Education and Training

• General Physician. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
  México.

Specialization

• Anatomical Pathology. Centro Médico Nacional Siglo
  XXI.

Subspecialty

• Hematopathology. Southampton General Hospital.
• Inmunopathology. Norwalk Hospital.

Certifications

• Certification of the Mexican Council of Medical
  Anatomopathologists.

Scientific Societies

• Medical Society Hospital Médica Sur.
• Mexican Association of Pathologists.
• Society for Hematopathology.
• European Association for Hematopathology.

Teaching

• Titular Professor of Histology. Universidad
  Panamericana.
• Titular Professor of the Anatomical Pathology Course.
  Fundación Clínica Médica Sur.
• Titular Professor of the Oncological Pathology Course.
  Fundación Clínica Médica Sur.

Scientific work

• “Utilidad de la biopsia de médula ósea en el
  diagnóstico de síndromes mielodisplásicos”. Pathology,
  Latin American Magazine.
• “Perineuroma esclerosante de piel acral”. Mexican
  Medical Gazette.
• “Interpretación de la biopsia de médula ósea: el
  informe histopatológico básico, actualizado”.
  Pathology, Latin American Magazine.
• “El diagnóstico histológico y la inmunohistoquímica de
  las neoplasias de la vaina del nervio periférico”.
  Pathology, Latin American Magazine.
• “¿Son las células mioepiteliales las responsables del
  carcinoma mamario invasor? Estructura y
  características inmunohistoquímicas generales de las
  células mioepiteliales y su interrelación en el
  carcinoma de la glándula mamaria”. Pathology, Latin
  American Magazine.

Education and Training

• General Physician. Universidad Autónoma de
  Guadalajara.

Specialization

• Anesthesiology. Fundación Clínica Médica Sur.

Certifications

• Certification of the Consejo Mexicano de
  Anestesiología.

Scientific Societies

• Medical Society Médica Sur Hospital.

Scientific work

• “The road to becoming a certified robotic surgeon”. J
  Robotic Surg.
• “Introduction of surgical safety checklists in a
  private hospital in México City, Does It really make a
  difference?”. World J Surg.

Education and Training

• General Physician. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
  México.

Specialization

• Angiology and Vascular Surgery. Instituto Nacional de
  Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”.

Subspecialty

• Endovascular Surgery. University of Milano Bicocca,
  Italia.

Certifications

• Certification of the Mexican Council of Angiology.

Scientific Societies

• Medical Society Hospital Médica Sur.

Teaching

• Associate Professor of the Angiology and Vascular
  Surgery Course. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas
  y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”.

Scientific work

• He has participated in more than 20 scientific events
  in Mexico and abroad.
• He has participated in the publication of more than 20
  articles in national and international magazines.

Education and Training

• General Physician. Universidad Juárez Autónoma de
  Tabasco.

Specialization

• General Surgery. Central North Hospital PEMEX.

Subspecialty

• Obesity surgery. St. Joseph´s Hamilton Healthcare,
  Hamilton, Ontario.
• Laparoscopic Surgery and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
  St. Joseph´s Hamilton Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario.

Certifications

• Certification of the Mexican Council of Surgery of
  Obesity and Metabolic Diseases.
• Certification of the Mexican Council of
  Gastroenterology.
• Certification of the Mexican Council of General
  Surgery.

Teaching

• Assistant Professor of High Specialty Course of
  Multidisciplinary Management of Obesity 2015 – 2017.
  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
• Adjunct Professor of the Diploma of Multidisciplinary
  and Surgical Management of Obesity 2012-16.
  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Rubén Leñero.

Scientific Societies

• Medical Society Hospital Médica Sur.
• American College of Surgeons.
• College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic
  Surgeons.

Education and Training

• General Physician. Universidad La Salle.

Specialization

• Cardiology. Instituto Nacional de Cardiología “Ignacio
  Chávez”.

Subspecialty

• Interventional Cardiology. Instituto Nacional de
  Cardiología “Ignacio Chávez”.

Certifications

• Certification of the Consejo Mexicano de Cardiología.

Scientific Societies

• Medical Society Médica Sur Hospital.
• Sociedad Mexicana de Cardiología.

Scientific work

• “Determinación de actividad inflamatoria en pacientes
  con enfermedad de takayasu mediante tomografía por
  emisión de Positrones (PET)”. Arch Cardio Mex.
• “La importancia del diagnóstico multi-imagen en
  Cardiología”. Arch Cardiol Mex.
• “Evaluation of the endothelial function in
  hypertensive patients with 13N-ammonia PET”. J Nucl
  Cardiol.
• “Prognostic implications of serum albumin levels in
  patients with acute coronary syndromes”. Am J Cardiol.

Education and Training

• General Physician. Universidad La Salle.

Specialization

• Dermatology. Hospital General “Dr. Manuel Gea
  González”.

Subspecialty

• Dermato-oncology and Dermatologic Surgery. Hospital
  General “Dr. Manuel Gea González”.

Certifications

• Certification of the Mexican Council of Dermatology.

Scientific Societies

• Medical Society Hospital Médica Sur.
• Mexican Society of Dermatology.
• Mexican Society of Dermatology and Oncology Surgery.
• Ibero-Latin American College of Dermatology.
• Society for Investigative Dermatology.

Scientific work

• “Cicatrización queloide: actualización de las opciones
  terapéuticas”. Mexican Magazine of Dermatology.
• “Síndrome de Sweet subcutáneo como causa de fiebre
  desconocido”. Medical Gazette of Mexico.
• “Porocarcinoma en piel acral”. Mexican Magazine of
  Dermatology.
• “La vitamina D en Dermatología”. Mexican Magazine of
  Dermatology.
• “Vasculopatía trombótica por cocaína probablemente
  adulterada con levamisol”. Medical Magazine IMSS.

Education and Training

• General Physician. Universidad Panamericana.

Specialization

• Internal Medicine. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias
  Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”.

Subspecialty

• Endocrinology. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas
  y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”.
• Diabetes and Metabolism. Instituto Nacional de
  Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”.
• Neuroendocrinology. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias
  Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”.

Certifications

• Certification of the Mexican Council of Internal
  Medicine.
• Certification of the Mexican Council of Endocrinology.

Scientific Societies

• Medical Society Hospital Médica Sur.
• Endocrine Society.

Scientific work

• “Association of thyroid function with obesity measured
  as body fat percentage and insulin resistance”.
  Endocrinology & Metabolism International Journey.
• “Infundibulo-hypophysitis-like radiological image in a
  patient with pituitary infiltration of a diffuse large
  B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma”. Endocrinology Diabetes
  Metabolism Case Reports.
• “Fibroblast growth factor 21 and its novel association
  with oxidative stress”. Redox Biology.
• “Association of Alanine Aminotransferase levels (ALT)
  with the hepatic insulin resistance index (HIRI): a
  cross-sectional study”. BMC Endocrine Disorders.

Our Physicians







Carlos Ortiz Hidalgo, M.D.
Anatomical Pathology

Curriculum vitae


Education and Training

• General Physician. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
  México.

Specialization

• Anatomical Pathology. Centro Médico Nacional Siglo
  XXI.

Subspecialty

• Hematopathology. Southampton General Hospital.
• Inmunopathology. Norwalk Hospital.

Certifications

• Certification of the Mexican Council of Medical
  Anatomopathologists.

Scientific Societies

• Medical Society Hospital Médica Sur.
• Mexican Association of Pathologists.
• Society for Hematopathology.
• European Association for Hematopathology.

Teaching

• Titular Professor of Histology. Universidad
  Panamericana.
• Titular Professor of the Anatomical Pathology Course.
  Fundación Clínica Médica Sur.
• Titular Professor of the Oncological Pathology Course.
  Fundación Clínica Médica Sur.

Scientific work

• “Utilidad de la biopsia de médula ósea en el
  diagnóstico de síndromes mielodisplásicos”. Pathology,
  Latin American Magazine.
• “Perineuroma esclerosante de piel acral”. Mexican
  Medical Gazette.
• “Interpretación de la biopsia de médula ósea: el
  informe histopatológico básico, actualizado”.
  Pathology, Latin American Magazine.
• “El diagnóstico histológico y la inmunohistoquímica de
  las neoplasias de la vaina del nervio periférico”.
  Pathology, Latin American Magazine.
• “¿Son las células mioepiteliales las responsables del
  carcinoma mamario invasor? Estructura y
  características inmunohistoquímicas generales de las
  células mioepiteliales y su interrelación en el
  carcinoma de la glándula mamaria”. Pathology, Latin
  American Magazine.


Fabiola María Nuccio Giordano, M.D.
Anesthesiology



Curriculum vitae


Education and Training

• General Physician. Universidad Autónoma de
  Guadalajara.

Specialization

• Anesthesiology. Fundación Clínica Médica Sur.

Certifications

• Certification of the Consejo Mexicano de
  Anestesiología.

Scientific Societies

• Medical Society Médica Sur Hospital.

Scientific work

• “The road to becoming a certified robotic surgeon”. J
  Robotic Surg.
• “Introduction of surgical safety checklists in a
  private hospital in México City, Does It really make a
  difference?”. World J Surg.


Hugo Laparra Escareño, M.D.
Angiology and Vascular Surgery

Curriculum vitae


Education and Training

• General Physician. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
  México.

Specialization

• Angiology and Vascular Surgery. Instituto Nacional de
  Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”.

Subspecialty

• Endovascular Surgery. University of Milano Bicocca,
  Italia.

Certifications

• Certification of the Mexican Council of Angiology.

Scientific Societies

• Medical Society Hospital Médica Sur.

Teaching

• Associate Professor of the Angiology and Vascular
  Surgery Course. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas
  y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”.

Scientific work

• He has participated in more than 20 scientific events
  in Mexico and abroad.
• He has participated in the publication of more than 20
  articles in national and international magazines.





Luis Zurita Macías Valadez, M.D.
Bariatric Surgery

Curriculum vitae


Education and Training

• General Physician. Universidad Juárez Autónoma de
  Tabasco.

Specialization

• General Surgery. Central North Hospital PEMEX.

Subspecialty

• Obesity surgery. St. Joseph´s Hamilton Healthcare,
  Hamilton, Ontario.
• Laparoscopic Surgery and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
  St. Joseph´s Hamilton Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario.

Certifications

• Certification of the Mexican Council of Surgery of
  Obesity and Metabolic Diseases.
• Certification of the Mexican Council of
  Gastroenterology.
• Certification of the Mexican Council of General
  Surgery.

Teaching

• Assistant Professor of High Specialty Course of
  Multidisciplinary Management of Obesity 2015 – 2017.
  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
• Adjunct Professor of the Diploma of Multidisciplinary
  and Surgical Management of Obesity 2012-16.
  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Rubén Leñero.

Scientific Societies

• Medical Society Hospital Médica Sur.
• American College of Surgeons.
• College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic
  Surgeons.





Marco Antonio Peña Cabral, M.D.
Cardiology / Interventional



Curriculum vitae


Education and Training

• General Physician. Universidad La Salle.

Specialization

• Cardiology. Instituto Nacional de Cardiología “Ignacio
  Chávez”.

Subspecialty

• Interventional Cardiology. Instituto Nacional de
  Cardiología “Ignacio Chávez”.

Certifications

• Certification of the Consejo Mexicano de Cardiología.

Scientific Societies

• Medical Society Médica Sur Hospital.
• Sociedad Mexicana de Cardiología.

Scientific work

• “Determinación de actividad inflamatoria en pacientes
  con enfermedad de takayasu mediante tomografía por
  emisión de Positrones (PET)”. Arch Cardio Mex.
• “La importancia del diagnóstico multi-imagen en
  Cardiología”. Arch Cardiol Mex.
• “Evaluation of the endothelial function in
  hypertensive patients with 13N-ammonia PET”. J Nucl
  Cardiol.
• “Prognostic implications of serum albumin levels in
  patients with acute coronary syndromes”. Am J Cardiol.


Karen Sánchez Armendáriz, M.D.
Dermatology

Curriculum vitae


Education and Training

• General Physician. Universidad La Salle.

Specialization

• Dermatology. Hospital General “Dr. Manuel Gea
  González”.

Subspecialty

• Dermato-oncology and Dermatologic Surgery. Hospital
  General “Dr. Manuel Gea González”.

Certifications

• Certification of the Mexican Council of Dermatology.

Scientific Societies

• Medical Society Hospital Médica Sur.
• Mexican Society of Dermatology.
• Mexican Society of Dermatology and Oncology Surgery.
• Ibero-Latin American College of Dermatology.
• Society for Investigative Dermatology.

Scientific work

• “Cicatrización queloide: actualización de las opciones
  terapéuticas”. Mexican Magazine of Dermatology.
• “Síndrome de Sweet subcutáneo como causa de fiebre
  desconocido”. Medical Gazette of Mexico.
• “Porocarcinoma en piel acral”. Mexican Magazine of
  Dermatology.
• “La vitamina D en Dermatología”. Mexican Magazine of
  Dermatology.
• “Vasculopatía trombótica por cocaína probablemente
  adulterada con levamisol”. Medical Magazine IMSS.


Miguel Ángel Gómez Sámano, M.D.
Endocrinology

Curriculum vitae


Education and Training

• General Physician. Universidad Panamericana.

Specialization

• Internal Medicine. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias
  Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”.

Subspecialty

• Endocrinology. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas
  y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”.
• Diabetes and Metabolism. Instituto Nacional de
  Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”.
• Neuroendocrinology. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias
  Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”.

Certifications

• Certification of the Mexican Council of Internal
  Medicine.
• Certification of the Mexican Council of Endocrinology.

Scientific Societies

• Medical Society Hospital Médica Sur.
• Endocrine Society.

Scientific work

• “Association of thyroid function with obesity measured
  as body fat percentage and insulin resistance”.
  Endocrinology & Metabolism International Journey.
• “Infundibulo-hypophysitis-like radiological image in a
  patient with pituitary infiltration of a diffuse large
  B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma”. Endocrinology Diabetes
  Metabolism Case Reports.
• “Fibroblast growth factor 21 and its novel association
  with oxidative stress”. Redox Biology.
• “Association of Alanine Aminotransferase levels (ALT)
  with the hepatic insulin resistance index (HIRI): a
  cross-sectional study”. BMC Endocrine Disorders.
• “Metformin improves the