Surgeon, graduated from the Nacional University of Colombia in 1971, with postgraduate studies in Plastic Surgery from the same university, from 1974 to 1978. Practiced aesthetic surgery (fellow visitor) in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina. He is currently a member of the Colombian Society of Plastic Surgery, the lbero Latin American Federation (FILACP), the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS), the International Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (IPRS), and is an international member of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). He was president of the Colombian Society of Plastic Surgery and adjacent secretary for Colombia in the FILCAP.
He is a member of the directive committee of the Teacher Foundation for Plastic Surgery of the IFPS and representative for South America before the executive committee of the International Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS). He founded the postgraduate Plastic Surgery teaching service in the University Samaritana Hospital, of the Javeriana University where he teaches aesthetic surgery..