Professional Experience:

• Doctor in Medicine and Surgery, University of Costa Rica, February, 1991
• University Residence in Surgery, April, 1982 through 1986
• Specialty in General Surgery, University of CostaRica, June 1986
• Specialty in Medical Emergencies, University of Costa Rica, 1995

Education:

• *Training course at Oncological Clinic, Endoscopic Diagnostic and Digestive Tract Therapeutic.
• Surgery of gastrointestinal cancer.NationalCancerCenter, Tokyo, Japan, 1989.
• *Training course, Emergency Surgery, CriticalCareMedicineCenter, NipponMedicalSchool, Tokyo, Japan, 1989.
• *Training course, Laparoscopic Surgery , Valencia Hospital, Venezuela, August, 1992.
• *Organizational course of the Civil Defense, under disaster situations, Mashav, Israel, August, 1993.
• *Advanced laparoscopic surgery course, July 2000, Professors Carlos Ballesta-Dr. José Luis Salvador,
• Surgeon’s from Spain Association.
• *Intensive course“Hands On” of Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Sept. 13-17, 2005.
• *Intensive course “Hands On” of Laparoscopic Colon Surgery and rectum, Sept. 20-23, 2005.
• *TrainingCenter and Investigation of Laparoscopic Surgery and Mini Invasive Surgery
• National University of NortheastArgentina.
• *Coordinator course “Gold Standard” in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, ClinicaBiblicaHospital,March 13-16, 2006.
• *Course, How to perform laparoscopic gastric bypass surgeries.Various techniques, treatment pre-operative
• Sevilla, Spain, October, 2005.
• *IX Meeting of Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, BarcelonaHospital Clinic, May 15-17, 2006.
• *Training Program in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, General Hospital of Castellón, Spain, May 18 through June 3rd, 2006.
• *Coordinator course for Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, ClinicaBiblicaHospital,March 14-16, 2007
• *SAGES 2007 course Scientific Session and Postgraduate Courses, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 18-22, 2007.
• *Dissertation Course “Hands On” of Postgraduate study in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery,
• Corrientes, Argentina, Sept. 4-8, 2008.
• *Instructor Course “Hands On” # of Advanced Postgraduate Laparoscopic Surgery,
• Sept. 4-8, 2008.
• *Meeting of the Spain Association of Surgeon’s, San Sebastían, Denosita, Oct. 23-25, 2008.

• Seminary Participant in Emergencies and Disasters, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Feb. 2002.
• Expositor in the V Congress of the Japanese Association of Medicine in Emergencies and Disasters.
• Theme: Regional Plan of Reduction in Disasters in Central America and the Dominican Republic.
• Tokyo, Japan, Feb., 2000.
• Assisted as “Distinguished Visitor” at the FAHUM 2000, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Feb. 2000.
• Representative of Costa Rica in a Seminar Course,Reduction of the vulnerability with Natural Disasters in
• Central America. O.E.A., New Mexico, USA, Sept., 1999.
• Representative of Costa Rica in the Regional Plan Course of the Reduction of Disasters, Montelimar, Nicaragua,Sept., 1999.
• Expositor of the Decade Information of Costa Rica, Forum DIRDN, Ginebra, Switzerland, July, 1999.
• Attended a course for the elaboration of the National Plan of Education on Risks and Disasters.San José, Costa Rica, August 25 through October 20, 1999.
• Assistance at the Second Interamerican Dialogue for the reduction of disasters. WashingtonD.C., Dec., 1998.