Academic Background
Medical Doctor, UNAM, 1972–1977
Specialization in Neurosurgery, UNAM-IMSS, 1980–1984
Other Studies
Training in Clinical Research: March 1, 1986 – March 1, 1988, IMSS. Fellowship in Epilepsy Surgery: Universidad California, U.S.A., July–December 1992.
Neuroendoscopy Course. Mainz, Germany, November 15–18, 1995.
Master of Medical Sciences, Universidad Autonomous Universidad of México final exam.
Master's Degree in Executive Management. State of México Center for Graduate Studies México CEPM). Oct. 2011–Oct. 2013.
Instructor for Course A in the neurosurgery fellowship program at the Hospital de Especialidades Centro Médico la Raza, from 1994 to 2004.
Awards
Chief Resident in Neurosurgery at the Hospital de Especialidades, C.M.R. I.M.S.S., from February 1983 to February 1984.
Principal Investigator of the project “Immune Complex Disease in Neurocysticercosis,” funded by CONACYT, February 29, 1986.
Mexican Academy of Surgery: Dr. Francisco Montes de Oca National Surgical Competition, México City, November 25, 1986.
Second Place in the Residents' Free Paper Competition at the 12th Congress of Neurosurgery: Surgical Treatment of Brachial Plexus Injuries, Dr. Salvador Mattar, Dr. Miguel A. Sandoval Balanzario, Dr. José Antonio García Rentería, August 1991.
Organizations to which he belongs
Member of the Society of Neurosurgery since 1988.
Honorary Member of the Society of Neurosurgery since 2013.
Recertification by the Council of Neurological Surgery, valid from December 2014 to 2019.
Member of the Mexican Council of Neurosurgery since 2005.
Other Activities
Chief of the Department of Neurosurgery at C.M. La Raza Specialty Hospital, 2006–2014.
Deputy Director of Education and Medical Research at the Mexican Social Security Institute, April 2003.
Member of the Teaching and Research Committee, 1993–2001, C.M. La Raza Specialty Hospital.
Member of the Teaching and Research Committee at Hospital Angeles Acoxpa 2015.
Chair of the Bioethics Committee at Hospital Angeles Acoxpa.
Chair of the Peripheral Nerves Section.
Other Specialties
Subspecialty: Epilepsy Surgery / Neuroendoscopy
