Dr. Estuardo Behrens
- MD Graduation: Medical Faculty, University Francisco MarroquinGraduated in 1985
- Surgical: Department of General Surgery (6 years)
- Post-graduate Hospital General San Juan de Dios (HGSJD) Guatemala City, Chief Resident 1990
- Training Laparoscopic Surgery
- Abroad:
- Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, 1991
- Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery
- Laparoscopic Institute of South Florida, Miami.
- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding, Hospital Ángeles del Pedregal, México City, 2000
- Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, 2000
- Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Weston, Florida 2002
- Surgical, Chief Resident of Surgery at HGSJD 1989-1990
- Positions: 4th. Surgical Unit at HGSJD, Vice-Chairman (1992 –2003); Chairman a.i. from 2003 to 2005.
Fellowship Positions:
Guatemalan Association of Surgeons:
- Member of the Board in1996
- Treasurer in 2003
- Vice-President in 2005
- President in 2006-2007
ALACE (Latin-American Association of Endoscopic Surgery)
- Secretary/Treasurer, VII Latin-American Congress, Endoscopic Surgery, 2006
- Executiva Director (2006 to 2010)
FELAC (Federation of Latin-American Surgery)
- Proctor in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
NEW LIFE CENTER, Guatemala City, Center for Weight-loss Surgery
- Executive Director, 2000 to date
ACBMG: (Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery of Guatemala)
- President 2008-2012
Societies: (*)
- Fellow of the Guatemalan Association of Surgeons
- Active Member of ALACE
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
- Active Member of SAGES
- Charter Member of the American Hernia Society
- Regular Member of SSAT
- Regular Member of ASMBS
- Regular Member of IFSES
- Regular Member of IFSO
(*) Acronyms:
- ALACE: “Asociación Latinoamericana de Cirugía Endoscópica” (Latin-American Association of Endoscopio Surgery)
- ACMBG “Asociacion de Cirugia Bariatrica y Metabolica de Guatemala” (Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery of Guatemala)
- FELAC: “Federacion Latino-Americana de Cirugia” (Latin American Federation ofSurgery)
- SAGES: Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (L.A, CA)
- SSAT: Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
- ASMBS: American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
- IFSES: International Federation of Societies of Endoscopic Surgeons
- IFSO: American Society for Surgery of Obesity
- MACG: Master, American College of Gastroenterology
- FACS: Fellow, American College of Surgeons
