Gustavo E Bello Rojas

Accomplished Plastic Surgeon with extensive experience at Mayagüez Medical Center, Hospital Metropolitano and Hospital de La Concepcion, specializing in aesthetic and reconstructive techniques. Renowned for compassionate care and effective patient education, I excel in developing comprehensive treatment plans and ensuring informed consent. Committed to advancing medical ethics and teaching future medical students and general surgeons residents, I bring a unique blend of expertise and empathy to every patient interaction.

• Research Fellow, Pharmacy and Head & Neck Department, 12/01/97 - 06/30/98, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan
• Transitional year PGY-1, Bella Vista Hospital, 07/01/98 - 06/30/99
• General Surgery Residence, Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances, Mayagüez Medical Center, 01/01/00 - 06/30/02
• General Surgery Residence, University of Puerto Rico Medial Campus, 07/01/02 - 06/30/04
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Providence Hospital, Southfield, Michigan, 07/01/04 - 06/30/07

0-494-254-5

Plastic Surgeon

American Board of Plastic surgery 7795

Completed Nov 2010

Calle Luna 54, San German, PR 00683

Calle Luna 50, San German PR 00683

Puerto Rico 13636   EXP  March   2008

Florida ME108901    EXP January 2028

Swimming

Research Fellow Craniofacial Institute South field Michigan  2003-2004

Clinical Trial, CONAQ protocol, FDA approval, Use of Polyacrilamida gel in Nasolabial Fold, 2007-2008

• Magna Cum Laude School of Medicine
• Full Scholarship. World Laboratory. Lausanne, Switzerland for outstanding achievements in Investigation
• Chief Resident Plastic Surgery Program / Southfield Michigan

Completed

1.Bello, G., Activity of Acetylsalicylic Acid in Onion Bulbs (Anion Cepa) Youth

Science Festival, Caracas, Venezuela, Scientific Fair (High School) published in “Revista Reto”, vol 3, 1980

2. Bello, G., Approximation of Health Diagnostics in the “Mucuchachi” Municipality.

“XXX Jornadas de Salud Pública”, Mérida, Venezuela, 1986

3. Bello, G., Post-operatory Complications in Abdominal Surgery, “XLVII Jornadas

de Cirugía” Cumaná, Venezuela. 1990

4. Bello, G., External Biliary Tract Fistulas, Latin-American Surgery Congress,

Mexico, D. F., Mexico., 1991

5. Bello, G., Accessory Suprarenal Gland, Case presentation. “Congreso Ibero

latinoamericano de Cirugía”, Caracas Venezuela, 1991.

6. Bello, G., Fibrous-sarcoma in Rhesus Space, XLVIII Jornadas de Cirugía, Isla

Margarita. Venezuela, 1991

7. Bello, G., Abdominal Traumas, Infections and Risk-Factors. Special Investigation

Assignment, presented in The Central University of Caracas, to receive the Degree of

General Surgery. Presented in the 49a. Journadas de Cirugía General, Ciudad Bolívar,

Venezuela, 1992

8. Bello, G., Morbidity-Mortality in Elderly Patients when undergoing Emergency

Abdominal Surgery, L Jornadas de Cirugía, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 1993

9. Bello, G., Mobility-Mortality Experiences in Burned Patients at The Valle

Hospital”, XXI Encuentro Nacional de Residentes de Cirugía Plástica”, Caracas,

Venezuela, 1995

10. Bello, G., Preservation of Hair Folicules and its Application in Miro-Implants of

the Scalp. XXII Encuentro Nacional de Residents de Cirugía Plástica”, Caracas,

Venezuela, 1995

11. Bello,G., Lipoinjection Under All Skin Grafts Surfaces, XXII Encuentro Nacional

de Residentes de Cirugía Plástica, Caracas, Venezuela, 1995

12. Bello, G., Study of the Reaction of Irradiated Cartilage in Rats. XXII Encuentro

Nacional de Residentes de Cirugía Plástica, Caracas, Venezuela, 1995

13. Bello, G., Keratinocytes Culture in-vitro. XIX Congreso Venezolano de Cirugía

Plástica, Caracas,

Venezuela, 1996. Published (Indexed Journal) Gaceta Medica de Venezuela

14. Bello, G., Keratinocytes Culture in-vitro. “Congreso Ibero-latinoamericano de

Cirugía Plástica”, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1996

15. Bello, G., Induction of differentiation of the squamous cell carcinoma cell line,

FaDu, by DMSO and cis-retinic acid trigger an early apoptosis pathway in contrast to

KGF, y-INF and NBQ-58. Presented at he AACR Annual Meeting, Poster

Presentation March 29 – April 1, 1998, New Orleans, LA

16. Bello, G., KGF trigger hypopharinge squamous cell carcinoma (FaDu cell line)

into differentiation pathway. Differentiation, 1999

17. Bello, G., and Báez, M. Foreign Body Acute Appendicitis, Case Report, Journal

of Medical Pathology, July, 2001

18. Bello, G., Sosa-Faría, J., García Rinaldi, R. Repair of subclavian artery aneurysm

Resection and Implantation of the subclavian and vertebral artery to the aortic arch. A

case study. First Regional Scientific Encounter, (Meeting) at the Dr. Ramón H.

Betances University Hospital

20. Bello, G., Sosa-Faría, J., García Rinaldi, R., Sever Vascular Occlusive Disease of

the Upper extremities: It’s Clinical presentation, Diagnosis and Treatment. First

Regional Scientific Encounter (Meeting). At the Dr. Ramón H. Betances University

Hospital. First Prize.

21. Bello, G., Sosa-Faría, J., Santini, H. Diagnosis and treatment of right cervical

chylous fistula. First Regional Scientific Encounter (Meeting), at the Dr. Ramón H.

Betances University Hospital

22. Bello, G., Sosa-Faría, J., García Rinaldi, R. Coronary artery anomalies:

Morphogenesis, Morphology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Correlations, February

28 – March 1st., 2002. Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital. The

Denton A. Cooley Building. Houston, Texas.23. Serhan Tuncer, Gustavo Bello-Rojas, Camelia Ratiu and

Ian T. Jackson. Reduction  mamoplasty  in the previously radiated breast: is it safe

and does it interfere ontologically .Volume 28, Number 6 / January, 2006

24. Gustavo E. Bello-Rojas, MD; Providence Hospital. Extensive upper extremity

tissue loss usually results from. atherosclerotic, vascular disorders or distal

extremities. Abstracts and Posters Presented at the 2007. Annual Meeting of the

American Association for Hand Surgery, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.Volume 2,

Number2 / June, 2007.

25. Shelly Bansal,Y.S. Mohan, C.N. Rao, Andrew Lofman, Gustavo Bello-Rojas, Ian

T Jackson. Comparison of Single-Layer Closure for Craniotomy/Craniofacial

Surgeries Provide Better Esthetic Outcome compared wit the Standard Double Layer

Closure of the Incision. Skull Base 2006; 16.DOI: 10.1055/S 200958296.

26. Grisius, Thomas M. DDS *; Spolyar, John DDS +; Jackson, Ian T. MD +; Bello

Rojas, Gustavo MD +;Dajani, Khaled BS. Assessment of Cleft Lip and Palate Patient

Treated With Presurgical Orthopedic Correction and Either Primary Bone Grafts,

Gingivoperiosteoplasty, or Without Alveolar Grafting Procedures.

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 17(3):468-473, May 2006

27. Andrew D Hofeling, Gustavo Bello , Ian Jackson , Andrew H Jackson , Elizabeth

Kim .J Invest Surg. ;19 (5):299-305. Hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier does not

improve survival of ischemic rat island groin flaps.

28. Gustavo Bello , Ian T Jackson , Mustafa Keskin , Chris Kelly , Khaled Dajani

Rebecca Studinger , Elizabeth M H Kim , Denis Lincoln , Boris Silberberg , Andrus

Lee . Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 Apr 1;119 (4):1326-36 17496608. The use of

polyacrylamide gel in soft-tissue augmentation: an experimental assessment.

29. Serhan Tuncer & Gustavo Bello-Rojas & Mark Blake & Ian T. Jackson. Eur J Plast

Surg (2007) 30:183–187. Surgical treatment of a severe microstomia developed

following leucocytoclastic vasculitis

30. Oxygen saturation in arterial and venous occlusions for an animal flap model Bello

Gustavo, AHAD Ahmad ,MAO Jimmy J. M. ;

. Progress in biomedical optics and imaging.2007, vol. 8, no1, Note(s): 64240I.1-

64240I.8

31. Use of Buccal Myomucosal Flap in Secondary Cleft Palate Repair. Andrew G. N.

Robertson, M.S. Darren J. McKeown, M.S. Gustavo Bello-Rojas, M.D.

Yeon-Jeen Chang, M.D. Amy Rogers, M.S.A., M.A. Barbara J. Beal, B.S., R.N., C.P.S.N. Mark Blake, M.D. Ian T. Jackson, M.D.Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery • September 2008.Volume 122, Number 3

32.Long-term results of craniofacial implantation: a return to methyl methacrylate.

Gustavo Bello-Rojas & Mary Whitney & Matthew Rontal & Ian T. Jackson.Eur J Plast Sur. November 8 2008. On Line first.

33.Palatal Fistulae Resulting From Cocaine Abuse

Ian T. Jackson, MD, Chris Kelly, MD, and Gustavo Bello-Rojas, MD.Ann Plast Surg 2009;62: 67–69