Honors and Merits

• Leading Researcher of a Project for Surgical Research on Microsurgery received from the Health Institute Carlos III of the Spanish Ministry of Health.
• Organizer and Director of the New Technologies in Plastic Surgery National Meeting. Feb. 2008, Madrid.
• Organizer and Director of the Madrid International iConference on Plastic Surgery, assistants from over 20 different countries from all continents. First ever worldwide “virtual meeting” in plastic surgery with live surgery. March 2006, Madrid.
• President and Founder of the Foundation for the Advancement and Development of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery.
• Past Treasurer of the Spanish Foundation of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery.
• Past Member of the Executive Committee of the Spanish Society of Plastic Surgeons.
• Past Faculty of the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons.
• Editorial Reviewer for the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery.
• Editorial Reviewer for the Journal of Hand and Microsurgery.
• Research Award from the Institute or Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Medical Center.
• Ibero-Latin American Resident Award from the International Confederation for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. Ibero-Latin American Section.
• National Plastic Surgery Resident Award from the Spanish Society of Plastic Surgery.
• Over 30 publications and presentations in national and international meetings and journals and 5 book chapters on plastic surgery.