February 1996 University of Panama

Medicine Doctor

• March 1996 – February 1997 Hospital Santo Tomás, Panama. First year intern.

• March 1997 – February 1998 Hospital Regional de Chepo, Panamá,

• Second year intern

• April 1998 – March 2002 Hospital General C.S.S., Panama. Residence in General Surgery

• April 2002 – March 2003 Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y de la Nutrición. México D.F. Postgraduate in Endocrine and Obesity Surgery

Work Experience
April 2003 - Today

• Hospital General C.S.S., Panamá. Staff surgeon and Chief of Surgical Teaching Division Private Practice since 2003 Courses and certificattions

• February 2009. Meeting : “Surgery of the Foregut”. Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Miami, Florida, USA

• September 2008. World Congress of Surgery for the Obesity-Buenos Aires, Argentina
  
  

• August 2008. Annual Meeting of The National Surgery Association-Hotel Continental, Panamá

• July 2008. Annual Meeting of the Latin American Association of Endoscopic Surgeons-Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala

• July 2007. Annual Meeting of The National Surgery Association.-Hotel El Panamá, Panamá

• May 2007. Latin American Congress for Surgery of the Obesity-Cancún, Quintana Roo, México

• November 2006. Annual Meeting of The Cuban Surgery Association.-La Habana, Cuba

• July 2006. Annual Meeting of the National Surgery Association.-Hotel El Panamá, Panamá

• May 2006. Central American Meeting for Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome.-Hotel El Panamá, Panamá

• October 2005. Anual Meeting for The Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome-Hotel El Panamá, Panamá

• July 2005. Anual Meeting of the National Surgery Association

• Hotel El Panamá, Panamá

• June 2005. Meetings : The Update in Colon and Rectal Surgery.-Hotel Decameron, Coclé, Panamá

March 2005. Bariatric Surgery’s First Latin American Congress

• February 2009. Meeting : “Surgery of the Foregut”. Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Miami, Florida, USA

• September 2008. World Congress of Surgery for the Obesity-Buenos Aires, Argentina

• August 2008. Annual Meeting of The National Surgery Association-Hotel Continental, Panamá

• July 2008. Annual Meeting of the Latin American Association of Endoscopic Surgeons-Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala

• July 2007. Annual Meeting of The National Surgery Association.-Hotel El Panamá, Panamá

• May 2007. Latin American Congress for Surgery of the Obesity-Cancún, Quintana Roo, México

• November 2006. Annual Meeting of The Cuban Surgery Association.-La Habana, Cuba

• July 2006. Annual Meeting of the National Surgery Association.-Hotel El Panamá, Panamá

• May 2006. Central American Meeting for Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome.-Hotel El Panamá, Panamá

• October 2005. Anual Meeting for The Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome-Hotel El Panamá, Panamá

• July 2005. Anual Meeting of the National Surgery Association- Hotel El Panamá, Panamá

• June 2005. Meetings : The Update in Colon and Rectal Surgery. Hotel Decameron, Coclé, Panamá

• March 2005. Bariatric Surgery’s First Latin American Congress-Iguazu, Brasil

• October 2003. “Bariatric Laparoscopic Surgery”-McKnight Building, Miami, Florida

• March 2003. “Basic Statistics” -Instituto de Nutrición. México D.F.

• March 2003. International course “Hepatic, Pancreatic and biliary diseases”. Instituto de Nutrición. México D.F.

• January 2003. International course “News in General Surgery ”. Instituto de Nutrición. México D.F.

• January 2003. International course “News in Colon, Rectus and Anus Diseases”. -Instituto de Nutrición. México D.F.

• November 2002. XXVI Surgery Mexican Meeting. -Acapulco. México

• November 2002. “Advanced Laparoscopy”. -Acapulco. México

• November 2002. “Colon Laparoscopic Surgery”.-Acapulco. México.

• September 2002. “Obesity in the New Millenium”. Hospital Médica Sur. México D.F.

• September 2002. “Anual Course of Gastroenterology”. -Fundación Clínica Médica Sur. México D.F.

• March 2002. “Laparoscopic Microsurgery”-Hospital American-British-Cowdray (ABC). México D.F.

• January 2001 – March 2002 : General Surgery, Chief Resident.-Hospital General C.S.S., Panama

  Conferences

• February 2009. Expounder “Complex Wounds Treatment”, In First Symposium of Vaccum Assisted Therapy . Hospital Santo Tomás. Panamá

• October 2008. Expounder “Metabolic Surgery”, In Annual Academic Reunion of Social Security General Hospital

• August 2008. Professorin Course “Laparoscopic Sutures”, In the II National Meeting of Surgical Residents of Panama

• July 2008. Expounder “Surgery for the Obesity”. General Academic Session of the Social Security General Hospital.

• February 2008. Expounder “Complications in Bariatric Surgery”. In I International Course and II National Course of Nutrition, Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome.-Panama

• July 2007. Autor and Co-autor of 5 chapters in book “ Manual de Cirugía”-Panamá, Panamá

• July 2006. Expounder “ Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy in Colon Cancer”. In Annual Meeting of Colon and Rectal Surgery.-Coclé, Panamá

• May 2006. Expert Pannelist about Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

• May 2006. Expounder : Surgery of the Obesity Panel -VI National, Latin American and Caribbean Congress of Nutrition, Obesity and Metabolic >Syndrome

• July 2005. Moderator – Pre-Congress Symposium. Panamá-“Colonic Laparoscopic Surgery”

• May 2005. Expounder – Symposium : Update in Surgery. Panamá-“Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease”

• October 2004. Expounder – Endocrine Surgery Symposium. Panama-“Thyroid Nodule, Actual Treatment”

• September 2004. Expounder – Laparoscopic Surgery, Annual Symposium – Panameniam Surgery Association : “Laparoscopic Ventral Hernioplasty”.

• May 2004 Expounder – Continuous Medical Education, Hospital General C.S.S., Panama-“Severe Acute Pancreatitis”

• August. 2003 Expounder – Continuous Medical Education, Hospital General C.S.S., Panama-“Bariatric Surgery”

• July 2004 Moderator – XII Surgery National Meeting, Panamá

• November 2002 Expounder – XXVI Surgery Mexican Meeting: “Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy”.-Acapulco, México