dr-franco-bassettoDr. Luiz Toledo, M.D.

Dr. Luiz Toledo, Brazilian Plastic Surgeon, studied in São Paulo and went on to train and specialize under Prof. William Callia graduating as a plastic and reconstructive surgeon in 1975 and becoming a member of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery – SBCP – in 1976.

Dr. Toledo worked from his Plastic Surgery Clinic in São Paulo offering his patients, many who came from abroad to operate, facial and body contouring surgeries and procedures along with his aftercare facility Beatrix Aesthetics for skin care and lymphatic drainage.

While maintaining his practice and working around the Middle East region since 2001, Dr. Toledo was offered a position in a busy Dubai practice and moved to Dubai in 2006 with his family.

Dr. Toledo, over the past nearly 30 years has been involved in lecturing and teaching around the world. He has written and edited 14 books. His book Refinements inFacial and Body Contouring has been translated into several languages. His Superficial Liposculpture book, co-written with Marco Gasparotti and Carson Lewis became one of the landmark books at the time. He has published more than 60 scientific papers and guest edited editions of Clinics in Plastic Surgery. He has given teaching courses on his body contouring techniques at the ASPS and ASAPS congress during 15 years. He was ISAPS Course Director for seven years, organizing courses all over the World. He has organized annual symposiums in Belgrade, Serbia for over 10 years. He is currently the scientific director of the Emirates Plastic Surgery Society organizing monthly meetings for the local plastic surgeons. His last international meeting was the first Dubai ISAPS Course in Jan 2014.