Dra VV

   Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica

   1997 Doctor and Surgeon, Universidad de Costa Rica. 2003 Specialty in Advanced Endoscopic Surgery, Hospital General Gea González. 2004 Specialty in General Surgery, Universidad de Costa Rica. 2006 Master's Degree in Health Management, Instituto Centroamericano de Administración Pública (ICAP - Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC).

   2005 Course for certification in placement of adjustable gastric bands - LAP-BAND. 2005 Workshop: Certification in the placement of laparoscopic bands. 2006 Course: Bariatric Surgery, 1st Costa Rican Congress of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome. 2006 Advanced Traumatic Vital Support (ATLS), Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica. 2007 Pre-Congress Course: Comprehensive treatment of obese patients, Federación Internacional para la Cirugía de la Obesidad (IFSO), Cancun. 2007 Course: Advanced Endoscopic Surgery. 2014 Of Traning in Minimal Access Surgery - IRCAD-Latin America, American Institute of Telesurgery. 2015 Advanced Bariatric Training- Revisional Surgery, Complications & Dilemmas Johnson & Johnson - CAL Innotivation Institute. 2016 Liga Bariátrica ETHICON - Summit Bariátrica, Panama City. 2017 Bariatric Surgery Update - Medical Education Clinical Immerson, Montefiore Medical Center, New York.

   Hospital rotation in Metabolic Bariatric Surgery, Costa Rica.

   1998 - 2000 Doctor of company NOVONTAR, PIPASA, Puntarenas. 1999 - 2000 Assistant Physician of External Consultation, Clínica de Chomes, Puntarenas. 2000 - 2004 Resident Physician in General Surgery, Hospital San Juan de Dios. 2004 - present. Assistant Physician Specialist in General Surgery, Hospital San Juan de Dios.

   Federación Internacional para la Cirugía de la Obesidad (IFSO) Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

   2003 - 2004 Head of Residents and Interns, Hospital San Juan de Dios. 2004 - present. Teacher, Universidad de Costa Rica. Coordinator of the Bariatric Surgery Commission, Hospital San Juan de Dios.

   2004 Honors Graduation - Specialty General Surgery, Universidad de Costa Rica.

   2004 Segundo Simposio en Cirugía Laparoscópica Avanzada - Cancún, México. 2006 Advance Bariatric Surgery - Reunión Anual número 23 de American Society for Bariatric Surgery ASBS. 2006 Congreso anual - American Society for Bariatric Surgery ASBS. 2007 Segundo Congreso Latinoamericano de Cirugía para la Obesidad, Federación Internacional para la Cirugía de la Obesidad IFSO. 2016 Seminario - Congreso Ibero Americano de Obesidad, Cirugía Bariátrica y Metabólica, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.