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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.

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ACS Fellow Since 2003

Felipe ALEJANDRO( Catán, MD FACS

Society Memberships

  • Soc de Cir de Chile
  • Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Assoc

Additional Information

Gender

Male

General Surgery

Contact Information

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

  • appendectomy
  • gastric cancer
  • splenectomy

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

  • bile duct malignancies
  • bile duct surgery
  • biliary tract disease
  • cholecystectomy
  • gallbladder cancer
  • gallstone disease
  • hepatic artery infusion pumps
  • hepatobiliary surgery
  • laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  • liver biopsy
  • liver surgery
  • Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc
  • liver/hepatic disease
  • pancreatic cancer
  • pancreatic cysts
  • pancreatitis

Hernia Procedures

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

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • endoscopic surgery
  • fine needle aspiration/biopsy
  • laparoscopic surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Procedures
  • tumor ablation

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

  • adrenal tumors
  • biopsy of tumors
  • gastrointestinal cancer/tumors
  • pancreatic cancer/tumors
  • stomach cancer/tumors
  • Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

Trauma/Injury Procedures

  • abdominal injuries
  • blunt trauma
  • liver injury
  • liver resection

Hospital Appointments

Clinica Vespucio

Santiago,

Chief

06/2009—Present

Hospital Salvador.

Santiago,

Chairman

12/2017—Present

Academic Appointments

Universidad de Chile Facultad de Medicina

Santiago,

Assistant Professor

03/2004—Present