Doctor, graduate Summa Cum Laude de la Universidad Central de Venezuela, es Cirujano Vascular con más de 25 years of experience, trained in General Surgery and Vascular Surgery at the University Hospital of Caracas, at the Massachusetts General Hospital, at the Lahey Clinic and Vascular Surgery Service at the Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center, the last three in Massachusetts, United States of America; actually, ejerce su práctica privada en la Policlínica Metropolitana y en el Centro Médico Docente La Trinidad, en Caracas, Venezuela.

He has extensive experience in the surgical management of various vascular pathologies, arterial and venous, con especial interés en la revascularización quirúrgica de miembros inferiores, particularly in diabetic patients with advanced ischemia, en la reparación de aneurismas de la aorta, tanto por vía endovascular como quirúrgica y en la revascularización de la arteria carótida ó endarterectomía carotídea en la prevención y tratamiento de los accidentes cerebro-vasculares.

It is recognized as a international expert in the treatment of chronic venous insufficiency of the lower limbs, pionero en el uso del láser endovenoso para la vena safena insuficiente con más de nueve mil pacientes intervenidos exitosamente. Lecturer in important forums nationwide: Venezuelan companies Surgery, Cardiovascular surgery, Thoracic and Perfusion, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Dermatology, Internal Medicine, Endothelial College; and international: International Union of Angiology, European Society for Vascular Surgery, Australasian College of Phlebology, Mexican Society of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Latin American Society of Interventional Cardiology, Argentine College of Venous and Lymphatic Surgery, which he is Honorary Member and Colombian College of Phlebology, receiving from the latter Excellence Order in Vascular Medicine in October 2009.