Professional Experience
Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona. FEA Plastic Surgery, Breast Surgery and Reconstruction Unit.
Dorsia Zaragoza Clinic. Cosmetic surgery. Breast, body and facial surgery.
Miguel Servet University Hospital, Zaragoza. FEA Plastic Surgery and Burns. Head of the Children’s Plastic Surgery Unit (02/2016-01/2018). Head of the healthcare quality committee.
University Hospital of Birmingham NHS, UK – Hand and Upper Limb Surgery Unit.
University Hospital of Birmingham NHS, UK. Breast Surgery Unit
The Dudley Group NHS, UK – Plastic Surgery Service.
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona – Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery Service. MIR training programme. Rotations in General Surgery, Traumatology, ICU, Dermatology and ENT.
Hospital Quirón de Barcelona – Dr. Tapia Institute. Cosmetic Surgery.
Royal Derby Hospital NHS Trust, UK. Pulvertaft Hand Centre – Hand and Upper Limb Surgery Unit.
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust, UK – Plastic Surgery Service.
Vall d’Hebron Hospital, Barcelona – Burn Unit.
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu de Barcelona – Paediatric Plastic Surgery Unit.
Academic background
Master’s Degree in Healthcare Management. UNIR
Fellow of the European Board of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery.
MIR Specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery.
Degree in Medicine. University of Barcelona
Further training
Microsurgical flap dissection in a porcine model. November 2016. Aragonese Institute of Health Sciences, Zaragoza.
Course for competence in the use of intraoperative fluoroscopy. September 2015. Pulvertaft Hand Centre, UK.
Tutor in Surgical Techniques Workshop for trainee doctors. June 2014. Russell’s Hall Hospital, Dudley, UK.
XII European Microsurgery Congress. April 2014, Barcelona.
IX Aesthetic Surgery Symposium “Barcelona Face Course”. January 2014, Teknon Medical Centre, Barcelona.
XXII European Course in Plastic Surgery. November 2013, Thessaloniki.
Training day of the Catalan Society of Plastic Surgery. February 2013, Barcelona. – III Course on flap dissection for reconstructive surgery of the extremities. January 2013, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Assistant and organising committee.
Course on Experimental Microsurgery. November 2012, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona. – XXI ISAPS Congress. September 2012, Geneva.
II Course on flap dissection for reconstructive surgery of the trunk, head and neck. July 2012, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Assistant and organising committee.
Refresher course in Upper Limb Surgery. May 2012, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid.
XLVII National Congress of the SECPRE, April 2012, Palma de Mallorca.
Training day of the Catalan Society of Plastic Surgery. January 2012, Barcelona. – Conference for residents and congress on Update in Facial Traumatology. March 2012, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid.
I Course on flap dissection for reconstructive surgery of the extremities. December 2011, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Assistant and organising committee.
SECPRE Resident Day, Course on Cervicofacial Surgery. November 2011, Hospital Quirón de Barcelona.
Congress of the Spanish Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology. September 2011, Oviedo. – Masterclass in dissection of perforator flaps. June 2011. Paris
XXXVI Congress of the French Association of Maxillofacial Surgery, May 2011. Barcelona. – SECPRE Residents Conference: Surgery of the hand. February 2011, Mutua Montañesa, Santander. – II Congress of the Spanish Society of Fat Transplantation. December 2010, Barcelona. Attendee and organising committee.
XVIII Mediterranean Conference on Cosmetic Medicine and Surgery. May 2010, Sitges. – XLV SECPRE National Congress. May 2010, Girona.
Training day of the Catalan Society of Plastic Surgery. January 2010, Barcelona. – Rhinoplasty Course. November 2009, Clínica Teknon, Barcelona.
SECPRE residents day: Aesthetic blepharoplasty and periorbital rejuvenation. October 2009, Clínica la Luz, Madrid.
Papers and posters
Preliminary results of immediate lymphovenular anastomosis after inguinal lymphadenectomy. 53rd SECPRE Congress, Madrid. May 2019. Poster.
YU flap for lip reconstruction: an effective and little known technique. 53rd SECPRE Congress, Madrid. May 2019. Poster.
Treatment of the Tuberous Breast. Clinical presentation and surgical management. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. October 2015. Communication as part of the MIR training programme in Plastic Surgery.
Congenital malformations of the hand. Russell’s Hall Hospital, Dudley. January 2015. Communication within the MIR training programme in Plastic Surgery.
Usefulness of Narrow-Band imaging in head and neck flap monitoring. 64th SEORL Congress, Madrid. October 2013. Poster.
Use of the internal mammary perforator flap in mediastinal tracheostomy. Training day of the Catalan Society of Plastic Surgery, Barcelona. February 2013. Communication. – Adipose tissue grafts in the reconstruction of partial breast defects. 47th National Congress of the SECPRE, Palma de Mallorca. April 2012. Communication.
TMJ reconstruction with chondrocostal graft. Training day of the Catalan Society of Plastic Surgery, Barcelona. January 2012. Communication.
Medial sural artery perforator flap for knee arthroplasty coverage. SECOT Congress, Oviedo. September 2011. Poster.
Treatment of pseudarthrosis of the humerus using a microvascularised fibula flap. 45th SECPRE Congress, Girona. May 2010. Poster.
Metaidoioplasty, genital surgery in female to male gender identity disorder. Training day of the Catalan Society of Plastic Surgery, Barcelona. January 2010. Communication.
Publications
Hendidura cervical media: una enfermedad poco frecuente. González Y, Burgués PL, Rodríguez G, et al. Anales de Pediatría, 2019;90(5): 310-312
Male to female genital reassignment surgery: a retrospective review of surgical technique and complications in 60 patients. Raigosa M, Avvedimento S, Yoon TS, Cruz J, Rodriguez G, Fontdevila J. J Sex Med. 2015 Aug;12(8).
Nailbed reconstruction using dermal regeneration template. Yoon T, Rodriguez G, Raigona M, Fontdevila J. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2014 Dec;67(12)
Autologous Fat Grafting for correction of unaesthetic scars. Guisantes E, Fontdevila J, Rodriguez G. Ann Plast Surg. 2012 Nov;69(5)
Research and Quality
Optimisation of the high-resolution surgical consultation of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery service. Project included in the 2019 Management Agreement in the Aragonese Health Service. – Standardisation of enzymatic debridement with Bromelain in the Burn Unit. Project included in the Management Agreement in the Aragonese Health Service of 2019.
Clinical audit on the quality and safety of the use of intraoperative fluoroscopy in hand surgery. Quality project carried out in the Hand Surgery Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham in 2016.
Utility of adipose-derived stem cells in the survival of fat grafts in the treatment of gluteal lipodystrophy in HIV patients. Study funded by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III, FISS grant. Co-Investigator. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona 2010-2012. – Use of teicoplanin in the reduction of bacterial colonisation in breast expanders. Co-Investigator. Research project carried out at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona 2009-2010.
