Kirill P. Pshenisnov, M.D. completed his postgraduate plastic surgery training in Yaroslavl Medical Academy in 1989. In 1992 he defended his Ph.D. degree on the outcomes of free micro vascular free flap transfer in cases of trauma. In 1993 he served as a the first Russian Visiting Scholar at the PSEF program (USA).

From 1994 he is professor of plastic surgery at the traumatology teaching hospital in Yaroslavl, Russia. He is a founding and Council member of the national Russian Society of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons, as well as ISAPS and WSRM active member, ASPS corresponding member.

Prof. Pshenisnov is an author of two monographs and 125 articles in Russian and international journals, contributor to 3 chapters in books.