Alberto Carlos Rivas, MD FACS

CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS

Board certified BARIATRIC SURGEON by Mexican College of Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Diseases.
COLEGIO MEXICANO DE CIRUGIA PARA LA OBESIDAD Y ENFERMEDADES METABOLICAS. (CMCOEM).

Board certified GENERAL SURGEON by Mexican Council of general Surgery.
CONSEJO MEXICANO DE CIRUGIA GENERAL (CMCG).

IFSO member (International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders), Latinamerica chapter.

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) associated and active member

American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) international active member.

Active member of Mexican Association of general Surgery (AMCG).
ActIve Member of Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery (AMCE).

Active Member of Mexican College of Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Diseases (CMCOEM)

Active Member of Tijuana´s College of General Surgery.

ACADEMIC TRAINING

Degree in medicine: From 2001 – 2007 Faculty of Human Medicine of the Autonomus University of Nayarit
Internship: From 2005-2006 Regional General Hospital No. 1 IMSS, Tepic Nayarit, Mexico.
Social service: From 2006-2007 in Family Medicine Unit no. 2, IMSS, Tepic Nayarit
General Surgery Specialty: From 2008-2012 in National Medical Center Northwest, of Mexican Social Security Institue.
Chief resident of general surgery 2011-2012.
Graduated with honorable mention as the best resident of general surgery.
BARIATRIC SUERGERY FELLOWSHIP: From January 2014 to January 2015, in Nephrology Institute Tijuana (INT) and Hosital Angeles Tijuana.
Advanced training course in trauma surgery: April 2014. Taught by Military General Hospital in Mexico Federal District.
FAST ( Focussed abdominal Sonography in trauma) training: July 2013. Taught by Emergency medical Society of Baja California, depending of Autonomus University of Baja California.
ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Suport): January 2013, certified provider by American Heart Association.
Transcongress course Gastric By Pass from A-Z, July 2015, International Federation for the surgery of Obesity and Metabilic Disorders (IFSO), Los Cabos, BCS, Mexico.
Transcongress course Gastric Sleeve from A-Z, July 2015, International Federation for the surgery of Obesity and Metabilic Disorders (IFSO), Los Cabos, BCS, Mexico.
Advance laparoscopic surgery training, AMCE 2016. International Congress of Endoscopic Surgery. Veracruz Mexico.

Single port laparoscopic Surgery training. AMCE 2016. International Congress of Endoscopic Surgery. Veracruz Mexico.

Speaker as profesor in posgrado II course, bariatric surgery with the topic: Gastric Sleeve as revisional surgery. International Congress of Endoscopic Surgery. Veracruz Mexico 2016.

Advance Bariatric Surgery Life Support (ABLS) training. International congress of general surgery, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. 2016.

Endoscopic Inguinal and Ventral Hernia Repair postgrade training course I. XVII International Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Veracruz, Mexico. Mayo 2018. AMCE.

Laparscopic Hernia Repair. Posgrade training Course II. XVII International Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Veracruz, Mexico. Mayo 2018. AMCE.

Neonatal Resusitacion Course: December 2004. General Hospital SSA, Tepic Nayarit, Mexico
Certificate of Accreditation of Foreign Language Skills: English. From 2002-2003. University Lenguage Center, Dependent of British Council.
Autonomus University of Nayarit.
Analist Programmer: 1999- 2000. Technology institute ADDECSA, Tepic Nayarit, Mexico.
Weight Regain on pos bariatric patients. Pre congress course XX International Congress of Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases. Support by Mexican Council of Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases (CMCOEM). Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Jun 2018.
Integral Management of complicated Bariatric Patient. Posgrade course LXII International Congress of General Surgery, Guadalajara Mexico. Mexican Association of General Surgery. October 2018.
Bariatric Endoscopic and Robotic Surgery Course, support by Mexican Council of Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases (CMCOEM). December 2018.

CONTINUOUS MEDICAL UPDATE

Norwest regional reunion, May 2013. Puerto Peñasco Sonora, Mexico. AMCE

XXIV International congress of endoscopic surgery. Puerto Vallarta México, Mayo 2015. AMCE

8 va. Regional reunion, course: Unlimited Borders in Bariatric Surgery. Tijuana B.C., Mexico 2015. AMCE

XVII Latinamerican congress of bariatric and metabolic surgery. Los Cabos B.C.S., Mexico, July 2015. CMCOEM/IFSO

XXXIX International congress of general surgery. Monterrey N.L., Mexico, October 2015. AMCG

XV congreso internacional de cirugía endoscopica "Dr. Jorge Cueto", Boca del río, Veracruz. Mayo 2016. AMCE

XVIII Nacional Congress of obesity surgery and metabolic diseases. Chiapas Mexico 2016. CMCOEM.

XL International congress of general surgery. Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, October 2016. AMCG.

Actualization in Bariatric Surgery. 22 Regional Reunion, AMCE, Tijuana B.C., Mexico 2017.

Pre-congress course ¨Back to Basics¨. XIX International Congress of Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Diseases, Playa del Carman, Mexico 2017. CMCOEM

XIX International Congress of Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Diseases, Playa del Carman, Mexico 2017. CMCOEM

XVII International Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Veracruz, Mexico. Mayo 2018.
AMCE.

XX International Congress of Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Diseases, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 2017. CMCOEM

Pre-congress course in ¨ Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery¨. XX International Congress of Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Diseases, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 2017. CMCOEM

LXII International Congress of General Surgery, Guadalajara Mexico. Mexican Association of General Surgery. October 2018.

XX International Congress of Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases. Support by Mexican Council of Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases (CMCOEM). Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Jun 2018.

WORK EXPERIENCE