Tampa plastic surgeon Dr. Paul R. Albear is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon who is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) practicing in the Tampa Bay area with the office located in Wesley Chapel, FL. Dr. Albear is committed to his profession. He has been a participating member of the ASPS Product Advisory Committee since 2007, as well as a participating member of ASPS's Program Committee since 2009.
Dr. Albear received his medical degree from The University of Illinois College of Medicine. While pursuing his medical doctorate, he served as an active member of the Plastic Surgery Research Group at the University of Chicago.
Dr. Albear completed a five-year General Surgery residency at Michigan State University where he received the James Heersink Teaching Award. He then completed his Plastic Surgery Fellowship at the University of Tennessee.
He continued his education in Houston, Texas at the world-renowned Texas Medical Center at the Baylor College of Medicine where he completed his education in Hand Surgery in the Department of Plastic Surgery. He was acting Chief of Plastic Surgery at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital from August 2006 through 2007. He was officially appointed Chief of Plastic Surgery in 2010, a position he currently holds today. He is also on the teaching staff at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital were he has had a courtesy appointment with the University of South Florida College of Medicine.
He has traveled to the Amazon jungle with the University of Tennessee to perform reconstructive facial surgery. He has also authored numerous publications and has presented his research nationally.
Dr. Albear's family is of Cuban origin and he is fluent in Spanish. He lives in the New Tampa area with his wife, two sons and daughter.
