Dr Ernest Azzopardi is a consultant plastic surgeon and senior academic specialising in medical devices. After completing consultant training, Mr Ernest Azzopardi pursued prestigious UK-GMC approved fellowships in Swansea, London, Milan and further afield. He is experience extends to more than 10,000 cases experience in this field, coupled with publication of key texts and scientific papers. Mr Azzopardi is UK laser lead for the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons. When he is not lasering patients, Mr Azzopardi is busy advising Industry, and pushing the boundaries of science through an extensive research network. He is incumbent Editorial board member of a Nature Publishing Group Journal. He recently launched his website www.skinsurgeon.eu. Mr Ernest Azzopardi is the recipient of the Hunterian, Syme, Edwards and BAPRAS President’s Medals, the Royal College of England’s Hunterian Professorship, the Jackson, Unilever, BAAPS, TSS awards and past -recipient of the Price-Thomas, BAAPS, Laserplast and UK TIG superspecialist fellowship awards. He is a validated laser specialist and a key opinion leader in the field. He owns intellectual property in the EU and USA. He was born in Qrendi, Malta and attended St Aloysious’ College in B’kara before embarking on his medical career.