 2011 Jan; 22(1):24-9.

• Reconstruction of the Auricular Pavilion in case of Microtia.

Firmin F, Marchac A. EMC (Elsevier Masson SAS, Paris), Surgical techniques – Reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgery, 45-523, 2011.

• Forehead lift.

Marchac D, Marchac A. EMC (Elsevier Masson SAS, Paris), Surgical techniques – Reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgery, 45-645, 2010.

• Use of the harmonic blade in face lifting: a report based on 420 operations.

Firmin FO, Marchac AC, Lotz NC. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Jul; 124(1):245-55.

• Cervicofacial lifting.

Marchac D, Marchac A. EMC (Elsevier Masson SAS, Paris), Surgical techniques – Reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgery, 45-643, 2009.

• Surgical treatment of Mal de Meleda.

Marchac A, Blanchet-Bardon C, Revol M, Servant JM. Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2009 Apr; 54(2):152-5. 2008 Nov 29. English.

• Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair and Nose Repair.

Marchac A, Cheng MS, Michienzi JW, Salyer KE. In Plastic Surgery: Indications and Practices, ed. Guyuron, B. et al., 2038 pages, publisher Saunders ed. Elsevier. Nov 2008.

• Unilateral Cleft Lip and Nose Repair.

Salyer K, Marchac A. In Comprehensive Cleft Care, ed. Losee and Kirschner, publisher McGraw-Hill, October 2008.

• A pediatric case of alveolar soft tissue sarcoma.

Marchac A, Picard A, Landman-Parker J, Larroquet M, Vazquez MP, Franchi G. s. Rev. Stomatol Chir Maxillofac. 2007 Dec; 108(6):547-50.