Dr Carlos Francisco Quesada Ramirez

EDUCATION
Primary studies       :    Calasanz  Primary School
High School studies:    Calasanz Highschool
University Studies   :    Bachellor of  Science in Health  Autonomous University of Medical Science of Central America (U.A.C.A.) (1985-1989)
Licensed in Medical Science (U.A.C.A.) (1990)
M. D.  (1991)

Post-graduate studies:    Residence in General Surgery- General surgeon.  (1992-1995) Student Research in Colon Diseases,
Second Department.of Surgery, Medical School from the University of  Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan (October 1996-February 1998)
Treatment of  Varicose Esophagus and   Colangiopancreatography cotrograde, Diagnostical and Therapeutic Endoscopy,   Second Department of Internal Medicine of the University of Hamamatsu,,  Shizuoka, Japan (October 1996-May 1997)
Post-grad. Studies acredited by the Japanese Society of Gastroenterologists in the  Endoscopy gastrointestinal Hospital,, Hamamatsu Rosai, Shizuoka, Japan (May 1997- January 1998)
Training in Digestive Endoscopy (Gastroscopy and  Colonoscopy) in the Medical Cooperation Hospital Matsuda in  Shizuoka, Japan (September 1997-Jan 1998)
Surgery course of Gastric Placement Lap Band  and  Gástric Lap-Band
and advanced laparoscopic surgery  acredited by  Mecachrome Medical  in the  Angeles del Pedrega Hospital, México DF., México, Junio-Julio 2002
Masters in  Administration in  Health Services  Santa Lucía University 2004-2005
Post-grad. Course  “Managing  Laparoscopic Morbid Obesity” acredited by   Gastro Obese Center, Sao Paulo, Brasil,  March 2004
Training course in LapBand (Adjustable gastic band) September 2005

Languages:   
Spanish
English
Japanese

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
*1990 University Intern:
- San Juan de Dios Hospital, Surgery service (Jan a March,1990)
- Nacional Geriatric Hospital, Raúl Blanco Cervantes, M. D., Internal Medicine  (April a June, 1990)
- San Juan de Dios Hospital, Gynegology and Obstetrics service  (June- September, 1990)
- San Vicente de Paul Hospital, Pedriatrics Service  (October to  December, 1990)
*1991 Social Service Hospital Max Terán Vals of Quepos
*1992-1995  General Resident in General Surgery,  San Juan de Dios Hospital.
 Calderón Guardia |Guardia (July a August 1994), Max Peralta Hospital of Cartago (August to  November,  1995)
*1996 (January-March)  San Vicente  Hospital of Heredia
*1998  Ad-Honorary Assistant of General Surgery, l,  Surgery 1 service of   San Juan de Dios Hospital
*1998-July to 2006 General surgery assistant of the surgery service  1 of  San Juan de Dios Hospital
*1999- 2001 General surgeon assistant of Raúl Blanco Cervantes National  Hospital, Gerontology Hospital
*2005-2007: General Surgeon assistant of  Clínica Bíblica Hospital
*Major open surgeries performed as main surgeon : 3.500 procedures
* Advanced laparoscopic surgeries performed as main surgeon: 1000 procedures including over 220 gastric bypasses and over 150 gastric bands.

COMMUNITY SERVICE
-City  of Naranjo (1989)
- Day Center for Elderly Attention, Curridabat (1990)

 PROFESSIONAL COURSES
-Internacional Medical Teleconference XXIV Annual Pediatric Post graduate Course (1989)
-III National Congress of Medical Students of El Salvador (1988)
-Advances in Intern Medicine, Week of Baylor (1988)
-VII Actualization course in  Pediatríacs  (1989)
-IV Student Medical Congress of  Central America  and  Panama regarding Surgical Emergencies (1989) *General Secretary of  this congress.
-IV National week and   II International of  Geriatric and gerontology  (1990)
-Induction course for Social Service Doctors  (1991)
-VI Congress of the Panamerican Society of  Trauma (1993)
-LV Medical National Congress (1994)
-Cardiopulmonary resuscitation course  (1995)
- Course of Advanced support for Trauma  (1995)
-Course of Advanced  Cardiology support (1995)
-II I nternacional Congress+  of Actualization in  Cancerology (1995)
-Gastroenterology Congress and y Therapeutic Endoscopy   (2001)

 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
- Biopsycosocial  changes in climate  (1990)
-Fístulas Enterocutáneas Fistula post surgery of patientes Treated in the San Juan de Dios Hospital.  (1992)
-Colostomy´s for Treated Patients in San Juan de Dios Hospital (1993)
-Traumatic perforation of Esophagus in Treated Patients, treated in San Juan de Dios Hospital de (1994)
-Thyroid carcinoma (Graduate work regarding General Surgery.  Prize winner of the best job of the annual generation of General Surgeon Residents generation  in San José, Costa Rica, 1995)
-Effect of Piroxicam and Acarbose As Chemopreventive Agents for Spontaneous Intestinal Adenomas in the APC Gene 1309 Knock out Mice.
Whose publication is in the International Japanese magazine Journal of Cancer Research vol. 84 abril 1998.
-Clinic Case: Carcinoma stomach Epidermoide, Carlos F. Quesada, M. D. – Claudio Orlich  Carranza, M. D., Medical Journal of Costa Rica 2002 – Vol. 4 No. 1  pp. 17-20
 MEMBERSHIPS
-Member of the Latin American Association of Endoscopic Surgeons Endoscopic (ALACE)
-Member of the Laparoscopic  Surgeon Society of  Costa Rica
-Member of  Japanese gastroenterologists