Dr. Alejandro Santoyo
Dr. Alejandro Santoyo Flores is a respected Board-Certified Surgeon in Tijuana, Mexico specializing in bariatric surgery including gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, lap band removal to sleeve, revision procedures, and more,
With extensive training in weight loss surgery and more than 15 years of experience in the field, Dr. Santoyo has expertise in gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, mini gastric bypass and revision procedures (lap band removal converted to gastric sleeve and gastric sleeve to gastric bypass or mini gastric bypass).
Dr. Santoyo graduated from the School of Medicine at Autonomous University of Baja California. Dr. Alejandro Santoyo is Certified by the Mexican Board of General Surgery (CMCG). This certification has set him apart from many surgeons in Tijuana, Mexico.
Dr. Alejandro Santoyo maintains international best practices and standards of care, adopts cutting edge surgical techniques and technology, pursues continuing education, and follows the latest safety protocols to deliver exceptional results for his bariatric surgery patients.
Experience and Practice
Dr. Alejandro Santoyo Flores has been granted the academic distinction of “Board Certified General and Bariatric Surgeon” by the the Mexican Board of General Surgery. This is the only academic certifying organization in Mexico that regulates, standardizes and certifies physicians in the practice of general surgery. The Board has national and international recognition for the quality of the certification process, performance and credibility of its staff and board members.
Dr. Alejandro Santoyo Flores has obtained a professional license as a medical practitioner as well as a practicing surgeon from the licensing authority in Mexico. He is also licensed by the Mexico Committee of Surgery. After completing five years of training as a medical surgeon and obstetrician from 1994 to 1999, he went on to complete his surgical specialization from 2002 to 2006 in Tijuana, Mexico.
Education and Memberships
With over a decade of surgical training and experience behind him, Dr. Alejandro Santoyo is equally well-versed to perform gastric sleeve surgery, gastric bypass surgery, as well as revision bariatric surgery to eliminate obesity. He will recommend the appropriate procedure to a patient, and adopt a customized approach to surgery.
- Board Certified General and Bariatric Surgeon
- Member of Association of Endoscopic Surgery (AMCE)
- Member of Mexican College of Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases (CMCOEM)
- Member of the international Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
- Member of Baja California College of Bariatric Surgeons and Metabolic Diseases (CCBEMBC)
- Degree in medical surgery and obstetrics, School of Medicine, University of Baja California
- 2007 Diploma of Specialty in General Surgery UABC
- 2007 Certification as a Specialist in General Surgery
- 2005 Diploma in Basic Laparoscopic Surgery
- 2003 Advanced Course Vital Support in Trauma
- Topics in Obesity Surgery, IMSS Clinic, 2003
- Course in Gastric Bypass and Lap Band Surgery 2004
- Course of Management of the Complicated Bariatric Patient 2011
- 19th International Congress of Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases 2017
