Aesthetic Facial Surgery (eBook)

Dr. Juarez Avelar is a former President of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery (1986-87) and (1990-91), and of the Alumni Association of Prof. Ivo Pitanguy (AExPI) (2002-04) and (2004-06) - Brazil. He is also a former President of the Prof. Illouz Association (2005-08), and founding member and former President of the Brazilian Association of Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells (ABRATRON) (2005-08). He was an Assistant Professor at the Plastic Surgery Unit at the Marília Medical School (Brazil); and has been an active member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) (since 1976); a Professor of Plastic Surgery at the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) (since 1997); a Fellow Member of the International College of Surgeons (since 1977); an Honorary Member of the Medicine Academy of São Paulo (since 1990 - Brazil); an Honorary Member of the Plastic Surgeons Association of Israel (since 1977); an invited Professor at the Plastic Department, Medical School of Pernambuco Federal University - Brazil; Head of the Brazilian Scientific Institute of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (since 1976). In addition, he is Training Professor for the International Confederation of Aesthetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery (IPRAS) (since 2014); an active member of the Brazilian Society of Writers Doctors (SOBRAMES) (since 2017) and an Invited Professor at the Post-Graduation of Latu Sensu in Plastic Surgery of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO) (since 2017).

Dr. Avelar has published several books and textbooks on plastic surgery, both in Portuguese and in English, including Ear Reconstruction (Springer, 2013 and 2017 - 2nd Edition), New Concepts in Abdominoplasty and Further Applications (Springer, 2016) and Breast Surgery - Aesthetic Approaches (Springer, 2018).