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Dr Rivera obtained his Degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Seville and continued his academic training until he completed a University Master in Tissue Engineering at the Histology Department of the University of Granada and later obtained the speciality in Plastic, Repair and Cosmetic Surgery at the Virgen de las Nieves (Granada) University Hospital.Dr Rivera has developed extensive experience in the area of surgery, where he has been in practice for over ten years. Always at the forefront of new technologies applied to surgical techniques, he is a habitual participant in specialist scientific forums as well as national and international conventions.Professional Experience• 2007-2012 - Plastic, Repair and Cosmetic Surgery Resident Doctor at the Virgen de las Nieves (Granada) University Hospital• May 2012 - Currently, Co-director of the Plastic, Cosmetic and Repair Surgery Unit of the Quirónsalud Marbella Hospital.• May 2013 - Currently, Co-director of the Plastic, Cosmetic and Repair Surgery Unit of the Quirónsalud Campo de Gibraltar Hospital.• He has also been part of General Surgery and Traumatology, Maxillofacial Surgery and Major Burn Ward teams. Additionally, he has cooperated with the Plastic Surgery Unit of the Teknon Clinic in Barcelona. The Plastic, Cosmetic and Repair Surgery Unit of the Quirónsalud Marbella Hospital performs the most advanced treatments in Cosmetic Surgery and Medicine with the total guarantee that the patient is treated within a hospital environment, thus ensuring the highest level of safety during the surgical procedure and the recovery time.Our team of specialists combine their solid professional expertise in the correction of congenital or acquired anomalies affecting the shape or the appearance of your body. As this speciality deals with various areas and systems, the experts often work in conjunction with other medical areas.With regards to female cosmetic surgery, the Plastic, Cosmetic and Repair Surgery Unit of the Quirónsalud Marbella Hospital specialises in the augmentation and reduction of breasts, breast lift, tuberous breast correction, abdominoplasty, arms and thigh lift, surgery of the genitalia and reconstructive surgery after a mastectomy at the Breast Cancer Unit. We also perform male breast reduction and facial surgical procedures such as facial lift, eyelid surgery, nose remodelling, ear correction surgery and double-chin surgery.

Completion of the degree at the FACULTY OF MEDICINE OF THE AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID (UAM) during the academic years 1975-76 to 1980-81, obtaining the title of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at the said University in JUNE 1981. A full-time student at the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, U.A.M., in the summers of 1977, 79, 80 and 81, he participated in various research projects and acquired basic knowledge in the field of fundamental research. SPECIALTIES: - Medical specialist in INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE. - Receiving position number 96 in the MIR call November 1981. - Resident physician assigned to the Intensive Care Service of the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid from 1982 to 1986 (5 years) to develop a program in this specialty. - Member of the Spanish Society of Intensive Medicine and Coronary Units (SEMIUC). - Member of the editorial board of the EMERGENCIAS magazine. - General practitioner assigned to the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Hospital "Doce de Octubre" in Madrid, from April 1989 to December 1993. (5 years). - Multiple member (No. 361) of the SPANISH SOCIETY OF REPARATIVE AND AESTHETIC PLASTIC SURGERY (SECPRE). - Receiving FIRST PRIZE in the competition of resident doctors at the VI meeting of SECPRE in Granada, November 1992. - Director of the International Symposium on Breast Reconstruction. Hospital 12 Octubre INSALUD, Madrid, 13, 14 and 15 November 1996. - Representative member of the SPANISH SOCIETY OF RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC PLASTIC SURGERY to the EUROPEAN UNION OF MEDICAL SPECIALISTS (UEMS), from December 1994 to December 2000. - Member of EBOPRAS (European Board of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery) from December 1994 to December 2000. - Vice-Secretary of the Spanish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SECPRE). Between 1997 and 1998. - SECRETARY GENERAL of the Spanish Society of Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (SECPRE), from January 1999 to December 2000. - Delegate of Spanish plastic surgeons to the International Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS). During 2000. - Secretary General of the SECPRE Training Foundation. During 2001 and 2002. - Member of the National Commission of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, representing the Spanish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, from June 2000 to May 2004. - Director of the II SYMPOSIUM: Breast Implants in Plastic Surgery. January 25-26, 2002. - Co-director of the annual training course on augmentation mammoplasty 2004, held at the Monteprincipe Hospital in Madrid. - Co-director of the annual training course on augmentation mammoplasty 2005, held at the Teknon Clinic in Barcelona. - Member of the Spanish Society of Anti-Aging and Longevity Medicine. PLASTIC SURGERY 1. Assistant surgeon to Dr. ANTONIO DE LA FUENTE GONZALEZ in the practice of plastic and aesthetic surgery from October 1989 to November 1993. 2. Conducting the IX PRACTICAL COURSE OF EXPERIMENTAL MICROSURGERY, at the ASEPEYO MONOGRAPHIC HOSPITAL, November 1989. 3. Periodic assistance to the Experimental Surgery Service of the Ramon y Cajal Center in Madrid for EXPERIMENTAL MICROSURGERY on rats from January 1990 to January 1995. 4. Assistance to the plastic surgery service of the Villa Salaria clinic in Rome (Italy) under the direction of Dr. M. Gasparotti in teaching the surgical technique of SUPERFICIAL LIPOSUCTION. December 1992. 5. Attendance at the CANNIESBERN FLAP COURSE, Canniesburn Hospital, Glasgow, England, March 1993. 6. Attendance at the 10th INTERNATIONAL COURSE IN PLASTIC AND AESTHETIC SURGERY at the Planas Clinic, Barcelona, June 1993. 7. Participation in the 1st SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCES IN BREAST RECONSTRUCTION. Nashville. USA. Tennessee. May. 1995. 8. Attendance at the INTERNATIONAL COURSE IN PLASTIC-AESTHETIC SURGERY at the Planas Clinic. Barcelona. June 1996. TEACHING ACTIVITIES - PROFESSOR of Nursing at the SALUS INFIRMORUM School of Nursing (Madrid School) of the Pontifical University of Salamanca from 1984 to 1992. - PROFESSOR of the Emergency Surgery Course of the Special Emergency Service (INSALUD). Madrid, 3–7 June 1991. - PROFESSOR of the specialized course "OUT-OF-HOSPITAL MEDICAL EMERGENCY" of the FACULTY OF MEDICINE OF THE COMPLUTENS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID under the direction of Professor Dr. F. Martin Santos. 1989-90 academic year. - PROFESSOR of the Primary Care Surgery Course. Virgen de la Torre Hospital. Organizer: College of Physicians of Madrid and the Department of Health of the Community of Madrid. Madrid, June 1990. - PROFESSOR of the Department of Surgical Pathology of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the School of Nursing SALUS INFIRMORUM (Madrid School) of the Pontifical University of Salamanca from October 1992 to the present. - TEACHER of the course "TRAUMATIC INJURIES OF THE CRANIAL ROD AND POSTERIOR SKIN". ASEPEYO, November 1993. - PROFESSOR of the doctoral course "Behavioural Neurobiology" under the direction of Dr. R. García Cordovilla. Faculty of Science. Biology. Complutense University. Madrid. (1994-95, 1995-96, 1997-98 and 1998-99 academic years). - Associate teacher of practical classes in surgical pathology at the Faculty of Medicine of the Complutense University of Madrid. - Author of the topic "Soft tissue tumors" in the edition of the Curriculum of the specialty "Plastic and reconstructive surgery" of the Spanish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. Edition of 1997. Other experience - DEPUTY CHIEF PHYSICIAN of the regional party Campo Real, Madrid, August 1981. - Doctor of the company "EUROPE ASSISTANCE" from January 1984 to January 1989, holding the position of MEDICAL DIRECTOR, and also carrying out the transportation and repatriation of patients in critical condition. - RESIDENT PHYSICIAN in intensive care medicine, who worked in the Intensive Care Unit of the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid from 1982 to 1986. - ASSISTANT PHYSICIAN in the Intensive Care Unit of the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid in 1987. - REGIONAL SPECIALIST FACULTY of the Intensive Care Service of the Alcalá de Henares Hospital from January 1988 to April 1989. - RESIDENT PHYSICIAN in the specialty of plastic and reconstructive surgery, assigned to the service in the said specialty at the "Doce de Octubre" hospital from April 1989 to December 1993. - Surgeon in the Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery at HOSPITAL RUBER INTERNACIONAL under the direction of Dr. Antonio de la Fuente from January 1991 to November 1993. - Surgeon in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the HOSPITAL MONOGRAFICO ASEPEYO in Coslada (Madrid) from January 1992 to November 1993. - REGIONAL FACULTY SPECIALIST in PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY at the 12 OCTOBER INSALUD HOSPITAL, Madrid, from January 1994 to May 2001. - Private practice of reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgery as Director of the Martin del Hierro Institute of Plastic Surgery, C/ General Ampudia, No. 6, 28003 Madrid. - Private practice of reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgery as team leader at LA LUZ CLINIC. Calle del Maestro Angel Lorca, 8. Madrid. - Private practice of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery as Head of the Plastic Surgery Department of the MONTEPRINCIPE Hospital in Madrid. PUBLICATIONS 45 papers for national and international conferences 40 publications in national and international journals 37 courses and symposia were held