Dr. Felipe Cantu
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Felipe J. Cantu Jr., MD, FACS., Bariatric Surgeon
The only bariatric surgeon Certified by the Mexican Medical Board in the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, awarded in 2014
Bariatric, it’s a strange word for weight loss surgery but it means just that. Bariatric is the branch of medicine in the field of weight loss surgery and it’s what Advanced Bariatric Institute is totally dedicated to.
Advanced Bariatric Institute was founded in 2005 by Dr. Felipe J. Cantu, Jr. and is located in Reynosa, Tamaulipas.,Mexico. Reynosa is located just less than five miles from the border cities of McAllen and Mission Texas. Advanced Bariatric Institute serves not only patients from all areas of Latin America but from the United States as well. While many of our patients come from the area of Reynosa and other Mexican cities, others live along the U.S. Rio Grande Valley. Still many other patients come to Advanced Medicine Institute from as far as the East Coast areas and the Central United States for their weight loss procedure.
Dr. Felipe Cantu and his wife are a bi-cultural couple raising their two sons in Mission Texas. Through Dual Citizenship, Dr. Cantu too was raised in between two cultures, receiving multicultural learning, language and education. His thriving practice, Advanced Bariatric Institute, was built on a strong referral base foundation that continues to be their foremost source of advertisement.
An insightful student who excelled, Dr.Cantu, was accepted to the most prestigious university in Mexico, Tecnologico de Monterrey, at the age of sixteen. Having been selected from a large number of applicants, he was the youngest student in the entire university in his first year of medical school and came to graduate with honors. In pursuing his residencies, he worked at Baylor University in Houston, Texas, the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida and the Endosurgery hospital in San Antonio, Texas. He completed his laparoscopic training from the Texas Endoscopy Institute in Texas, returning to the Tecnologico de Monterrey for his Field of Specialty in Bariatric Surgery.
Dr. Cantu is one of approximately only 38 surgeons in all of Mexico, who perform bariatric surgery, to have Certification awarded by the Colegio Mexicano de Cirugia para Obesidad y Enfermedades Metabolicas, A.C., and is the only one surgeon to have been awarded this certification in his entire State of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Having this prestigious certification is equivalent to having the achievement of being a “Center of Excellent” Awarded to bariatric centers in the United States.
A leader in Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques, Dr. Felipe Cantu has been a supporter in transforming many highly invasive surgical procedures into minimally invasive operations.
Today he stays abreast of developments in technology through memberships in the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, and the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Diseases.
Board-Certified by the Mexican Council of General Surgery, Mexican Society for General Surgery, Latin American Association for Endoscopic Surgery and The Mexican College for Surgery of Obesity where he serves on several committees.
Of the thousands of patients that have come through Advanced Bariatric Institute, most have probably forgotten Dr. Cantu’s educational background but what they probably most remember about him is his warm personally, his caring bedside manner and their quick and easy recovery.
Medical schools, their location, and your year of graduation:
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Medicine School)
Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. 1992-1998.
Baylor College of Medicine Clerkship rotations 1998.
Coronary Care Unit, Pediatric Surgery, Dermatologic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Pulmonary-Critical Care.
Where did you perform your residency(ies)?
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Hospital San José - Tecnológico de Monterrey
General Surgery Residency 2000-2005
Are you fellowship trained, and if so please provide details:
Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Preceptorship
Texas Endosurgery Institute, 2001.
Any other specialty training and/or techniques you wish to highlight:
Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery
Minimally Invasive Procedures for: Colon and Rectum, Abdominal wall Hernias, Biliary an Foregut.
What is/are your professional License number(s):
Medicine 4506317, General Surgery 4584941, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
List the boards and/or organizations that you're a member of or affiliated with:
ASMBS, SAGES, ACS, IFSO.
CMCOEM.
Total number of procedures performed to date:
>3,500
List all the types of procedures you perform and for each the total number you've performed, as well as the package price you charge for it:
Adjustable Gastric Band >1,000
Sleeve Gastrectomy >2,000
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass >150
Intragastric Balloon >300
Reoperation/Conversions
List any other professional experiences or information you wish to highlight:
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
General Surgery and Bariatric Surgery Board Certified
"Karl Storz Top Video Award" at 2013 ASMBS Spring meeting: http://connect.asmbs.org/july-2013-news-and-notes.html
Keynote Speaker and member of the Scientific Commitee at CMCOEM annual meetings (Mexican College for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery).
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