Obesity Control Center Bariatric Center

UCSD Partnership

June 24, 2022 by Ariel Ortiz Lagardere

The International Institute of Metabolic Medicine (IIMM) based in Tijuana, Mexico is proud to announce the formal partnership with the Department of Surgery at the University of California San Diego, USA. 

Bariatric and metabolic surgery at the IIMM is executed by the The Obesity Control Center (OCC), a highly specialized bariatric and metabolic surgery supercenter with a near thirty-year track record of surgical care for North American patients primarily from the United States and Canada.

UCSD Partnership: An Academic Collaboration

This partnership sees the union of two North American metabolic and bariatric surgery powerhouses. Both centers share an enviable global reputation for high-quality, cost-effective surgical care, and also world-class global surgical education.

Unique to this academic collaboration is that both centers have a proven track record of world class surgical education and training through the Center for the Future of Surgery (CFS) based at UCSD and the International Bariatric Club Digital Education and Communications headquarters which is based at the IIMM.

UCSD surgical faculty will further enhance this partnership by providing world class teaching, education, and consulting. The IIMM surgical center has been accredited by the Joint Commission International and will follow the guidelines of The American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. The center is focused on education, training and advancing surgical techniques, and providing quality patient care.

“We are celebrating today more than a partnership between like-minded individuals who are dedicated to providing high-quality minimally invasive surgical options for the patients they serve. Indeed, today we are celebrating a fundamental and aspirational idea. The idea that human collaborations across international borders not only occur, but can bring about important benefits to the patients that we serve in our region.

— Dr. Bryan Clary, professor and the chair of the Department of Surgery at UCSD

Opening Doors

This collaboration opens the doors to cross-border health services and a network of health providers in Mexico. Furthermore, the IIMM will house the Center for the Future of Surgery (CFS) of UCSD, the only based outside the USA. 

Thanks to education, research, and innovation, Tijuana will be a medical benchmark in Latin America. The IIMM and the UCSD centers share an enviable global reputation for high-quality, cost-effective surgical care and world-class international surgical education. 

Unique to this academic collaboration is that both centers have a proven track record of world-class surgical education and training through the Center for the Future of Surgery (CFS) based at UCSD, and the International Bariatric Club Digital Education and Communications headquarters is also found at the IIMM. (via kktv.com)