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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

Adolfo Leyva-Alvizo, MD FACS

Society Memberships

  • Am Soc for Metabolic & Bariatric Surg

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

General Surgery

Batallon de San Patricio 112

Hospital Zambrano Hellion

4th- Surgery Institute

san pedro, NL 66278

Mexico

Contact Information

Biography

General, Foregut and Bariatric Surgeon. Master in Education. Member of the National Research System (SNI) in MX. Member of the Academy of Master Surgeon Educators of the College

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Bariatric (Severe Obesity) Procedures

  • laparoscopic gastric banding
  • roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • endoscopic surgery
  • fine needle aspiration/biopsy
  • laparoscopic surgery

Trauma/Injury Procedures

Hospital Appointments

Hospital San Jose-Tec de Monterrey, Monterrey NL

monterrey, NL

General and Bariatric Surgery

03/2007—Present

Centro Medico Zambrano Hellion

San Pedro, Garza Garcia, NL

Bariatric/General Surgeon

03/2017—Present

Academic Appointments

ITESM, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

Professor

07/2007—Present