Alberto L. Pierini, President received his medical degree from the University of Cordoba in Argentina, then went on to receive a Venezuelan medical degree as well. He then traveled to Caracas to complete post-graduate work in general surgery, maxillofacial and reconstructive plastic surgery. Subsequently, Dr. Pierini was a fellow at The University of Miami, Duke University, Emory University, Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine and finally the University of Vienna in Austria. After returning to Caracas, he worked in the plastic surgery department of the Miguel Perez Carreno Hospitalas.