As a woman dedicated to service, I have been given the gift me to actively live my passion: Helping others!
As a mother I always remind my kids to live their passion. I repeat to them this simple phrase: That one thing you are passionate about, that’s what you must go after in life, because if you are able to live your passion every day then you’ll be living, sacrifices won’t feel like a heavy burden, but rather the engine that keeps you doing what you love the most!
And amidst this constant drive of wanting to help others, and a service heart, medicine came to me!
And although plastic surgery as a specialty seems superficial to many, we plastic surgeons were actually born with world wars, when technology was able to save soldiers’ lives, but saving their lives was not enough, we discovered that what made a difference was giving them their life quality back. And that is plastic surgery, it is going one step further from dealing with illness, it is working towards improving patients’ life quality.
TO ME LISTENING TO MY PATIENTS IS VERY IMPORTANT, AS I AM ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WANT A CERTAIN COSMETIC, AESTHETIC, MEDICAL OR SURGICAL PROCEDURE, AND BY DOING SO, TOGETHER WE CREATE THE BEST TREATMENT PLAN.
I am a plastic surgeon graduated from Universidad del Valle, in Cali, Colombia with an Aesthetic Plastic Surgery specialty from Brazil, Age Management specialty at the Cenegenics Medical Institute in the USA, and Laser Vaginal and Design Rejuvenation specialty from the Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation Institute of America in the USA.
International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery - ISAPS, Elected President 2022-2024
International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery - ISAPS, Board Member 2010 - 2018
Colombian Association of Scientific Societies - ACSC, President 2020 - 2022.
Colombian Association of Scientific Societies - ACSC, Vice-president and Board 2014 - 2018.
Colombian Society of Plastic Surgery - SCCP, President 2014 – 2016.
Colombian Society of Plastic Surgery - SCCP, Honorary member and Board Member 2008 - 2018.
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery - ASAPS, International Committee Member, 2010 - 2018
Ibero Latino American Federation of Plastic Surgery - FILACP, Aesthetic Committee Member 2012 - 2016.
Colombian Plastic Surgery Union, Founder and Secretary 2013 - 2015.
I have been able to arrange the visit of great plastic surgeons to our country, and work with them shoulder to shoulder: Thomas Biggs (USA), responsible for today’s breast implants; Ivo Pitanguy (Brazil), a Latin-American pioneer in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery; David Matlock (USA), a specialist in vaginal rejuvenation surgery, and Renato Saltz (USA), a pioneer in Aesthetic Facial Plastic Surgery.
I have been invited as keynote speaker, professor, lecturer and panelist in more than 50 national and international plastic surgery meetings in countries such as Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Panama, Guatemala, Mexico, USA, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, Monaco, Serbia, Turkey, Russia, Greece, Croatia, South Africa, Tunisia, Egypt, India, Japan, China, Vietnam, Israel, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and UAE (Dubai).
President of the Scientific Committee at the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Congress - ISAPS, Kyoto 2016.
President of the Scientific Committee at the Colombian Plastic Surgery National Conference - SCCP, 2016.
Member of the Scientific Committee at the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Congress - ISAPS, Miami 2018
President of the Scientific Committee at the Colombian Plastic Surgery National Conference- SCCP, 2010.
ISAPS Training Organizer for more than 30 scientific events in Latin America, USA, Asia, Africa y Europe.
SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION
I work evaluating the scientific production of my fellow plastic surgeons, as an editor and reviewer of articles, I have published chapters and books on aesthetic plastic surgery as well as articles for scientific journals in plastic surgery.
In my extensive career and after listening to many of my patients dissatisfied with their sexual life and their genital appearance, I became interested in being able to help them feel better about themselves, becoming a pioneer and expert on the subject of vaginal rejuvenation worldwide., which has allowed me to write the book The Rebirth of the Vagina or Vagina Reborn its version in English, this book is an educational and illustrative guide for any woman to understand everything that can be done from plastic surgery to improve her quality of lifetime. If you are interested in acquiring it, you can do it in my office or through amazon.com
My most recent book is the Aesthetic Vaginal Plastic Surgery - A practical Guide, and it
was born from my desire to share with my colleagues the importance of Vaginal Rejuvenation to improve the quality of life of many women; Recently this procedure has had a considerable increase over the years, and I am proud that today the panels of the most important congresses worldwide are always present about vaginal rejuvenation, since the world needs to know about it.
Member of CER, a National Research Group, Colciencias (CvLac)
International Editor, Aesthetic Surgery Journal - ASJ (ASAPS)
Editor Genital Section, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Journal - APS (ISAPS)
Author of chapters and book publications, plus multiple papers released in several plastic surgery scientific national and international journals.
International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery - ISAPS, Elected President 2022-2024
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery - ASAPS, International Committee Member, 2010 - 2018
Colombian Society of Plastic Surgery - SCCP, Honorary member and Board Member 2008 - 2018. President 2014 – 2016.
Colombian Association of Scientific Societies - ACSC, Vice-president and Board 2014 - 2018. President 2020 - 2022.
Ibero Latino American Federation of Plastic Surgery - FILACP, Aesthetic Committee Member 2012 - 2016.
Member of the Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation Institute of America (LVRIA)
Medical Director of VaginaAesthetics.
Serbian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, (SRBPRAS). Honorary member.
Member of the Brazilian Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine
International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery - ISAPS, Elected President 2022-2024
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery - ASAPS, International Committee Member, 2010 - 2018
Colombian Society of Plastic Surgery - SCCP, Honorary member and Board Member 2008 - 2018. President 2014 – 2016.
Colombian Association of Scientific Societies - ACSC, Vice-president and Board 2014 - 2018. President 2020 - 2022.
Ibero Latino American Federation of Plastic Surgery - FILACP, Aesthetic Committee Member 2012 - 2016.
Member of the Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation Institute of America (LVRIA)
Medical Director of VaginaAesthetics.
Serbian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, (SRBPRAS). Honorary member.
Member of the Brazilian Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine