About Marc Illa | Plastic and aesthetic surgery Barcelona, Mataró, Vic

Dr Marc Illa

WHO AM I?

“I consider myself passionate about medicine and surgery, especially everything that concerns my specialty: Plastic Surgery. Both in its aesthetic and restorative aspects, I really consider it to be a mix of science and art, applied in the same act.

My goals?

“Searching for natural results that are in line with each person’s body, offering the safest techniques and the quickest recovery possible. For this reason, for me, clear, sincere, realistic, responsible, personalized and close attention with direct contact from the first visit to the day of discharge is essential.”

I was born in Vic, a rural area in Catalonia. My lifelong passion has always been the physiology and anatomy of the human body. My passion for these subjects has not diminished over the years, but rather has grown stronger. That is why I studied Medicine at the University of Barcelona (2009-2015). During my university studies, I began to have a tendency to go to the operating room and my interest in this branch of medicine increased. I believe that a doctor has three pillars that must be balanced to become the perfect professional: care and clinical aspects, research and teaching. I have focused my personal career on balancing these three basic points.

I am currently a specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. I completed my basic training at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona (Spain), and I complemented it in specific fields of my specialty at international centers such as the Centro de Atendimento Integral ao Fissurado Labiopalatal and the Hospital das Clinicas in Curitiba (Brazil), and the St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns in Essex (United Kingdom) or the Bellevue Hospital in New York (United States of America).

In 2022 I passed the European Board of Plastic Reconstructive Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS) exam, which recognizes the highest quality standards in plastic and aesthetic surgery at a European level.

My three current areas of expertise

Body contouring surgery

Liposuction and abdominoplasty

Breast cosmetic surgery

Breast augmentation and breast lift

Anti-aging facial surgery

Blepharoplasty (eyelids) and facelift

However, as a specialist in Plastic Surgery, my training has enabled me to work in a wide variety of areas: cosmetic body remodelling surgery, breast surgery or facial cosmetic surgery, as well as soft tissue reconstruction after traumatic events or tumour resections, burns, facial trauma or reconstruction of congenital malformations, breast reconstruction… I am used to operating in all the different anatomical fields, from the head to the lower extremities.

I have always thought that all efforts cannot be dedicated only to a professional career, but must also be dedicated to having a full personal life. I try to find time every week to dedicate to my family and to myself. My family needs me, and even more so after the birth of my daughter Aina in 2023. On a personal level, I believe that the body is a temple in which we live and we must take care of it, both in its physical structure and in its internal vibrations. That is why I always make time to read, which I love (especially history and culture of humanity), and to do sports (at least 3 times a week I go running, especially in the countryside and forest, or if I don’t have that much time I go to the gym).

To mention the main features that characterize me, I would like to highlight that I never give up when I face problems, I am persistent in pursuing my goals and dreams, and in situations that we are not used to, I am characterized by facing them in an innovative, decisive and confident way. All these characteristics are essential for the work I do.

I really appreciate you taking the time to read these lines.

Marc Illa-Boixaderas

Here I present my updated resume to date

Vocational training

European Board Certification Examination in Plastic Surgery (EBOPRAS) (2022)
Resident doctor in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital (2016-2021)
University Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona (2009-2015)
Training stay in facial and body aesthetic surgery with the team at the Ivan Mañero Plastic Surgery Institute (Sant Cugat del Vallès) (2020)
Training internship in craniofacial, body and breast surgery with Dr. Renato da Silva Freitas at the Hospital DO Trabalhador and Hospital de Clinicas (Brazil) (2019)
Training internship in microsurgical reconstruction of breast pathology and aesthetic breast surgery with Dr. Venkat Ramakrishnan at St Andrews Center for Plastic Surgery and Burns (Regne Unit) (2018)
Training internship in the anesthesiology and operating room service with Dr. Roccaforte at Bellevue Hospital (United States) (2013)
Collaboration with the Department of Anatomy and Embryology of the University of Barcelona (2012)
Training stay in the nephrology service of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (2011)

Professional experience

Self-employed plastic surgeon with offices in Barcelona, Alella and Vic (2021-present)
University Professor of Medicine at the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (2014-present)
Plastic surgeon in the public health system at the Tarrasa Health Consortium (2021-2024)
Plastic surgeon in the public health system at the Mútua de Tarrasa University Hospital (2021-2024)
Plastic surgeon collaborating in Dr. Ramon Vila-Rovira's team at the Teknon Clinic in Barcelona (2022-2024)
Resident doctor in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital (2016-2021)

Participations

Member of the Spanish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SECPRE)
Member of the Catalan Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SECCPRE)
Member of the Academy of Medical and Health Sciences of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands
Member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)
Fellow of European Board Plastic Reconstructive Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS)

Congresses

Multiple congresses of the Spanish Society of Plastic Surgery (SECPRE)
Multiple congresses of the Catalan Society of Plastic Surgery (SCCPRE)
Several conferences on cosmetic surgery organised by the Clínica Planas in Barcelona
Several congresses of the Spanish Society of Fat Transplantation (SETGRA)
Several congresses of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery (SBCP)
XVII European Burn Association Congress

Courses

Refresher course on aesthetic breast surgery organized by Dr. Eduardo Forcada and the Spanish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SECPRE)
360º Hands-On Course in Liposuction organized by Dr. Jordi Mir
Hands-on Lipedema Course organized by Dr. Ana Torres
Refresher course in body contour surgery organized by Dr. Miguel Fernández-Calderón and the Spanish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SECPRE)
Basic course in microsurgery at the Parc Taulí Hospital
Ear reconstruction course at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
Approach and management of burns in adult or pediatric patients by the Autonomous University of Barcelona – Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
Surgical Anatomy of the Upper Extremity by the IL3 Foundation of the University of Barcelona
Advanced trauma life support by the Autonomous University of Barcelona – Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
Major outpatient surgery in aesthetic plastic surgery by the Spanish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SECPRE)
XXI Theoretical and practical course on microsurgery by Mútua Sabadellenca-Hospital Parc Taulí
All about the face per la Sociedade Brasileira of Plastic Surgery and Ibero-Latin American Federation of Plastic Surgery
XLIX Open Rhinoplasty Project by Professor Dr. José Carlos Ronche Ferreira together with the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery
Facial traumatology and orthognathic surgery course by Osteomed.

Projects

Research entitled “Ankle reconstruction: local flaps versus free flaps”
Research entitled “Experience in the last 10 years of female genital and pelvic reconstruction at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital”
Research entitled “Are burns produced during an epileptic seizure more severe than those caused outside this context in patients with a history of epilepsy?”
Research entitled “Response of a European centre with a burn unit to the catastrophic event with multiple victims that occurred in the town of Centelles (Spain)”
Research titled “The subacromial space in humans and knuckle-walker primates” (2017)
Research entitled “Microsurgical reconstruction of the lower limb: experience in the last 7 years at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital” (2017)