Asan Medical Center Plastic Surgery Visit: Insights from France

Cover Letter – Submission of a Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Please find enclosed our manuscript entitled “Asan Medical Center Plastic Surgery Visit: Insights from France”, submitted as a Letter to the Editor for consideration in Archives of Plastic Surgery. This correspondence provides a complementary perspective to the recently published reflection by Mortada (Arch Plast Surg. 2025;52:206–209). It highlights organizational and leadership aspects of the Asan Medical Center, emphasizes the inclusiveness extended to international visitors, and illustrates the ripple effect of such observerships through their impact on surgical education in France. We believe that this letter will be of interest to your readership, as it illustrates how international exchanges foster academic growth, innovation, and the dissemination of reconstructive surgical expertise across borders. This work is original, has not been published elsewhere, and is not under consideration by any other journal. All authors have approved the final version of the manuscript. Thank you for considering our submission. We look forward to your feedback. Sincerely, Elise Lupon, MD, PhD Plastic Reconstructive & Hand Surgeon, Nice – Pasteur 2 Hospital, France Laboratory of Molecular PhysioMedicine, UMR 7370, CNRS, University Côte d'Azur, Nice, France International Visiting Professor at the American Society of Plastic Surgery 2025/2026 Microsurgery section director of the French Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Associate Editor on the Editorial Board of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal Phone: +33 6 26 306323