Dr. Alfredo V. Callanta is a well-trained Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon who uses a combination of artistry, expertise and state-of-the-art techniques to achieve a beautiful yet natural- looking results by way of Aesthetic Surgery. He is one of the few plastic surgeons who use radiowaves instead of the knife in most of his cosmetic surgery procedures, a technique he calls “Scalpel less Surgery”.
Dr. Callanta also specializes in facial, body and breast cosmetic surgery including breast enhancement, breast enlargement, breast implants or breast augmentation and the revision of breast implant- related complications. Liposuction, liposculpture, abdominoplasty or tummy tuck, rhinoplasty or nose jobs, brow lifts, facelifts, blepharoplasty or eyelid surgery and other facial rejuvenation including surgical, and non-surgical rejuvenation are also along his line. .
Prior to his training in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Dr. Callanta was a fully- trained board certified general and cancer surgeon. He also sub-specialized in Facial Aesthetic Surgery and Body Contouring Surgery in Denver, Colorado where he learned the art of doing scarless facelift using autologous fat transplant to the face. In Manhattan, New York, Dr. Callanta trained under Nu-hart Hair Clinic for hair transplant surgery and honed his cosmetic surgery techniques in Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A. Additionally, he also trained and gained experience in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo in Brazil on the various techniques in buttock augmentation and contouring, as well as micro- fat transplantation.
At present, Dr. Callanta is president and co-founder of iPrime Center for Surgical Aesthetics, a clinic strategically located between two broadcast networks ABS-CBN and GMA7 in Quezon City. The clinic aims to provide a place where plastic surgeons with special interest in cosmetic surgery maintain superiority in the traditional areas of expertise and on continued innovation and acquisition of new techniques, new procedures, new products and new solutions to cosmetic surgery problems. In this clinic, Dr. Callanta has teamed up with four other plastic surgeons who share his strong commitment to patients’ safety.
At iPrime Center patients have the option to stay overnight, which is sometimes recommended for patients who undergo multiple procedures.
In all aspects of his work, Dr. Callanta emphasizes that safety, quality, dedication and sensitivity to his patient’s individual concerns are most important. The doctor’s primary goal is always to ensure that the patient will have the optimal surgical experience not to mention the most beautiful and natural results. It is difficult for a plastic surgeon to keep abreast of developments in all areas of the field. Hence, Dr. Callanta has chosen to limit his practice exclusively to cosmetic surgery.
But though Dr. Callanta performs mostly facial, breast and abdominal surgeries, he also has a special interest in Lipoabdominoplasty where he combines abdominal liposuction followed by full abdominoplasty where the result is a smaller scar, faster recovery and better body contour than just plain abdominoplasty.
Dr. Callanta believes that a well-informed patient is a happy patient thus, it is important that he makes himself available to his patients on initial consultation. Listening to their concern, Dr. Callanta says, help the patients understand the surgical choices and various treatment modalities available to their specific needs.
True to his personal concern, Dr. Callanta makes sure that patients are called the following day for post-surgery monitoring. Likewise patients are also free to call the doctor directly through his mobile phone where he is available 24/7 or to request for house calls for concerns relating to the surgery.
Other than attending to his patients, Dr. Callanta also makes time for pro bono and charity works. Always a volunteer of Operation Smile, Philippine Band of Mercy and Philippine Medical Association of Northern California, Dr. Callanta engages in surgical missions to treat cleft lip and cleft palate patients in the different parts of the country..
Moreover, Dr. Callanta believes that patient education is an important aspect in enhancing one’s image. For this reason, he offers this educational website to help would-be patients explore the surgical choices by describing the different aspects of enhancement the Filipino way.