Giovanni Botti, m.d., comes from Salò, Lake Garda, Italy and is the head manager and the main surgeon of Villa Bella Clinic, one of the best equipped and most advanced cosmetic-surgery-dedicated clinics in Europe. Working as a nurse and studying medicine in the night time, finally he received his medical degree from the Milan State University. He then went on to complete his training in plastic surgery with prof. Faivre (Montreuil Hospital, Paris, France) and with prof. Stricker (University Hospital, Nancy, France). In the last 20 years he has been travelling all over the world as an invited speaker on the different aspects of aesthetic surgery and has taught with live & video demonstrations in events organized by both Universities and Scientific Societies in more than 30 different countries. He has published extensively in the fields of face and breast aesthetic surgery, contributing numerous articles and book chapters to medical publications, including the Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and Aesthetic Surgery Journal. Dr. Botti has authored four complete monographies: “Liposuzione ambulatoriale” (1988), “Chirurgia estetica dell’invecchiamento facciale” (“Aesthetic surgery of the aging face”-1995),
“Mastoplastiche estetiche (“Aesthetic mammaplasties”-2004),”Chirurgia plastica estetica del midface e del collo” (“Midface and neck aesthetic plastic surgery”- 2010), translated in English and Spanish. In addition, he has pioneered new surgical techniques including midface and neck lift procedures and mammaplasties. He served as clinical professor at numerous Universities both in Italy and all over Europe. In a career spanning beyond 30 years, he has performed thousands of aesthetic procedures on patients from around the world. Dr Botti was awarded for his contributions to the improvement of Aesthetic Surgery by the AACS (Philadelphia, 1990), by the JSAPS (Tokyo, 2000), by the ASPRS (Cairo, 2001), by IMCAS, (Paris 2003, etc.), by the RSAPRS (Sinaia, 2006), by the MSAS (Chisinau, 2007), by the Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (2010) and by the German Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery(2016). He taught several years at the post-graduate aesthetic plastic surgery class of Pavia University and of Siena University and at the aesthetic surgery Master courses of Milan University. He has been clinical professor of Plastic Surgery at the Verona University from 2002 up to now. He has also been lecturer in the Master Courses of Aesthetic Surgery of the Padua University, of the Rome University, of the Genoa University, of the Wien University, of the Nice University, of the Lausanne University and has been the director, together with prof. Mazzola, of the annual Course “Vesalius” on facial plastic surgery (for Italian doctors) of the Bruxelles Free University and of the annual Course on aesthetic plastic surgery of Villa Bella Clinic, as well as of the two annual courses on aesthetic surgery of the anatomy department of the Vienna University, together with his friend prof. Mario Pelle. He is honorary member of the French Society of Aesthetic Surgery, of the Aegyptian Society of Plastic Surgery, of the Romanian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, of the Moldavian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, of the Serbian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, of the Iranian Society of Plastic Surgery and of the Australian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. He was the first President of the Italian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (AICPE), of which is still the honorary President. He is an active member of various national and international societies (AICPE, ISAPS, EASAPS, EAFPS, etc.). He is National Secretary of ISAPS (International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery) for Italy and an ISAPS travelling Professor. He has always been deeply involved in charity issues and has helped with important contributions various humanitarian missions all over the world (ISAPS-LEAF, AICPE onlus, Medecin sans frontieres, etc). He enjoys traveling with his family, guitar playing, and cooking in his off hours. And, perhaps even more important, he loves his job!
