- 1 kg = 2.2 pounds
- 1 foot = 0.305 meters
- 1 inch = 0.0254 meters
Studies
Doctor Pedro Villagra is a general surgery specialist; he got started in the field of Bariatric Surgery in Barcelona- Spain where he learned the fixed and adjustable band techniques.
After that, in 1998, he develops marked interest in Gastric Bypass techniques as an alternative, and in the same year he confirms in Sao Paulo - Brazil that this technique does have high acceptance level around the world.
During the following years he assisted to several curses within Europe, United States and South America so that in 2001, in Mexico DF, he officially starts the practice of these techniques by performing a Adjustable Gastric Band procedure.
Nowadays, he is associated with well experienced Doctors in areas such as: Gastric Band, Gastric Sleeve, Gastric Bypass and Biliopancreatic Bypass, all of these performed by laparoscopy, achieving a high success level. Each of these procedures will be explained in the following links of this web site.
Filiations
Fellow Of The American College.
American Society of Gastroenterology. (SAGES)
European Society of Video-endoscopy.
European Society of Gastroenterology. (IASG)
Latin-American Association of Endoscopic Surgeons. (ALACE)
Peruvian Surgical Academy.
Peruvian Society of General Surgeons.
Peruvian Society of Endoscopy Surgeons.
Association for Arteriosclerosis and Obesity. (APOA)
Health Academy of the Armed Forces and the Peruvian National Police.
Peruvian Society of Coloproctology.
Fellow of IFSO. (International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity)
Fellow of FELAC. ( Latin American Surgery Federation)
Training
Pro - Active Advanced Laparascopy Surgery in Chile, Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Spain and United States.
Certificated in General Surgery: Peru 2008 - 2013.