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We extend our sincere gratitude to all attendees and supporters of the Latino Surgical Society conference. Your participation, enthusiasm, and dedication rendered this event profoundly impactful
Hasta una próxima!
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LSS was established to cultivate, nurture, and support the advancement of Latino surgeons. | 501(c)3 non-profit | [email protected]
- Dr. Valeria Valbuena is a General Surgery resident at the University of Michigan. She is Colombian & is pursuing a career in transplant surgery w/a research focus on improving disparities in access to transplantation. #LatinxSurgeons #HispanicHeritageMonth #Colombia🇨🇴
- Dr. Laura Tiusaba for today's #LatinxSurgeonSaturday: Born and raised in Colombia. General Surgery Resident at George Washington University in DC and currently a Pediatric Colorectal Surgery Fellow at Children’s National. Future Pediatric Surgeon, arepa lover. 🇨🇴
- Meet Valeria P. Bustos, MD, MSc, MPH! Dr. Bustos Hemer is a PGY1️⃣ Plastic Surgery Resident at the University of Miami. She grew up in Barranquilla, Colombia 🇨🇴.
- Dr. Monica Payares-Lizano Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon in Miami, FL. Originally from Colombia, trained at Einstein in the Bronx, NY and DuPont Children’s. Through mentorship and sponsorship May we leave the ladder up as we climb! 🇨🇴 #LatinxSurgeons #HispanicHeritageMonth
- #LatinxSurgeonSaturday with Dr. Myriam Martinez: First-year cardiac surgery fellow at Mayo Clinic with an interest in health disparities in cardiac surgery. Born and raised in Mexico City, MD from UNAM, research fellow at Harvard/MGH. 🇲🇽
- Dr. Carlos Pellegrini I immigrated from Argentina in 1975, trained at the University of Chicago and joined the staff at @UCSFSurgery. In 1993 I became chair of @UWSurgery at @UW. In 2013 I was elected president of the @AmCollSurgeons. 🇦🇷 #LatinxSurgeons #ILookLikeASurgeon
- The Latino Surgical Society (LSS) issues this statement to express solidarity w our thoracic surgery colleagues incl. surgical trainees & aspiring students. We share the disappointment in the remarks shared during the Presidential Address of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
- Do you accept the Pellegrini Challenge? Recruit 5 surgeons to join LSS #LatinxSurgeons #LSSatACS #LSSatAWS #ACSCC19 #aws2019 #latinxsurgeon
- Meet Oscar Adrian Vazquez, MD, MS, General Surgery, UF, PGY-3!! @OscarVazquezMD 🇲🇽 After being born in the US, I was raised in Mexico until the age of 11. When I first came back to the US, I sold tortillas in the parking lots of stores in Utah for $2 a pack of ten to help out.
- Dr. Maria del Pilar Martinez: Born and raised in the Dominican Republic, currently a PGY2 General Surgery resident at Washington University in St. Louis. Interested in Trauma and Thoracic Surgery. Music, plants, and travel lover. 🇩🇴#LatinxSurgeons #HispanicHeritageMonth
- Dr. Valeria Valbuena is a General Surgery resident at the University of Michigan. She is originally from Acacías, Colombia, and will be pursuing a career in abdominal organ transplantation. 🇨🇴 #LatinxSurgeonSaturday #LatinxSurgeons #ilooklikeasurgeon
- Dr. Patricia Martinez-Quiñones was born & raised in Ponce, PR 🇵🇷 She is a PGY4 General Surgery Resident at Augusta University. She earned a PhD during research & is interested in academic trauma & critical care surgery. #LatinxSurgeons #HispanicHeritageMonth #LSSAWScelebrateHHM
- Meet Dr. Jessica Ardila for today's #HispanicHeritageMonth : With a veterinarian dad and an actress mom, I grew up between science and art. Originally from Venezuela, I came to the US for residency at Cleveland Clinic. Now I’m a bariatric surgeon at Vanderbilt. 🇻🇪#LatinxSurgeons
