Degree in Medicine and Surgery after presenting the dissertation "Relación etiopatológica de la enfermedad de Server y pies cavus" with outstanding marks.
He obtained the degree of Specialist in Traumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery at Hospital Gregorio Marañón under Professor F. Vaquero Gonzalez, and the degree of Doctor in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Bologna (Italy) after presenting the thesis "Il trattamento chirurgico percutaneo dell’ alluche valgo" with outstanding cum laude marks.
During his training period as a specialist, Doctor Mariano de Prado performed residencies as a fellow at different hospital centres in Europe and the United States, such as the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute (Bologna, Italy) and the Foot and Ankle Center Spokane, (Washington, USA).