Juan Antonio Lopez Corvala, MD FACS IFASMBS

JUAN ANTONIO LÓPEZ CORVALÁ MD FACS
Hospital Angeles Tijuana
Av. Paseo de los Héroes 10999-905 Tijuana, Baja California México.
US (619) 819 5612, Fax: (619) 374 7224
md@drcorvala.com
drcorvala@grupolap.com

More than 30 Years of experience.
More than 11,000 Laparoscopic surgeries. More than 8000 Bariatric Surgeries.
Current private practice in Hospital Angeles Tijuana since 2006.
Chief of the Division of Surgery in Hospital Angeles Tijuana since 2010.
Director of the Minimally Invasive Surgery and of the Bariatric Surgery Department of Hospital Angeles Tijuana.
Director of the Laparoscopic Surgery Training Center of the Laparoscopic Group of Baja California Since 1993

EDUCATION
• Elementary school, Junior High school, High School in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
• Medical School: La Salle University 1973-1978, Mexico City.
• Residency in General Surgery: Hospital of Specialties IMSS-La Raza Medical Center. Mexico City. Obtaining The Title of General Surgeon UNAM in 1984 (National Mexican University).
• Certified by the Mexican Board of General Surgery with Recertification folio 2454

Certified by the Mexican Council of General Surgery Since 1994.
Member of The Mexican College for Obesity Surgery and Metabolic diseases since 2000.
Former President 2011-2013 and Invited Professor in National Meetings
from 2000 to date.
Certified Bariatric Surgeon by The Mexican College for Obesity Surgery and Metabolic diseases.
Certified Bariatric Surgeon Specialist by The Mexican Council of General Surgery A.C
Member of the International Federation of Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Disorders.
Former President of the Latin American Chapter for The International Federation of Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Disorders. IFSO LAC 2015-2017 and Invited Professor in National Meetings from 2000 to date.
Member of The Mexican Association of General Surgery (AMCG).
Invited Professor in National Meetings from 1985 to date.
Member of The Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery (AMCE).
Former President 2006-2007.
Invited Professor in National Meetings from 1992 to date.
Member of The General Surgeons Association in Tijuana.
Member of The Latin American Association of Endoscopic Surgery ALACE
Former Member of SAGES Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
Honorary member of the Gastroenterology Association of Guanajuato. Leon Gto, Mexico. September 2006.
Member of The Latin-American Chapter of the International Federation of Obesity Surgery.
President for The Congress for 2015.
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons since 2007.
Member of the Medical Association Hospital Angeles Tijuana.
Chief of the Surgery Division in Hospital Angeles Tijuana Since 2010.
Member of The Research and Ethics Committee of Hospital Angeles Tijuana.