Background & Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Plastic Surgery- April 28, 1978
National Board of Medical Examiners - # 103877

Professional Background

09/1956 - 11/1960 - Colegio de Belen -Havana, Cuba
11/1960 - 06/1961 - Rhodes School-New York City - High School Diploma
09/1961 - 06/1965 - Fairfield University-Fairfield, Conn. Degree: B.S. Biology
07/1965 - 06/1969 - Georgetown University -Wash., D.C. - Degree: M.D.
07/1969 - 06/1970 - U.S.P.H.S.Hospital - San Francisco, CA- Surgical Internship
07/1970 - 06/1972 - U.S.P.H.S. Hospital- San Francisco, CA- General Surgical Residency
07/1972 - 06/1973 - U.S.P.H.S. Outpatient Clinic, Chicago. Ill - Res.Training Payback
07/1973 - 06/1975 - Univ. of Illinois Hospital-Chicago, IL - Plastic and Reconst. Surg. Residency
07/1975 - 06/1976 - St.Francis Hospital Medical Center-Peoria, IL - General Surgery (Chief Resid.) & Trauma Fellowship
07/1976 - 06/1984 - Private Practice - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
07/1984 - 05/1988 - Private Practice - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
09/1989 - 07/1990 - Preceptor - University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT Anatomy
07/1990 - 06/1991 - Assistant Clinical Professor of Anatomy - University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT. Anatomy Department
09/1991 - 12/1994 - Independent Contractor- Coastal Emergency Services, Durham, NC
01/1992 - 12/1993 - Independent Contractor- J.M.A. Emergengy Services, Clemmons, N.C.
10/1993 - 02/1999 - Independent Contractor- National Emergency Services, Virginia Beach,VA
03/1999 - Current Private Practice - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Crystal Coast Plastic Surgery, 215 N. 35th Street, Morehead City, NC

Teaching Appointments

Instructor in Surgery-Univ. of Illinois Sch. of Medicine Chicago, Ill.1974-1976
Clinical Associate in Surgery-Peoria Sch. of Medicine-Peoria, Ill.1977-1982
Clinical Instructor in Surgery -Peoria Sch. of Medicine-Peoria, Ill.1982-1984
Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery Methodist Medical Center of Illinois -Peoria, Ill.1982-1984
Director, Central Illinois Cleft Lip & Palate Foundation-Peoria, Ill.1982-1984
Chief, Section Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery Rex , Raleigh Community and Wake County Hospitals - 1987-1988
Preceptor, Department of Anatomy, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT. - 1989-1990.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Anatomy, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT. - 1990-1991

Publications and Presentations

Carbonell AM, Hufnagle K.: "A modified design for velopharyngeal sphincter reconstruction: The transverse velopharyngeal flap". In A reprint of abstracts from the program of the combined meeting of the American Cleft Palate Association and the American Cleft Palate Educational Foundation in San Diego, California, February 25 - March 1, 1979, by the Cleft Palate Journal 16: 341, 1979.
Carbonell AM.: "Reversing the burn injury in the burned hand". In Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the American Association for Hand Surgery, in Dallas, Texas, October 27-30, 1983, by the Journal of Hand Surgery, 9A (2): 288, 1984.
Schultz RC, Carbonell AM.: "Midfacial fractures from vehicular accidents". Clinics of Plastic Surgery. 2 (1):173-89, January 1975.
Carbonell AM, Landis GA, Miale A. Jr, et al: "Construction and testing of a thorax-lung phantom to aid in scintiphotograph interpretation". Investigative Radiology 4: 275-85, July-August, 1969.
Multimedia in Plastic Surgery Education - Digital Video Station ASPS/PSEF Annual Meeting, New Orleans, October 23, 1999 4
Multimedia in Plastic Surgery Education - Digital Video Station ASPS/PSEF Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. October 14, 2000 4
Digital Video For Plastic Surgeons, Annual Canadian Aesthetic Society Meeting, Toronto CAN - April 6, 2001 2
Digital Video for Plastic Surgeons - Hands On Workshop - ASAPS Annual Meeting, New York May 6, 2001 4
Digital Video For Plastic Surgeons, Stage Davis Society Quarterly Meeting Baltimore, MD June 6, 2001 2
Multimedia in Plastic Surgery Education - Digital Video Station ASPS/PSEF Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, Nov 3, 2001 4
Digital Video For Plastic Surgeons, Annual Meeting North Carolina Society Plastic Surgeons, Wrightsville Beach, NC , Jan 13, 2002 1
The Medial Inferior Dermal Flap in Reduction Mammaplasty, Annual Meeting North Carolina Society Plastic Surgeons, Wrightsville Beach, NC , Jan 14, 2002 1
Digital Video for Plastic Surgeons - Hands-On Workshops (3) - ASAPS Annual Meeting, Las Vegas NV, April 30-May 1, 2002 11
Digital Video for Plastic Surgeons - Hands-On Workshop (1) - ASPS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, November 2, 2002 4
Digital Video for Plastic Surgeons - Hands-On Workshops (2) - ASAPS Annual Meeting, Boston MA, May 15-16, 2003 8
The Medial Inferior Dermal Flap with CO2 Laser Assisted, Pectoralis Loop Dynamic Fixation in Reduction Mammaplasty, Annual Meeting North Carolina Society Plastic Surgeons, Asheville, NC , October 5-6, 2003 1