El Dr. Julio Sicard Cerda dirige una clínica de cirugía plástica en Santiago, República Dominicana. La clínica se especializa en rejuvenecimiento facial, contorno corporal y reconstrucción mamaria. Está ubicada dentro del Hospital Metropolitano de Santiago (HOMS). El Dr. Sicard Cerda también dirige IRECMA, una unidad dedicada a la reconstrucción mamaria con resultados de aspecto natural después de la extirpación de tumores.
Es profesor de cirugía plástica en la universidad PUCMM. Se formó en el Hospital Felicio Rocho de Brasil y realizó rotaciones en el Saint Barnabas Hospital de Estados Unidos. La práctica cuenta con el respaldo de la Sociedad Dominicana de Cirugía Plástica (SODOCIPRE). El equipo realiza procedimientos posbariátricos, aumento de senos, rinoplastia y lipoescultura.
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