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Jaime Ponce de Leon MD Print E-mail

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Jaime Ponce de León MD
Chief Surgeon


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Over 10 years of dedication to the understanding and the treatment of obesity.
With the experience of more than 2,300 Adjustable Gastric Bands performed along with other procedures as Vertical Gastroplasty, Gastric Bypass, and the recent Sleeve Gastrectomy


  • General Bariatric Surgeon specializing in laparoscopic bariatric surgery.
  • He has performed more than 2300 adjustable gastric banding procedures having used several of the different bands available.
  • His location in Mexico near San Diego California makes it very convenient for north american patients.
  • Medicine faculty Dr. Ignacio Chavez de la Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo
  • Postgraduate: Hospital General de Tijuana SSA.
  • Bariatric course in Leon Guanajuato, M?©xico.
  • Bariatric diploma in Universidad Autonoma de Baja California.
  • Lap band system workshop Tijuana, Mexico
  • Academic tutor of general surgery of Tijuana's general hospital
  • Member of the Mexican Society of Bariatric Surgery (sociedad mexicana de la cirugía de la obesidad, a.c.).
  • Member of the Medical College of Tijuana: (colegio medico de Tijuana).
  • Member of the general surgeons college of Tijuana (Colegio de Cirujanos Generales de Tijuana A.C.).
  • Member of the IFSO (International Federation Surgery Obesity).
  • Current treasureman of the general surgeons college of tijuana; (www.cirujanosgenerales.com)
  • Professor and ornanizer of the XII International General Surgery Congress in Tijuana, México.
  • Teacher in the precongress course bariatric surgery in the XII annual congress international general surgery in Tijuana, Mexico Feb and Mar/03
  • Minimal invasion surgery course taken in CECMI in Guadalajara, Mexico advance course in esofagus endoscopic surgery in Vallarta, México