Dr. Lopez Corvala

Description:

Dr. Lopez Corvala is regarded as one of the top 10 weight-loss surgeons in the world and the gold standard for quality in bariatric weight-loss surgery because of his vast practice and academic background. He has performed over 10,000 laparoscopic surgeries, with more than half of them being bariatric weight-loss surgeries; he is a regular speaker at the industry’s top events around the world; he has held many academic positions, including professor of weight-loss specialty courses at Yale University in Connecticut, United States; he has published multiple books on many related techniques; and he is a board member at the world’s most recognised medical associations.

Academic positions:

• From 1993 till the present, he has been a professor of general surgery at the University of Baja California.
• From 1990 until the present, Professor of Surgery Residence at Tijuana General Hospital.
• Tijuana Basic Laparoscopic Surgery Training Centre Professor.
• Tijuana’s Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Training Centre professor.
• International Bariatric Surgery Professor.
• Professor of hernia surgery at Yale University in Connecticut, USA, in 2001.
• Professor at the XI International Endoscopic Surgery Congress.

Cost:

Dr. Lopez Corvala received his medical education with a speciality in general surgery from LaSalle University in Mexico City, which is one of the most recognised universities for surgeons in Mexico. He now has over 30 years of practising experience and continues to perform all his own surgeries as well as mentor many veteran surgeons, including serving as Proctor for INAMED worldwide, where he teaches many U.S. surgeons who are training in bariatric surgery.

Weight loss surgeries performed by Dr. Lopez Corvala at Angeles Hospital:

• Lopez Corvala Bariatric (Weight-Loss) Procedures include:
• Gastric Band (Lap Band) Surgery from $3,500 to $6,500
• Gastric Sleeve Surgery: $6,500.00
• Gastric Bypass Surgery: $10,950.00
• Bariatric Revision Surgery: Prices vary