Breast Surgery

Juarez Avelar MD holds a degree in Medicine from Guanabara University (currently Rio de Janeiro State University - 1968) and completed his residency and post-graduate studies in Plastic Surgery at Rio de Janeiro’s Santa Casa Hospital and Ivo Pitanguy’s Clinic (1970-72). He 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. Founding member and former president of the Prof. Illouz Association (2005-08; 2010-12). Founding member and former vice-president of the Brazilian Association of Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells (2005-08). He has also been an Assistant Professor at the Plastic Surgery Unit at the Marília Medical School (Brazil); an active member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) (since 1976); a Professor of Plastic Surgery at ISAPS (since 1997); a Fellow Member of the International College of Surgeons (since 1977); a Fellow Member of the Medicine Academy of São Paulo (since 1990 - Brazil); an invited Professor at the Plastic Surgery Department, Medical School of Pernambuco Federal University - Brazil; Head of the Brazilian Scientific Institute of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Brazil); an active member of the Brazilian Society of Writers Doctors (SOBRAMES) (since 2017) and an Invited Professor at the Post-Graduation of Plastic Surgery at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO) (since 2017). Dr. Avelar is also a Life Member of Christian Academy of Letters (ACL) and President for the period of 2024-2025. He has published several books and textbooks on plastic surgery, in Portuguese, English, Deutsch and Chinese, with highlights for Aesthetic Facial Surgery (Springer, 2021) and Body Contouring (Springer, 2023).