ABOUT DR. MENDIETA
Dr. Constantino Mendieta is certified by the American Board Medical Specialties and by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Dr. Mendieta moved at a young age to his parents’ homeland in Nicaragua. His interest in plastic surgery emerged while observing his uncle – a plastic surgeon – reconstruct the disfigured faces of war victims, restoring them to near-normal appearance. Marveled by these skills, he returned to the United States to complete his secondary education and focus on emulating the work of the man he admired.
Pursuing this ambition, Dr. Mendieta has received numerous honors and awards including being named in the International Who’s Who and graduating Magna Cum Laud. He completed a rigorous general surgical residency at Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, then continued his plastic surgery training at the University of Miami, accomplishing specialties in both general surgery and plastic surgery.
Recognized for his knowledge and skills, Dr. Mendieta had the distinct privilege/ opportunity to further train under world-renowned leaders in plastic surgery field taking him to Brazil, Edinburgh, England, to complete a fellowship at the Royal College of Surgeons, and California to study under one of the world’s greatest facelift surgeons, and work with internationally-respected figures in Beverly Hills.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
High School
Villanova Preparatory School
Ohi, California
1978-79
Flintridge Preparatory School
Flintridge, California
1979-81
College
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, California
9/81-6/82
Creighton University
Omaha, Nebraska
Degree: Bachelor of Science, Psychology
8/82-5/85
Post Graduate Education
Medical School
Creighton University, School of Medicine, Omaha
Nebraska
Degree: Doctor Of Medicine
8/85-5/89
Internship & Residency
MARICOPA COUNTY HOSPITAL
Phoenix, Arizona
General Surgery
Internship & Residency: 6/89-6/93
Chief Year: 7/93-6/94
Residency/ Fellowship
OBSERVATIONAL TRAINING with IVO PITANGUY
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
7/94-8/94
FELLOWSHIP AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEON
Plastic Surgery Registrar
Edinburgh,Scotland
8/94-12/94
UNIV. OF MIAMI/JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Plastic & Reconstructive surgery Residency
Miami, Florida
1/95-12/97
FELLOWSHIP AESTHETIC SURGERY
Bruce F. Connell MD
California
1/98-2/98
FELLOWSHIP RECONSTRUCTIVE & AESTHETIC BREAST SURGERY
Carl R. Hartrampf M.D.
Atlanta, Georgia
3/98-6/98
FELLOWSHIP HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
Aesthetic Surgery
Boston, Massachusetts
7/98-11/98
TRAVELING SUB-SPECIALTY TRAINING
Dallas, Texas; New York; BeverlyHills, California
11/98-1/99
INVITATIONAL TRAINING
Paris, France; Sao Paulo, Brazil
Positions Held
MEDICAL DIRECTOR AIR AMBULANCE (Adams Air Ambulance)
2/96 - 10/97
FLIGHT SURGEON
1/96 - 12/97
CLINICAL FELLOW HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
7/98- 11/98
Licensure
STATE OF FLORIDA
1994- Present
STATE OF GEORGIA
1998- Present
Services
LA OLYMPICS
1984
VOLUNTEER MEDICAL WORK AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
87/91/93
MIDWEST MEDICAL STUDENT RESEARCH
FORUM ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Omaha, Nebraska
1988
Advance Trauma Life Support Instructor
1991 - 95
Societies & Memberships
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
04/2007 - Present
www.surgery.org/
Fellow of the American College Of Surgeons
2001- Present
www.facs.org
Dr. Bruce F Connell Society
99 - Present
Dr. D. Ralph Millard Jr Society
97-Present
www.millardsociety.org/The Society.htm
American Medical Association
85- Present
Dade County Medical Association
2002- Present
www.miamimed.com
Florida Medical Society
www.fmaonline.org
Awards
Top Surgeon
Voted Top Surgeon 2002,2003, 2004, 2005
by the Consumer Research Council of America
International Who’s Who of Intellectuals
Tenth Edition 1993/94
ISBN 0948875-31-3
International Biographical Center
Cambridge England ( IBC Cambridge)
Two Thousand Notable American Men
First illustrated Edition American Biographical Institute
A LIMITED, Signed and Numbered Collectors edition, Number 44
International Standard Book Number ISBN 0-934544-62-X
Library of Congress Catalog Number 92-071707, Copyright 1992
Elected to Great Minds of the 21st Century
Premier Edition. American Biographical Institute
International Standard serial Number 1545-9225
Copyright 2003
Distinguished Physicians Florida Medical Association
April 4th, 2005
OTHER AWARDS
PASADENA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
High Scholastic Achievement 5/81
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY AND ROLL 81-82
Deans List (Every semester) 8/82-5/85
Who’s Who of America 1992
INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Psi-Chi Chapter – Psychology 5/84
GOLDEN MEDAL AWARD Plan Protection LA Olympics 6/84
MAGNA CUM-LAUDE Creighton University 5/85
Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award Creighton Medical School 5/89
Publications
"Intramuscular Gluteal Agumentation Technique" Clinics in plastic surgery
"Gluteal Augmentation" July 2006 Volume 33 Num:3 Elsevier Sanders
Constantino Mendieta, MD Pages; 423 - 434
"Classification System for Gluteal Evaluation" Clinics in plastic surgery
"Gluteal Augmentation" July 2006 Volume 33 Num: 3 Elsevier Sanders
Constantino G. Mendieta MD FACS Pages; 333 - 346
Award Winning Article of the Year 2003
Mendieta, Constantino G. MD; "Gluteoplasty" Aesthetic
Surgery Journal, Volume 23,
Number 6 Nov/Dec 2003 Issue, Pages 441-455
(Selected article of the year 2003 for the aesthetic society)
Chapter 8 by Constantino G. Mendieta MD in Al Aly MDs Book on
Body Contouring After Massive Weight Loss
Constantino G. Mendieta MD FACS;"Evaluating Gluteoplasty; Behind
the Scenes".
Plastic Surgery Products, February 2003 issue, pages 15-19.
Constantino G. Mendieta MD FACS; "Fighting Complications -
Tummy Tuck".
Plastic Surgery Products, October 2003 issue,
pages 31-34.
Constantino G. Mendieta MD FACS; "Lower Lipoplasty".
Plastic Surgery Products, November 2002 issue, pages 42-45.
FACIAL FLAPS FOR SOFT TISSUE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE UPPER EXTREMITY
Poster Presentation in the National Hand Society Meeting in Nashville
09/96
"Free Temporoparietal Fascial Flap for Coverage of a Large
Palmar Forearm Wound After Hand Replantation".
Rogachefsky, Richard
A. MD, Ouellette, Elizabeth A. MD, Mendieta, Constantino G. MD, Galpin,
Peter MD;
Journal of reconstructive Microsurgery, Volume 17, Number
6, 2001
"WHAT YOUR DOCTOR DIDN'T TELL YOU"
Informational tape on
nutrition - Vitamins and Minerals Nation wide distribution
05/97
"PYRUVATE" Informational Tape on Pyruvate and
its effects
with Weight loss and endurance.
07/97
NATIONAL LECTURER ON NUTRITIONAL
AWARENESS AND ANTI-AGING.
04/97- 03/98
THE EFFICACY OF ELECTRO-PRESSURE THERAPY
ON HEALING DEHISCED SURGICAL
WOUNDS
Poster presentation at the Advances in Skin and Wound Care Meeting in
Orlando
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