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Javier Gerardo de la Garza, M.D.
Medical Experience
 More than 3000 gastric band procedures performed. He is the most experienced gastric band surgeon in Latin America. |
| 16 years of experience in general and digestive surgery. |
| 14 years of experience in laparoscopic surgery. |
| 13 years of experience in Obesity Surgery. |
| 10 years of experience in Laparoscopic Gastric Banding. |
Curriculum Vitae
| 1976 - 1982 |
M.D. , Nuevo León University (UANL), Monterrey, N.L., Mexico |
| 1984 - 1987 |
General and Digestive Surgery, University Hospital “Hospital de la Santa Cruz y San Pablo”, Barcelona University, Spain. |
Postgraduate courses
| 1991 |
Advanced Course in Laparoscopic Surgery with Laser and Electrocautery, Houston , TX , USA. |
| 1996 |
Lap Band Certification, Centre Hospitalier Hutois, Huy, Belgium with Dr. Mitiku Belachew |
| 1997 |
Lap Band Recertification, Angeles del Pedregal Hospital, Mexico, D.F., Dr. Franco Favreti. |
| 1997 |
Laparoscopic Bypass and VBG for Morbid Obesity, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland , OH , USA |
| 1998 - Present |
Surgery Professor for the Use and Technique of Laparoscopic Banding in Canada , USA and South America. |
Honors
2004 Excellence in Medical Education and Doctor “Honoris Causa” in Education by the Iberoamerican Council in Educative Quality Honor, Lima, Perú.
Board Certificate
Mexican Council of General Surgery
Publications
Swedish Gastric Banding, the First 100 Cases in México
Laparoscopic Replacement in Gastric Banding from Lap Band to Swedish Band
Publish in Le Journal of Coelio-Chirurgie the European Journal of Coelio-Surgery
N° 29 Pag. 85 en Marzo 1999.
First comparative study in Mexico between Lap-Band and the Swedish Adjustable Gastric Band
Videoendoscopic Surgery Magazine vol. 2 N° 3 pag. 320 and 321 Jul-Sep. 1998
Rio de Janeiro's Society of Videoendoscopic Surgery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
First comparative study in Mexico between Lap-Band and the Swedish Adjustable Gastric Band
Videoendoscopic Surgery Magazine vol. 8 N° 4 pag. 362 and 388 Aug. 1998
Rio de Janeiro's Society of Videoendoscopic Surgery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Associations and Honorary Distinctions
| Feb 2005 - Present |
Affiliate surgeon member of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery |
| Nov 1999 - Nov 2000 |
President of the Mexican Society of Obesity Surgery |
| Sep 1998 - present |
Member of the International Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery Scientific Counsil |
| 1997 - present |
Member of the International Federation of Obesity Surgery (IFSO) |
| 1996 - present |
Founder and board member of the General Surgery Association of the state of Nuevo Leon |
| 1996 - present |
Member of the Mexican Society of Laparoscopic Surgery |
| 1996 - present |
Member of the Mexican Society of Obesity Surgery |
| 1996 - present |
Honorary member of the Santa Cruz Hospital Surgeon Association in Barcelona, Spain. |
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