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ABOUT DR. CARLOS M. RIVERA SERRANO - TOP-RATED, DOUBLE BOARD-CERTIFIED COLOMBIAN PLASTIC SURGEON IN MIAMI

Carlos M. Rivera Serrano – Top Rated Colombian Board Certified Plastic Surgeon in Miami: Learn about his Experience & Expertise

Team of surgeons performing surgery in the operating room

About Dr. Carlos Rivera Serrano MD

Carlos Rivera-Serrano, MD, is a US-trained plastic and reconstructive surgeon with additional advanced fellowship training in Asia and Europe. After completing two surgical residencies and two fellowships (super specializations), his extensive and advanced training makes him one of the most highly trained plastic surgeons in the United States.

Dr. Carlos Rivera-Serrano was born in Colombia. After living throughout the US during his training and practice experience, he has now found his new home in Miami. His interests include facial, breast, and body aesthetic surgery, with a focus on achieving natural results. Facial rejuvenation and body contouring are passions of his. Dr. Rivera-Serrano has particular expertise in body contouring due to his Colombian background and connection with South American plastic surgery societies and treatment philosophies, but with a more cosmopolitan twist towards natural results. He also has expertise in facial surgery due to his extensive training background in head & neck and craniofacial surgery. Additional interests include facial and body gender confirmation surgery and migraine relief surgery.

Throughout his career, Dr. Rivera-Serrano traveled the world to work at famed hospital institutions, picking up many awards and accolades along the way. A few of his other career highlights include graduating from medical school among the top three students in his class; during rotations at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Harvard University as a senior medical student, he was graded with Honors (See more) in five of seven clinical rotations. For four consecutive years during his residency at the University of Pittsburgh, he won the “Isamu Sando” Temporal Bone Dissection Contest, was a representative of the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (AAOHNS), and received several AAOHNS Resident Leadership Awards. Dr. Rivera-Serrano has written more than 30 peer reviewed publications and chapters in leading journal and books, as well as presented at more than 40 regional, national, and international meetings.

After completing more than ten years of residency and fellowship training, Dr. Rivera-Serrano has over eight years of independent plastic surgery experience with thousands of aesthetic and reconstructive procedures performed. His high quality and natural results speak for themselves.

Please look at the photo gallery to see some of his exceptional work.

EXPERIENCE

Dr. Rivera-Serrano completed two residencies followed by two
super specialized fellowships, finishing in his postgraduate year 11 (PGY11) after finishing medical school. He trained in Plastic Surgery at the University of Florida and then completed fellowships in some of the most widely recognized and sought-after plastic surgery centers in the world. After finishing plastic surgery training, he completed a one-year clinical Craniofacial Surgery / Microsurgery Fellowship at the world-renowned Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan, where he was also the Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation Fellow. He then did a clinical Microsurgery Fellowship at Gent University Hospital in Belgium, one of the premier plastic surgery programs in Europe, focusing on complex microvascular breast surgery. Given so, he is one of the few plastic surgeons in the country with fellowship training in Craniofacial Surgery and Microsurgery. Both in Taiwan and Belgium, he worked under global pioneers of plastic surgery, including the developers of several techniques of facial skeletal surgery and breast surgery. Moreover, prior to plastic surgery, Dr. Rivera-Serrano also completed a residency in Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, which was ranked as the second (See more) best program in the nation by US News & World Report the year of his graduation and is widely regarded as one of the top training programs for head &
neck surgery and cranial base surgery in the world.  This also makes him is one of the few plastic surgeons in the country who also completed a residency in Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. In contrast, most physicians/surgeons complete only one residency and sometimes one fellowship.

This extensive and unique training, diverse cultural and educational background makes Dr. Rivera-Serrano unarguably one of the most highly trained plastic surgeons in the country and the world. He is one of a handful of plastic surgeons who have had formal hands-on plastic surgery training in South America, North America, Asia, and Europe, and therefore has a very cosmopolitan plastic surgery and aesthetic vision.

Board certification

Harvard Experience

ENT - Head & Neck Surgery Experience
(University of Pittsburgh Ranking)

Certification letter for Dr. Carlos Rivera as a surgeon from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
U.S. News magazine of the best hospitals
Ranking of the best hospitals in Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT)

WHY TO CHOOSE DR. RIVERA-SERRANO AS YOUR SURGEON AND AESTHETIC PROVIDER

Dr. Rivera-Serrano is among the country’s most highly trained plastic surgeons, having completed two separate residencies (plastic surgery & head & neck surgery / ENT) and two clinical fellowships in some of the most prestigious institutions in North America, Asia & Europe. He is double board certified by accredited bodies recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties and the Florida Board of Medicine, and has vast surgical experience, having performed thousands of successful surgical cases. Dr. Rivera-Serrano has been a University Professor of Surgery teaching residents on how to perform plastic surgery and knows the intricacies of the field. He is a respected member of the Miami plastic surgery community, an innovator, and author of numerous articles in leading peer-reviewed journals and textbooks. Always aiming for natural results, he knows how to combine artistry with safety. All the above sets him apart as a top surgeon with one of the most comprehensive plastic surgery offerings throughout Miami, South Florida, and Colombia.

Colombian Plastic Surgeon in Miami. Top-Rated, Board Certified

WHEN TO AVOID PLASTIC SURGERY

-You do not have time to recover. In general, for facial surgery, we recommend three months between surgery and a special or social (red carpet) event as a safety net. However, most people look presentable in normal social situation in three weeks, and oftentimes earlier. For body procedures, recovery can be from a few days (e.g. liposuction) to two to three weeks (tummy tuck or BBL). For most procedures, heavy activity such as exercise should be avoided for 3 weeks.

Complications are not common; however, they do occasionally happen, and delayed healing cannot be 100% avoided. This timeline is necessary in order to allow most of the swelling to go away and the results and tissues to appear natural, especially if the surgery is in a visible area.

-You want a perfect result because you will only be satisfied with perfection, and you know you will not be happy otherwise.

-You want perfect symmetry.

-You are taking blood thinners for medical conditions or immunosuppressants.

-You are a current smoker, or a current passive smoker (live with a partner that smokes next you)

-You are overweight or obese. Typically, we recommend not having surgery if your Body Mass Index is above 32-34, with the exception of some liposuction procedures (Link to: Liposuction for people with high BMI’s (obesity)). Use this link to calculate your BMI. 

-You are doing it for someone else or fitting an ideal image. Plastic surgery is a personal decision, and you should do it for yourself, not to fulfill someone else’s desires or to try to fit any sort of ideal image.

-If you want to read more about expectations after plastic surgery and possible complications click here

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