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See what our Experts and thought leaders think
about the GCA Academy™

“The GCA Academy™ is the perfect place to share knowledge and encourage learning about breast plastic surgery among professionals of the highest standards, with mutual respect, scientific knowledge and self-expression”.

Let us honour the AKADEMEIA, the birthplace of knowledge sharing in ancient Greece. May we all inspire each other to raise the standards of our surgical practice and the satisfaction of our patients. May we share this experience generously, growing better for having been part of the wonderful project made possible by GCA®.”

Dr. Mayo, Spain
“Explore the opportunities at the GCA Academy™, a place dedicated to fostering ongoing education and professional development.”

When you believe you’ve mastered everything and there’s nothing left to learn, you should consider retirement. When you embrace continuous learning and remain humble enough to enhance your skills, keep pushing forward. Explore the opportunities at the GCA Academy™, a place dedicated to fostering ongoing education and professional development.”

Prof Berend van der Lei, The Netherlands
“We stand out from the rest in achieving exceptional patient satisfaction.”

By implementing top-tier surgical techniques and utilizing premium breast implants like PERLE™ and the Round Collection™, we distinguish ourselves in achieving exceptional patient satisfaction. Our active involvement in trainings and webinars offered by the GCA Academy™ LATAM empowers us to consistently elevate our standards and pursue excellence on a daily basis.

Dr Castro Riglos, Argentina
“I wish to express my sincere gratitude and congratulations to the entire GCA Academy™ family”

On the auspicious occasion of the 10th anniversary of the GCA Academy™, of which I proudly stand as one of the founders alongside Dr. Castro Riglos, I wish to express my sincere gratitude and congratulations to the entire GCA Academy™ family. Being an integral part of this outstanding medical education initiative is both a privilege and an honor. It is through our collective dedication and participation in the academy’s programs, including those that contribute to expanding our knowledge, that we continue to grow and thrive.

Dr Gagliardi, Argentina
“Surgeons just want to be their best, and that means we want to continually educate ourselves on best practice and best techniques in surgery”

Congratulations to the GCA Academy™ on its 10 year anniversary. Surgeons just want to be their best, and that means we want to continually educate ourselves on best practice and best techniques in surgery. I’m so humbled to have been asked by the GCA  Academy™ to contribute to their ever growing library of educational seminars in all aspects of implant related breast surgery. I’m looking forward to the next 10 years.

Mr Taimur Shoaib, UK

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Our Experts past & present

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🇮🇹 Dr. Fabio Santanelli Di Pompeo
🇮🇹 Dr. Fabio Santanelli Di Pompeo
Plastic surgeon
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Distinguished plastic surgeon and academic leader based in Rome, Italy. As the Director of the Plastic Surgery Department at the University of Rome “Sapienza,” he specializes in Reconstructive Microsurgery, with a focus on advanced techniques like the DIEP flap and the Latissimus Dorsi flap for breast reconstruction.

🇬🇧 Dr. Nabila Nasir
🇬🇧 Dr. Nabila Nasir
Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon
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Experienced Consultant Oncoplastic Breast surgeon at Manchester Foundation Trust, UK. She was appointed as an NHS consultant in 2011 a¬er completing higher surgical training in London. Ms. Nasir trained in many reputable Oncoplastic Breast Units in London and South of England including the Royal Marsden. During her training, she has done MSc in evidenced based health and is a principal investigator for research trials at her trust. Ms. Nasir is the lead for breast governance and audit ensuring safe provision of care to patients and maintaining standards. Improving quality of care for patients with breast related disease is what Ms. Nasir strives to provide.

🇮🇹 Prof. Dr. Michele Riccio
🇮🇹 Prof. Dr. Michele Riccio
Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon
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Distinguished expert plastic and reconstructive surgeon, and Director of Plastic section of Ancona Breast Unit Teaching Hospital, in Italy. He is also the Director DPT of Specialist Surgeries, the Director DPT of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery – Hand Surgery Unit and the Regional Centre of High Specialisation in Hand Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery at the same hospital.
Prof. Riccio is the President of the Italian Society of Hand Surgery – SICM and the founding member and Vice President of Accademia del Lipofilling – Centro Studi di Ricerca e Formazione in Chirurgia Rigenerativa (Lipofilling Academy – Research and Training Center of Regenerative Surgery).

🇨🇴 Dr. Julián Hernández
🇨🇴 Dr. Julián Hernández
Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon
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Renowned specialist in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, with more than 7 years of experience.
With a degree in Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive surgery at from the National University of Colombia and the FUCS – Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, he completed his residency at Hospital de San José and the Children’s University Hospital of the Bogotá Surgical Society. Dr. Hernández holds also the subspeciality of hand surgery from FUCS.
Currently he runs his own private practice in Cali and in Bogotá, Colombia.

🇪🇸 Dr. Federico Mayo Martín
🇪🇸 Dr. Federico Mayo Martín
Plastic surgeon
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Worldwide renowned expert plastic surgeon with over 25 years of experience and has been awarded as one of the top best Plastic Surgeons in Spain. He is the owner of the prestigious plastic surgery clinics Doctor Mayo, both in Madrid (Spain) and Zurich (Switzerland).

🇪🇸 Dr. Anna López Ojeda
🇪🇸 Dr. Anna López Ojeda
Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon
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Renowned specialist in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, with more than 25 years of experience. With a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, she specialised in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Bellvitge Hospital. Currently, and since July 2011, she has been working as a Plastic Surgeon specialising in Oncoplastic Surgery and breast examination in the Functional Breast Unit of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO). She also practices at the CIMA Clinic, the Corachán Clinic, and in Surgery x Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, all of them in Bacelona.

🇮🇹 Dr. Stefano Marianelli
🇮🇹 Dr. Stefano Marianelli
Plastic surgeon
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Experienced Italian plastic surgeon with over 25 years of experience, serving as the Head of the Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery Unit at the Leonardo Surgical Clinic in Vinci, Florence.

🇮🇹 Dr. Davide Tonini
🇮🇹 Dr. Davide Tonini
Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon
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Distinguished expert plastic and reconstructive surgeon at the University of Milan, also serving as a freelance surgeon in Verona, Brescia, Bergamo, Desenzano, Trento, Villafranca and Riccione (Italy).

🇲🇽 Dr. Jorge Eduardo Molina Ortega
🇲🇽 Dr. Jorge Eduardo Molina Ortega
Plastic surgeon
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Distinguished expert surgeon with over 20 years of experience. He currently collaborates as a plastic surgeon and hand microsurgery surgeon at Hospital Angeles Morelia, in Mexico. He is an international expert in Poland Syndrome and hand microsurgery, collaborating with important public and private entities in Mexico, the USA and Spain.

🇨🇴 Dr. Diego Franco
🇨🇴 Dr. Diego Franco
Plastic surgeon
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Reputed plastic surgeon certified by the Board of Medellin and Manizales (Colombia), also trained in Argentina and Brazil.
He opened a private clinic in Manizales specializing in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery and currently practices in Medellin, Manizales and Pereira.

🇫🇷 Prof. Dr. Michael Atlan
🇫🇷 Prof. Dr. Michael Atlan
Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeon
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Distinguished Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive surgeon, and Associate Professor, at Pierre et Marie Curie Faculty of Medicine, with a permanent position in Tenon Hospital (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France) in an integrated
Breast Cancer Centre. A former head of the department of Pontoise Hospital, he is now leading the Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and pursuing an academic career within his institution.

🇮🇹 Dr. Fabio Santanelli Di Pompeo
🇮🇹 Dr. Fabio Santanelli Di Pompeo
Plastic surgeon
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Distinguished plastic surgeon and academic leader based in Rome, Italy. As the Director of the Plastic Surgery Department at the University of Rome “Sapienza,” he specializes in Reconstructive Microsurgery, with a focus on advanced techniques like the DIEP flap and the Latissimus Dorsi flap for breast reconstruction.

🇦🇷 Dr. Enrique Castro Riglos
🇦🇷 Dr. Enrique Castro Riglos
Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeon
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Founder and LATAM GCA Academy ™ Scientific Head Experienced plastic, aesthetic, and reconstructive surgeon from the University of Buenos Aires UBA and Specialist in Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery from the Catholic University of Argentina, UCA. Professor of Plastic Surgery at the Catholic University of Argentina. Permanent staff of the San Lucas Sanatorium, Physician of the Martín y Omar Medical Group in Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery. OSDE Plastic Surgeon, Luis Pasteur, OSMECON, CEMIC, San Isidro Medical Circle.

🇮🇹 Dr. Michail Sorotos
🇮🇹 Dr. Michail Sorotos
Plastic surgeon
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Prof. Michail Sorotos
Skilled plastic surgeon, holding degrees from prestigious institutions including the University of Carolina in Prague, Sapienza University in Rome, and the University of Salerno. He is an Assistant Professor at the Sapienza Università di Roma and a consultant at Azienda Ospedaliera Sant’Andrea in Italy.

🇧🇷 Prof. Dr. Alexandre Piassi
🇧🇷 Prof. Dr. Alexandre Piassi
Plastic surgeon
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Prof. Dr. Alexandre Piassi Passos, MD, MsC, PhD

Distinguished expert surgeon with over 25 years of experience. He is the responsible for the APP Plastic Surgery Clinic, the coordinator of Plastic Surgery at Mastology department, and the coordinator of Academic Internships in Plastic Surgery – at Sírio-Libanês Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil.

🇬🇧 Mr. James McDiarmid
🇬🇧 Mr. James McDiarmid
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
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🇪🇸 Dr. Bruce Dos Santos
🇪🇸 Dr. Bruce Dos Santos
Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeon
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Dr. Bruce P. Dos Santos
Experienced surgeon in Plastic, Aesthetic & Reconstructive Surgery by the Central University of Venezuela, also with international training at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, and at A Coruña University Hospital, Galicia.
He currently serves in private practice at Institut Ruiz Castilla-Hospital Quirón Barcelona and Torreblanca Salut Mental Center, Barcelona.

🇨🇭 Prof. Maziar Shafighi
🇨🇭 Prof. Maziar Shafighi
Plastic surgeon
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Prof. Dr. med. Maziar Shafighi
Highly distinguished plastic surgeon with over 30 years of experience. He completed his medical studies at the Universities of Zurich and London, followed by specialized training at Inselspital University Hospital in Bern. He currently practices aesthetic and reconstructive surgery in his clinic in Meduno in Bern and Zurich (Switzerland).
Additionally, he has held senior roles at the University Clinic for Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic, and Hand Surgery at Inselspital, where he is also the deputy head physician and Quality Management Officer.

🇩🇪 Dr. Matthias Aust
🇩🇪 Dr. Matthias Aust
Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeon
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Assoc.Prof. Dr. Med. Matthias Aust
Distinguished plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgeon, academic leader and the Director and Chief Physician of the renowned Aust Aesthetik private clinic in Landsberg am Lech, Germany. With a medical degree from the University of Regensburg, he also enhanced his expertise through extensive studies in the USA and South Africa.

🇧🇪 Prof. Michel Heymans
🇧🇪 Prof. Michel Heymans
Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeon
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Michel Heymans, MD
Outstanding figure in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, specialized at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. He started his practice at the Clinique Saint Pierre Ottignies, Belgium, and founded and directed the Service de Chirurgie Plastique Reconstructrice et Esthétique at the same clinic, with over 900 operations per year. He has also served at the Botaclinic Liège, Belgium and at the Claris Clinic in La Hulpe, Belgium.
His innovative research into skin wound healing has led to the invention of this new medical device for scar treatment, Healena™, demonstrating his commitment to advancing medical knowledge and improving patient care

🇦🇷 Dra. Sandra Filiciani
🇦🇷 Dra. Sandra Filiciani
Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon
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Highly respected plastic and reconstructive surgeon from Argentina, with over 30 years of experience in the field, holding a PhD in Technology and Science of Human Health (Italy). She serves as a Senior University Professor in Surgery at the Universidad Abierta Interamericana Medicina (UAI), as the Teaching Manager of the Plastic Surgery Service at the Rosario Surgical Center and as surgeon at prestigious institutions, including the Rosario Surgical Center and Sanatorio de la Mujer (Head of the Plastic Surgery department) in Argentina.

🇪🇸 Dra. Mireia Ruiz Castilla
🇪🇸 Dra. Mireia Ruiz Castilla
Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeon
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Experienced Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, serving in private practice at the Institut Ruiz Castilla, and being the Director of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service at Quirónsalud Hospital, Barcelona. Since 2021, she is also the head of the Plastic Surgery Unit at the Hospital Universitario Dexeus, Barcelona.

🇮🇹 Dr. Maurizio Ressa
🇮🇹 Dr. Maurizio Ressa
Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon
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Distinguished expert surgeon with over 25 years of experience. He is the director of the Aesthetic Surgery Department at Clinica Ressa, in Bari (Italy), the director of the reconstructive plastic surgery unit at the Cancer Institute “GIOVANNI PAOLO II” – IRCCS in Bari, and the current president of the Italian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery (SICPRE).

🇮🇹 Dr. Antonio Di Vicenzo
🇮🇹 Dr. Antonio Di Vicenzo
Plastic and Aesthetics surgeon
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Distinguished expert surgeon with over 30 years of experience, and owner of DiVi Clinic in Castelfranco Veneto (Italy), where he has successfully performed more than 5,000 surgeries over the past decade using exclusively anatomical implants.
His extensive experience has enabled him to develop a personalized technique that ensures a highly natural outcome for all patients, and he holds the prestigious certificate of excellence for being the surgeon who uses the most anatomical implants in Italy.

🇮🇹 Dra. Daniela Cutrignelli
🇮🇹 Dra. Daniela Cutrignelli
Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeon
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Daniela Anna Cutrignelli, MD
Experienced Italian plastic surgeon specializing in reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, with a strong focus on breast reconstruction. She is first-level Director of the operative plastic surgery unit at the Cancer Institute “GIOVANNI PAOLO II” – IRCCS in Bari.

🇨🇴 Dra. Nicole Echeverry
🇨🇴 Dra. Nicole Echeverry
Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeon
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Nicole Echeverry, MD
Reputed surgeon from the University of Tolima (Colombia) and specialist in plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgery by the University of Sinu (Colombia). Co-founder and owner of the medical center Majestic Plastic Surgery, operating in Colombia and Dubai.

🇬🇧 Mr. Taimur Shoaib
🇬🇧 Mr. Taimur Shoaib
Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeon
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Dr. Taimur Shoaib MD, FRCSEd (Plast)
Distinguished Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive surgeon, founder, consultant and senior plastic surgeon of La Belle Forme Clinic, serving in London and Edinburgh.
Former consultant in the NHS at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and an honorary senior clinical lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Glasgow.
Multi-award-winning plastic surgeon, having won awards such as: best cosmetic surgeon in the UK, best cosmetic surgeon in Scotland, best clinic in Scotland, best clinic group in the UK, most influential practitioner in Scotland.

🇨🇴 Dr. Luis Fernando Reyes
🇨🇴 Dr. Luis Fernando Reyes
Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeon
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Luis Fernando Reyes, MD
Reputed surgeon from Universidad del Rosario (Colombia) and specialist in plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgery from Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Co-founder and owner of the medical center Majestic Plastic Surgery, operating in Colombia and Dubai.

🇳🇱 Prof. Van der Lei
🇳🇱 Prof. Van der Lei
Plastic surgeon
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Prof. dr. Berend van der Lei is one of the most well-known and highly experienced plastic surgeons in the Netherlands, who has been involved in cosmetic treatments and cosmetic plastic surgery for more than 25 years. In 2007, he was appointed the first professor of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in the Netherlands, making him the first in Europe. He has been appointed at the University Medical Center in Groningen and works at Bey Bergman Clinics in Zwolle, Heerenveen and Hilversum and has his own private practice Prof. Aesthetics in Haren near Groningen.