Dr. Bárbara completed her training in General Surgery at Hospital da Lagoa, in Rio de Janeiro. She then finished her postgraduate degree in Reconstructive Microsurgery at the National Cancer Institute (INCa), through the Fluminense Federal University, in 1991.

In 1992, she was ranked first in the admission process for the Postgraduate Course in Plastic Surgery at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), under the service of Professor Ivo Pitanguy, with whom she worked from the beginning of her residency in 1992 until 2016.

Her role as Assistant Plastic Surgeon at the Ivo Pitanguy Clinic began in October 1993, still during the final stage of her residency.