Dr. Michael Rebeiro

Dr. Michael Rebeiro started his medical training at Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Kampala, Uganda and subsequently went on to house jobs in several reputed hospitals including the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, London. His formal surgical training commenced on the University of Cape Town’s general surgery circuit in 2007 with rotation through several hospitals covering trauma & critical care, gastrointestinal, vascular, transplant surgery and paediatric surgery while completing his primary and intermediate level College exams. He gained a plastic surgery training post on the competitive circuit of the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in 2010 and completed his comprehensive plastic surgical training in 2015 with extra exposure in the areas of hand and microsurgery and was awarded the Fellowship of the College of Plastic Surgeons of South Africa. Over the next 3 years he went on to gain further early fellowship experience as a plastic surgeon under South African mentors in microsurgery, general & breast reconstruction as well as aesthetic & body contouring surgery (2014-2016). He completed visiting observerships at the MD Anderson Cancer centre in Houston and Chinese University of Hong Kong. Previous consultant roles have included; senior lecturer / in-charge, Head & Neck and Breast Reconstruction at University of Pretoria (2016 – 2018), private practice / medical tourism in Botswana and Kenya ( 2018 – 2021) and most recently heavily involved within plastic surgery & burns at SSMC, Abu Dhabi ( 2021 – 2023) and BMC ( 2023-2026). Dr. Rebeiro regularly attends and presents at regional and international conferences and attributes his proficiency with the latest techniques in the field to this exposure. His dedication to scientific, ethical, and professional rigor is matched by his ability to establish a strong rapport with his patients, trainees and colleagues alike.