Graduated from the Javeriana University, where he also finished his specialty in Plastic, Aesthetic, Maxilofacial and Hand Surgery with the University Samaritana Hospital. He did part of his studies in the United States at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. and at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. He worked during his training at the Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garraham Hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and received an academic recognition for his academic surgical achievement in the hospital from the Javeriana Universiy and the University of Pennsylvania.
He did aesthetic studies in Brazil, Argentina, and the United States (fellow visitor) and had training in Facial Endoscopic Surgery in St. Louis University, MO. His private practice and professional development has centered in aesthetic Face and Body surgery. His research interests include the development of minimally invasive procedures in face, breasts,, body contour, and scarring. He is a member of the Colombian Society of Plastic Surgery, of the Ibero Latin American Federation of Plastic Surgery (IFPS), of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), and of the International Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS).