• MERIT FOR THE STUDY YEARS 96,97 AND 98 AWARDED BY THE UPAEP IN RECOGNITION OF THE EFFORT AND DEDICATION DEMONSTRATED IN THE MEDINA CAREER.
• HONORABLE MENTION IN THE SPECIALTY OF GENERAL SURGERY AWARDED BY THE GRAL HOSPITAL. FROM THE STATE OF SONORA “DR ERNESTO RAMOS BOURS” IN THE YEAR 2006.
• CUM LAUDE IN THE MASTER OF HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION UDLA PUEBLA 2018.  

Courses and Training:

• Certificate of Participation in the Bariatric Channel Webinar – Continuing Course in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Module XXX – TRANSIT BIPARTITION: GASTRIC, DUODENAL, OR JEJUNO-ILEAL? held on August 27, 2024. Approved by the Brazilian Society of Obesity Surgery SOBRACIL, Brazil.
• Proof of Participation in the XXVI International Congress of Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Diseases, held in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, from July 10 to 13, 2024, with curricular value before the Mexican Council of Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Diseases (CMCOEM).
• Proof of Participation in the XXVI International Congress of Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Diseases with the theoretical-practical course: “HANDS ON WITH DA VINCI ROBOT”, held in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, from July 10 to 13, 2024, with curricular value before the Mexican Council of Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Diseases (CMCOEM).
• Certificate of Participation in the Bariatric Channel Webinar – Continuing Course in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Module XXIX – BC/LATAM – Bariatric Surgery Video Session: From Revision to Surgical Disasters held on June 25, 2024. Approved by the Brazilian Society of Obesity Surgery SOBRACIL, Brazil.
• Certificate of Participation in the Bariatric Channel Webinar – Continuing Course in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Module XXVIII – BC/LATAM – Technology in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery held on May 21, 2024. Approved by the Brazilian Society of Obesity Surgery SOBRACIL, Brazil.
• Certificate of Participation in the Bariatric Channel Webinar – Continuing Course in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Module XXVII – Metabolic Surgeries for Diabetes in Mild Obesity held on April 23, 2024. Approved by the Brazilian Society of Obesity Surgery SOBRACIL, Brazil.
• Certificate of Participation in the Bariatric Channel Webinar – Continuing Course in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Module XXVI ‘3rd Cross Fire: Contemporary Bariatric and Metabolic Techniques: Why I Don’t Do This Specific Technique, held on March 26, 2024. Approved by the Brazilian Society of Obesity Surgery SOBRACIL, Brazil.
• Proof of Participation in the regional meeting “COMPLICATIONS IN BARIATRIC SURGERY”, held in Puebla, Mexico, from February 29 to March 2, 2024, at the Intercontinental Hotel and validated by the Mexican Council of General Surgery AC (CMCGAC).
• Certificate of Participation in the Bariatric Channel Webinar – Continuing Course in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Module XXV ‘2nd Cross Fire: SADI-S x OAGB x Transit Bipartition, held on December 12-13, 2023. Approved by the Brazilian Society of Obesity Surgery SOBRACIL, Brazil.
• Certificate of Participation in the Bariatric Channel Webinar – Continuing Course in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Module XXIV ‘1st Cross Fire: SADI-S x OAGB x Transit Bipartition, held on November 17-18, 2023. Approved by the Brazilian Society of Obesity Surgery SOBRACIL, Brazil.
• Participation in the first regional meeting of CMCOEM, held in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, from November 9 to 11, 2023, on the theme “News in Bariatric Surgery” and hosted and validated by the Autonomous University of Guadalajara.
• Certificate of Participation in the Bariatric Channel Webinar – Continuing Course in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Module XXIII ‘EMERGING BARIATRIC PROCEDURES’, held on October 17-18, 2023. Approved by the Brazilian Society of Obesity Surgery SOBRACIL, Brazil.
• CERTIFICATE OF TRAINING in bariatric endoscopy from October 17 to 20, 2023, as an EXPERT IN ENDOSCOPIC GASTROPLASTY WITH OVERSTHICHT – APOLLO METHOD, at the OBYMED medical center by Dr. Rafael León, international trainer of the Apollo method, in Seville, Spain.
• Participation in the first congress “FELLOWS IFSO LAC (International Federation Surgery of Obesity, Latin American chapter)”, held at INNOVARE BARIATRIA, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, from August 21 to 22, 2023. Approved by the Mexican College of Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Diseases.
• Certificate of Participation in the Bariatric Channel Webinar – Continuing Course in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Module XXI ‘Bariatric Surgery in Advanced Liver Diseases and Clinical Cases in Bariatric Surgery’, held on August 15-16, 2023. Approved by the Brazilian Society of Obesity Surgery SOBRACIL, Brazil.
• Certificate of Participation in the Bariatric Channel Webinar – Continuing Course in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Module XX ‘Interface between Hepatobiliary Diseases and Bariatric Surgery’, held on June 13-14, 2023. Approved by the Brazilian Society of Obesity Surgery SOBRACIL, Brazil.
• Certificate of Participation in the Bariatric Channel Webinar – Continuing Course in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Module XIX ‘Revolution in Bariatric Surgery: From Weight Regain to Magnets’, held on May 16-17, 2023. Approved by the Brazilian Society of Obesity Surgery SOBRACIL, Brazil.
• Certificate of Participation from the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas for participation and attendance at the 5th International Course in Advanced Endoscopy and Therapeutics ESD, POEM, G-POEM, EFTR, and APOLLO endoscopic suturing, held at the Santander Specialized Hospital, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, from April 21 to 22, 2023, with a curricular value of 18 hours. Approved by the international program director Dr. Michael Kahaleh, New York, New Jersey, USA.
• Certificate of Participation in the Bariatric Channel Webinar – Continuing Course in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Module XVIII BC-LATAM- SADI / OAGB REVISIONAL, held on April 18-19, 2023. Approved by the Brazilian Society of Obesity Surgery SOBRACIL, Brazil.
• Certificate of Participation in the Bariatric Channel Webinar – Continuing Course in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Module XVIII BC-LATAM- SADI / OAGB REVISIONAL, held on April 18-19, 2013. Approved by the Brazilian Society of Obesity Surgery SOBRACIL, Brazil.
• Opening of the fifteenth workshop on echo-endoscopy and therapeutic endoscopy, held in Rabat, Morocco, on March 2-3, 2023, at the Ibn SINA Hospital in the country’s capital, within the EFD-HGE service, as an international speaker, presenting the conference “Treatment of Obesity between Endoscopy and Surgery”.
• Certificate of Participation in the Japanese Congress of Digestive Diseases 2018 (JDDW 2018) from November 1 to 4, 2018, Kobe, Japan. Folio number 118205.
• Master’s in Health Services with a specialization in Hospital Management at the Universidad de las Américas Puebla, graduating with a general average of 9.6 and obtaining Cum Laude in the 2018 generation.
• Participation in the XIII Paraguayan Congress of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy and the IV Therapeutic Endoscopy Workshop from September 20 to 22, 2017, at the CONMEBOL Congress Center in Asunción, Paraguay, South America.
• Attendance at the “XVIII International Congress of Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Diseases” organized by CMCOEM in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico, from July 14 to 16, 2016. 

Recognitions, Certificates, and Diplomas Received

• Certificate of registration and approval as a specialist in general surgery, registered with the National Order of Physicians of the private sector in Rabat Témara, Morocco, with the number 26069/E, with approved professional address, dated September 8, 2022.
• “Cum Laude” (With Honors) in the Master’s in Health Services Administration awarded by UDLAP in an official ceremony for exceptional performance in the academic course during the 2018 master’s program.
• Certificate of participation as an assistant in the XXIV Medical Days of the 17th Academic Congress 2016 of the High Specialty Hospital “Dr. Juan Graham Casasus”, dated September 9, 2016.
• Certificate of speaker as a professor at the second congress of the College of Surgeons of the State of Tabasco on the topic “Risk-free Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy”, at the international connection and teaching center, on August 18 and 19, 2016.
• Certificate of attendance at the “XVIII International Congress of Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Diseases” organized by CMCOEM in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico, from July 14 to 16, 2016.
• Certificate of attendance at the “X International Congress of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery”, held in Cd. de Mendoza, Argentina, from May 25 to 28, 2016.
• Certificate of participation as a speaker in the II radiology sessions of the 15th Academic Congress 2014 (September 12) on the topic “Mini-invasive Intervention of the Biliary Tract in Case of Choledocholithiasis and Other Diseases”, at the Academic Congress of the High Specialty Hospital “Dr. Juan Graham Casasús”.
• Recertification for the Mexican College of General Surgery (CMCG) 2014 with certificate and folio number: 08291, valid until February 2019.
• Active member of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) with member number MX69 2013.
• Active member of the College of General Surgeons of Tabasco 2013, 2014.
• Certificate of attendance at the XIII World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, held from April 23 to 27, 2012, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
• Recognition and perseverance as an assistant at the XIV National Congress of the Mexican College of Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Diseases, Puerto Vallarta 2012, held from April 23 to 25, 2012.
• Certificate of participation as a speaker in the VII workshop of medical-surgical nursing courses of the High Specialty Hospital “Dr. Juan Graham Casasus”, on the topic: SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY (laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy) Villahermosa, Tabasco, February 21, 2011.
• Certificate of participation in the conference of the seventh course of the surgical nursing training workshop of the High Specialty Hospital “Dr. Juan Graham Casasus”, on the topic: SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY (laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy) Villahermosa, Tabasco, February 21, 2011.
• Certificate of participation as a professor in the XXVIII Medical Days of the “XI University Congress 2010” of the High Specialty Hospital “Dr. Juan Graham Casasus” on the topic: “Metabolic Surgery” Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, November 2010.
• Participation in the congress of the Mexican College of Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Diseases AC in the city of Zacatecas, Mexico, from July 7 to 10, 2010.
• Appointment as a professor of the specialty of General Surgery, since March 1, 2010, at the High Specialty Hospital “Dr. Juan Graham Casasus”, dated March 1, 2010.
• Certificate of participation as a professor in the XXVII medical sessions of the “10th University Congress 2009” of the High Specialty Hospital “Dr. Juan Graham Casasus” on the topic: “Bariatric Surgery as an Adjuvant in Metabolic Syndrome”. Foja 174 Book 3 Prof. No. 18507.
• Certificate of participation as a professor in the XXVII medical sessions of the “10th University Congress 2009” of the High Specialty Hospital “Dr. Juan Graham Casasus” on the topic: “Obesity, Fat, Weight or the Tip of the Iceberg?”. Foja 149 Book 3 Prof. No. 18315.
• Certificate of active member of the Latin American Association of Endoscopic Surgery (ALACE), renewed in Cd. de Miami, Florida, July 16, 2009.
• Diploma and registration as a speaker at the medical seminars of the Specialized Hospital Dr. Juan Graham Casasus 2008 at the Hilton Villahermosa Hotel, on the topic “Advanced Laparoscopy at the Juan Graham Hospital, Our Experience”, September 2008.
• Recognition granted by the Secretary of Health of the State of Tabasco, Dr. Luis Felipe Graham Zapata, for successfully completing the highly specialized postgraduate course with mention in Mexico. Dated March 3, 2008.
• Diploma and certificate of high specialization awarded in Mexico on February 29, 2007, at the Hospital “Dr. Manuel Gea González” of the Ministry of Health for having accredited the endoscopic surgery course (UNAM).
• Certification from the Mexican Council of General Surgery with an exam taken in Mexico on February 9, 2008 (written) and oral approval, with certificate number: 08291.
• Honorable mention in the postgraduate exam in general surgery, awarded by the health service of the State of Sonora. November 15, 2006.
• Recognition for participation in free papers at the XXIX National Congress of General Surgery, mentioned in supplement 1 of the journal Cirujano General, volume 27, no. 4, page 180, indexed in Artemisa, Lilas, Bireme – OPS.
• Recognition for first place in the poster modality at the XXII Medical Days of the Hospital “Gustavo A. Rovirosa Pérez”, in Villahermosa, Tabasco, on October 3, 2003; with a poster titled “Giant Post-Traumatic Pancreatic Pseudocyst”. Approved by said certificate. Foja 149, book 06 no. 409.
• Recognition for third place in the poster modality at the XXII Medical Days of the Hospital “Gustavo A. Rovirosa Pérez”, in Villahermosa, Tabasco, on October 3, 2003; with a poster titled “Giant Buschke Lowenstein Tumor with Neoplastic Degeneration. Case Report”. Approved by said certificate. Foja 149, book 06, no. 411.
• Diploma for teaching the conference “AIDS” at the Professional Development College of Puebla Pue. Key Sep 21MSU1083H. February 10, 2003.
• Certificate of approval of the XXVI National Medical Residency Exam number 01801 (year 2003), for the specialty of general surgery.
• Certificate of the conference “AIDS” at the sexual education seminar, UJAT (Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco), dated November 30, 2001.
• Recognition granted by the Secretary of Health of the Government of the State of Tabasco, for his altruistic work as organizer of the IX Ophthalmological Day “I See for You”, in Villahermosa, Tabasco, from March 12 to 17, 2001.
• Professional Certificate number 3237194 issued by the General Directorate of Professions of the SEP in Mexico D.F. on January 12, 2001.
• Professional License number 3237194 issued by the General Directorate of Professions of the SEP in Mexico, D.F. dated January 12, 2001.
• Professional Diploma of Surgeon, issued by the Secretary of Public Education on July 10, 2000, registered under position 8917, pages 13-p. and before the DGP of the SEP on pages 400 of book A323 under number 13.