ACADEMIC TRAINING

 

* Graduated as a physician from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires, 1977.
* Specialist in PLASTIC, AESTHETIC, AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, degree awarded by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, File No. 505.490-85-6.
* Spanish Bachelor's Degree in MEDICINE AND SURGERY, awarded by the Ministry of Education and Science, Madrid, Spain, 1986.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

 

* Physician at the “Enrique and Ricardo Finochietto” Municipal Graduate School of Surgery at Rawson Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1977-1979.
* Physician at the A.F.A. (Argentine Football Association), 1979-1985.
* Physician at the Plastic Surgery Department at Bernardino Rivadavia Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1980-1985.
* Head of the Microsurgery Department of the Plastic Surgery, Orthopedics, and Traumatology Departments at Rivadavia Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1982-1985.
* Consultant in Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery, and Microsurgery at the Aeronáutico Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1982-1983.
* Physician member of the Hand Surgery and Microsurgery team at the Reimplantation Center of the French Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1980-1984.
* Resident at the Dr. Jaime Planas Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery Clinic, Barcelona, ​​Spain.
* Plastic Surgeon at the Private Practice of Plastic Surgery and Microsurgery, Marbella, Spain.
* Microsurgeon at the International Medical Center, Marbella, Spain.
* Plastic Surgeon at Clínica Alemana, Marbella, Spain.
* Currently in private practice at a prestigious clinic in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

 

* Honorary Member of the A.M.A (Argentine Medical Association).
* Member of the Buenos Aires Society of Plastic Surgery.
* Member of the Argentine Society of Plastic Surgery.
* Member of the Argentine Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology.
* Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
* Member of the Planetary Society.
* Member of the Society of Ethics in Medicine of the A.M.A (Argentine Medical Association).
* Member of the International Society of Former Residents of the Clínica Planas, Barcelona, ​​Spain.
* Member of the International Society of Lymphology.
* Member of the Pan-American Society of Phlebology and Lymphology.
* Member of the International Society for Stem Cell Research.
* President of a Section of the A.M.A (Argentine Medical Association).
* Member of the Danish Stem Cell Society (DASCS).
* Member of the Stem Cell Network (SCN).
* Member of the French Society for Stem Cell Research (FSSCR).
* Member of the German Society for Stem Cell Research.

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS, SCIENTIFIC WORKS AND AWARDS

 

* Regarding a case of Silico Tuberculosis presented at the A.M.A (Argentine Medical Association).
* Second Meeting of Disciple Surgeons of the Finochietto School, Scientific Conference at the Honorable National Academy of Medicine.
* Co-founder of the Argentine Federation of Sports Medicine.
* Inguinal Fistula in Aorta-Bifemoral Bypass, A.M.A (Argentine Medical Association).
* Trauma in Sports, presented at the Sports Surgery Congress, Spain.
* Award granted by the Argentine Medical Association "Hand Surgery versus Vascular and Nerve Microsurgery."
* Prize for the best surgical paper from Private Hospitals "Vascular and Nerve Microsurgery. Upper Extremity Reimplantation and Transplantation."
* Hand Surgery Course, sponsored by the San Juan Society of Plastic Surgery, taught by Dr. Ciarrochi and Doctors Ventura, Yrbas, and Loda.
* AVELINO GUTIERREZ AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE OF BUENOS AIRES, for the paper "Critical Analysis of Anatomical-Functional Results in Limb and Limb Segment Reimplantation."
* Nerve Microsurgery Symposium sponsored by Dr. Ciarrochi and Doctors Ventura, Yrbas, and Loda, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* Paper presented to the Society of Plastic Surgery for the Junior Prize "Application of the Lymphatic Microsurgery in the Treatment of Obstructive Lymphedema.”
* Research Forum for the Ottoloenghi Award, Congress of Orthopedics and Traumatology, “Anterobrachial Fascial Flap for Bone Reconstruction with Microsurgery.”
* Scientific Paper shortlisted for ROLEX AWARDS FOR ENTERPRISE, "Advance in Microsurgery," Project No. 5-A-12523.
* International Symposium on Lymphedema, paper eligible for the "Lymphatic Microsurgery" award.
* Senior Prize, "The Use of Superficial Fascia as Vascular Transport," Argentine Society of Plastic Surgery.
* Special Mention for the paper "Prevention of Postoperative Lymphedema through the Use of Superficial Fascia," presented at the Third International Symposium on Lymphedema, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* APNA Foundation Award, VIDA Y SALUD, for the undersigned's career in the field of microsurgery, sponsored by the Ministry of Health of the Nation.
* Ethics and AIDS Award, Ethics and AIDS Paper, First Conference of the Society of Ethics in Medicine, A.M.A (Argentine Medical Association).
* Honorable Mention for the paper "Localized Lymphedema in the Brachial Plexus. Superficial Fascia Transfer for Revascularization and Reneurotization of the Brachial Plexus," IV International Symposium on Lymphedema.
* President of the IV International Symposium on Lymphedema.
* Full Member, I International Symposium on Muscle-Cutaneous and Muscle Flap Transplantation, V Chair of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, U.B.A. (University of Buenos Aires).
* International Symposium on Plastic Surgery "Use of Superficial Fascia in Lifting: Peg Face," Cannes, France.
* Biography included in the BOOK OF ARGENTINE MEDICAL PERSONALITIES BY EDITORIAL GHELLO Y ASOC, a publication sponsored by the A.M.A. (Argentine Medical Association).
* Biography included in the book WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD, Marquis Editores, New York, USA.
* Biography included in the DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHY, CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND.
* Author of the Argentine Anti-Doping Law 24,819.
* Member of the International Society for Stem Cell Research.
* President of a Section of the A.M.A (Argentine Medical Association).
* Member of the Danish Stem Cell Society (DASCS).
* Member of the Stem Cell Network (SCN).
* Member of the French Society for Stem Cell Research (FSSCR).
* Member of the German Society for Stem Cell Research.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

 

*The Antebrachial Dangling Flap for Reconstructive Osseous Problems with Microsurgery. Presented at the XVII Argentine Congress of Plastic Surgery.
* Manuscript Number 38161, Science, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Peg Face Technique. Aesth Plast Surg.
* The utilization of superficialis fascia as a vascular carrier. Presented at the 21st Argentine Congress of Plastic Surgery.
* Prefabricated composite free flaps. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Plast Reconstr Surg.
* The use of the superficialis fascia of the pubis in the treatment of vascular impotence. Aesth Plast Surg.
* Structure and Construction: The System of Skin Flaps. Ann Plastic Surg.
* The modification of the peg face technique with a short incision in the temporal zone. Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Plast Reconstr Surg.
* Repositioning the orbicularis oculi muscle in composite rhytidectomy. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Plast Reconstr Surg.
* Personal communication with Robert Langer, MD, Department of Chemical Engineering, Whitaker College of Health Sciences, Technology, and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
* Personal communication with Kazinierz Cieslik, MD, Head and Third Surgery Clinic, Krakow Medical Academy, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Krakow, Poland.
* Personal communication with Dr. José Manuel Díaz Fernández, Independencia 125, PRTO Sueño, 90900 Cuba.
* Scientific work shortlisted for the ROLEX AWARDS FOR ENTERPRISE, “Advance in Microsurgery,” Project No. 5-A-12523.