Professional Experience

2008 - present, Chair, Department of Surgery, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2002 - 2008, Professor of Surgery; Chief, Section of Colon & Rectal, University of California, San Francisco

1998 - 2002, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Fairview-University Medical Center

1996 - 1998, Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Fairview-University Medical Center

1993 - 1996, Associate Professor of Surgery, Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Universidad Complutense

Education and Training

1992 - 1993, University of Minnesota, Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery

1991 - 1992, Beth Israel Hospital, Chief Resident, Surgery

1990 - 1991, Beth Israel Hospital, Senior Resident, Surgery

1990, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, Ph.D.

1986 - 1989, Harvard Medical School, Postdoctoral Fellow, Surgery

1985 - 1986, Beth Israel Hospital, Resident Surgery

1980 - 1985, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, Resident, Surgery

1979, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, M.D.

Licenses and Certifications

2005, License to prescribe narcotics, Drug Enforcement Administration

2003, Diplomate, American Board of Surgery

2003, Diplomate, American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery

2002, California License, Medical Board of California

1992, Medical License, Massachusetts Permanent Licensure

1992, Medical License, Minnesota Permanent Licensure

1991, FLEX, Agency Place Holder

1986, Advanced Trauma Life Support, American College of Surgeons

1986, Permanent Certificate, ECFMG, Agency Place Holder

1984, Certificate, TOEFL, ETS

1983, Certificate, Visa Qualifying Examination, Immigration and Naturalization

1979, Madrid Medical College Registration, #26161, Madrid College of Physicians


This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time. Last updated: 08/08.

Honors and Awards

2005, John J Buls Visiting Professorship Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Minnesota

2005, Minnesota Colorectal Foundation Lectureship Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Minnesota

2005, British Journal of Surgery Lectureship European Society of Coloproctology

2004, Resident Teaching Award Department of General Surgery, University of California San Francisco

2003, Honorary Member Asociación de Cirujanos de Colon y Recto de Chile

2002, Honorary Member, Asociación de Cirujanos de Colon y Recto de Guatemala

2002, Traveling Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons; Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland

2001, Honorary Member, Sociedad Española de Coloproctología

2000, Winning Paper Research Forum, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons


Professional Memberships

2006 - present, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons

2006 - present, Pacific Coast Surgical Association

1998 - present, The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

1998 - present, The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

1998 - present, American College of Surgeons

1996 - present, American Association for Cancer Research

1996 - present, Asociación Española de Cirujanos

1996 - 2004, American Association for the Advancement of Science

1996 - 2002, Minnesota Surgical Society

1996 - 2002, Ramsey Medical Society

1996 - 2002, Minnesota Medical Association

1993 - present, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

1989 - 1993, Sociedad Española de Inmunología