COURSES Laparoscopic Surgery Course at the XVI National Congress of General Surgery. Mexican Association of General Surgery. Acapulco, Guerrero 1992 I Refresher Course in Thoraco Abdominal Trauma. Mexican Association of General Surgery. Mexicali, Baja California 1993 Postgraduate course Select Topics of Trauma within the XVIII National Congress of General Surgery. Mexican Association of General Surgery. Monterrey, N.L 1994. Annual postgraduate course "The clinic and surgery in the gastroenterological patient." Gastroenterology Society of Baja California 1995 III International Course of Laparoscopic Surgery. Mexican Association of Laparoscopic Surgery, Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana 1995. International Course Selected Topics of Surgery. Mexican Association of General Surgery. Mexicali B.C. nineteen ninety five Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery Course within the XIX National Congress of General Surgery. Cancun Q.R. nineteen ninety five Diploma in Laparoscopic Surgery from the Mexican Institute of Social Security. Tijuana, B.C. nineteen ninety six Transcongressional Postgraduate Course "Controversies in Gastroenterology" within the Continuing Medical Education program of the Mexican Association of General Surgery. Guadalajara, Jal. nineteen ninety six Course "Inguinal Hernia Laparoscopic Approach" of the Mexican Institute of Social Security. Tijuana, B.C. 1997 Course on "Laparoscopic Hernia Surgery". Mexican Association of General Surgery. Tijuana, B.C. 1997 Postgraduate Course "Cancer and the General Surgeon" within the XXI National Congress of General Surgery. Mexican Association of General Surgery. Acapulco, Gro. 1997 Current Course in Anorectal Surgery. Baja California Surgeons Association. Tijuana, B.C. 1998 Obesity 99 Course. Mexican Society of Nutrition and Endocrinology. Tijuana, B.C. 1999 Trans-congress course "Management of the Patient in Critical States" within the program of the XXV National Congress of General Surgery. Mexican Association of General Surgery. Acapulco, Gro. 2001 Distance Course of Support and Training for the realization of the examination of the Mexican Council of General Surgery. Mexican Association of General Surgery. Mexico City 2004 First International Course on Metabolic Surgery, Surgical Management of Diabetes Mellitus. Mexican Social Security Institute. Tijuana B.C. 2007 Pre-Congress Course "Hiatus" within the 18th International Congress of Endoscopic Surgery. Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery. Acapulco Guerrero, 2009