Gastric band in Spain: Our Best Clinics and Costs 2024

Dr. Carlos Ballesta López is the Head Of Laparoscopic Surgery Center. He is a top specialist in pancreatic cancer treatment, general and digestive surgery with 30+ years of practice. Dr. Ballesta is a pioneer in laparoscopic surgery (minimally invasive). This technique significantly reduces pain and recovery periods for patients. Units of the Dr. Ballesta Laparoscopic Center: Metabolic Surgery (gastric bypass). Colorectal surgery. Esophageal-gastric surgery. Liver, gallbladder and pancreas surgery . The experience of Dr. Ballesta medical team includes more than 12,000 operations of abdominal and digestive surgery by laparoscopy. He is an organizer of courses of laparoscopic surgery, which have served as training for other Spanish surgeons and foreigners, especially from Latin America. In 2011, Dr. Ballesta Laparoscopic Center obtained the accreditation of the IFSO (The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders) as a Center of Excellence in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. Academic titles Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Granada in 1973 Medical specialist in General Surgery since 1977 Doctor in Medicine and Surgery, with the outstanding qualification "cum laude" unanimously, in 1979 Medical specialist in Gastroenterology since 1979 Professional experience Physician in General Surgery Department Assistant Doctor of General Surgery and Gastroenterology Department Member of the Medical Board of Teknon Medical Center Director of the Dr. Ballesta Laparoscopic Center

Gontrand López-Nava is a leading Spanish physician who specializes in endoscopic techniques for obesity treatment (intragastric balloons, POSE procedure, Apollo procedure, endobarriers). He holds a position of the Director of the Department for Endoscopic Treatment of Obesity at HM Hospital Universitario Sanchinarro. He also works as assisting physician of the emergency care unit of the hospital. Dr. Lopez-Nava is a Professor of Medicine at CEU San Pablo University, Madrid and an Expert of Official College of Physicians of Madrid. Academic activity: MIR-trained Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Cash Flow Academy, Madrid. MIR-trained Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Rega Valladolid Academy. Specialist in the digestive system at the Ministry of Education and Culture. He gives clinical seminars on Gastroenterology at the Department of Internal Medicine at Complutense University, Madrid. Doctoral Program at the Faculty of Internal Medicine of Complutense University, Madrid: "Inflammatory bowel disease". Doctoral Program at the Faculty of Medicine of Complutense University, Madrid: "New methods of treatment in inflammatory bowel disease." Dr. Lopez -Nava is a member of the following societies: American Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy - ASGE Spanish Society of Surgery for Obesity - SECO Spanish Society for Pathology of the Digestive Tract - SEPD. Spanish Society of Endoscopy of the Digestive Tract - SEED. Spanish Society on the Study of Obesity - SEEDO.