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CENTRO LAPAROSCÓPICO DE COSTA RICA

Laparoscopy specialist surgeon, and Director of the Laparoscopic Center of Costa Rica

We are aware that although a physician's experience is vital, their educational development is also important. Our director is undoubtedly one of the most experienced laparoscopic surgeons in Costa Rica and is considered to be one of the pioneers of advanced surgery.

Dr. Esmeral has worked under some of the most renowned doctors in Latin America and Europe (working under the direction of Dr. Carlos Ballesta at the Teknon Clinic in Barcelona, Spain, working at the Bariatric Surgery Center in Cali, Columbia, and working at the Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence in Corrientes, Argentina) and has practiced over 5 thousand successful surgeries.

Other facts

Over 15 years of experience as a laparoscopic specialist surgeon.
Over 5,000 successful surgeries throughout his career.
Scholar and Professor at the Escuela de Medicina de la UNIBE.
President of the Asociacion Costarricense de Cirugia contra la Obesidad y Trastornos Metabolicos (ACROMTA).
Active member of the following professional organizations:
-International Federation Surgery Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO).
-Medical staff at Hospital CIMA San Jose.
-Colegio de Medicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica.
-American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons (ASMBS).
-American College of Surgeons (ACS).
-Asociacion Costarricense de Cirugia (ACC).
-Colegio de Medicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica.
-Asociacion Mexicana de Hernia.

Participation certificate IFSO MADRID

Speaker Certificate IFSO Madrid 2019

Academic Instruction

Bachelor's Degree in the Health Science Department, with an emphasis on Surgery and Medicine at the Universidad del Cauca, Colombia.

General Surgery Specialist from the Universidad de Costa Rica.

Diploma in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, under the direction of Dr. Carlos Ballesta, from the Laparoscopic Center of Barcelona, Spain.

Diploma in Abdominal Hernias under the Asociacion Mexicana de Hernias, from Universidad de Monterrey 2016.

Over 50 medical courses in general surgery, metabolic surgery, bariatric surgery, laparoscopic surgery and scarless surgery taken across the United States, Mexico, Spain, Colombia, France, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba and Central America.