Dr. Teresa Nuñez-Villaveiran

Plastic Surgeon at IMAGN INSTITUTE
Dr. Teresa Nuñez-Villaveiran MD, PhD, FEBOPRAS, is a highly qualified Board-Certified plastic surgeon, committed to delivering personalized, state-of-the-art aesthetic results. She is much attuned to her patients´ needs, taking the time to guide them and to help them to fully understand the options that they have and the procedures that they can choose from, thus making sure that the final results comply with the needs and expectations.
Dr. Teresa Nuñez-Villaveiran graduated Medicine among the top of her class at the University of Navarra, and specialized in Pediatrics at the Hospital La Paz in Madrid. After working in the pediatric units of leading Spanish hospitals, Dr. Nuñez-Villaveiran moved to the USA where she obtained her general surgery internship qualification. She, then, specialized in Plastic and Reconstructive surgery at Hospital La Paz in Madrid, followed by a fellowship in craniofacial surgery at the Cleveland Clinic and Akron Children’s hospital.
After working in several countries, Dr. Nuñez-Villaveiran returned to Spain where she has pursued a path of continuous growth in the field of plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgery in diverse leading medical centers. Dr. Nuñez-Villaveiran defended her PhD project on a facial transplantation model including the temporo-mandibular joint.
She is an active member of SECPRE (Spanish Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons), a founding member of WOPRASS, and a national delegate for UEMS/EBOPRAS.
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Spanish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SECPRE)
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Member and Founder (WOPRASS)
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National Delegate (UEMS/EBOPRAS)
  • ECFMG Certification – April 2008
  • USMLE Step 3 – November 2008
  • MIR examination (access to residency medical boards) – Exam position: 19 out of more than 13500 examinees (2011), and 192 out of more than 11000 (2003)
  • FEBOPRAS – Fellow of the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthethic Surgery (April 21, 2018)
  • General Practitioner
    Gabinete Médico Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain | April – May 2003
  • Pediatrics resident
    Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain | June 2003 – June 2007
  • Pediatrics specialist
    Hospital General de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, Spain | July 2007 – October 2007
    Hospital Sanitas La Moraleja, Madrid, Spain | November 2007 – May 2008
    Hospital del Sureste, Arganda del Rey, Madrid, Spain | April 2008 – February 2009
    Hospital Quirón Madrid | April 2008 – February
    Hospital Ruber Internacional; Clínica Santa Elena; and Sanatorio Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Madrid | June 2008 – May 2009
  • General surgery resident (PGY1)
    University of Illinois/Metropolitan Group Hospitals, Chicago, IL, USA | July 2009 – July 2010
  • Plastic Surgery resident
    Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain | May 2011 – May 2016
  • Craniofacial Surgery Fellow
    Cleveland Clinic and Akron Children´s Hospital, Cleveland and Akron OH, USA | July 2016 – July 2017
  • Plastic Surgery specialist
    Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid | September 2017 – November 2017
    Clinica Dr Peñas | September 2017 – November 2017
    Hospital Nisa Pardo de Aravaca | November 2017 – December 2017
    Clinica Cavadas, Valencia, Spain | January 2018 – May 2018
    Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala, Sweden | May 2018 – November 2018
    Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain | November 2018 – June 2020
    Instituto Ana Torres (Teknon) and FREMAP (Dr Gloria Alsina), Barcelona, Spain | January 2020 – now
    Hospital de la Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, España | July 2020 – now
  • Medical Licensure degree Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain | 2002
  • Advanced Studies Diploma Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain | 2006
  • Pediatrics Specialist Diploma Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain | 2007
  • Internship in General Surgery University of Illinois/Metropolitan Group Hospitals, Chicago, IL, USA | 2009-2010
  • Plastic Surgery Specialist Diploma Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain | 2016
  • Craniofacial Surgery Clinical Fellow Diploma Cleveland Clinic & Akron Children´s Hospital, Cleveland & Akron, OH, USA | 2017
  • Nunez-Villaveiran T, Fahradyan V, Dalla Pozza E, Rezaei M, Drake RL, Jellema L, Garcia-de-Lorenzo A, Papay FA, Gharb BB, Rampazzo A. Full Facial Allotransplantation including the Temporo-Mandibular Joints: A Radiological and Anatomical cadaveric Study. Plas Reconstr Surg. 2020 May 25. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000007069. Online ahead of print.
  • Gonzalez Martinez J, Torres Perez A, Gijón Vega M, Nunez-Villaveiran T. Preoperative vascular planning of free-based flaps. Comparative study between Computed Tomographic Angiography, Color Doppler Ultrasonography and Hand-Held Doppler. Plas Reconstr Surg. 2020 Apr 28. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000006966. Online ahead of print.
  • Nunez-Villaveiran T, Fahradyan V, McNinch, NL, Valentine A, Larson H, Murthy AS Photogrammetric Outcomes of Primary Nasal Correction in Unilateral Cleft Lip Patients Early Childhood Results From a Single Surgeon’s Experience. Annals of Plastic surgery. October 2019. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000002039.
  • Cañadas-Moreno O, Cases-Perera O, Núñez-Villaveirán T, Díaz Molina C. Management of extensor digitorum communis enlargement in a patient with scleroderma-polymyositis overlap syndrome. European Journal of Plastic Surgery. August 2019. Doi: 10.1007/s00238-019-01555-5
  • Nunez-Villaveiran T, Feasel P, Keenan S, Aliotta R, Bosler D, Stearns D, Bergfeld W, Gurunluoglu R Donor skin allograft survival after bone marrow transplantation: Case report and systematic review of the literature. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2018 Jun 9. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2018.05.018. [Epub ahead of print
  • Bravo E, Nunez-Villaveiran T. Long-term outcome after use of an acellular collagen matrix in a finger degloving injury. European Journal of Plastic Surgery. December 2014, Volume 37, Issue 12, pp 687-690 (2014)
  • Nunez-Villaveiran T, Frohner BB, Urcelay PR, et al. Bifid nose – a mild degree of frontonasal dysplasia. A case report. IJPORL 77 (2013) 1374-1377
  • San Basilio M, Lobo Bailón F, Berenguer B, et al. Techniques and results of palate fistula repair following palatoplasty: a 234-case multicenter study. Cir Pediatr. 2020;33(3):137-142. Published 2020 Jul 1.
  • López-Sánchez R, Berenguer-Fröhner B, González-Meli B, Rodríguez-Urcelay P, Marín-Molina C, de Tomás-Palacios E, Núñez-Villaveirán T. Experience and results of palatal fistula repair with FAMM flap in patients with congenital cleft palate. Cir.plást. iberolatinoam.(2014): 261-270.
  • Núñez-Villaveirán T, Fahradyan V, Dalla Pozza E, Rezaei M, Drake RL, Jellema L, Bassiri Gharb B, Papay F, Rampazzo A. (2019, June). Anatomical study and model for a face, mandible and temporomandibular joints allotransplantation. Oral presentation presented at: 10th Congress of World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, Bologna, Italy.
  • Núñez-Villaveirán T, Fahradyan V, Dalla Pozza E, Rezaei M, Drake RL, Jellema L, Bassiri Gharb B, Papay F, Rampazzo A. (2019, September). Anatomical study and model for a face, mandible and temporomandibular joints allotransplantation. Oral presentation presented at: 18th Congress of International Society of Craniofacial Surgery, Paris, France. Pastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open: August 2019; 7(8S-2):14.
  • Vahe Fahradyan, Teresa Nunez-Villaveiran, Edoardo Dalla Pozza, Majid Rezaei, Richard L Drake, Lyman Jellema, Bahar Bassiri Gharb, Frank Papay, Antonio Rampazzo (2019, February). Full Facial Allotransplantation Including The Temporomandibular Joint: An Anatomical Study and Surgical Protocol. Oral presentation presented at: 2019 Annual Meeting of American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, Palm Desert, CA, USA.
  • Fahradyan V, Núñez-Villaveirán T, Dalla Pozza E, Rezaei M, Drake RL, Jellema L, Bassiri Gharb B, Papay F, Rampazzo A. (2018, June). Full Facial Allotransplantation Including the Temporomandibular Joints: An Anatomical Study and Surgical Protocol. Oral presentation presented at: OVSPS 61st Annual Meeting; Cleveland, OH, USA.
  • Núñez-Villaveirán T, Fahradyan V, Dalla Pozza E, Rezaei M, Drake RL, Jellema L, Bassiri Gharb B, Papay F, Rampazzo A. (2018, November). Full Facial Allotransplantation Including the Temporomandibular Joints: An Anatomical Study and Surgical Protocol. Oral presentation presented at: American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation 6h Biennial Meeting; Chicago, IL, USA. SAGE Open Medicine Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation. 2018. 6: 27.
  • Núñez-Villaveirán T, Fahradyan V, Dalla Pozza E, Rezaei M, Drake RL, Jellema L, Bassiri Gharb B, Papay F, Rampazzo A. (2018, September). Full Facial Allotransplantation Including the Temporomandibular Joints: An Anatomical Study and Surgical Protocol. Oral presentation presented at: Plastic Surgery The Meeting 2018; Chicago, IL, USA. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2018;6(9 Suppl):178-179
  • Nunez-Villaveiran MT, Dalla Pozza E, Fahradyan V, Bassiri Gharb B, Papay F, Rampazzo A.(2018, April). Full facial allotransplantation including the temporo-mandibular joints: an anatomical study and approach proposal. Poster presented at: 75th Annual Meeting of the ACPA; Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial journal 2018; 55(IS): 20-21.
  • Nunez-Villaveiran, MT; McNinch NL; Valentine A; Sprouse H; Murthy A. (2018, April). Photogrammetric outcomes of primary cleft nasal correction in unilateral cleft lip. Poster presented at: 75th Annual Meeting of the ACPA; Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 2018. Vol 55(IS):104-105.
  • Núñez-Villaveirán MT, Dalla Pozza E, Fahradyan V, Bassiri Gharb B, Papay F, Gurunluoglu R, Rampazzo A. (2018, May). Complete mandible allotransplantation model: an anatomical study. Oral presentation presented at: 7th EURAPS Research Council Annual Meeting; Madrid, Spain.
  • Núñez-Villaveirán MT, Feasel P, Keenan S, Aliotta R, Stearns D, Rampazzo A, Bosler D, Bergfeld W, Gurunluoglu R. (2018, May). Donor skin allograft tolerance after bone marrow transplantation. Oral presentation presented at: 29th EURAPS Annual Meeting; Madrid, Spain.
  • Alliota R, Nunez-Villaveiran T, Feasel P, Keenan S, Stearns D, Bosler D, Bergfeld W, Gurunluoglu R. HLA-matched skin allograft tolerance in a bone marrow recipient with sustained chimerism from the same donor. ASPS Plastic Surgery the Meeting. Orlando (Florida, USA) on October 6-10, 2017.
  • Nunez-Villaveiran T, Patel N, Murthy A, Hanna N, Lawhon W, Chen T, Hertle R (2017, March). Visual Evoked Potential (VEP) Testing and Craniofacial Synostosis (CS): Results in 67 Patients. Oral presentation presented at: 74th Annual Meeting of the ACPA; Colorado Springs, Co, USA. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal; 2017;54(3): e59
  • Núñez-Villaveirán T, Bravo E, Recarte M, Yébenes L, Hernández A, Vesperinas G, de Santiago J, Casado-Pérez C. (2014, June) Adenomucinosis peritoneal de origen ovárico con debut clínico en forma de fístula y sobreinfección de pared abdominal. Poster presented at: 49º Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Cirugía Plástica, Reparadora y Estética (SECPRE); Granada, Spain.
  • Núñez-Villaveirán T, Leyva F, Galvan B, Grill F, García-de-Lorenzo A, Casado C. (2013, June). Acné fulminans asociado con el uso de isotretinoína. Perspectiva desde una unidad de quemados. Poster presented at: 48º Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Cirugía Plástica, Reparadora y Estética (SECPRE); Tenerife, Spain.
  • Moreno Acero N, Lopez Ortego C, Funes Moñux R, Núñez-Villaveiran T, Ibañez Gonzalez N, Temboury Molina C. (2009, May). Cutis teleangiectático congénito. A propósito de un caso. Poster presented at: XXIV Reunión de la Sociedad Española de Neurología Pediátrica; Bilbao, Spain.
  • López-Menchero JC, Núñez-Villaveirán MT, Ruiz C, Gómez E, Lozano D, Benito F. (2007, October). Respuesta a esmolol en taquicardia supraventricular ortodrómica refractaria en lactante. Poster presented at: XXIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos; Seville, Spain.
  • Núñez-Villaveirán MT, Labrandero C, García-Guereta L, Camarena C, Solana R, Deiros L, Rubio D, González de Zárate A, Castro C, Jara P. (2007, June). Malformaciones cardiovasculares en los pacientes con síndrome de Alagille y atresia de vías biliares extrahepática. Oral Presentation presented at: 56 Congreso de la Asociación Española de Pediatría; Barcelona, Spain. An Pediatr (Barc) 2007;66(Supl 3):60.
  • Núñez-Villaveirán MT, Labrandero C, García-Guereta L, Camarena C, Solana R, Deiros L, Rubio MD, Castro MC, Jara P. (2007, May). Prevalencia de malformaciones cardiovasculares en el síndrome de Alagille y relación con la mortalidad. Poster presented at: V Congreso Nacional de Cardiología Pediátrica y Cardiopatías Congénitas; Barcelona, Spain.
  • Labrandero C, Nuñez T, Solana R, Deiros L, Del Cerro MJ, Rubio MD, Burgueros M, García-Guereta L. (2007, May). Miocardiopatía restrictiva en la infancia. Poster presented at: V Congreso Nacional de Cardiología Pediátrica y Cardiopatías Congénitas; Barcelona, Spain.
  • Labrandero C, Deiros-Bronte L, Rubio MD, Nuñez T, Solana R, Cinza R, Aguiar-Souto P. (2007, May). Miocardiopatía hipertrófica no obstructiva apical en paciente pediátrico. Poster presented at: V Congreso Nacional de Cardiología Pediátrica y Cardiopatías Congénitas; Barcelona, Spain.
  • Deiros Bronte L, Rubio Vidal MD, Núñez MT, Herrero B, Rodriguez R, Solana R, Burgueros M, San José B. (2007, May). Ecocardiografía fetal tridimensional: revisión de nuestra casuística. Oral Presentation presented at: V Congreso Nacional de Cardiología Pediátrica y Cardiopatías Congénitas; Barcelona, Spain.
  • Cerro MJ, Fernández A, Deiros-Bronte L, Aroca A, Rubio D, García-Guereta L, Labrandero C, Solana R, Núñez-Villaveirán T. (2007, May). Origen de la arteria circunfleja en la arteria pulmonar derecha. Poster presented at: V Congreso Nacional de Cardiología Pediátrica y Cardiopatías Congénitas; Barcelona, Spain.
  • Núñez-Villaveirán Baselga MT, Sanabria Carretero P, Borches D, Villar MA, Segura J, Burgueros M, García-Guereta L, Suso B, Deiros L, Rubio MD, Castro L, García J, Benito F, Castro C, Gutiérrez-Larraya F. (2007, March). Soporte mecánico circulatorio en pediatría. Caso clínico. Oral Presentation presented at: II Simposio de Actualización en Anestesia Cardiaca Pediátrica; Madrid, Spain.
  • Núñez-Villaveirán MT, García-Alix A, Lapunzina P, Morales C, Quero J. (2006, June). Mecanismos patogénicos en el síndrome de Moebius expandido: presentación de dos casos. Poster presented at: 55 Congreso de la Asociación Española de Pediatría; Valencia, Spain. An Pediatr (Barc) 2006;64(Supl 3):201-202.
  • Molina Rodríguez MA , Palomo Atance E., Núñez-Villaveirán T., Nistal M., Jordán Jiménez A., García Ascaso M., Gracia Bouthelier R.. (2006, May). Mutaciones del RET proto-oncogén y tiroidectomía profiláctica en el MEN 2A. Poster presented at: XXVIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Endocrinología Pediátrica.; Cadiz, Spain. An Pedatr; 2006; 64 (Supl 2):167.
  • Rubio Vidal D, Deiros Bronte L, Labrandero C, Núñez-Villaveirán T, Solana R, García-Guereta L, Fernández A, del Cerro MJ, Castro MC. (2006, November). Ecografía tridimensional: aproximación a las cardiopatías congénitas. Oral Presentation presented at: XII Congreso de la Sociedad Latina de Cardiología Pediátrica; Lima, Peru.
  • González Álvarez I, Núñez-Villaveirán MT, Larrubia Y, Albajara L, Abelairas J, Jiménez Caballero E. (2004, March). Treatment of Periorbital Hemangioma of Infancy with Interferon Alpha. Poster presented at: 9th Congress of the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists; Seville, Spain.
  • Nunez-Villaveiran T, Fahradyan V, Dalla Pozza E, Rezaei M, Drake RL, Jellema L, Gharb BB, Papay FA, Rampazzo A. Abstract: Full Facial Allotransplantation Including the Temporomandibular Joints: An Anatomical Study and Surgical Protocol. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2018 Sep 26;6(9 Suppl):178-179. doi: 10.1097/01.GOX.0000547060.31816.6b. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6212188.
  • Nunez-Villaveiran, MT; McNinch NL; Valentine A; Sprouse H; Murthy A. (2018, April). Photogrammetric outcomes of primary cleft nasal correction in unilateral cleft lip. Poster presented at: 75th Annual Meeting of the ACPA; Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 2018. Vol 55(IS):104-105.
  • Nunez-Villaveiran MT, Dalla Pozza E, Fahradyan V, Bassiri Gharb B, Papay F, Rampazzo A.(2018, April). Full facial allotransplantation including the temporo-mandibular joints: an anatomical study and approach proposal. Poster presented at: 75th Annual Meeting of the ACPA; Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial journal 2018; 55(IS): 20-21.
  • González Álvarez I, Núñez-Villaveirán MT, Larrubia Y, Albajara L, Abelairas J, Jiménez Caballero E. (2004, March). Treatment of Periorbital Hemangioma of Infancy with Interferon Alpha. Poster presented at: 9th Congress of the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists; Seville, Spain.
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  • Núñez-Villaveirán MT., Prada F., & Benito F. (2009). Arritmias cardiacas. In J, Guerrero-Fernández, A. Barrios, J.J. Menéndez, J.A. Ruiz (Ed.), Manual de diagnóstico y terapeútica en pediatría 5ª edición (chapter 29). Madrid, Spain. VV.AA. PUBLICACION DE LIBROS MEDICOS SLU.
  • Núñez-Villaveirán MT, Benito Bartolomé F. (2009). Intoxicación digitálica. In S. García García (Ed.), Decisiones en Urgencias Pediátricas 1ª edición (chapter 199). Madrid, Spain. ERGON
  • Best oral presentation award (Premio Sebbin a la mejor comunicación oral) at the 53rd national meeting of the Spanish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and aesthetic Surgery (SECPRE), May 2019.
  • CV selected as representation of Spain for the ICOPLAST award
  • Recognition from Almiral James G Foggo, commander of the US Navy Forces in Europe and Africa, for delivery of world class patient care and services provided to a critically wounded US Navy Sailor.
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