Medicine is a field of knowledge very wide, there is always something to learn, a lot of innovation and new research. Medicine gives me the opportunity to apply, in relieving my patients, the medical knowledge gained from long years of study and constant updating. With this I realize as a professional and person.

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• Specialty in Gastroenterology. Universidad de Costa Rica - CENDEISSS. February 2009 - February 2013
• Doctor in medicine. Universidad de Costa Rica - CENDEISSS. February 2001 - January 2007

• Master in Clinical Research of Liver Diseases - University of Barcelona, Spain

• VII Costa Rican Congress of Gastroenterology - Costa Rican Association of Specialists in Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy. San Jose, Costa Rica

  November 2015

• International Meeting on Liver Disease - Barcelona, Spain

  September 2015

• Digestive Disease Week (DDW) - American Gastroenterological Association, American Association for Study Liver Disease and American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Chicago, United States

  May 2014

• First symposium on genetic medicine in Latin America - Panama.

  April 2014

• Liver Meeting - American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). Washington, United States

  November 2013

• Advanced trauma life support

  2008

• Obstetric blue code

  2007

• Basic CPR

  2007

• Biohazardous waste management

  2005

• Advanced CPR: 2007 and 2009

• Postgraduate Degree

  Measurement of portal pressure gradient - Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain

• Postgraduate Degree

  Transjugular liver biopsy - Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. Barcelona, España

• Postgraduate Degree

  Use and interpretation of Fibroscan - Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain

• Internship

  Formative stay in Hepatic Hemodynamics - Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain. August 2014 - October 2015.

• Internship

  Gastroenterology unit, liver team - Massachusetts General Hospital. October – november 2012

• Internship

  Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine - "Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital". Boston, United States. March - April 2007

• Internship

  Pediatric genetics - MGH-Children's Hospital. Boston, United States. May-June 2007

• Internship

  Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics - Harvard University. July-August 2007

• Hospital Rotation

  Monthly rotation for the Services of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties - Hospital Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (HCG). February 2009 - February 2011

• Hospital Rotation

  Rotation at the Service of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy - Hospital Mexico (HM)

• Hospital Rotation

  Rotations for each gastroenterology and endoscopy services in general hospitals of the Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social (CCSS)

• Physicians and Surgeons College of Costa Rica cod. MED9373 - active

  Medic and Surgeon - Costa Rica

• Costa Rican Association of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy

• Gastroenterology assistant at San Vicente de Paul Hospital, CCSS - Heredia, Costa Rica
• Gastroenterologist and endoscopistat the Hospital Metropolitano of San Jose, Costa Rica
• Gastroenterologist and endoscopist at Lindora Medical Center
• Professor of internal medicine at the Universidad Autónoma de Centroamérica (UACA)
• National Coordinator of Portal Hypertension Guidelines
• Vice President of the Association of Medical Students - School of Medicine Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR). October 2004 - October 2005.
• Professor of Human Physiology and Pathophysiology for students of Medicine and Medical Imaging - Universidad de Costa Rica. Until 2014
• Medical resident at all the medical services - Hospital Calderón Guardia (HCG). From 15 February 2009 to date.
• Primary care and emergency - EBAIS 1, 2 and 6 of Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica. October 2008 to January 2009.

• Ruiz-Blard E., Baiges A., Turon, F., Hernández-Gea, V., García-Pagán, J. Derivación Portosistémica intrahepática transyugular precoz: cuándo, cómo y a quién. Gastroenterología y Hepatología. 2015.