Sonora Bariatrics

Overview

Sonora Bariatrics is a bariatric clinic in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. The practice’s website describes it as a center for obesity care that offers bariatric surgery alongside nutrition, metabolic medicine, and psychological support. The website identifies its location as Centro Médico del Río, while directory listings also associate the practice with Reforma 273 in Hermosillo. The staff listed for the clinic include Dr. David Sanchez Antunez and Dr. Francisco Ortega. Available search results identify the clinic’s bariatric surgery services but do not specify individual procedures. The practice describes its services as including nutrition and psychological guidance to support patients in developing new habits. Its website and directory profiles do not provide confirmed details about accreditations, languages, or a hospital affiliation.

Surgeons and doctors

• Dr. Francisco Ortega Pallánez

  General and Bariatric Surgeon · 18+ years in practice

  Dr. Francisco Ortega Pallánez is a general and bariatric surgeon based in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Listings associate him with Sonora Bariatrics and describe his work in bariatric, laparoscopic, and general surgery. Procedures listed by his practice include gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, mini gastric bypass, gastric band, and intragastric balloon. His general surgery services include care for gallbladder conditions and hernias. The practice describes his approach as using laparoscopic techniques. His exact years of experience are not stated here because published profiles give differing figures. Doctoralia lists Ortega’s medical degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California in 2002, general surgery training at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, completed in 2008, and training in laparoscopic and obesity surgery at Hospital Ángeles from 2008 to 2010. The same listing records teaching roles related to bariatric procedures and general surgery. Sonora Bariatrics describes him as a general and obesity surgeon and reports that he has worked as a staff general surgeon at IMSS Clinic No. 68 and as an attending general surgeon at the General Hospital in Hermosillo. His listed professional memberships include the Colegio Mexicano de Cirugía de Obesidad y Enfermedades Metabólicas and the Asociación Mexicana de Cirugía Endoscópica. Available profiles identify his practice location in Hermosillo, including an address on Reforma Street.

  Education: Medical degree, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC), 2002; General Surgery specialty, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), 2008; Laparoscopic and obesity surgery training, Hospital Ángeles, 2008–2010

  Memberships: Colegio Mexicano de Cirugía de Obesidad y Enfermedades Metabólicas; Asociación Mexicana de Cirugía Endoscópica

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• Dr. David Julián Sánchez Antúnez

  Bariatric and General Surgeon · 12+ years in practice

  Dr. David Julián Sánchez Antúnez is a general and bariatric surgeon based in Hermosillo, Sonora. He practices under Dr Sánchez Antúnez and is listed on the staff of Sonora Bariatrics, a clinic in Hermosillo. His areas of work include bariatric and general surgery, advanced laparoscopy, endocrine surgery, and digestive surgery. His educational background includes a medical degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, followed by general surgery training at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. His listed further training includes advanced laparoscopic surgery at IMSS No. 1 in Tijuana in 2008 and surgery for obesity and endocrine surgery at the Hospital Universitario de Valencia in Spain in 2010. Sonora Bariatrics reports that he has more than 12 years of experience performing advanced laparoscopic and bariatric surgery. The same practice reports that he has conducted research and published work concerning Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. It also lists him as an active member of the Asociación Mexicana de Cirugía Endoscópica. The practice profile identifies him as an attending surgeon at the Hospital General and IMSS HGZ14 in Hermosillo, and as part of the medical staff at Hospital CIMA in that city. These details describe his reported training, clinical areas, professional affiliations, and practice locations; the available profiles do not provide a count of operations performed.

  Education: Medical Surgeon and Obstetrician, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California; General Surgery, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, 2007; Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, IMSS No. 1, Tijuana, 2008; Surgery for Obesity and Endocrine Surgery, Hospital Universitario de Valencia, Spain, 2010

  Memberships: Active member, Asociación Mexicana de Cirugía Endoscópica

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