Autonomous University of Central America
San José, Costa Rica
General Medicine
University of Costa Rica
Hospital San Juan de Dios
General Surgery
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Hospital General de Mexico
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Continuing Medical Education:
Participant in Plastic Surgery Symposium. American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
San Francisco, USA. 2006
Participant in the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 18th Congress.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. August, 2006
Participant in “Corporal Contouring Techniques”. Costa Rican Plastic Surgery Association.
February 2006
Participant in Plastic Surgery Symposium. Costa Rican Plastic Surgery Association.
December 2005
Expositor in IV Costa Rican Rehabilitation Medicine Congress. Tendon Transfer in Cerebral Palsy
May 2004
Expositor in IV Central American Congress of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Breast Augmentation, June 2003
Expositor in Plastic Surgery Symposium. Management of Basal Cell Carcinoma.
Hospital Clinica Biblica, May 2003
Expositor in Postgraduate Course in General Surgery. Management of Burns.
Physician College of Costa Rica. April 2003
Academic Foundation of the Ibero Latin American Federation of Plastic Surgery
Breast Reconstruction Course III Aesthetic Surgery Course “Dr. Jose M. Arguedas Soto”.
May 1999
Professional Membership:
Educational Commission of Foreign Medical Graduates
United States of America
Certificate
Member:
International Confederation of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery IPRAS
Member:
Latin American Federation of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery FILACP
Member:
Costa Rican Plastic Surgery Association. ACCPRE
Member:
Association of Residents & Ex-residents in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Dr. Fernando Ortiz Monasterio
Member:
Association of Plastic Surgery of Hospital General de México
Teaching Positions:
Professor:
University of Costa Rica
Plastic Surgery, Postgraduate Program
Articles:
Daño muscular por isquemia y repercusión repetidas. “Problemática del análisis histopatológico”En Cirugía Plástica, Vol 5, Num 3, 1995 pp 92-95
Utilización de Colgajo escapular para la reconstrucción de la mandíbula. Reporte de un caso. En Acta Médica Costarricense
Ulceras por presión: Manejo quirúrgico en pacientes de un Centro Nacional de Rehabilitación durante el período de Agosot 1997 a Agosto 1999. En Cirugía Plástica Iberolatinoamericana. 28: 63-68. Enero, Feb, marzo 2002
Reconstrucción mamaria con colgajo recto abdominal: Reporte de los primeros 15 casos. En Acta Médico Costarricense. Vol 44, N1, Jan-Mar 2002. Third Prize for the best scientific article during 2002.
Isquemia y repercusión repetidas en el músculo serrato de rata. En Revista médica del Hospital General de Mexico. Vol 58, Num 3, 1995 pp. 112-117