Specialists

"I am a respectful person with the patient and I try to talk and inform them about their pathology. I always respect their autonomy and try to seek the treatment they want. As a surgeon I am not very aggressive and I try to operate only in cases where it is totally necessary."

Training:

• Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Fellow, DAICIM Foundation. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2017.
• Specialty in Oncologic Surgery, Universidad de Costa Rica 2013
• Specialty in General Surgery, University of Costa Rica 2011
• Academic Doctorate (Ph.D.) Kumamoto University, Japan 2007
• Professional Doctorate in Medicine and Surgery UCIMED 2001
• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery UCIMED 2000

Experience

• Member of the Liver Transplant Team of Kumamoto University. 2004- 2007.
• General Surgery Residency, University of Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica. 2007-2011.
• Oncologic Surgery Residency, University of Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica. 2011-2013.
• Assistant of the General Surgery Service, Maximiliano Peralta Hospital. Cartago, Costa Rica. 2013-present

Procedures and treatments

• Hernioplasty
• Cholecystectomy
• Laparoscopic
• Oncologic Breast Surgery
• Thyroid and Neck Surgery
• General Abdominal and Oncologic Surgery
• Percutaneous non-vascular procedures

Languages

• English, Japanese, French, Spanish