Dr. Roberto Rumbaut
Description:
Dr. Roberto Rumbaut is a bariatric surgeon in Monterrey, Mexico who has been performing weight-loss procedures since 1994. He was one of the first surgeons in Mexico to use the Lap-Band system, but he also does other bariatric procedures like the gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, and REALISE band. He is well-known not just as a surgeon, but also as a teacher, for his gentle heart and patience. He teaches his gastric banding procedure to 150 pupils in the United States and Latin America.
Dr. Rumbaut is also regarded as a pioneer in the bariatric sector. He refined the adjustable gastric banding surgery in 1993 by further refining it each year and contributing to the bariatric industry.
He is regarded as the first Mexican doctor to teach gastric banding to American doctors. Graduated with Honours from the School of Medicine Ignacio A. Santos, ITESM, Monterrey, Mexico in 1988. First Mexican doctor to educate American physicians in Gastric Banding (Lap-Band) 1988-1993 General Surgery Residency at Hospital San José. Monterrey, Mexico: ITESM.
The Surgeries Performed:
- Follows Other Surgeons’ Patients
- Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
- Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
- Pediatric (Patients Under 18)
- Revision/Conversion of Prior Procedure
- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
Memberships and certifications:
- 2003-2004 President of the Mexican Society of Obesity Surgery
- Obesity Surgery International Federation
- Since 1994, he has been a member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
Surgeon’s Cost:
Dr. Rumbaut is an active professor at the School of Medicine Ignacio A. Santos ITESM, where he contributes in the training of bariatric surgeons and developments in laparoscopy, in addition to his busy practice at the Obesity Surgery Centre in Monterrey. He is also collaborating in research efforts at the “Centre for the Future of Surgery ” with the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Dr. Santiago Horgan. Dr. Roberto Rumbaut surgery will cost $7,000.00, plus $4000-$5,000 for hospitalisation.
