Birthplace - Clearwater, Florida

Medical Degree - Junior Honors Medical Program - University of Florida

Internship - Washington University/Barnes Hospital

General Surgery Residency - Washington University/Barnes Hospital

Fetal/Pediatric Surgery Fellowship - University of California San Francisco

Plastic Surgery Residency - Washington University/Barnes Hospital

Pediatric, Cleft, & Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship - New York University Medical Center

Birthplace - Binghamton, NY

Medical Degree - Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

General Surgery Residency - University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital

Plastic Surgery Residency - University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital Pediatric and Adult, Cleft, & Craniofacial Surgery

Fellowship - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Place of Birth- Venezuela
Multilingual- Spanish, Italian

Education- George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington DC
(Doctor of Medicine)

Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Fl.
(Bachelor of Science, Biology Major, Microbiology Concentration)

Cleveland Clinic Florida- Plastic and reconstructive Surgery
(Plastic and reconstructive surgery resident)

Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Florida
(General Surgeon Internship)

Interplast Mission, San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Operation Smile Mission

Specialties - Pediatric and Adult Plastic Surgery including:

For Children:

• Cleft repair
• Craniofacial Surgery including endoscopic craniosynostosis repair
• Orthognathic Surgery
• Distraction Osteogenesis
• General pediatric plastic surgery
• Complex nasal abnormalities including secondary rhinoplasty
• Post Traumatic Facial Reconstruction
• Post-Oncologic Facial Reconstruction
• Facial Nerve Paralysis
• Micro Surgery

• Complex Peri-ocular abnormalities including secondary blepharoplasty,ectropion, entropion, and Grave's exophthalmos
• Orthognathic Surgery
• Jaw surgery for treatment of sleep apnea
• Somnoplasty for Sleep apnea
• Complex nasal abnormalities including secondary rhinoplasty
• Post Traumatic Facial Reconstruction
• Post-Oncologic Facial Reconstruction
• Facial Nerve Paralysis
• Micro Surgery

• Bo-Tox
• Face-lifts
• Secondary or Redo-Facial Cosmetic Surgery
• Primary Rhinoplasty
• Secondary Rhinoplasty
• Breast Augmentation
• Mastopexy and Breast Reduction
• Laser
• Chemical peels
• Dermabrasion
• Otoplasty
• Blepharoplasty
• Liposuction

Also:

• Pediatric Wound Healing
• Scar revision
• Spina Bifida

Many of our accomplishments have been documented in the news media. Coming soon are some clippings of a few articles that have been written about the children we have helped in the South Florida area over the past several years.