About me : Dr. Omar Fonseca
About me : Dr. Omar Fonseca

With more than 15 years of experience, Dr. Omar Fonseca is the best option to perform your gastric bypass or sleeve surgery.

Based in Mexicali, B.C, Mexico receives national patients and others who come from the USA and Canada.

Pioneer in Latin America of the Single Anastomosis Bypass, also known as Mini Gastric Bypass.

Studies

  • Bariatric surgery specialist
  • Surgeon and Obstetrician: University of Baja California 2008
  • General surgery specialty.
  • Hospital Regional Dr. Valentín Gómez Farías, 2010.
  • Training in Metabolic Surgery and Obesity
  • Center of Excellence for the Study and Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes in Valladolid, Spain, Certificate of training issued in October 2010
  • Laudatory note and recognition of medical merit, Hospital 5 de Diciembre
  • Active member of the College of General Surgeons of the state of Baja California, ATLS. Guadalajara, 2007

Experience

  • Professor of surgical practices. Xochicalco University, Mexicali, BC.
  • Initiator of the bariatric surgery program. ISSSTE December 5 Hospital, 2009.
  • Chief of the surgery division. Hospital December 5, 2017
  • ISSSTE Worker Award, 2009.
  • Initiator and current surgeon in charge of the Metabolic and Obesity Surgery program.
  • ISSSTECALI Hospital, Mexicali, BC, 2009.
  • Practice of bariatric surgery in the private environment as Dr. Omar Fonseca Weight Loss Surgery, 2008.

Publications

  • Founding member of the One Anastomosis Gastric bypass Club. Vienna, Austria.
  • Publication of the Work Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass of a single anastomosis (BAGUA) assisted with a robotic arm: Technique and results in 1126 patients.
  • Mexican Journal of Endoscopic Surgery Vol. 9 No.1 Jan-Mar. 2008
  • Presentation of the preliminary experience report with the gastric bypass of an anastomosis, report of 42 cases. XIII Congress of Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic diseases.

Zacatecas, 2011.

  • Publication and presentation of the work: Gastroesophageal Reflux in patients with BAGUA, Gastric Sleeve and Postprandial Distress.Mexican Journal of Gastroenterology.
  • Professor at the Congress of the Association of General Surgery.

Veracruz 2016.

  • Professor in the pre-congress course of the World Congress of Bariatric Surgery. Experience with 1,012 cases of single anastomosis gastric bypass. Montreal Canada 2014.
  • Professor in the Pre-congress Course of the World Congress of Bariatric Surgery, with the theme effects of BAGUA on the components of metabolic syndrome.

Australia, 2015.

  • Professor at the world congress of gastric bypass of an anastomosis. Valladolid, Spain, June, 2018.
  • Author of chapter 27, book Essentials of Mini Gastric Bypass. Montréal, Canada.
  • Author of the book: Understanding my obesity and my bariatric surgery. Mexicali, BC, 2015.

Personalized Attention

My work Team

Dr. Jose Alberto Gonzalez Sarmiento

Médico cirujano y partero

Dr. Surgeon and midwife. Specialty: Internal Medicine. Certification by the Mexican Council of Internal Medicine.

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Lic. Ana Paola Anguiano Luna

Lic. Psychologist

Psychological Counseling in Dr. Omar Fonseca, Surgery for Obesity and Diabetes (2020 to date)

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Lic. Elisa Gonzalez

Lic. Nutrición

Lic. Nutrition. Nutritional Assessment, personalized meal plans. Nutritional follow-up Pre and Post Operative.

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About me : Dr. Omar Fonseca

Academic background

Years of Study and Experience

2007

Active member of the College of General Surgeons of the state of Baja California ATLS, Guadalajara Jalisco, 2007.

2008

Surgeon and Obstetrician: University of Baja California. Title issued in July, 2008

2008

Training in Metabolic Surgery and Obesity at the Center of Excellence for the Study and Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes in Valladolid, Spain, Certificate of training issued in October 2008.

2009

Laudatory note and recognition of medical merit, Hospital 5 de Diciembre

2010

Specialty in General Surgery: Regional Hospital Dr. Valentín Gómez Farías, title endorsed by the University of Guadalajara issued in July 2010.

2010

Training, Recognition and Endorsement by the Center of Excellence for the Study of Obesity and Diabetes issued in March 2010.

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