Robert Rey
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| name = Dr.Robert Rey
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|10|1|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]
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| occupation = Plastic Surgeon
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| spouse = Hayley Rey
| children = Sydney, Robby
| religion = Mormon/LDS
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'''Robert Rey''', ([[October 1st]] [[1961]]), born '''Roberto Miguel Rey Júnior''', is a Brazilian [[plastic surgery|plastic surgeon]] featured on the [[E!]] [[reality series]] ''[[Dr. 90210]]''.
He is in private practice in Beverly Hills and specializes in cosmetic surgery.
== Biography ==
=== Childhood & Early Life ===
Roberto Miguel Rey Júnior was born in [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]] to Avelina Reisdörfer and engineer Roberto Miguel Rey, an American-born naturalized Brazilian.<ref name="istoegente">{{pt icon}}Farah, Fábio. [http://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/271/reportagens/roberto_rey.htm ''Um astro brasileiro em Beverly Hills.'' ISTOÉ Gente, 18 October 2004.] Accessed 9 January 2007.</ref> The family lived in São Paulo until 1974, when [[Mormon]] missionaries<ref name=pdf>[http://pdfserver.emediawire.com/pdfdownload/175467/pr.pdf PRWeb, ''The Women in the Life of Dr. Robert Rey'', November 10, 2004.]</ref> (more specifically, sci-fi author [[Orson Scott Card]]) brought Rey, then twelve years old, and his brother and two sisters<ref name=marie>[http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/b/marie-claire/1307/meet-dr-90210-surgeon-to-the-stars/ MarieClaire, ''Meet Dr. 90210 Surgeon to the Stars''.] Accessed on February 3, 2008.</ref> to the [[United States]]. Rey and his brothers moved to [[Utah]]<ref name="newyorktimes">Singer, Natasha. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/16/fashion/thursdaystyles/16skin.html ''A Doctor? He Is One on TV''.], New York Times, 16 March 2006. Accessed 9 January 2007.</ref> where they were adopted by a religious community.<ref name="istoegente"/> They later moved to Arizona. At sixteen he met with his mother again and they went to live in [[Prescott, Arizona]] where he attended Prescott High School.<ref name="istoegente"/> She worked as a janitor to help with Robert’s schooling bills.<ref name=pdf/>
About his leaving, Dr. Rey has said: "Meu pai era um monstro, e minha mãe não tinha voz. Estava contentíssimo de sair daquilo."(My father was a monster, and my mother did not have a voice. I was very happy to leave that.)<ref name="istoegente"/> He had had an abusive father.<ref name=pdf/> In another interview he said that his father was "a total asshole, a womaniser and a drunk."<ref name=marie/>
He became a member of the [[Screen Actors Guild]] in 1980<ref name="newyorktimes"/> and has appeared in national television advertisements, most recently a Carl's Jr. commercial in which he advises a chicken to undergo breast augmentation surgery.<ref>[http://www.carlsjr.com/news/26 CarlsJr.com ''Dr. Robert Rey, Star of E! Entertainment's 'Dr. 90210,' Debuts in Carl's Jr. Commercial''. April 28, 2006.]</ref>
=== Career ===
Rey earned a [[B.A.]] in Chemistry from [[Arizona State University]] in 1983.<ref name="newyorktimes"/> He also has a Master's degree in Public Policy from the [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]] at [[Harvard]], and an [[M.D.]] from [[Tufts University School of Medicine]] in 1990.<ref name="newyorktimes"/><ref>[http://www.lacmanet.org/memdir/details.cfm?ID=155092 Los Angeles County Medical Association, Information for: Roberto Rey, MD.]</ref>
Dr. Rey completed a three year general surgery residency at Harbor UCLA, followed by a two year plastic surgery residency in 1997 at the [[University of Tennessee-Memphis Health Science Center]].<ref name="newyorktimes"/> He subsequently undertook a one year aesthetic and breast reconstruction fellowship at the Harvard Medical School's [[Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center]] in Boston.<ref name="newyorktimes"/>
In 2004 Dr. Rey became part of the [[reality television|reality television series]] [[Dr. 90210]].<ref name=marie/> It showcases both his and other surgeon's practices, the surgeries and patients, as well as his family life.
He has been criticized for his informal bedside manner.<ref name="newyorktimes"/><ref>''A Doctor? He Is One on TV''., New York Times, 16 March 2006.("Critics including Dr. Mark L. Jewell, the president of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, say that Dr. Rey is a skilled surgeon, but his informal way with patients is inappropriate, even undignified, and the reality show gives viewers the impression that plastic surgery is a casual beauty treatment rather than a serious surgical procedure.")</ref>
=== Marriage and children ===
Dr. Rey and his wife, Hayley Rey (born [[1974]]), have been married since 2000. They have two children, daughter, Sydney, born in 2000, and son Robby, born in 2004. They live in Beverly Hills, California.
== Works ==
=== Filmography ===
Rey was a medical consultant to the 1995 film ''[[Se7en]]''. He has made over 60 guest appearances on television shows.<ref>"[http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-whynotperfect28jul09,1,3273701.htmlstory Why Not Be Perfect]?" ''Los Angeles Times'', 9 July 2006.</ref> He has also appeared in:
* ''Reality Check'' (2000), self
* ''Plastic Surgery'' (2000), self
* ''[[Dr. 90210]]'' (2004-present), self
* "Rey's Anatomy" (2006), self
* ''[[Americanizing Shelley]]'' (2007), Elastic Surgeon
=== Publications ===
* Rey, R.M. Paiement, G.D., McGann W.M., Jasty, M., Harrigan, T.P., Burke, D.W., and Harris, W.H.: A Study of Intrusion Characteristics of Low Viscosity Cement Simplex-P and Palacos Cements in a Bovine Cancellous Bone Model. ''Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research'' 215:272-278, 1987.
* Greer, J.A., O'Connor, D.O., Rey, R.M., and Harris, W.H.: Improved Fatigue Porosity and Thermal Properties of a New PMMA Bone Cement. Trans. 3 1 st Ann. Meeting Orthopaedic Research Socieiy, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1985, p.240.
* "Rey R.M. Book Review: The Quest of Efficiency in the Delivery of Health Care Service. ''Governance: Harvard Journal of Public Policy''. Summer-Fall, 1987 p.71-72.
* Robert M. Rey for the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General, Plain Talk on AIDS for Hispanic Americans, ''Vista Hispanic Magazine'', Sept. 5, 1987, p. 13.
* Sutherlin, C.E., McAfee, P.C., Warden, K.E., Rey, R.M., and Farey, I.D.: A Biomechanical Evaluation of Cervical Spinal Stabilization Methods in a Bovine Model: Static and Cyclical Loading. ''Spine'' 13(7): 795-802, -_p 1988.
* Schuind, F., An, K.N., Bergiand L., Rey, R.M., Linscbeid, R.I., and Chao, E.Y.S.: A Biomechanical Study of the Distal Radioulnar Ligaments. The 7th Meeting of the European Society Biomechanics, Aarhus, Denmark, 1990.
* Schuind, F., An, K.N., Bergiand, L., Rey, R.M., Cooney, 111, W.P., Linscheid, R.L., and Cha Io, E.Y.S.: The Distal Radio-Ulnar Ligaments - A Biomechanical Study. ''The Journal of Hand Surgery (Am.)'' 16A(6): 1106- 1114, 1991.
* Rey, R.M., Smoot, E.C., Nguyen, D., and Lesavoy, M.A.: A Study of the Effects of Epinephrine Infiltration on Delayed Bleeding in a Rat Flap Model. ''Annals of Plastic Surgery'', 37(4): 406-410, 1996.
* Smoot, E.C., Jernigan, J.R., Kinsley, E., and Rey, R.M.: A Survey of Operative Airway Management Practices for Midface Fractures. ''Journal of Craniofacial Surgery'', 8(3):201-207.
* Rey, R.M., and Smoot, E.C. Correspondence: Modified Catch Basin for Extremity Irrigation. ''Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery'', 101(2): 553-554, 1998.
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.drrobertrey.com Official Website]
* [http://www.eonline.com/on/shows/dr90210/ Eonline! Dr. 90210]
* [http://www2.dca.ca.gov/pls/wllpub/WLLQRYNA$LCEV2.QueryView?P_LICENSE_NUMBER=76688&P_LTE_ID=790 Medical Board of California, Dr. Robert Rey]
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