Personal Profile
Ricardo is a specialist in Reconstructive Facial Surgery and operates a practice that includes removal of head & neck skin lesions, management of facial pain, treatment of facial deformity, trauma and nerve injuries. In addition, he also treats patients with conditions affecting the jaw joint, salivary glands and the lining of the mouth.
He is one of the leading experts in the UK providing treatment for facial nerve injuries that includes nerve repair, nerve grafting, dynamic & static reconstructive procedures and the use of treatment injections to manage facial asymmetry and eye spasms.
Ricardo is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and a member of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Following the completion of his higher specialist training, Ricardo completed a Fellowship in Reconstructive Cosmetic Surgery.
Ricardo qualified in both medicine and dentistry and has done his basic oral & maxillofacial surgery training at Guy’s, St Thomas’ and Kings College Hospital in London, the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead and the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford. His higher oral & maxillofacial surgical training was based at the Sheffield Teaching Hospital, Rotherham and Chesterfield Hospitals, Derby Royal Hospital and Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham.
Ricardo is a member of the Joint Plastic & Maxillofacial Surgery Team that treats patients with facial weakness and deformity after trauma, Bell’s Palsy, cancer surgery or strokes. He is also part of the multi-disciplinary team that treats patients with facial deformity.
