BIOGRAPHY

Education and Training

Medical School Iberoamerican University San José, Costa Rica 5 years training (graduated 2000) Residency in Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery University of Milan Milan, Italy 4 years training (completed 2005) Degree in Microsurgical Techniques Henri Poincaré University Faculty of Medicine Nancy France 3 years training (completed 2009) Notable Fellowships • Policlinique de Mayorelle - Nancy, France. Department of Aesthetic Surgery. Fellowship in Aesthetic Surgery of the Face. Dr. Pierre Sibille.  (November to December, 2006) • Ramsey Surgical Center - Ramsey, New Jersey, USA. Post-bariatric Plastic Surgery. Dr. Joseph Capella, M.D.

Positions Held

• Professor of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. University of Costa Rica (2009)

Awards
• Winner of the Scholarship for the Year 2000. University of Iberoamerica, Scholarship Program for Postgraduate Education.

• Winner of the Scholarship for the Year 2005. Bouriez Foundation for the Study of Hand Surgery and Microsurgery.

• Winner of the First Prize for the Presentation: "A new technique for the treatment of Lagophthalmos in patients with Graves Basedow Disease." Congress of Oculo-Palpebral and Lacrimal Congenital and Acquired Malformations: Functional and Aethetical Aspects" Gazzada Schianno, Varese, Italy. October 2006

Clinical Experience• Hospital Mexico - San José, Costa Rica. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. May 2007 until present. 

• Policlinque de Mayorelle. Nancy, France. Department of Aesthetic Surgery. Fellowship in Aesthetic Surgery of the Face. Dr. Pierre Sibille. November - December, 2006. 

• European Oncological Institute - Milan, Italy. Unit of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery of the Breast. Prof. Jean Yves Petit. August - November, 2006. 

• Galeazzi Orthopedic Institute - Milan, Italy. Unit of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. Prof. W. Baruffaldi Preis. January - July, 2006. 

• Ospedale Niguarda - Milan, Italy. Burn Center. Prof. Vincenzo Rapizarda. October to December, 2005. 

• Ramsey Surgical Center - Ramsey, New Jersey. Post-bariatric body countouring. Private practice Dr. Joseph F. Capella. August to September, 2005. 
• Policlinique de Mayorelle - Nancy, France. Department of Aesthetic Surgery. Dr. Piere Sibile. March to July, 2005. 

• European Institute of the Hand - Policlinique Gentilly, Nancy, France. Hospital du Kirchberg, Luxembourg. Prof. Michel Merle. August to February, 2005. 

• Instituto Policlinico San Donato - Milan, Italy. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Unit of Trauma of the Upper and Lower Extremity. Prof. Luca Vaienti. November 2001 - 2004. 

• Centro Medico del Este - San Francisco de dos Rios. San José, Costa Rica. Emergency Room. June to October, 2001.  

• Policlinique de Mayorelle 

Medical Affiliations and Memberships

• Costa Rican Society of Plastic Surgery (ACCPRE)
• Ibero-Latinamerican Society of Plastic Surgery (IPRAS)
• Italian Society of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery (SICPRE)

Other 

Constant participation in national and international actualization congresses, courses and meetings related to Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.