About
Prof. Dr Rui Xavier is an otorhinolaryngologist and facial plastic surgeon from Portugal, with a particular focus on aesthetic and functional rhinoplasty. He graduated in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, in 1989 and completed his specialist training in Otorhinolaryngology and Cervical and Facial Surgery at Santo António General Hospital in Porto, obtaining his specialist qualification in 1997. He became a Consultant in Otorhinolaryngology in 2004.
He holds a PhD in Medical Sciences from the University of Porto, with his doctoral thesis focused on rhinoplasty outcomes. Since 2004, he has worked exclusively in private practice, with a major emphasis on facial plastic surgery and aesthetic and functional surgery of the nose.
Prof. Xavier has undertaken advanced rhinoplasty training internationally, including with Prof. Gilbert Nolst Trenité in the Netherlands, Dr Peter Adamson in Canada and Dr Steve Perkins in the United States. He is a member of the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery and the Asian Society of Facial Plastic Surgery.
He is frequently invited to lecture on rhinoplasty at meetings across Europe, America and Asia and has authored scientific articles and book chapters on rhinoplasty. He also serves as an invited peer reviewer for journals including The Laryngoscope, Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery and Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology.