Dr. Alfonso Najar Castaneda, General Surgeon – Gastroenterologist - Los Cabos, Mexico

EDUCATION, FELLOWSHIP AND AWARDS

• American College Of Surgeons- Fellow since 1998
• Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Regional Coordinator in BCS
• Currently Pursuing Graduate Diploma Specialized In Obesity Surgery and Nutrition

CENTERS AND INSTITUTES

• University of Guadalajara 1975-79, Guadalajara, Jalisco
• Mexican Council of General Surgery. 1996
• American College of Surgeons (Fellow) 1998

EXPERTISE

• General Surgeon
• Endoscopist
• Gastroenterologist
• ATLS Instructor and Director since 1991
• Surgery Specialty License No. 8284036
• State Registry No.295

ORIGINAL RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

• Course "Therapeutic Endoscopy in Gastroenterology", Mexican Association of Gastroenterology, B.C., Mazatlan, Sin., 2000
• Course "Gastroenterology at the Threshold of the New Millennium"
• Mexican Association of Gastroenterology, B.C., Mazatlan, Sin., 2000
• National Congress of Gastroenterology, Mexican Association of Gastroenterology, B.C.
• Mazatlan, Sin., 2000
• Inter Chapter XXVI Meeting of the American College of Surgeons
• 1st National Meeting of the Committee on Trauma Mexico American College of Surgeons, Chapter Mexico, Acapulco, Gro., 2003
• Mexican Association of General Surgery
• American College of Surgeons, North West Chapter, College of Surgeons of BCS, B.C.
• Baja California Sur Surgical Association, B.C., La Paz, BCS, 2004.
• Symposium "Current Trends in Surgery", Baja California Sur Surgical Association, B.C.
• Medical Association Hospital Juan Maria de Salvatierra, AC. La Paz, B.C.S., 2005
• 91st  Annual Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA,2005. 
• II National Meeting of Trauma, Mexico American College of Surgeons, 2006
• XX International Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery, AC ., Los Cabos, B. C. S., 2011
• XX International Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery, AC., Certification Intragastric Balloon Los Cabos, B. C. S., 2011