Dr Marco Faria Correa is the Medical Director of Dr Marco Faria Correa Plastic Surgery in both Singapore & Brazil. As Dr Marco is currently based more in Singapore, he still maintained his practice in Porto Alegre & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and usually practices (pre-covid) in the winter month July and summer in December to January each year.
He is an international board certified and renowned Plastic Surgeon with numerous international memberships from various international societies of plastic surgery such as ISAPS, IPRAS, ASPS, OSAPS, SAPS (Singapore Aesthetic & Plastic Surgery Society) and SBCP (Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery) and SBMR (Brazilian Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery). Dr Marco is also a member of the Asia Pacific Hernia Society as well as a member of the RAMSES ( The Robotic Assisted Microsurgical & Endoscopic Society )
Singapore Plastic Surgeon, Dr Marco graduated from the Rio Grande do Sul University in Brazil in 1978 and obtained his Plastic Surgery Specialisation certification in 1984. In 1989 he obtained his post-graduation specialisation in Microsurgery & Hand Surgery from Japan. Between 1989 to 1994, Dr Marco was the A/Prof of the Plastic Surgery & Microsurgery Department in the Catholic University Hospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
In 1991, he started to develop his research project in adapting endoscopic methods to Plastic Surgery. In 1992, he started to deliver his first case in endoscopic abdominoplasty and breast lifting. He designed a set of instruments to adapt endoscopic methods to the subcutaneous tissue and got the international patent and he presented his presentation in the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery. Dr Marco also published his work in endoscopic plastic surgery in body contouring in the Brazilian Journal of Plastic Surgery.
This led him to be invited to many international conferences and workshop all around the world which build his scientific reputation and also created awareness within general media. Dr Marco became known globally and has built a vast global clientele.
His skills are not only limited to endoscopic surgery – endoscopic brow lift, endoscopic breast lifting, and endoscopic abdominoplasty, but also well known for his facial rejuvenation procedures such as full facelift & neck lift, rhinoplasty, and chin augmentation procedures.
For body contouring surgeries, Dr Marco is well recognised for his breast reduction & lifting mastopexy, breast enhancement using implants and fat grafting, body liposuction, standing liposculpture, abdominoplasty and the famous Brazilian butt lift are often requested by his loyal clientele.
In 2013, Dr Marco became interested in Robotic Surgery and gradually advanced himself to become a certified Robotic Surgeon and in 2015, Dr Marco performed his first official case of Repairing the Rectus Diastasis Plication with Robotic Surgery ( Robotic Abdominoplasty / Robotic Tummy Tuck ) in Singapore.
This case was officially published in the Springer: New Concepts on Abdominoplasty and Further Applications by Editors: Avelar, Juarez M. (Ed.), Dr Marco’s paper on Robotic Procedure for Plication of the Muscle Aponeurotic Abdominal Wall in 2016. With this achievement, Dr Marco has also received an award by 6 different societies for bringing endoscopy plastic surgery into the next level in robotic surgery.
With over 30 years of experience, Dr. Marco performs not only Plastic Surgery, Non- Surgical Aesthetics treatments but also Reconstructive and Microsurgery. His list of surgeries comes in a range of facial rejuvenation, breasts, body contouring procedures as well as extreme makeover cases that run like a marathon. Besides these plastic and cosmetic cases, he also performs Mummy Makeover and Men’s Plastic Surgery. His dedication, passion and meticulous standard for his work are well recognised by his fellow colleagues and his clients.
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a. Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre, 38 Irrawaddy Road, #10-26/27 Singapore, Singapore 329563
