Giovanni Montealegre Gómez M.D.
Plastic Surgery Specialist

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
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Specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Supra specialist in microsurgery and Hand Surgery, with a broad academic and scientific career. With important experience in fields such as reconstructive microsurgery in patients with breast cancer, and facial and body deformities. With experience in microsurgical reconstruction of the jaw and middle facial third, for which he has been invited as an international speaker. Recognized in the University environment and the National and International scientific community. He has combined teaching activity with his private practice in cosmetic surgery during the last 12 years.
MEMBER OF
European wrist ARTHROSCOPY SOCIETY (EWAS)
Sociedad colombiana de cirugía plástica
ASOCIACION COLOMBIANA DE CIRUGIA DE LA MANO (ASOCIMANO)
COLOMBIAN ASSOCIATION OF HAND SURGERY (ASOCIMANO)
Formación Academica
Medicine
National University of Colombia School of Medicine, Santa Fe de Bogotá Degree of Honor Promotion 1983 – 1990
Merits and Awards
Honorable Mention: Best Research work in the Clinical area. XXIX Congress of the Colombian Society of Plastic Surgery. Bucaramanga, October 2003.
2003
University Merit Medal, in the Academic Merit category, awarded by the Nueva Granada Military University.
February 2002
XXVIII Congress of the Colombian Society of Plastic Surgery
Cali, November 2001.
León Hernández
Best research work in the Clinical area.
Publications
Acrospiromamaligno in the hand. Skin, (Barc) Elsevier. 0211. (doi, 1016)
A new classification based on Kaban’s modification for surgical management of craniofacial microsomy. Journal of Craniomaxillofacial trauma and reconstruction. Thieme medical Publisher. Vol2, May 2010
Text: Plastic Surgery. Editor Dr. Felipe Coiffman. Congenital anomalies of the hand (Chapter 482: Pages 4,699-4,729) and Nerve injuries of the upper limb (Chapter 457: Pages 4,458 -4,466) 2,009
Work Experience
Hospital de la Misericordia Foundation. Plastic Surgery Service. From March 2008 to date.
San José hospital. Department of Plastic Surgery.
From December 2,002 to date.
San Pedro Claver Clinical Plastic Surgery Department. Social Security Institute Head of the Plastic Surgery service since
May 1999 to January 2007