Ariel Ortiz Lagardere
Tijuana, MexicoM.D.
Dr.
Ariel Ortiz is one of the first
surgeons to perform Adjustable Gastric
Banding (AGB) in the Americas. He has
performed over 1000 AGB procedures and
trained surgeons from every part of the
continent on AGB surgery, including
dozens of surgeons from the USA. He is a
Professor of General and Minimally
Invasive Surgery, and is a member of
numerous associations including the
Fellow of the American College of
Surgeons and the American Society for
Bariatric Surgery.
Specialties
Adjustable
Gastric Banding (AGB)
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Curriculum Vitae
Current Academic Rank:
Professor
of Clinical Medicine
Professor
of Surgery
Training
1997
Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Fellowship
Centro de Adiestramiento del Noroeste,
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
University of Baja
California, Tijuana
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
1997
Obesity Surgery Fellowship
University of Baja California, Tijuana
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Hospital Angeles del Pedregal
Mexico, DF
1993
– 1997 Residency in
General Surgery
Centro Medico
Nacional del Noroeste
Instituto Mexicano
del Seguro Social
Ciudad Obregon,
Sonora, Mexico.
1986
– 1992 M.D. awarded June
1992
Faculty of Medicine,
Tijuana
University of Baja
California, Tijuana
Tijuana, Baja
California, Mexico
1983
– 1985 B.A. awarded in
Clinical Laboratory
Escuela Federal Preparatoria “Lazaro
Cardenas”
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Academic Board Certification
Board
Certified in General Surgery
1997
#98254
Mexico,
DF
Certification & Licensure:
Board
Certified in General Surgery # 98254
06/99
Mexican
Medical License # 2526822
Issued:
10/08/97
Baja
California Medical License # 10575-02/00
Last Issued: 02/00
Baja
California General Surgery License #125/2000
Last Issued:
03/00
Academic Appointments
2000-present
Professor of
Surgery
University
of Baja California, Tijuana
Professor
of Clinical Medicine
University
of Baja California, Tijuana
1998-2000
Professor of
Laparoscopic Surgery
North
Western Laparoscopic Training Center
Instituto
Mexicano del Seguro Social
Tijuana, B.C., Mexico
2000
–
present
Professor
Laparoscopic Hernia Repair Course
North
Western Laparoscopic Training Center
Instituto
Mexicano del Seguro Social
Tijuana, B.C., Mexico
Honors & Awards
2002
President, National Association of
Bariatric Surgery, Mexico
2000
President, Baja California College of Surgeons
1999
Secretary, Baja California College of Surgeons
1998
Scientific Committee, Baja California College of
Surgeons
1996
Honorary President, Northwestern Resident
Association
1995
Chief of Residents, General Surgery
1994
Chief of Residents, General Surgery
1993
Chief of Residents, General Surgery
1992
A.H. Robbins Award of Academic Excellence
Professional Organization Memberships
1997
–
present
Tijuana Medical College
Baja California College of Surgeons
1997
– present
National Board of General Surgery
1997
–
present
Mexican Association of General Surgery
1997
–
present
Mexican Association of Laparoscopic Surgery
1999
–
present
International Federation for the Surgery of
Obesity
1997
–
present
Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgery
1998
-
present
Latin-American Society of Endoscopic Surgery
2001
-
present
American Society for Bariatric Surgery
2002
Candidate Fellow American College of Surgeons
2003
Fellow of the American College of
Surgeons.
Committees
1998
– present
Medical College of Tijuana, Educational Affairs
Committee
2001
Tijuana College of Medicine, Digitalization
Comitee
Department and Hospital Appointments &
Committees
2001-
present
Chief of Surgery, Notre Dame Hospital, Tijuana,
Mexico
2001-
present
Quality
Assurance Committee, Siglo XXI Hospital,
Culiacan,
2000-present
Quality Assurance/Risk Management, Praga
Hospital, Tijuana,
2000-present
Blue Shield International Evaluation Committee,
Tijuana
Medical College
1997
–
2000
Co-Director, Endoscopic Hernia Training Center,
IMSS, Tij.
1998
–
2000
Co-Director, Advanced Laparoscopic Training
Course, IMSS
1998
–
2000
Operative & Invasive Procedures Committee,
IMSS, Tijuana
Abstracts
Ortiz
Lagardere, AA, Lopez Covala JA, Guzman Cordero F.
3
Years Experience, Endoscopic Hernia Training
Center.
Presented
at the AMCG Annual Meeting, San Luis Potosi,
Mexico. October 2000.
Ortiz
Lagardere AA, Lopez Corvala JA, Guzman Cordero F.
Achalasia
Accumulated Experience. Endoscopic Training
Center, IMSS, Tijuana
Presented
at the AMCG Annual Meeting, San Luis Potosi,
Mexico. October 2000.
Ortiz
Lagardere AA, Lopez Corvala JA, Guzman Cordero F.
Complications
related to adjustment port after 150 Laparoscopic
Adjustable Silicone Gastric Bandings.
Presented
at the AMCG Annual Meeting, San Luis Potosi,
Mexico. October 2000.
Ortiz
Lagardere AA, Lopez Corvala JA, Guzman Cordero F.
Multidisciplinary
approach after Laparoscopic Adjustable Silicone
Gastric Banding elevates success rate.
Presented
at the AMCG Annual Meeting, San Luis Potosi,
Mexico. October 2000.
Ortiz
Lagardere AA, Lopez Corvala JA, Guzman Cordero F.
Preventing
Lap-Band Slippage, Modifications to the
Technique.
Presented
at the AMCG Annual Meeting, San Luis Potosi,
Mexico. October 2000.
Lopez
Covala JA, Guzman Cordero F, Ortiz Lagardere AA.
First
100 cases of Adjustable Silicon Gastric Banding,
3 year follow-up.
Presented
at the AMCG Annual Meeting, San Luis Potosi,
Mexico. October 2000.
Lopez
Corvala JA, Guzman Cordero F, Ortiz Lagardere AA.
TEP
hernia repair, Focus on the technique.
Presented
at the AMCL Annual Meeting, Leon Guanajuato,
Mexico. November 1999.
Lopez
Corvala, JA, Guzman Cordero F, Ortiz Lagardere
AA.
Laparoscopic
Nephrectomy, our experience.
Presented
at the AMCL Annual Meeting, Cancun, May 1999.
Awarded
the first place by the AMCL Scientific Committee.
Ortiz
Lagardere AA, Lopez Corvala JA, Guzman Cordero F.
Intragastric
Balloon for mild obesity. Technique and results.
Presented
in the AMCL Annual Meeting Acapulco Guerrero,
Mexico. May 1999.
Ortiz
Lagardere AA, Lopez Corvala JA, Guzman Cordero F.
Band
Adjustment, a Multidisciplinary approach.
Presented
at the AMCO Annual Meeting, Mazatlan Sinaloa,
Mexico. July 1999.
Ortiz
Lagardere AA, Lopez Corvala JA, Guzman Cordero F.
Complications
related to the Lap-Band, Slippage and
Erosion.
Presented
at the AMCO Annual Meeting, Mazatlan Sinaloa,
Mexico. July 1999.
Ortiz
Lagardere AA, Lopez Corvala JA, Guzman Cordero F.
Technique
is related to band slippage.
Presented
at the AMCO Annual Meeting, Mazatlan Sinaloa,
Mexico. July 2000.
Ortiz
Lagardere AA, Lopez Crovala JA, Guzman Cordero F
Laparoscopic
Hernia Repair; A revised training protocol.
Rev
Mex Cir Endosc, 2, 71-74 Abril 2001
Ongoing Research
“Risk
factors for Band Erosion. A multicenter
evaluation.”
(Funded
by Grupo Laparoscopico de B.C.)
“Beating
the learning curve in Laparoscopic Hernia
Repair. Integrating new
interactive teaching
tools.”
(Funded
by Tyco Healthcare, International)
“Is
band adjustment always necessary?”
(Funded
by Grupo Laparoscopico de B.C.)
“Restrictive
mechanism of the Lap-Band, How does it really
work?”
(Funded
by Grupo Laparoscopico de B.C.)
“A
prospective randomized study, The Tep Repair
without mesh fixation.”
(Unfunded)
Teaching Responsibilities
2000
– present Latin-American Lap-Band Training
Coordinator,
Grupo
Laparoscopico de B.C.
1999
– present Endoscopic Hernia Training
Center for Latin America,
Grupo
Laparoscopico de B. C.
Invited Lectures
.
University
Autonoma de Baja California, School of Medicine
Anniversary
Conference, “Minimally Invasive
Surgery.”
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro
Social, Obstetrics and Gynecology Service,
“Skill Development
For
the Laparoscopic Surgeon.”
University
Autonoma de Baja California, School of Medicine.
“Aids
related surgical procedures.”
1998
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, HGR 20
Tijuana.
“Hernia
Repair, Laparoscopic vs Open.”
1998
Baja California College of Surgeons, Laparoscopic
Hernia Meeting.
“The
Tep approach, the future of the endoscopic
approach.”
Baja
California College of Surgeons, VII International
Laparoscopic Reunion.
“Avoiding
bile duct injuries.”
1998
Mexican Association of Laparoscopic
Surgery, VIII International Laparoscopic Surgery
Reunion.
“Management
of Chronic Pain, Laparoscopic Hernia
Repair.”
Mexican Association of General Surgery, New
Techniques and Innovations in Surgery,
Mexican,
B.C. “The double mesh technique”
1998
Mexican Association of General
Surgery, New Techniques and Innovations in
Surgery,
San
Luis Rio Colorado. “The double mesh
technique.”
Mexican Association of Obesity Surgery,
Annual Reunion. Ixtapa, Guerrero.
“Obesity surgery, a stepped-up
approach.”
1999
Mexican Association of General Surgery, Regional
Reunion, San Luis Rio Colorado.
“Partial or
Total fundoplication, indications and
technique.”
1999
Mexican Association of General Surgery, Open
Hernia Course, Chihuahua, Chihuahua.
“Experience with the double mesh
technique.”
Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery,
Obesity Course, Acapulco Guerrero.
“Intragastric Balloon Placement, technique
and results.”
Mexican
Association of Obesity Surgery, Annual Reunion,
Mazatlan, Sinaloa.
“Band
Adjustment Protocol, a multidisciplinary
approach”.
2000
National Defense System, Annual Reunion,
Ensenada, Baja, California.
“Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication”
2000
Mexican Association of General Surgery,
Northwestern Regional Reunion, Mexicali, B.C.
“The Tep repair, technique.”
Mexican
Association of Endoscopic Surgery, National
Meeting, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
“
Lap-Band , Safe and effective procedure; Four
year follow-up”.
Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery,
National Meeting, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
“ LASGB, Long term complications and
Follow-up”.
2002 LASGB, Mexican experience, Phil
Schauer Course, Breckenridge Colorado.
2002
Complications in Lap-Band, avoiding and
treateing them succesfully.
Live Exhibition Surgery
Mexican
Association of General Surgery, International
Laparoscopic Reunion, Tijuana, B.C.
“Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy.”
Mexican
Association of General Surgery, International
Laparoscopic Reunion, Tijuana, B.C.
“Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy.”
Mexican
Association of General Surgery, Regional
Laparoscopic Reunion, Mexicali, B.C.
“Laparoscopic
Nissen Fundoplication.”
Mexican
Association of General Surgery, International
Laparoscopic Reunion,
San
Luis Rio Colorado, “Laparoscopic Nissen
Fundoplication.”
2000
Mexican Association of Obesity Surgery, Annual
Meeting,
“Laparoscopic
Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding.”
2000
Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery and
National Defense System, Annual Meeting,
Ensenada,
Baja, California, “Laparoscopic Nissen
Fundoplication.”
2000
Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery
Regional Meeting, Tijuana, Baja, California
“Endoscopic Hernia Repair, Tep.”
2000
Mexican Association of General Surgery,
“Laparoscopic Adjustable Silicone Gastric
Banding.”
Live Exhibition Surgery to the USA
Endoscopic
Hernia Repair, TEP
Hernia
Balloon Repair,
Yale
Laparoscopy Training Program, 28-29 April
Live
transmission from:
HGR
No 20 IMSS Hospital Tijuana, B.C. Mexico
To
Yale
Laparoscopy, Yale University, New Haven Ct.
Laparoscopic
Hernia Repair
Yale
Laparoscopy Training Program, Six week course
Live
transmission from:
HGR
No 20 IMSS Hospital Tijuana, B.C. Mexico
To
Yale
Laparoscopy, Yale University, New Haven Ct.
Television Appearance- TV Program Host
June
2001- June 2001
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