Dr. Mireia Ruiz Castilla
Registration No: 39512
Address: Plaza Alfonso Comín, 5 08023 Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, 08023, Spain
Gender: Female
About the Doctor / Professional
Dr. Mireia Ruiz Castilla, Head of the Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery Service at the Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona, is a specialist in Plastic Surgery and a Doctor of Surgery from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
She has extensive experience in the medical-surgical management of breast pathology, cutaneous oncology, burns, facial fractures, hand surgery and alterations of skin coverage, both with the use of conventional as well as microsurgical techniques. She was a member of the surgical team that performed the two face transplants at the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, one of the first total face transplant in the world.
Dr. Mireia has multiple presentations at international congresses to her credit and is the author of several publications in scientific journals of the specialty and specialized books. Her ongoing research projects include monitoring the use of new treatments for burns patients.
Special acknowledgements
- Considered among the 5 best plastic surgeons in Spain by Forbes in 2018, 2019 and 2020
- Considered among the 50 best female doctors in Spain by Vanitatis – El Confidencial en 2021
- Collaborator of the radio program “En Bones Mans” de Onda Cero Radio
- Considered among the best reviewers of the Burns Journal in 2017
- Special mention in the Innovation Contest of the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute, 2014
Degree: Universitat Autònoma, Barcelona
Residency: PhD in Surgery – Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona
- 2016 to present - Head of Service at the Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Unit at the Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona
- 2018 Robotic Surgery Course by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lorraine, France.
- 2010 to 2018 - Attending Specialist Physician at the Plastic, Reconstructive and Burn Surgery Service at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital.
- 2013 to 2017 - Specialist Physician in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at the Gynecology and Obstetrics Centre, Mataró.
- 2010 - Lecturer on the course Comprehensive treatment of the burn patient (Josep Trueta University Hospital)
- Lecturer on the course Comprehensive treatment of the burn patient, part of the postgraduate course entitled Nursing care in people with burns, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
- Assistant lecturer on the course in Plastic Surgery on the Degree in Medicine at the Universitat Autònoma, Barcelona (Teaching unit: Vall d’Hebron)
- Lecturer on the course Comprehensive treatment of the burn patient, part of the postgraduate course entitled Nursing care in people with burns, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
- Participation in the world’s first total face transplant
- Participation in the second face transplant at the Hospital Vall d’Hebron
- El Confidencial en 2021 - Considered among the 50 best female doctors in Spain by Vanitatis
- 2018, 2019 and 2020 - Considered among the 5 best plastic surgeons in Spain by Forbes
- 2017 - Considered among the best reviewers of the Burns Journal
- 2014 - Special mention in the Innovation Contest of the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute,
- Participated in the world's first total face transplant.
- Participated in the second face transplant of the Vall d'Hebron Hospital
- Inferior Pole Expansion with Lipofilling for Tuberous Breast Surgery.
- Co-author of the chapters 1) Fulguration, 2) Animal Bites and Sting and 3) Burns and Scalding injuries and 3) Injuries in the book: Mountain and Wilderness Medicine.
- Fluidoterapia en el paciente gran quemado. In the book: Medicina transfusional perioperatoria.
- Co-author of the chapters de 1) Técnicas, 2) Shock i 3) Lesiones producidas por el fuego y el agua in the book: Manual de Medicina de Montaña y del Medio Natural, basado en la evidencia.
- Soluble Suppression of Tumorigenicity-2 Predicts Hospital Mortality in Burn Patients: An Observational Prospective Cohort Pilot Study.
- Electrical burns in times of economic crisis: A new epidemiologic profile.
- Recent advances in biomarkers in severe burns.
- Analysis of intra-abdominal hypertension in severe burned patients: The Vall d’Hebron experience.
- Laparoscopic repair of non-complicated lumbar hernia secondary to a latissimus dorsi flap.
- Microcirugía y Regeneradores Dérmicos en el Paciente Quemado. Revista de la Sociedad Española de Heridas.
- Indicaciones y uso del apósito Mepilex Ag® en la Unidad de Quemados del Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebrón.
- Full face transplantation organization, development, and results–the Barcelona experience: a case report.
- Revolving-door flap: an alternative for the coverage of acute burn defects of the auricle.
- Chemical burns: pathophysiology and treatment.
- LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS:
- Why and how to perform a robotic program on plastic surgery.
- Soluble Suppression of Tumorgenicity-2 Predicts Hospital Mortality in Burn Patients.
- Biomarkers and outcomes in acute burns.
- Intraabdominal hypertension in severe burn patients.
- Intra-abdominal hypertension in severe burn patients: The Vall d’Hebron pilot study.
- Acute management of chemical burns in the ER
- Role of the local injection of methylprednisolone in the seroma following creation of a latissimus dorsi flap
- Therapeutic options in full-thickness burns in the lower limb with tibial exposure
- Application of dermal regenerator in multiple layers for coverage and filling of skin defects and body contour
- Procedures and temporal sequence in the surgical treatment of large-scale burn patient: our experience
- Role of microsurgery in the burn patient
- Treatment of auricular dystopias via a perimetral approach and elevation of the auditory canal
- Participation in the Burns round table at the XLI Congress of the Catalan Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 2006.
- Chemical burns in the last 5 years at Vall d’Hebron Hospital
- Anti Aging Treatment
- Arm Lift
- Birthmarks Removal Treatment
- Carboxytherapy
- Cellulite Treatment
- Chemical Peel
- Cosmetology Consultation
- Dark Circles Treatment
- Face Lift
- Hyaluronic Acid Treatment
- Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) Skin Treatment
- Mesotherapy
- Photorejuvenation
- Radiofrequency Treatment
- Rejuvenation Therapy
- Skin Rejuvenation
- Skin Tightening Treatment
- Stretch Mark Treatments
- Wrinkle Treatment
- Breast Reconstruction
- Breast Surgery
- Skin Cancer Treatment
- Acne Scar Treatment
- Actinic Keratoses Treatment
- Alopecia Treatment
- Birthmarks Removal Treatment
- Chemical Peel
- Hyaluronic Acid Treatment
- Hyperhidrosis
- Melasma Treatment
- Mesotherapy
- PRP Treatment
- Scar Treatment
- Seborrheic Keratoses and Removal
- Skin Cancer Treatment
- Warts Removal
- Breast Surgery
- Breast Tumor Removal
- Microsurgery
- Reconstructive Surgery
- FUE (Follicle Extraction) Hair Transplant
- Hair Transplant
- Aesthetic Gynecology
- Hymenoplasty
- Labiaplasty
- Aesthetic Medicine
- Arm Lift
- Birthmarks Removal Treatment
- Body Contouring
- Breast Augmentation
- Breast Lift (Mastopexy)
- Breast Reconstruction
- Breast Reduction
- Breast Surgery
- Breast Tumor Removal
- Buttock Augmentation
- Chemical Peel
- Dark Circles Treatment
- Dark Spots Treatment
- Eye Lid Lift (Blepharoplasty)
- Face Lift
- Facial Fracture Treatment
- FUE (Follicle Extraction) Hair Transplant
- Hair Transplant
- Hand Surgery
- Hyaluronic Acid Treatment
- Hymenoplasty
- Hyperhidrosis
- Hyperpigmentation Treatment
- Labiaplasty
- Lipofilling
- Liposuction
- Male Breast Reduction (Gynecomastia Surgery)
- Mesotherapy
- Mini Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck)
- Otoplasty/Ear Deformity Correction
- Plastic Surgery Consultation
- Reconstructive Surgery
- Reconstructive Surgery for Burns
- Rhinoplasty (Nose Correction)
- Scar Removal
- Skin Grafting
- Thigh Lift
- Tuberous breast deformity
- Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty)
- Wrinkle Treatment
- Xanthelasma Treatment
- Spanish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
- Catalan Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- Founding member of the Women Organization of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery of Spain (WOPRASS)
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Collaborator of the radio program “En Bones Mans” de Onda Cero Radio
