Dr. Fábio Coutinho is Plastic Surgeon Specialist, Permanent Member of the Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica (Brazilian Plastic Surgery Society) and Permanent Member of the Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões (Brazilian College of Surgeons). He graduated at the Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in 1987.

Before entering the plastic surgery specialty he worked in the area of cardiac surgery at the Cardiovascular Diseases Institute in São Jose do Rio Preto – SP (1988). Having decided to migrate to plastic surgery he went to Residence in General Surgery again at the Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1989-1992).

From 1992 to 1995, he accomplished his specialization in plastic surgery, as post-graduate at PUC - Rio de Janeiro, with Professor Ivo Pitanguy.

In 1994 he started his own private clinic.

He keeps his plastic surgery teaching activities as Assistant Professor of Prof. Ivo Pitanguy at the Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro 38th Infirmary since 1998.