CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

NAME:                          LUIS EDUARDO BERMÚDEZ R.

DATE OF BIRTH:          JUNE 22, 1963

NATIONALITY:              COLOMBIAN

SEX:                             MALE

CITIZENSHIP:               COLOMBIA

MARITAL STATUS:       MARRIED

OFFICE:                       Calle 98 No 9A - 46 piso 7.

                                    (571) 4837165

                                    E-MAIL:  bermudez@ciruestetic.com

                                    BOGOTÁ. COLOMBIA.

                                   

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

 

                                                                                                                                Year                 Degree

                               Institution                                             Location                 Graduated              Obtained            Duration 

 

Undergraduate      Colegio San Viator                                Bogota                       1979                   Bachiller             6  years

 

Medical School /    Universidad  Nacional de Colombia      Bogotá                       1986               Medical Surgeon    6  years

Internship

 

Rural Medicine      La Playa . Medical Center                     La Playa ( N.S)           1988                                             1 year

 

Residency            Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora         Bogota                        1993               Plastic Surgeon     4  years                        

 

Fellowship           Lorencita Villegas de Santos                   Bogotá                        1993                                             9 months

Craniofacial               Children’s Hospital                      

Surgery

 

Fellowship            Operation Smile International                Norfolk V.A.              1996                                             1 year

Microsurgery         Eastern Virginia Medical School              U.S.A.

Craniofacial

Surgery                  

 

DATE OF CERTIFICATION IN PLASTIC SURGERY:  JANUARY 31, 1993.

CURRENT APPOINTMENTS:

·         PRIVATE PRACTICE. CIRUESTETIC.

·         HOSPITAL MILITAR CENTRAL. PLASTIC SURGEON, ADJUNCT ATTENDING PLASTIC SURGEON. BOGOTÁ. COLOMBIA.

·         UNIVERSIDAD MILITAR NUEVA GRANADA. ADJUNT CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF PLASTIC SURGERY. BOGOTÁ. COLOMBIA.

·         OPERATION SMILE INC. SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR OUTCOMES AND RESEARCH.

·         HOSPITAL DE SAN IGNACIO. ADJUNCT ATTENDING PLASTIC SURGEON.

 

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS:

 

INSTITUTION                                  LOCATION                                 TITLE/RANK                               PERIOD

 

Lorencita Villegas de Santos              Bogotá                                     Plastic Surgeon                 Oct 1993 - May 1995

Children’s Hospital

 

Police Central Hospital                       Bogotá                                     Plastic Surgeon                 Oct 1993 - June 1995

Pedro León Álvarez                           La Mesa ( Cund )                      Plastic Surgeon                  Oct  1993 - June 1995

San Pedro Claver Hospital ISS          Bogota                                     Hand Surgeon                    Sept 1993 - Apr 1995

Eastern Virginia Medical School        Norfolk  V.A. (USA)                 Visiting Scholar                  July 1995 – June 1996

Clinica Carlos Lleras Restrepo          Bogotá.                                     Plastic Surgeon                 Aug 1996 – Mar 1999.

Colombia Red Cross                         Bogota                                       Plastic Surgeon                 Apr 1999 – May 2004.

Operation Smile Colombia                 Bogota                                      Medical Director                   Feb 1999 – Apr 2006.

Gilberto Mariño’s Cleft-Craniofacial   Bogota                                       Director                              Feb 2000 – Apr 2006

Center

 

Operation Smile INC.                      Norfolk/Bogota                             Senior Manager                  Jan 2007-June 2008

             of Education

HONORS AND AWARDS:

·         ARCADIO FORERO AWARD. Consented to the best Resident’s Work, in the XXIII Colombian Congress of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. Buccinator Mucosal-Muscle flap an Alternative for Reconstruction of Intraoral defects. Pereira Colombia 1991.

·         HONORIFIC MENTION.  Consented to the best paper in the XXVI Colombian Congress of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. "Free flaps in head and neck reconstruction in patients without cancer ". Cartagena. Colombia. 1997.

·         RHONE-POULENC AWARD. Consented by the NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE to the best Colombian Surgical Work. " Free flaps in head and neck reconstruction". October 29, 1998.

·         2000 KEYNOTE SPEAKER. In the 2000 Physicians Training Program. OPERATION SMILE. Norfolk. Virginia. USA. June 4, 2000. 

·         GUILLERMO NIETO CANO AWARD. Consented to the  best basic science paper in the XXVIII Colombian Congress of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. Animal Model for the facial transplant. Cali. Colombia. 2001.

·         UNIVERSITARY MERIT MEDAL. Consented by the Nueva Granada Military University for the Academic Merit. Bogota. Colombia. 2002.

·         MEDICAL MERIT MEDAL. Consented by the Military Hospital for the scientific work at the Hospital. Bogota. Colombia. 2002.

·         LEON HERNANDEZ AWARD. Consented to the best clinical paper in the XXIX Colombian Congress of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. Masseteric-facial anastomosis. Bucaramanga. Colombia 2003.

·         ALFONSO BONILLA NAAR AWARD. Consented to the best clinical paper developed at the Military Hospital between 2002 and 2003, for the paper Microsurgery of war. Military Hospital. November 2003.

·         COLOMBIAN ASSOCIATION OF TRAUMA’S AWARD consented to the best surgical paper MICROSURGERY IN WAR WOUNDS. Bogota October 2008.

 

CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES :

·      VOLUNTEER OF PATRULLA AEREA COLOMBIANA  1993.

·      VOLUNTEER OF OPERATION SMILE INTERNATIONAL  SINCE 1993. MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR COLOMBIA SINCE 1999. CHAIR OF THE OPERATION SMILE COLOMBIA’S BOARD 1999-2003. MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL COUNCIL  2003-2005.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES:

  • ACTIVE MEMBER COLOMBIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGEONS.
  • MEMBRER INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION FOR PLASTIC, RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY.
  • INTERNATIONAL MEMBER AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS.
  • AFFILIATE RESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGEONS. BETWEEN JULY 1995 - JUNE 1996.
  • INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDING PARTICIPANT OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR AESTHETIC PLASTIC SURGERY 1996-2004.  
  • INTERNATIONAL MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN CLEFT PALATE-CRANIOFACIAL ASSOCIATION.

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS :

·         Three dimensional cephalogram in craniofacial anomalies. COLOMBIAN JOURNAL OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Vol. 1, No. 4. June 1991. Authors : Gilberto Marino C. , Luis Eduardo Bermúdez R. , Fernando Díaz P.

·         Primary artroplasty of the temporomandibular joint. COLOMBIAN JOURNAL OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Vol. 2, No 1. November 1991. Authors: Luis Eduardo Bermúdez R., Jorge L Herrera. , Mildardo Sepulveda.

·         Myomucosal Buccinator flap. COLOMBIAN JOURNAL OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Vol. 2, No 4. November 1992.  Authors: Luis Eduardo Bermúdez R., Gilberto Mariño.

·         Free Flaps for head and neck reconstruction in patients without cancer. COLOMBIAN JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND HEAD AND NECK SURGERY. Vol 25, N° 3, November 1997.Author: Luis Eduardo Bermúdez R.

·         Microsurgery myths and realities, review of 71 free flaps. COLOMBIAN JOURNAL OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Vol. 6, No 1. June 2000. Author: Luis Eduardo Bermúdez R.

·         Operation Smile: Plastic Surgery with few resources. THE LANCET. Volume 356. Suplement 1. December 2000. Author: Luis Eduardo Bermúdez R.

·         Treatment of the palsy of the mandibular branch of the facial nerve with Botulism Toxin.  COLOMBIAN JOURNAL OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Vol. 6, No 2. December 2000. Authors: Luis Eduardo Bermúdez R. , Martha Mateus G.

·         Results of the microsurgical reanimation of the paralyzed smile. COLOMBIAN JOURNAL OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Vol. 8, No 1. Autor: Luis Eduardo Bermúdez R.

·         Experimental model of facial transplant. JOURNAL OF RECONSTRUCTIVE MICROSURGERY. Vol. 18, No. 6, 559. June 2002. Authors: Luis Eduardo Bermúdez, Alida Santamaría,Tomas Romero, Diego Fernando Calderón.

·         Experimental model of facial transplant. PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY JOURNAL Vol. 110, No. 5, 1374. Oct 2002. Authors: Luis Eduardo Bermúdez, Alida Santamaría,Tomas Romero, Diego Fernando Calderón.

·         Latissimus Dorsi flan harvested trough minimal incisions. COLOMBIAN JOURNAL OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Vol. 9, No 1. Authors: Luis Eduardo Bermúdez R. , Luis Eduardo Nieto.

·         Microsurgery of war. Part I. COLOMBIAN JOURNAL OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Vol. 9, No 3. Authors: Luis Eduardo Bermúdez R. , Luis Eduardo Nieto. 2003.

·         Microsurgery of war. Part II. COLOMBIAN JOURNAL OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Vol. 9, No 4. Authors: Luis Eduardo Bermúdez R. , Luis Eduardo Nieto. 2003

·         Masseteric – Facial anastomosis: case report. JOURNAL OF RECONSTRUCTIVE MICROSURGERY. Vol 20, No 1, January 2004. Authors: Luis Eduardo Bermúdez R. , Luis Eduardo Nieto

·         Microsurgery in war wounds. Abstracts of the Second Congress of the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery. JOURNAL OF RECONSTRUCTIVE MICROSURGERY. Vol 20, No 1, January 2004. Authors: Luis Eduardo Bermúdez R. , Luis Eduardo Nieto

·         Considerations about cleft palate surgery. COLOMBIAN JOURNAL OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Vol. 10, No 1. July 2004.

·         Humanitarian Missions in the third world.( letter) PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY JOURNAL. Vol. 114, No 6. November 2004. Author. Luis Eduardo Bermudez.

·         FACE TRANSPLANT: IS IT WORTH IT? Autor: Luis Bermudez. PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY JOURNAL. Vol 117, No. 6, Pg. 1891. May 2006

·         Discussion. Introduction of microsurgery in Vietnam by a charitable organization: a 15-year experience. PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY JOURNAL. Vol 119, No. 4, Pg. 1274. Abril 2007. Autor: LuisBermudez.

·         Association of msx1 with non syndromic cleft lip and plalate in a Colombian population.. THE CLEFT PALATE-CRANIOFACIAL JOURNAL Vol 44, No 6, Pag 653. Nov. 2007. Authors: Liliana Otero, Sandra Gutierrez, Margarita Chaves, Luis Bermudez

·         Surgical Outcomes Auditing Systems in Humanitarian Organizations. World J Surg DOI 10.1007/s00268-009-0253-6. Authors: Luis Bermudez, Victoria Carter, William Magee, Randy Sherman, Ruben Ayala.

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS:

·         Microsurgery in war wounds. RECONSTRUCTIVE MICROSURGERY. Pages 135-138. Proceedings of the II Congress of The World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery. Editor: Gunter German. Monduzzi Editore, Bologna, ITALY.

·         Internet based auditing system for evaluation of unilateral cleft lip repair. Page 75. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 63RD MEETING OF THE AMERICAN CLEFT PALATE-CRANIOFACIAL ASSOCIATION. ACPA  2006. Authors: Luis Bermudez, Robert Rubin.

·         Broadening the interdisciplinary team: phonetic acoustic examination of some speech signals from Reliability of the perceptual evaluation of mp3 speech samples. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 63RD MEETING OF THE AMERICAN CLEFT PALATE-CRANIOFACIAL ASSOCIATION. Page 104. ACPA  2009. Authors: Cleves M, Arboleda C, Bermudez B, Lizarraga K, Bermudez L.

·         International feeding trends for children under three with oral clefts. PROCEEDINGS 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON CLEFT LIP AND PALATE AND RELATED CRANIOFACIAL ANOMALIES. Page 34. Brazil, September 2009 Authors: Campbell A, Carter V, Bermudez L.

·         Epidemiologic data collection from families during oral cleft surgical missions is a valuable approach to global studies of cleft etiology. PROCEEDINGS 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON CLEFT LIP AND PALATE AND RELATED CRANIOFACIAL ANOMALIES. Page 38. Brazil, September 2009. Authors:Bermudez L, Otake L, Lizarraga K, Munger R, Sanchez P.

·         Reliability of the perceptual evaluation of mp3 speech samples. PROCEEDINGS 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON CLEFT LIP AND PALATE AND RELATED CRANIOFACIAL ANOMALIES. Page 78. Brazil, September 2009. Authors: Cleves M, Hanayama M, Tavera MC, Echevery MP, Dueñas B, Arboleda C, Lizarraga K, Bermudez L.

·         subjects with late palate repair. PROCEEDINGS 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON CLEFT LIP AND PALATE AND RELATED CRANIOFACIAL ANOMALIES. Page 190. Brazil, September 2009. Authors: Perry R, Ham L, Martínez A, Moreno P, Lizarraga K, Bermudez L

·         Influence of nutrition and hemoglobin on surgical outcomes. PROCEEDINGS 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON CLEFT LIP AND PALATE AND RELATED CRANIOFACIAL ANOMALIES. Page 163. Brazil, September 2009. Authors:Carter V, Bermudez L

·         Characterization of parental facial phenotypes in non-syndromic cleft lip/palate in the philippines and ethiopia. PROCEEDINGS 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON CLEFT LIP AND PALATE AND RELATED CRANIOFACIAL ANOMALIES. Page 163. Brazil, September 2009. Authors: Otero, L, Lizarraga, AK, Bermudez, L, Meles, D, Tangco, I

 

PAPERS PUBLISHED AS INVITED CHAPTERS:

·         Three Dimensional CT Scan in craniofacial anomalies (Chapter 158 ) . RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY TEXTBOOK. Edited by Felipe Coiffman Z. Salvat 1994. Authors: Gilberto Marino C. , Luis Eduardo Bermúdez R.

·         Cutaneous Free Flaps. (Chapter 48) RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY TEXTBOOK. Third Edition. Vol.1. Edited by Prof Felipe Coiffman Z. Amolca 2006. Author: Luis Eduardo Bermudez R.

·         Gunshot face wounds. (Chapter 104) RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY TEXTBOOK.  Third Edition, Vol. 2. Edited by Prof Felipe Coiffman Z. Amolca 2006. Authors: Luis Eduardo Bermudez R. , Luis Eduardo Nieto.

·         Ear replantation. (Chapter 201). RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY TEXTBOOK. Third Edition, Vol. 2. Edited by Prof Felipe Coiffman Z. Amolca 2006.  Authors: Manuel Solano, Luis Eduardo Bermudez R.

·         Surgical Repair of Unilateral Cleft Lip. (Chapter 246) RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY TEXTBOOK. Third Edition, Vol. 3. Edited by Prof Felipe Coiffman Z. Amolca 2007. Author: Luis Eduardo Bermudez R.

·         Surgical repair of cleft palate (Chapter 247) RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY TEXTBOOK. Third Edition, Vol. 3. Edited by Prof Felipe Coiffman Z. Amolca 2007. Author: Luis Eduardo Bermudez R.

·         Surgical Repair of Velopharyngeal Insuficiency. (Chapter 249). RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY TEXTBOOK. Third Edition, Vol. 3. Edited by Prof Felipe Coiffman Z. Amolca 2007 Author: Luis Eduardo Bermudez R.

·         Microsurgical treatment of longstanding facial paralysis (Chapter 287). RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY TEXTBOOK. Third Edition, Vol. 3. Edited by Prof Felipe Coiffman Z. Amolca 2007 Author: Luis Eduardo Bermudez R.

·         Breast reconstruction with free TRAM flap. (Chapter 317) RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY TEXTBOOK. Third Edition, Vol. 4. Edited by Prof Felipe Coiffman Z. Amolca 2007 Author: Luis Eduardo Bermudez R.

POSTERS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS:

·         The buccinator muscle flap. Authors: Gilberto Marino C. Luis Eduardo Bermúdez R. X CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION FOR PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Madrid . Spain . June 1992.

·         The supercharged Latissimus Dorsi flap for correction of an irradiated wound in the back. ( case report). Authors: Jean Pierre Didyme, Luis Eduardo Bermúdez. XXVI CONGRESS OF THE COLOMBIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Cartagena. Colombia 1997.

·        Aesthetic harvesting of the sural nerve in facial palsy reanimation. Author: Luis Eduardo Bermúdez. THE 1998 GLOBAL SUMMIT ON AESTHETIC SURGERY. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR AESTHETIC PLASTIC SURGERY. Los Angeles, California. USA. May 1998.

·        Free Flaps in War Wounds. Authors:Luis Eduardo Bermudez.THE 69TH SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY.Los Angeles, California. USA. October 2000.

·        Total face reconstruction with one free flap. Is it worth it? Authors: Luis Eduardo Bermudez, Alida Santamaría. THE 69TH SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY.Los Angeles, California. Octuber 2000.

·        Abdominal wall reconstruction with Latissimus Dorsi free flap. Authors: Luis Eduardo Bermúdez, Ricardo Uribe, Luis Nieto.  28TH CONGRESS OF THE COLOMBIA SOCIETY OF SURGERY. Santa Martha. Colombia. August 2003.

·         MSX polimorphism ans non-syndromic cleft lip palate in Colombian Group. Authors : S. Gutierres, L. Otero, M chaves, C Vargas, L Bermudez. Presented at the 82nd MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR DENTAL RESEARCH / AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR DENTAL RESEARCH. Hawaii Convention Center. USA. March 2004.

·         Reliability of the perceptual evaluation of mp3 speech samples. 63RD MEETING OF THE AMERICAN CLEFT PALATE-CRANIOFACIAL ASSOCIATION. 2009. Cleves M, Arboleda C, Bermudez B, Lizarraga K, Bermudez L.

VIDEOS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS:

  • Surgical Treatment of the Crouzon’s disease in The Children’s Hospital. Authors: Luis Eduardo Bermúdez R., Gilberto Marino C. XXIV CONGRESS OF THE COLOMBIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGEONS. Medellin, Colombia. 1993.
  • Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair. FIRST MEETING OF THE CENTRAL CLEFT LIP CHAPTER OF THE COLOMBIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Bogotá. April 2004.
  • Palate Repair. FIRST MEETING OF THE CENTRAL CLEFT LIP CHAPTER OF THE COLOMBIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Bogotá. April 2004.

PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS:

·         Three dimensional Cephalogram in Craniofacial Surgery. XXII CONGRESS OF THE COLOMBIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Santa Marta , Colombia . 1990.

·         Buccinator mucosal-muscle flap an alternative for reconstruction of intraoral defects. XXIII CONGRESS OF THE COLOMBIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Pereira. Colombia 1991.

·         Buccinator Myomucosal Flap an alternative for reconstruction of intraoral defects . IX IBEROLATINOAMERICAN CONGRESS OF PLASTIC SURGERY. Lisboa . Portugal. 1992.

·         Craniofacial Surgical Approaches. I INTERNATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE OF CRANIO-MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY. Quito. Ecuador. 1996.

·         Cleft lip and palate. An overview. I INTERNATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE OF CRANIO-MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY. Quito. Ecuador. 1996.

·         Instructor. I AO INTERNATIONAL COURSE OF MAXILOFACIAL SURGERY. Paipa. Colombia. 1997.

·         Free flaps in head and neck reconstruction. XXVI CONGRESS OF THE COLOMBIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Cartagena, Colombia. 1997.

·         The place of the rectus abdominis free flap in the reconstructive microsurgery. XXVI CONGRESS OF THE COLOMBIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Cartagena. Colombia. 1997.

·         Free flaps in head and neck reconstruction. COLOMBIAN SURGICAL FORUM. Cartagena. Colombia. 1998

·         Microsurgical management of the facial palsy. COLOMBIAN SURGICAL FORUM. Cartagena. Colombia. 1998.

·         Early microsurgical experience, 71 free flaps. XXVII CONGRESS OF THE COLOMBIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Bogotá. Colombia. 1999.

·         Free flaps in war wounds. XIII IBEROLATINOAMERICAN CONGRESS OF PLASTIC SURGERY. Lima. Perú. May 2000.

·         Comparison of free flap outcome between war and non war wounds. 2000 OPERATION SMILE PHYSICIANS TRAINING PROGRAM. Norfolk. Virginia. USA. June 2000.

 

·         Breast reconstruction. FIRST  BREAST CANCER. SYMPOSIUM. Military Hospital. Bogotá. Colombia. November 2000.

 

·         Course of Craniomaxilofacial Surgery for Orthodontics Residents. SANTO TOMAS UNIVERSITY. Bucaramanga. Colombia. November. 2000.

·         Microsurgery in Head and Neck Reconstruction. OPERATION SMILE PERU MEDICAL CONFERENCE. Lima. Perú. May 2001.

·         Comparison of free flap outcome between war and non war wounds. OPERATION SMILE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM. Amman. Jordan. June 2001.

·         Breast Reconstruction with free TRAM.  SECOND REGIONAL BOLIVARIAN CONGRESS AND 14TH CONGRESS OF THE PERUVIAN SOCIETY FOR PLASTIC RECONTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY. Lima. Peru. October 2001.

·         Facial reconstruction with one free flap. SECOND REGIONAL BOLIVARIAN CONGRESS AND 14TH CONGRESS OF THE PERUVIAN SOCIETY FOR PLASTIC RECONTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY. Lima. Peru. October 2001.

·         Results in the microsurgical restoration of the smile in the paralysed face. XXVIII CONGRESS OF THE COLOMBIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Cali. Colombia. November 2001.

·         Animal Model for the facial transplant. XXVIII CONGRESS OF THE COLOMBIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Cali. Colombia. November 2001.

·         Experimental model of facial transplant. 2002 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE MICROSURGERY. Cancún. Mexico. January 2002.

·         Setting Local Missions with International Support. 59TH MEETING OF THE AMERICAN CLEFT PALATE-CRANIOFACIAL ASSOCIATION. Seattle. USA. May 2002.

·         Microsurgery of war. I WAR TRAUMA COURSE AND WORKSHOP. MILITARY HOSPITAL. Bogotá. March 2003.

·         Microsurgery of war. FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF FACIAL PARALYSIS. MILITARY HOSPITAL-OPERATION SMILE-AMERICAL SOCIETY OFR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Bogotá. Colombia. April 2003.

·         Microsurgical Reanimation of the Paralysed face. FIRSH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF FACIAL PARALYSIS. MILITARY HOSPITAL-OPERATION SMILE-AMERICAL SOCIETY OFR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Bogotá. Colombia. April 2003.

·         Our cleft lip and palate protocol. 5th COLOMBIAN CLEFT LIP AND PALATE MEETING. NOEL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL-ANTIOQUIA UNIVERSITY-CES. Medellín. Colombia. May 2003.

·         Masseteric-Facial anastomosis. XXIX CONGRESS OF THE COLOMBIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. September 2003. Bucaramanga. Colombia.

·         Surgical treatment of the facial palsy. 2003 OPERATION SMILE PHYSICIANS TRAINING PROGRAM. Norfolk. Virginia. USA. Octuber 2003.

 

·         Microsurgery of war. 2003 OPERATION SMILE PHYSICIANS TRAINING PROGRAM. Norfolk. Virginia. USA. Octuber 2003.

·         Surgical Treatment of the VPI, presented in the Study Session Advances in the Multidisciplinary care of the Spanish-Speaking Craniofacial Patient. 61st MEETING OF THE AMERICAN CLEFT PALATE-CRANIOFACIAL ASSOCIATION. Chicago. USA. March. 2004.

·         Operation Smile Colombia, its evolution. SUMMER SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PLASTIC SURGEONS. Dublin. Ireland. July 2004.

·         Plastic Surgery of the Breast. 2ND MILITARY HOSPITAL NURSE CONFERENCE.July 2004. Bogotá. Colombia.

·         Operation Smile Colombia, its evolution. 5th OPERATION SMILE COLOMBIA EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ADVANCES IN THE TREATMEN OF THE CLEFT PALATE AND OTHER CRANIOFACIAL ANOMALIES. Bogotá. September 2004.

·         Breast Reconstruction. 2nd ACTUALIZATION REHABILITATION SYMPOSIUM. MILITARY HOSPITAL. Bogotá. October. 2004.

·         MICROSURGERY OF WAR. THE 11th MICROSURGERY MISSION CONFERENCE. THE MILITARY 108 HOSPITAL-THE HANOI PLASTIC SURGERY CENTER. Hanoi. Octubre. 2004.

·         Microsurgery in trauma. 3rd TRAUMA SYMPOSIUM. MILITARY HOSPITAL. Bogotá. April. 2005..

·         REANIMACION MICROQUIRURGICA DE LA CARA PARALIZADA. OPERATION SMILE NICARAGUA MEDICAL CONFERENCE. Managua. Nicaragua. Enero 2005.

·         Microsurgical reanimation of the paralysed face. 2ND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM INSTITUTO JALISCENCE DE CIRUGIA PLASTICA / OPERATION SMILE. Guadalajara. Mexico. October  2005.

·         Surgical treatment of Velopharyngeal Insuficiency. 2ND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM INSTITUTO JALISCENCE DE CIRUGIA PLASTICA / OPERATION SMILE. Guadalajara. Mexico. October  2005.

·         Internet based auditing system for evaluation of unilateral cleft lip repair. 63rd   MEETING OF THE AMERICAN CLEFT PALATE-CRANIOFACIAL ASSOCIATION. Vancouver. Canada. April 2006.

·         Invited Participant to the INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS / PLASTIC SURGERY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION. San Francisco, CA. USA. October 11, 2006.

·         Autogenous Grafts in Rhinoplasty. CONGRESS OF THE COLOMBIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Pereira. May 2007.

·         Reconstructive Microsurgery of the Face.. XXXI CONGRESS OF THE COLOMBIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Pereira. May 2007.

·         Goals and Outcomes of Cleft Surgery.  XXXI CONGRESS OF THE COLOMBIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY Pereira. May 2007.

·         Improving safety by credentialing team members. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS/PLASTIC SURGERY EDUCATIONAL FUNDATION/AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS ADVANCED CLEFT SEMINAR. Baltimore. USA. October 2007.

·         Surgical treatment of the complex facial wounds X CRANIO-MAXILOFACIAL BRASILIAN MEETING. Sao Paulo. BRASIL. June 2008.

·         Evaluation system for evaluation of surgical outcomes after oral cleft repair. X CRANIO-MAXILOFACIAL BRASILIAN MEETING. Sao Paulo. BRASIL. June 2008.

·         Rhinoplasty. 12ND VIETNAM NATIONAL DENTAL AND PLASTIC SURGERY CONGRESS. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam. August. 2008

·         Liposuction and fat grafting. 12ND VIETNAM NATIONAL DENTAL AND PLASTIC SURGERY CONGRESS. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam. August. 2008

·         Professor FIRST COURSE OF SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF CLEFT LIP AND CLEFT PALATE BOLIVIAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGERY. Santa Cruz. Bolivia, April. 2009.

·         The Challenge of Creating a Cleft Outcomes Database. 2ND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE GLOBAL BURDER OF SURGICAL DISEASE WORKING GROUP. American College of Surgeons. Chicago. IL. USA.2009.

·         Body Contouring Surgery 13th VIETNAM NATIONAL DENTAL AND PLASTIC SURGERY CONGRESS. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam. August. 2009.

·         Microsurgical Reanimation of the Paralyzed Face 13th VIETNAM NATIONAL DENTAL AND PLASTIC SURGERY CONGRESS. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam. August. 2009.

·         Characterization of parental facial phenotypes in non-syndromic cleft lip/palate in the philippines and ethiopia. PROCEEDINGS 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON CLEFT LIP AND PALATE AND RELATED CRANIOFACIAL ANOMALIES. Fortaleza, Brazil, September 2009 Authors: Otero, L, Lizarraga, AK, Bermudez, L, Meles, D, Tangco, I

·         Experience working with International Surgical Teams. VIPS MEETING AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS/PLASTIC SURGERY. Seattle. WA. USA.October 2009.

 

LUIS EDUARDO BERMÚDEZ R., MD.