Dr. Hector Perez is our general bariatric surgeon in Cancun, Mexico. He has been practicing bariatric surgery since 1996 with great results. Dr. Hector Perez is fully capable of handing Gastric Banding, Gastric Bypass, Gastric Sleeve, Sleeve Plication, and Revision surgeries. Dr. Hector Perez has studied at numerous hospitals in South and North America, which provides him invaluable perspective in medicine and healthcare.

Since the begining of his career, Dr. Hector Perez has travelled across the world in educational pursuits. In 2010, he travelled to Los Angeles to attend a conference on obesity surgery (bariatric surgery). He has also travelled to France, Argentina, and other destinations to further his knowledge of bariatric surgery.

Memberships & Licenses

• Bariatric Surgeon since 2006 with experience in Lap Band, Gastric Sleeve, Gastric Bypass, Gastric Plicature and revision surgery.
• Chief of surgery At Specialty clinic in Mexico City for 2 years
• Attending surgeon at the General and Digestive Surgery Department at the Regional Hospital Lic. Adolfo Lopez Mateos, ISSSTE.
• Attending surgeon at the Experimental Surgery Department in the Medical National Center 20 of November, ISSSTE.
• Basic and Advanced Laparoscopic Professor at the Experimental Surgery Department in the Medical National Center 20 of November, ISSSTE.

Professional Training:

• Medical School: Mexican Faculty of Medicine, La Salle University 2000, Mexico City
• Medical Internship: Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami. 2001
• Medical Social Service: Xpichil, Cancun Quintana Roo. 2002
• Obtained the Title of Medical Doctor: La Salle University 2000
• Residency in General Surgery: Regional Hospital Lic. Adolfo Lopez Mateos ISSSTE, 2002 - 2006, Mexico City.
• Graduated with Honors Obtaining the Title of General Surgeon: Mexican National University 2006.

Awards & Achievements:

• Coordinator and professor in multiple Bariatric Surgery courses in Mexico and other countries.
• International Federation for the surgery of obesity and metabolic disorders, 2010 Los Angeles California, USA
• International Federation for the surgery of obesity and metabolic disorders, 2009 Paris, France
• International Federation for the surgery of obesity and metabolic disorders, 2008 Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Bariatric Surgery as an alternative for the treatment of severe obesity in teenagers," XIV International Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. 2005
• Advanced Trauma Life Support 2006
• Advance Cardiac Life Support 2000
• XIV International Congress of Endoscopic Surgery Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. 2005.
• International Echoes in General Surgery "The Mexican Association of General Surgery and the American College of Surgeons, Mexico City 2005.
• 9th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery ", Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 2004
• XII International Congress of Endoscopic Surgery ", Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico. 2004
• Clinical Research Skills Workshop for Investigators, Mexico D.F 2003.

Background Info.

• Bariatric Surgeon since 2006 with experience in Lap Band, Gastric Sleeve, Gastric Bypass, Gastric Plicature and revision surgery.
• Chief of surgery At Specialty clinic in Mexico City for 2 years
• Attending surgeon at the General and Digestive Surgery Department at the Regional Hospital Lic. Adolfo Lopez Mateos, ISSSTE.
• Attending surgeon at the Experimental Surgery Department in the Medical National Center 20 of November, ISSSTE.
• Basic and Advanced Laparoscopic Professor at the Experimental Surgery Department in the Medical National Center 20 of November, ISSSTE.