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Dr. Juan Antonio Lopez Corvala
Below is the resume of Dr. Juan Antonio Lopez Corvala, Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgeon (lap band, gastric sleeve, gastric bypass), among the top bariatric surgeons in the world. He has extensive international (including USA) teaching & work experience. Dr. Corvala has performed more than 5,000 laparoscopic surgeries and is also an INAMED lap band Proctor (official trainer of lap band surgeons).
Juan Antonio Lopez Corvala- CURRICULUM VITAE
Professional Profile
Place and date of birth: Tijuana, B.C. 21 June 1956
MEDICAL INFORMATION
EDUCATION:
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1973-1978: Medical School, La Salle University, Mexico City
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Residency in general surgery: Hospital of Specialties IMSS-La Raza Medical Center, Mexico City.
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1984: Obtained the Title of General Surgeon UNAM (National Mexican University)
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Certified by the Mexican Board of General Surgery with Recertification folio 2454
MEMBERSHIPS HELD:
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Mexican Association of General Surgery (AMCG)
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Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery (AMCE) (Vice-president)
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Medical School in Tijuana
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General Surgeons Association in Tijuana
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Mexican Association of Obesity Surgery
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Latin American Association of Endoscopic Surgery
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Former Member of SAGES (Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Sugeons)
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International Federation of Obesity Surgery
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Member of C.A.B. (Council of Advanced Bariatrics)
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:
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1993 till date: Professor of General Surgery, University of Baja California
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1990 till date: Professor of Surgery, General Hospital no. 20-IMSS Tijuana, Baja California
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Professor of Basic Laparoscopic Surgery, Training Center, Tijuana Baja California
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Professor at The Laparoscopic Surgery Training Center of Esophagus diseases in the HGR c-20 IMSS Tijuana, Baja California
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Professor at The Laparoscopic Surgery Training Center of Inguinal Hernia Repair in the HGR c-20 IMSS Tijuana, Baja California
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Professor at The Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Training Center in Tijuana Baja California
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Professor of the Gynecological Laparoscopic Surgery in Tijuana Baja California Mexico
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International Professor of Bariatric Surgery
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Professor of Obesity Surgery (Lap-Band placement) in the United States
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2001: Professor of Hernia Surgery, University of Yale, Connecticut, U.S.A.
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Professor of The XI International Congress of Endoscopic Surgery
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2002 till date: Professor of General Surgery, IMSS Tijuana, Baja California
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1992 till date: Guest Professor, AMCE
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1993 till date: Guest Professor, AMCG
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Guest speaker at many national and international Bariatric surgery congresses.
COORDINATED THE FOLLOWING COURSES IN BASIC AND ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY:
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1992: Basic Course of Laparoscopic Surgery: Cholecistectomy HGR 20 IMSS
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1993: Basic Course of Laparoscopic Surgery: Cholecistectomy HGR 20 IMSS
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1994: Advanced Course of Laparoscopic Surgery HGR 20 IMSS
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1995: Advanced Course of Laparoscopic Surgery HGR 20 IMSS
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1996: Basic and Advanced Course of Laparoscopic Surgery HGR 20 IMSS
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1997: Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair course HGR 20 IMSS
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1992 till date: Guest Professor at meetings of the Mexican Association of Laparoscopic Surgery
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1992 till date: Presentation of articles and conferences at the National Congresses of the Mexican Association of General Surgery and Laparoscopic Surgery
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2002 till date: Coordinator of Obesity Surgery Training Center. HGR # 1 IMSS. Tijuana, B.C.
PUBLICATIONS:
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Lopez Corvala, Guzman F, Covarrubias M, Jaramillo de la Torre EJ.
Plastia inguinal con abordaje laparoscopico TAPP vs TEP. Cir Gen (In press)
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Lopez Corvala JA, Guzman F, Martinez GA. Learning curve in laparoscopic inguinal surgery: How to overcome it? Cir Gen 2003;25:291-294
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Author of the Chapter ''Laparoscopic cholecistectomy complications'' in LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY. McGraw/Hill 2ยช. Edition 1997
POSITIONS HELD:
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1984 till date: General Surgeon in the General Hospital no. 20-IMSS Tijuana, Baja California
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1989 to 1998: Head of The Emergency Room of the General Hospital no.20-IMSS Tijuana, Baja California
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1994 till date: Regional Coordinator of Laparosopic Surgery ISS Northwest region
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1997 to 1998: President of the Surgeons Association of Baja California
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1992 to 1997: Regional Head of the Mexican Association of Laparoscopic Surgery
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1998 to 1999: National Coordinator of Regional Heads of the Mexican Association of Laparoscopic Surgery
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1999: Member of the Research Committee of the Mexican Association of Laparoscopic Surgery
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1996 to1997: Member of the Committee of Minimal Invasive Surgery of the Mexican Association of General Surgery
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1999 till date: Member of the Committee of Minimal Invasive Surgery of the Mexican Association of General Surgery
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International Professor of Bariatric Surgery
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Professor of Obesity Surgery (Lap-Band placement) in the United States
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Professor of Obesity Surgery (Lap-Band placement) in Latin America
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Professor of Obesity Surgery (Lap-Band placement) in Europe
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Proctor in charge of teaching US surgeons in INAMED Lap-band placement.
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Vice-president of the Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery
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May 2006: President of the Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery
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2002 till date: General Surgeon HGR #1 IMSS Tijuana, Baja California
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2002 till date: Head of the Division of Surgery HGR #1 IMSS Tijuana, Baja California
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Multiple positions on the board of the Mexican Association of General Surgery and Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery
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