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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Membership Benefits
ACS
ACS Fellow Since 2011

Hugo Gomez Fernandez, MD FACS

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Private practice (solo or small group)

General Surgery

Artigas 1500

Asuncion

Paraguay

Contact Information

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Critical Care

Endocrine (Gland)

  • thyroid nodules/cancer
  • thyroid surgery

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

  • abdominal pain
  • adhesion removal
  • anti-reflux procedures
  • appendectomy
  • esophagus perforation
  • feeding tubes
  • fundoplication
  • fundoplication - laparoscopic
  • gastric cancer
  • peptic ulcer disease
  • peritonitis
  • splenectomy

Head and Neck

  • thyroid surgery

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

  • bile duct malignancies
  • bile duct surgery
  • biliary tract disease
  • cholecystectomy
  • gallbladder cancer
  • gallstone disease
  • hepatobiliary surgery
  • laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  • liver biopsy
  • liver surgery
  • liver/hepatic disease
  • pancreatic cancer
  • pancreatic cysts
  • pancreatitis

Hernia Procedures

  • abdominal hernia
  • component separation
  • epigastric hernia
  • femoral hernia
  • inguinal hernia
  • laparoscopic hernia repair
  • paraesophageal hernia
  • umbilical hernia
  • ventral hernia

Minimal Access Surgery

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

  • hand infections
  • skin and soft tissue infections
  • skin biopsy
  • wound infections

Anal-rectal Disorders/Procedures

  • rectal bleeding

Cerebrovascular

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

  • colectomy
  • colon cancer screening
  • colon surgery
  • colon/rectal cancer
  • diverticular disease
  • gastrointestinal bleeding
  • gastrointestinal cancer
  • ileostomy
  • irritable bowel syndrome
  • laparoscopic colon surgery
  • Meckel's diverticulum
  • small bowel syndrome
  • spastic colon
  • stomach cancer
  • ulcerative colitis

Diagnostic Imaging/procedures

Bowel Control

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • fine needle aspiration/biopsy
  • laparoscopic surgery

Hospital Appointments

Sanatorio San Roque,

Asuncion,

Attending

03/2006—Present

Centro Medico La Costa

Asuncion, Paraguay,

Attending

09/2007—Present

Instituto de Prevision Social

Asuncion,

Associate

03/2008—Present

Academic Appointments

Universidad Catolica de Asuncion - Facultad de Medicina

Program Director

09/2009—Present