Formal Education:

Formal Education:

Doctor of Medicine, October 1975. The Pontificia Javeriana School of Medicine, Bogota Colombia.

• The Pontificia Javeriana University School of Medicine, Bogota, Colombia, 1969 1974

Internships:

Social Service, Tarapaca, Amazon Colombia, January 1976 to January 1977

•San Antonio De Padua General Hospital, Garagoa Boyaca, Colombia, June 26, 1975, to September 30, 1975

•De La Samaritana General Hospital, Bogotá, Colombia, December 15, 1974 to June 25, 1975

Professional and Postgraduate Training

  • Plastic77 and Reconstructive Surgery Residency, Plastic and Reconstructive
  • Surgery Institute of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México (Afíliate of Guadalajara
    University, Graduate School of Medicine), January 1979 to January 1982
  •  Fellowship Microsurgery Basic at the Mexican Social Security Institute, Biomedical Investigation Unit, Occident Medical Center, Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico, October 1981.
  • Fellowship at University of California, San Diego, Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery, January 1982 to March 1982
  • General Surgery Residency, Palermo Clinic, Bogota Colombia, January 1977 to January 1979.
  • M.D. Licensing, State of Florida April 2003
  • M.D. Licensing, Mexico, September 26, 1983
  • M.D. Licensing, Colombia, October 1975

Teaching Appointment:

  • Clinical Instructor, Plastic Surgery Department, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, September 1, 1990, to December 31, 1999.

Dr. Fabio A Castro MD

Artistic Plastic Surgery

A Physician with more than 35 years of experience in plastic and reconstructive surgery, cosmetic surgery, and microsurgery. Extensive knowledge relative to cleft, lip, palate, and hypo-epis padias. In addition, I have considerable expertise in medical training, after being a clinical instructor of the Plastic Surgery Department at the University of San Diego, California. I am certified by the Mexican Board of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and an active member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. I have excellent communication and cross-cultural skills, speaking English and Spanish fluently.

Board Certification

Hospital Staff Privileges

  • South Shore Hospital and Medical Center, 630 Alton Road, Miami Beach,
  • María Luisa De La Pena Hospital, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México.
  • Central de Especialidades Medicas, La Paz Baja California Sur, México.
  • Salvatierra General Hospital, La Paz Baja California Sur, México.
  • Mexican Social Security Hospital, La Paz Baja California Sur, México.
  • Issstee General Hospital, La Paz Baj a California Sur, México.

Papers and Publications

  • Skin Cáncer- Not Melanoma, XX Jornadas Medicas of Sudcalifomia, La Paz Baja California Sur, México July,1990.
  • Anatomy of the Cleft Lip and Palate Deformities Symposium, National Defense Secretary Health Direction, 3A Military Zone Mexico, October 1987.
  • Breast Reconstruction and Abdominoplasty, Yearly Magazine of Salvatierra Hospital, Vol I, December 1985.
  • New Techniques in Cleft Palate Corrections, Second Annual Symposium for Medical Updates, Salvatierra Hospital, La Paz Baja California Sur, Mexico, November 1982.
  • Skin Cancer of the Face, XVI Legislature Western Medical Association, Mexico, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, November 1981.
  • Cleft Palate Anatomy, Cleft Lip, Palate, and Craniofacial Deformities Symposium, Plastic and Reconstructive Institute of Guadalajara, May 1981.

Medical Affiliations

  • Active Member, International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery-International Confederation for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lugano, Switzerland; Member since 1988.
  • Active Member, Mexican Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Association, Mexico; Member since February 4, 1984.
  • Founding Member of Residents of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Institute Society, Jalisco Mexico, November 13, 1982.
  • Member of Medical College of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico; Member since January 1983.
  • Member Medical Society of the Salvatierra General Hospital, Hospital Salvatierra, La Paz Baja California Sur. November 30, 1982, to 1999.