The Team
Our FACIALTEAM family is an example of a truly multi-disciplinary approach to patient care. Every professional, not just the facial feminization surgeons, understands the importance of their role in supporting you in the FFS process. In addition to the best possible surgical results, we are jointly focused on your well-being at every stage so that you too feel like a part of our “family”.
FACIALTEAM AFFILIATIONS
Surgical Team


CO-FOUNDER & CO-DIRECTOR
FFS EXPERT
With an undergraduate degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Granada (2000), he obtained the title of specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery via the exclusive MIR system (2006) after 5 years of residency at the University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves of Granada. Later he continued studies in Tissue Engineering, receiving his Master Degree in 2006.
Dr. Capitán then focused his specialization in Orthognathic and Craneofacial Surgery, completing fellowship at the Institute of Maxillofacial Surgery and Implantology of Clinica Teknon in Barcelona, as well as in the Unit of Craneofacial Surgery and Dento-facial Deformities at the Morriston University Hospital of Wales (U.K.).
Since 2007 he has centered his specialization on Facial Feminization Surgery, having operated more than 1,200 FFS patients together with Dr. Daniel Simon, developing new and pioneering techniques in this surgical field.
He is author and co-author of important medical publications in the field of Facial Feminization surgery and President of the FACIALTEAM FOUNDATION.
Registrations and Memberships:
- Spanish Medical Council Registration Number 18/009978 (Colegio Oficial de Médicos de Granada).
- Spanish Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (SECOM).
- European Association for Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery (EACMFS).
- European and World Professional Association for Transgender Health (EPATH & WPATH).


CO-FOUNDER & CO-DIRECTOR
FFS expert
After achieving his Bachelor´s degree in Dental Medicine at Universidade Paulista (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and later specializing in Surgical Anatomy of the Face at the University of Sao Paulo (USP), Dr. Daniel Simon´s 4-year residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery was completed in Sao Paulo from 2001 to 2004. Thereafter, Dr. Simon completed a Fellowship in Belgium for the Department of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Surgery of the Eewfeestkliniek in Antwerp from 2005 to 2007, in which year he received his European DMD (Dental Medicine Degree) and corresponding Masters from the University of Gent (Belgium).
Since then he has centered his specialization on Facial Feminization Surgery, developing new and pioneering techniques in this surgical field, in particular in the area of oral surgery and techniques for jaw and chin recontouring.
He is author and co-author of important medical publications in the field of Facial Feminization surgery and Vice President of the FACIALTEAM FOUNDATION.
Registrations and Memberships:
- Spanish Dental Council Registration Number 29/002363 (Colegio Oficial de Dentistas de Málaga).
- Brazilian Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery Council Registration CROSP: 72377 (Conselho Federal de Odontologia).
- European Association for Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery (EACMFS).
- European and World Professional Association for Transgender Health (EPATH & WPATH).


Aesthetic Department Director
With an undergraduate degree in Medicine from the University Complutense of Madrid (2004), he obtained the title of specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery via the exclusive MIR system (2010) after 5 years of residency at the University Hospital Ramón y Cajal of Madrid.
In 2009, he also qualified as a Specialist in Aesthetic and Cosmetic Medicine, with honors, at the Complutense University of Madrid and in 2010 he obtained the Diploma of Advanced Studies with the highest score in the Department of Surgery of the University of Alcalá de Henares.
Dr. Bellinga then focused his specialization in Rhinoplasty in Dallas (USA) and Mexico City, and Facial Cosmetic Surgery, completing a fellowship at the Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel in Brussels (Belgium).
Since 2013 he has centered his specialization on Facial Feminization Surgery, completing more than 1,200 FFS procedures together with Dr. Capitán and Dr. Simon, developing new and pioneering techniques in this surgical field.
He is author and co-author of important medical publications in the field of Facial Feminization Surgery.
Registrations and Memberships:
- Spanish Medical Council Registration Number 28/2858836 (Colegio Oficial de Médicos de Madrid).
- Board Director of the Spanish Society of Facial Plastic Surgery (SECPF).
- Spanish Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (SECOM).
- European Association for Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery (EACMFS).
- European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery (EAFPS).


Technical Department Director
With an undergraduate degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Granada (2006), he obtained the title of specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery via the exclusive MIR system (2012) after 5 years of residency at the University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves of Granada. Later he continued studies in Tissue Engineering, receiving his Master Degree in 2013.
Dr. Bailón then focused his specialization in Orthognathic and Craneofacial Surgery, completing fellowship at the Institute of Maxillofacial Surgery and Implantology of Clínica Teknon in Barcelona.
He developed a fellowship with FACIALTEAM during 2012- 2013 and now Dr. Bailon is a surgical member of FACIALTEAM.
Registrations and Memberships:
- Spanish Medical Council Registration Number 18/1810689 (Colegio Oficial de Médicos de Málaga).
- Andalusian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (AACOMF).
- Spanish Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (SECOM).


Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon
Dr. Javier Gutiérrez achieved the Degree of Medicine & Surgery in the University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain) in 2007. Afterwards, he obtained the Medical Specialization in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron in Barcelona in 2013.
During his specialization, he performed several observerships on different centers abroad: Saint Jean Hospital (Brugge, Belgium; Dr. M. Mommaerts, 2011), R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center (Baltimore, USA; Dr. E. Rodríguez, 2012), Clínica Teknon (Barcelona, Spain; Dr. F. Hernández-Alfaro, 2012), Cosmetic Facial Surgery Clinic (Virginia, USA; Dr. J. Niamtu III, 2014), Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital (New York, USA; Dr. S. Aston 2014) and RinoFast Polanco (México DF, Mexico; Dr. H. M. Marín Méndez, 2016). His whole medical education has been focused on Orthognathics and Facial Aesthetic Surgery.
He has worked as a consultant in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery in the Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron in Barcelona from 2013 to 2017, where he has been leading the Orthognathics and Craniofacial Deformities Unit. He also worked as a professor at the School of Medicine in Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona.
Dr. Gutiérrez has just accomplished a two-year period fellowship in Facial Feminization Surgery with FACIALTEAM and now he is a surgical member of FACIALTEAM.
Registrations and Memberships:
- Spanish Medical Council Registration Number 29/0843588 (Colegio Oficial de Médicos de Málaga).
- Spanish Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (SECOM).
- Spanish Society of Facial Plastic Surgery (SECPF).
- European Association for Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery (EACMFS).


FFS Comprehensive Care Consultant
Registrations and Memberships:
- BS Degree in Medicine, Universidad de Cádiz, 2009.
- Specialist MIR in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena. Seville, 2015.
- Observerships:
- 2013 Hospital Manuel Gea González, (Mexico). Dr. F. Molina. Craneofacial & Aesthetic Facial Surgery.
- 2014 Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Taipei (Taiwan). Dr. Fu- Chan Wei. Surgical reconstruction of the head and neck.
- AO Foundation Grant, 2015. Universitätsspital Basel (Switzerland). Facial Trauma & Orthognathic Surgery.
- Since 2016: Specialist Faculty in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves. Granada.
- Affiliations:
- RICOMS (Real e Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Médicos de Sevilla).
- SECOM (Sociedad Española de Cirugía Oral y Maxilofacial.
- AACOMF (Asociación Andaluza de Cirugía Oral y Maxilofacial).


Graduated as a Professional Nurse from the National University of San Augustin Arequipa in Peru (1990).
She previously completed her internship at the Burn Unit in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Hospital Workers of Arequipa in Peru (1989). She was later certified as a Nurse Practicioner in Europe by the Ministry of Education and Science in Spain (1993).
With extensive experience as a scrub nurse in Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery since 1995, she has pursued a successful career as an instrumentalist nurse in Maxillofacial Surgery at in the private large-scale hospitals of Marbella such as U.S.P. (2008-2012) and more recently with Quirón Hospitals in southern Spain. Grassyt has been the lead surgical nurse for FACIALTEAM since 2008.


A 2015 graduate of the nursing school Facultad de Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, in Cádiz (Spain). She gained experience as a primary care nurse within the Andalucían Health Services (public sector) in the town of Conil de la Frontera. In the private area, she has been employed as a nurse in the operating theatre of Hospital Viamed Bahía de Cádiz.
Nurse Antonia joined FACIALTEAM in January 2018. Since she was little, her passion has been to take care of people and she is veryenthusiastic about her work as it sources her intuitive caring skills.







