Group CHRISTUS MUGUERZA®

Professional Training and Certifications:

Medical School

• University of Nuevo León Medical School, Monterrey, México, with Suma Cum Laude honors.

Fellowships (1963 to 1965)

• University of Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
• Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
• John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Residencies

• Internal medicine - Salvador Zubiran National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, México City (1967 to 1969)
• Internal medicine - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (1969–72).
• Cardiology - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (1972 - 1975) publishing several works on ultrasound diagnosis for cardiovascular diseases, bypass grafts and coronary atherosclerosis.

Professional and academic experience

• Chief of the Cardiac Division of Hospital Universitario, University of Nuevo Leon Medical School (1978 - 1983)
• Head of the department of Vascular and Cardiac Procedures of the Health Science Division of Monterrey Tech and its medical school (San Jose Hospital), 1984 - 1994.
• Director of the Cardiovascular Disease division of CHRISTUS Muguerza since 1995.
• Head of the Heart Institute at CHRISTUS Muguerza Since its creation in 2004
• President of Internal Medicine Association of Nuevo Leon
• Director and Board Counselor of the Medical Center of Specialties
• Board Counselor of Monterrey University
• President of the Mexican Cardiology Society
• Member of the Mexican Government Board of Cardiology

Memberships

• American College of Cardiology
• American Heart Association
• Society of Cardiac Angiography and Intervention
• American College of Physicians
• American College of Chest Physicians
• Honor member of the Mexican Cardiology Society
• Sigma XI: The Scientific Research Society of North America
• American Society of Echocardiography
• International Society of Endovascular Specialists
• International Society of Cardiovascular Interventionsts

Notable Professional Achievements/Honors:

• University of Nuevo León Medical School, Monterrey, México, with Suma Cum Laude honors.
• Published and Research Works He has published more than 40 works in national and international magazines, four books and several papers related to the use of endovascular therapy in the treatment of peripheral vascular diseases.