Licensure · Training · Distinction
Orthopedic surgeon by training — UNAM, Zaragoza, Vancouver, Mexico City. In Texas the license is Licensed Surgical Assistant (LSA), M.D. Schools, boards, and societies link out as they did on the original site.
Education
2016 — certification
American Board of Surgical Assistants · Humboldt International University
Practical and theoretical preparation for ABSA national certification, permitting OR contact with patients in the United States.
1993 — 1997
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Hospital of Traumatology and Orthopedics Lomas Verdes, IMSS. National concentration hospital for complex fractures, osteomyelitis, malignant bone cancer, and rare disease.
1987 — 1992
Lomas Anáhuac, Estado de México. Ranked among the top 2% of medical schools worldwide; WHO-validated. English level 5 required to graduate.
Fellowships
1999 — 2000
Mutua de Accidentes de Zaragoza · Dr. P. Marquina Solá
Laboratory training on more than 350 rats in a year, plus surgical rotations in Madrid, Burgos, and POVISA (Vigo) for wrist, finger, and hand endoprostheses.
2000
FREMAP Majadahonda · Prof. Pedro Guillén García · Hospital CEMTRO
Shoulder, elbow, wrist, knee, and ankle arthroscopy; holmium laser for synovitis and chondropathy. Invited to open pediatric orthopedics at private Hospital CEMTRO.
1996 — 1997
Pediatric Hospital, National Medical Centre XXI Century, IMSS
Fellowship completed during residency at Mexico’s national pediatric referral hospital.
Licenses
Societies
Awards
2008
Best Orthopedic Surgeon for Latin America and Spain
IOCIM — Prize to the Medical by Achievement for a Better Life
2000
Best Quality of Medical Attention
National Award, IMSS — 3rd-level hospitals