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Dr. Eduardo Bolaños Quintero MD

Senior Bariatric Surgeon, Bariatric Support Group - BSG - Cartagena

Senior Bariatric Surgeon - Cirugía para la Obesidad - Colombia
MD Degree Universidad del Cauca - Popayán, Colombia
Surgical Residence Universidad del Cauca - Popayán, Colombia
General Surgeon - Universidad del Cauca - Popayán, Colombia
Bariatric and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeon
Member: Colombian Surgical Association

Dr. Carlos Felipe Chaux MD

Senior Bariatric Surgeon, Bariatric Support Group - BSG - Cartagena

Senior Bariatric Surgeon - Cirugía para la Obesidad - Colombia
MD Degree Universidad del Cauca - Popayan, Colombia
Surgical Residence Universidad del Cauca - Popayán, Colombia
General Surgeon - Universidad del Cauca - Popayán, Colombia
Bariatric and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeon
Member:

Colombian Surgical Association
SAGES - Sociedad Americana de Cirujanos Endocopistas
ALACE - Asociación LA de Cirujanos Endoscopistas
American Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

Dr. Francisco Holguín Rueda MD., FACS

Bariatric Surgeon Bariatric Support Group - BSG - Cartagena

Medical Director, Medihelp Clinic - Cartagena, Colombia
MD Degree Universidad Javeriana - Bogota, Colombia
Surgical Residence St. Francis Hospital Medical Center
General Surgeon - University of Connecticut
Hartford, Connecticut. USA
Fellowship in Trauma - MIEMSS - Shock Trauma Unit
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland. USA
Course in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, USA
Board Certified in General Surgery, American Board of Surgery
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Member:

Colombian Surgical Association
Société Internationale de Chirurgie
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (Hon)
Others

Dr. Abraham Gánem Bechara MD

Bariatric Surgeon, Bariatric Support Group - BSG - Cartagena

Bariatric Surgeon, Cirugía para la Obesidad
MD Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico UNAM - Mexico DF
Surgical Residence Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico - UNAM - Mexico DF
General Surgeon - UNAM - Mexico DF
Fellowship Gastrointestinal and Endoscopio Surgery, UNAM, Mexico DF
Member:

Colombian Surgical Association
SAGES - Sociedad Americana de Cirujanos Endocopistas
ASGE - American Society of Gastroenterology
Colombian Society of Endoscopy

The group is integrated by four bariatric surgeons with wide and ample experience in the surgical management of morbid obesity. The group has performed more than 3,600 laparoscopic bariatric procedures, including Roux en Y Gastric Bypass, Vertical Banded Gastroplasty, Adjustable Gastric Band, Sleeve Gastrectomy and the more complex Bilio-Pancreatic Diversion and Duodenal Switch. In the last year we have done several Roux en Y Gastric Bypass operations in patients with Diabetes Mellitus II with minor degrees of obesity or even overweight, with resolution of the metabolic problem ( Diabetes ).

The surgeons of the Bariatric Support Group have also large experience in Advanced Laparoscopic surgical procedures such as surgery of the esophageal hiatus (hiatal hernia, Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease GERD), splenectomy, pancreatectomy, surgery of the adrenal glands, gastrectomy, bowel resection, hepatic resections, etc.