curriculum vitae

Efrain Arroyave Ardila, MD

Education

Undergraduate Degree in Chemistry

1971 – 1975

Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry 

University of Miami

Miami, FL

Doctorate in Medicine

1975 – 1979

 University of Miami

School of Medicine

Miami, FL  

Ophthalmology Residency

1979 - 1980

University of Kentucky  

Lexington, KY  

General Surgery Residency:

1983 - 1986

 Mt. Sinai Medical Center  

Miami Beach, FL  

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

1986 - 1988

Fellowship

Boston University & Lahey Clinic   

Boston, MA 

Medical Experience

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Emergency Room Attending Physician

1980 - 1983

Emergency Room Physician

Columbia Hospital   

Frankfort, KY

Plastic, Reconstructive, Cosmetic & Hand Surgeon

1988-1996

Managing Partner – two man practice with eight employees

Attending Physician at: 

  • Baptist Hospital of Miami, FL
  • South Miami Hospital, Miami, FL 
  • Mercy Hospital, Miami, FL
  • Doctor's Hospital, Miami, FL
  • Mt. Sinai Hospital, Miami Beach, FL
  • St. Francis Hospital, Miami Beach, FL
  • Woodford County Hospital, Lexington, KY 
  • Columbia Hospital – Georgetown, KY
  • Columbia Hospital – Frankfort, KY  

Medical Licenses

1979 to present

Florida    # 95439 (active)

Massachusetts   # 55891 (inactive)

Kentucky  # 20753 (inactive)

Recognition

Academic

1972 - 1993

  • Phi Theta Kappa – Junior college national honor society  1972
  • Alpha Epsilon Delta, premedical national honor society  1974
  • Robert C. Welsh, MD Foundation Academic Scholarship  1975
  • AMA Physicians Recognition Award     1993

Media

1990 - 1991

  • Co-hosted multiple cable television program for WLRN on aesthetic medicine.  
  • Featured in the May 1990 issue of the International Magazine ‘Buen Hogar’.  
  • Featured in January 1991 issue of “Miami Mensual”, an exclusive Latin American Publication.
  • Interviewed for the August 1991 issue of the International Magazine ‘Buen Hogar’.

Past Affiliations with Medical Organizations

1992 - 1996

  • American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians
  • Dade County Medical Association, Public Relations Committee ‘89 – ‘95
  • American Society of Plastic Surgery 88 – ‘98 
  • Greater Miami Society of Plastic Surgeons, Member ‘88 – ‘97
  • AMA (American Medical Association)
  • Franklin County Medical Society
  • Expert Witness for the Florida Department of Professional Regulation, 1992

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