Carlos Ballesta López

Biography

 Dr. Carlos Ballesta López was born in September 1947 Experience Professional experience Doctor residing in General Surgery Adjunct physician of General Surgery and Digestive System Member of the Faculty of Teknon Medical Center Director of the Laparoscopic Center Dr. Ballesta Degree Academic degrees Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Granada in 1973 Doctor specialized in General Surgery since 1977 Doctor in Medicine and Surgery, with the outstanding qualification "cum laude" unanimously, in 1979 Specialist in Digestive System since 1979 Other merits He has lectured in different medical schools and hospitals: Kyoto, Omaha, Paris, London, Rome, Vienna, Lisbon, Madrid, Athens, Buenos Aires, Lima, Asunción, Tel Aviv, La Paz, Riyadh, Aman, Gdansk, Iasi, etc He has presented papers and communications , in number of more than 450, in different congresses and national and international meetings in various countries of the world Author and co-author of more than fifty publications in different international books and journals Author and co-author of fifty scientific and video-technical-laparoscopic videos His scientific and teaching work has been recognized with appointments and prizes in different countries of the world, among which they stand out: Horonis Causa Doctor University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Gr. T. Popa" of Iasi, Romania, 2001 Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Seville (Spain), founded in 1718 Medal of the Cuban Society of Surgery, 2000 Malaga Faculty of Medicine Award , 1987 Award at the National Congress of the Spanish Society of Surgery, 1992 International Award for Surgery, Athens 1992 He has been appointed Foreign Honorary Professor at various universities in America (Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, La Plata, Lima, La Paz, Asuncion, Buenos Aires), Asia (Kyoto) and Europe (Strasbourg, Rome, Budapest)

Research Interest

 Academic positions and teaching work Professor of Surgery at the Medical Faculty of the University of Barcelona (Bellvitge campus) until January 2002 Since 1992 he has organized training courses in Surgical Laparoscopy, Bellvitge Hospital and later in Teknon. He has trained more than 655 laparoscopic surgeons from different countries and hospitals Since 1995 he teaches in Latin America the Video-Laparoscopy Courses Dr. Carlos Ballesta López for Spanish-speaking surgeons in Asunción (Paraguay). Declared courses of national interest for the Mercosur of the Republic of Paraguay