Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon

Dr. Avelina Isabelle Dorothee Mario

Dr. Avelina Isabelle Dorothee Mario is a German Board-Certified Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon at Valiant Clinic & Hospital, City Walk, Dubai, with more than 10 years of international experience across the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, and Saudi Arabia. She specializes in aesthetic plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, microsurgery, and burns care, delivering precise, safety-focused, and patient-centered surgical outcomes.

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After earning her medical degree from Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, Dr. Mario obtained her Facharzt in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Germany in 2010. She is a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS), Edinburgh, and completed advanced fellowships in aesthetic surgery, transplant surgery, trauma surgery, and burns reconstruction in the United Kingdom, including training at the internationally recognized St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns.

Dr. Mario has held senior leadership positions across Europe, including leading interdisciplinary microsurgery at Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Switzerland, and serving as Deputy Chief of Plastic Surgery at Klinikum EvB, a Charité-affiliated teaching hospital in Berlin, where she was responsible for the breast surgery department. She also completed a consultant-level appointment at Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital Group, Saudi Arabia, managing aesthetic, trauma, and burns cases.

Areas Of Expertise

Aesthetic plastic surgery of the face, breast, and body

Breast surgery: reduction, augmentation, fat grafting, and reconstruction

Body contouring and post-weight-loss surgery

Liposuction and advanced fat grafting procedures

Facial rejuvenation including Botox, fillers, PRP, and facial fat grafting

Burns surgery and post-burn reconstruction

Microsurgery and complex reconstructive surgery

Scar management and post-traumatic reconstruction

Education & Qualifications

  • Medical Degree – Freie Universität Berlin, Germany 
  • MRCS (Edinburgh) – Royal College of Surgeons, United Kingdom
  • Facharzt in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery – Germany (2010) 
  • Advanced Fellowships in Aesthetic Surgery, Transplant Surgery, Trauma Surgery, and Burns & Reconstructive Surgery (United Kingdom)
  • Former Lead, Interdisciplinary Microsurgery – Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Switzerland
  • Former Deputy Chief of Plastic Surgery – Klinikum EvB, Charité Teaching Hospital, Berlin 
  • DHA Licensed Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon

Education & Qualifications

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