Jaime Ponce De Leon Bariatric Surgeon Bariatric Surgeon

Dr. Jaime Ponce De Leon   Dr. Jaime Ponce De Leon is a Chief Bariatric Surgeon in Tijuana Mexico and has been practicing surgery for the past 19 years. He has been performing laparoscopic surgery since 1995. Dr. Jaime Ponce De Leon is certified in Mexico. He received his Medical Doctor Degree in 1991 from Saint Nicholas University in the Mexican State of Hidalgo as a General Surgeon. He completed a 4 year residency in Tijuana’s General Hospital where he obtained his speciality as a gastroenterologist surgeon. He got his certification from the Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery in 1997. Dr. Ponce De Leon started Bariatric Surgery with Laparoscopy in 1998 when he got his Certification from the Mexican Association of General Surgeons. He is recognized as one of the best bariatric surgeons in North Western Mexico. He later learned various techniques from courses he took in the United States and France. He received authorization to perform Obesity Surgery with Gastric Bypass and Lap-Band from the Mexican Society of Obesity Surgeons in 2004 after having received formal training and authorization in 2001 directly from Bio Centrics Corporation. Dr. Ponce De Leon continues to improve his studies in obesity surgeries adding Gastric Sleeve and Gastric Plications over the last several years. Dr. Ponce De Leon is currently Chief Surgeon at various Baja Hospitals, and Mexico Extreme Makeover. ~ Graduated from UMSNH medical school, trained as gastroenteroloigist surgeon at the General Hospital in Tijuana, Baja California Norte~ Earned specialization in laproscopic weight loss surgery in the United States and France~ Chief weight loss surgeon for more than 22 years~ Pioneered weight loss surgery and probably the most well-known bariatric surgeon in all of Mexico

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