Diana Gabriela Maltonado Pintado
Program Coordinator and IBC Latin America Leader
Consultant Bariatric/Gastrointestinal and Robotic Surgeon
Member of the Institute of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome at Angeles Pedregal Hospital
Certified in Bariatric Surgery by:
CMCG – Mexican Council of General Surgery
CMCOEM – Mexican College of Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases
CONACEM – National Normative Committee of the Councils of Medical Specialties
Director of IBC Latin America
Co-Director 18th IBC Symposium at CMCOEM Annual Congress, Chiapas, México 2016.
Co-Director 20th IBC Symposium at ESBS Annual Congress, Cairo, Egypt 2016.
Co-Director 22th IBC Symposium at CMCOEM Annual Congress, Playa del Carmen, Mexico 2017
Co-Director 23th IBC Symposium at International Congress of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Buzios, Brazil 2017
Co-Director 24th IBC Symposium at the TOSS Annual Congress, Antalya, Turkey. 2017
Organizing Committee & Session Chair at the 1st IBC Oxford World Congress at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom 2018
Founder and Director of the 1st Refresher Online Course in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, (endorsed by IBC, IIECS, CLIO-HGRL and Angeles Pedregal Hospital)
Director of the CMCOEM Committee of Online Continual Medical Education (2015-2016)
Associate Professor of the Bariatric Surgery Fellowship Training at Rubén Leñero´s Hospital and the National Autonomous Mexican University (2013-2016)
Coordinator and Adjunct Professor: Surgical and Multidisciplinary Treatment for Obesity Course at Rubén Leñero´s Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico and the National Autonomous Mexican University, (2015-2016)
Consultant Bariatric Surgeon: Rubén Leñero´s Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico (2013-2016)
Consultant General Surgeon: Mexican Institute of Social Care, Mexico City, Mexico (2012 – current)
TRAINING:
MD Mexican Faculty of Medicine, LaSalle´s University, Mexico City, Mexico (1998 – 2004).
General Surgery Residency at Angeles Pedregal Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico endorsed by LaSalle´s University (2006 – 2010).
Bariatric and Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery Fellowship at Angeles Pedregal Hospital, endorsed by LaSalle´s University (2010 – 2011)
Laparoscopic and Gastrointestinal Surgery Fellowship at Hospital iClinic Barcelona, Spain 2011
Robotic Surgery Certification, Bogotá, Colombia 2017
Docking Certification at Herman Memorial Hospital, Houston, USA 2013
AWARDS:
IFSO Scholarship IFSO Vienna 2015
Medtronic Recognition for the coordination of the 4th Surgical and Multidisciplinary Treatment for Obesity Course (including implementation of biologic cadaveric models at the Autonomous Mexican University) 2016
Women Surgeons Award by the Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery, Tijuana. Febrero 2017
PUBLICATIONS:
Distal Laparoscopic Pancreatectomy with Splenic Preservation. A Case Report. Cirujano General, 2008;30(3):170-173
Pancreas Divisum and Pancreatitis. Cirujano General, 2009; 31(2):125-128
A Genetic Risk Score is Associated with Liver Fat Content and NASH in Mexicans with Morbid Obesity. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2014;00817
Altered DNA methylation in liver and adipose tissue derived from individuals with 
obesity and type 2 diabetes. Obesity, 2017
Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy with Splenic Preservation. Case Report. Cirujano General, 2008;30(3):170-173
A New Generation in Surgery: Robotic Surgery AESOP®. BoletÃn Médico de la Sociedad de la Beneficencia Española de Puebla. 2003.
SURGICAL ASSOCIATIONS:
General Surgery Mexican Association (AMCG)
Endoscopic Surgery Mexican Association (AMCE)
Mexican College of Obesity and Metabolic Diseases Surgery (CMCOEM)
International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
International Bariatric Club (IBC)
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