Carlos Rivera Prat, MD FACS

Chilean Chapter President of the American College of Surgeons 2021-2022. Captain (R) (Medical Officer), Chile Navy, Past Chief of Preventive Medicine Department and Military Medicine Department, General Surgeon, Active Staff of the Emergency Department Naval Hospital, Viña del Mar, Chile, until 2016. Combat Casualty Care Course Director in Chile for 10 years until 2012. ATLS, PHTLS, RTTDC, ATOM Instructor. Associated Professor of Surgery, Director Medical Simulation Training Center at Andres Bello University School of Medicine in Viña del Mar, until feb 2017.Chief of the Emergency Department and Staff Surgeon at Clinica Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile. Associated professor of Surgery, Universidad de los Andes, School of Medicine, since Jan 2017.General Surgeon and Digestive Surgeon. Trauma and Medical Simulation training. Advanced instructor EUSIM simulation. Medical coordinator for Post graduate program in Emergency Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, School of Medicine, Santiago, Chile. Chief Surgical Department, Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile. General and Digestive Surgery Staff, Clinica Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile.

Bariatric (Severe Obesity) Procedures

• gastroplasty
• laparoscopic gastric banding

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

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

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

• bile duct surgery
• biliary tract disease
• cholecystectomy
• gallbladder cancer
• gallstone disease
• hepatobiliary surgery
• laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• 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

Diagnostic Imaging/procedures

Minimally Invasive Procedures

• laparoscopic surgery

Trauma/Injury Procedures

• abdominal injuries
• blunt trauma
• burns
• cricothyroidotomy
• intestine injuries
• stomach injuries
• tracheotomy
• wound debridement

Hospital Dr Gustavo Fricke

Viña del Mar. Chile, Emergency Department,

General Surgery

01/1989—02/1992

Naval Hospital, Viña del Mar

Viña del Mar, Chile,

Chief

01/1999—12/2016

Hospital Dr Carlos Van Buren

Emergency Department, Valparaíso, Chile,

General Surgery

01/1999—02/2001

Clínica Universidad de los Andes

Santiago, Chile,

Senior Staff

03/2012—Present

COT, Instructor ATLS, PHTLS, ATOM, RTTDC

Instructor

06/2012—Present

Universidad de los Andes, School of Medicine, Santiago, CHILE

Assistant Professor

01/2017—Present