Our Story
ABOUT PACIFIC MEDICAL CLINIC & SPA
At Pacific Medical Clinic & Spa, we take pride in offering a wide range of specialized services to meet your aesthetic and wellness needs. With two convenient locations in Tamarindo, Guanacaste, and Liberia, Guanacaste, our team consists of highly skilled and passionate professionals dedicated to providing you with the best care and the most advanced treatments in plastic surgery, aesthetic surgery, aesthetic medicine, anti-aging medicine, and regenerative medicine.
We focus on understanding your individual needs and designing a personalized treatment plan that aligns with your aesthetic and health goals. Whether you’re looking to enhance your physical appearance, combat signs of aging, or simply rejuvenate your skin, we are here to help you achieve your goals.
Doctor Paula Avila
Pacific Medical Clinic & Spa
Our commitment is to deliver exceptional and safe results using cutting-edge technology and innovative techniques. We want you to feel safe and confident in your own skin, allowing you to live a fulfilling and radiant life.
Discover how we can transform your appearance and improve your quality of life. Contact us today to schedule a consultation and take the first step towards a new and better you!
Meet Doctor Paula Avila
Doctor Paula Avila has 14 years of experience in the Aesthetic Medical field. Born and raised in San Jose Costa Rica, she knew from a young age she would pursue her career as a medical professional. The start of her medical journey began with a graduate degree from the Medical School at UNIBE – Universidad de Iberoamérica, Doctor Paula came to Guanacaste to carry out her Social Service with CCSS, serving to an inpatient daily control and also at the Emergency Services for 2 years.
Dr Paula Avila then traveled to Argentina to complete her specialization in Aesthetic and Antiaging Medicine where she very quickly realizes that she will continue her studies to obtain more knowledge in the technology related to her profession.
In 2012, she moved to Barcelona Spain and acquired her Master’s Degree in Laser Medicine and Dermal Phototherapy. This continuing education allows Dr Paula Avila to provide a wide range of treatments to her patients in a proven safe and professional manner.
Once Dr Paula Avila completed her Master’s Degree, she returned to Costa Rica and opened her first clinic in Playa Tamarindo in 2014. This step in her career unfolded another opportunity to broaden her education. Understanding the needs of her patients, and seeking to provide positive results, Doctor Paula Avila then set out to secure her third postgraduate degree in Cosmetic Minimally Invasive Surgery at the University of Brasil. Her professional growth in the field of aesthetics in the province of Guanacaste, Costa Rica, makes her a pioneer in the area.
As an active associate of CIMA Guanacaste Hospital (the first private hospital in the province), Dr Paula Avila carried out a broad spectrum of consultations between the years of 2015-2019 at Guanacaste CIMA Hospital. At this field of constant development, she ignites her desire to explore a new course of study. As she advances in her fourth postgraduate degree, Bioidentical Hormone Therapy at the University of San Pablo de Tucumán in Argentina, where she has been prepared to treat successfully cases of hormone replacement. Hormone Therapy is an important axis in anti-aging, metabolism, growth and sexual function.
Dr. Paula Avila, it’s currently taking studies in Trichology and Hair Transplant with AMIR ( Spain medical School for Doctors ) A trichologist is someone who specializes in hair and scalp health. Trichologists can help patients both, female and male in pattern hair loss, alopecia symptoms.
Dr. Paula Avila is a profesional initiator in Guanacaste on hair transplantation using the FUE technique and Stem cells (SCs), these are a pluripotent or multipotent cells that can differentiate into various cell types. SCs will also secrete exosomes, which exhibit remarkable therapeutic potential for various diseases especially in the field of regenerative medicine.
Dr. Ávila has treated more than 25,000 patients over the years, including multiple procedures with safe, reliable and harmonious results. Due to her engaging personality, transparency , and professionalism in addressing her clients’ needs. You will feel comfortable undergoing procedures with her and achieving safe results in the hands of a long-established Medical Surgeon.
FORMAL STUDIES
-2011: Social Service
Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS), Santa Cruz Health Area, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
-2012: Specialization in Aesthetic Medicine and Anti-Aging
JFK University, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
-2014: Master’s in Medical Laser and Phototherapy in Dermoaesthetic Pathology
Spanish Society of Medical and Surgical Laser, Barcelona, Spain.
-2016: Advanced Courses in Minimally Invasive Facial and Body Techniques
Colombian Society of Aesthetic Surgery, Cali, Colombia.
-2019: Postgraduate in General Surgery
Universidade Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil.
-2020: Postgraduate in Bioidentical Hormone Therapies
Universidad de San Pablo de Tucumán, Argentina.
-2024: Master’s in Trichology and Hair Transplantation
AMIR – Universidad San Judas Tadeo, Spain.