DR. FRANCISCO ZAVALZA
BOARD-CERTIFIED BARIATRIC SURGEON IN GENERAL AND BARIATRIC SURGERY
Founder and CEO at the CIBA Surgical Center
TRUSTED AND EXPERIENCED BARIATRIC SURGEON IN TIJUANA, MEXICO
MEDICAL LICENSE NUMBER: 4988652
SURGEON LICENSE NUMBER: 6820148
As of 2022 Dr. Zavalza has performed and assisted to more than 6,500 surgeries that include Gastric Sleeve (VSG), Gastric Sleeve (Single Incision), RNY Bypass, Mini-Bypass, Revision surgeries (from Lap-Band, gastric sleeve, complicated RNY or Mini Bypass revisions, revisions after Gastric Plication or Gastroplasty, open and laparoscopic revisions), as well as general abdominal surgeries, such as gallbladder removal, appendectomy, hysterectomy, tubal ligation, various types of hernia repair, and others.
Since March 2017, Dr. Zavalza is Board Certified in General Surgery.*
Since July 2020, DR. Zavalza is Board Certified in Bariatric Surgery.*
As of March 25, 2017 Dr.Francisco Zavalza is a Board Certified Surgeon in General Surgery in Mexico (certification has been renewed in March, 2023).
Medical License Number: 4988652
Surgeon License Number: 6820148
If you wish to verify his Board Certification in General Surgery, please go to the official website at: https://www.cmcgac.org.mx/cgibin/DirectorioMedicos and enter the doctor`s both first names as Juan Francisco, and both last names as Zavalza Gonzalez.
As of July 16, 2020 Dr. Francisco Zavalza is also Board Certified in Bariatric Surgery. If you wish to verify his Board Certification in Bariatric Surgery please go to the official website at: https://www.
Awards – Diplomas – Attendance of Courses – Local Congresses
MESSAGE FROM THE DOCTOR
“I decided to become a surgeon because I love surgery “, – says Dr. Francisco Zavalza about one of the most important decisions in his life. “Surgery gives more opportunities to resolve health issues permanently. Bariatric surgery in particular is a very effective tool to solve weight loss problems. And it is not simply an aesthetic issue: obesity is a leading cause of preventable diseases and death in North America. In recent years, the number of overweight people (with Body Mass Index of 30 and more) in developed countries has increased significantly. And for me, as a bariatric surgeon, helping people to get healthy, change their lives, see that happy sparkle in their eyes – is the greatest reward! “, – says Dr. Z (as his patients lovingly call him).
Dr. Zavalza states: “Weight loss surgery is a relatively new specialty, but recently it has become very popular. One could say we are seeing a boom of bariatric surgery these days. The reason why I decided to focus my career on weight loss surgery is due to its effectiveness. “
Dr. Francisco Zavalza specializes in all types of bariatric procedures, which has been a focus of his practice since 2010.
In 2006 Dr. Zavalza graduated with honors from one of the most highly ranked medical schools in Mexico – the University of Guadalajara, Jalisco. He received an extensive training in general surgery during his residency years in the General Hospital of Tijuana, Baja California. Having chosen bariatric surgery as his specialization, Dr. Zavalza received a Diploma in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery in 2010.
As of 2022, Dr. Francisco Zavalza has performed and assisted to more than 6,500 bariatric surgeries, and has given a chance to have a much healthier and satisfying life to many of his patients. For him it is not only a weight loss surgery, it is a long process of healing, changing life, eating habits and mental attitude. Dr. Zavalza`s patients can communicate with him directly before and after surgery for as long as needed.
During his career, Dr. Zavalza performed hundreds of other abdominal procedures such as cholecystectomy, hysterectomy, appendectomy, various types of hernia repairs, tubal ligation, and others, thus gaining a lot of experience in resolving gastrointestinal complications.
In 2020 Dr. Zavalza became a medical director at the CIBA Surgical Center and has been a professor of laparoscopic bariatric surgery regularly participating in the training programs for younger surgeons.
Earlier in 2022 Dr. Zavalza co-founded the 1st IFSO fellowship program for already established bariatric surgeons who are striving to improve in their medical field.
Please review the following information about Dr. Francisco Zavalza`s education, professional experience and rewards.
PERSONAL
Date of birth: February 8, 1982
Place of birth: State of Jalisco, Mexico
Current residence: Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Nationality: Mexican
LICENSES
CURP: ZAGJ820208HJCVNN07
Medical License Number: 4988652
Surgeon License Number: 6820148
CONTACT
EDUCATION DEGREE IN MEDICINE:
2000 – 2006 Medical Doctor. University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIP:
2004 – 2005 Hospital Civil Fray Antonio Alcalde, SSA ( Secretaria de Salud), Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
GRADUATE PROFESSIONAL:
2006 – 2010 Specialty in General Surgery at General Hospital of Tijuana, Tijuana B.C., Mexico.
SOCIAL SERVICE SPECIALTY:
General Hospital of Rosarito, Rosarito B.C., Mexico.
RESEARCH GRADUATION JOB:
Outpatient Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
LANGUAGES:
OTHER REWARDS:
ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
- XII Medical Conference at the General Hospital of Tijuana, Tijuana B.C., Mexico, February 2006, assistant.
- XIV International Congress of Surgery, March 2006, assistant.
- XXXI International Congress of Surgery, October – November 2007, GENERAL “GRAL BGDA. MC. JOSE R. MANZANO TROVAMALA and Figueroa. ” (AMCG), Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, assistant.
- Oral presentation: Surgery Evaluation of Extramuros at Tijuana General Hospital, author.
- Poster presentation: Intentional Foreign Bodies Ingestion as a Cause of Acute Abdomen. A case report, author.
- Oral presentation: A year of abdominal sepsis at Tijuana General Hospital, coauthor.
- Oral presentation: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Tijuana General Hospital Experience, coauthor.
- Poster presentation: Severe gallstone pancreatitis, management in the Tijuana General Hospital, coauthor.
- Poster presentation: Management of post-traumatic pancreatic fistula Fistula, Tijuana General Hospital, coauthor.
- International Congress of the Asociacion Mexicana de Cirugia General A.C., October 2008.
- Oral presentation: Abdominal Sepsis: Experience in Tijuana General Hospital, author.
- Poster presentation: Outpatient Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Experience in Tijuana General Hospital, author.
- Oral presentation: Abdominal Tuberculosis: 10-year review in Tijuana General Hospital, author.
- Oral presentation: Nissen Fundoplicature in a Short Stay Unit: Experience in Tijuana General Hospital, coauthor.
- Oral presentation: Evolution Postsurgical in Ambulatory Saphenectomy. Experience in Tijuana General Hospital and UNEME, coauthor.
- Poster presentation: Giant Ventral Hernia with Enterocutaneous Fistula. Case Report, coauthor.
- Poster presentation: Giant Ventral Hernias: Experience in Tijuana General Hospital, coauthor.
- XIV Medical Conference at Tijuana General Hospital, February 2009.
- Oral presentation: Abdominal Sepsis: Experience in Tijuana General Hospital, speaker.
- XXXIII International Congress of Surgery – “Dr. Victor Manuel Aragon Arrubarrena ” November 2009.
- Oral presentation: Ambulatory Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Short Stay Unit. Tijuana General Hospital Experience, author.
- Oral presentation: Management of Severe Pancreatitis. Prognosis and Mortality in the 2nd Level Hospital, coauthor.
- Oral presentation: Projectile Wounds Firearm. Experience in Tijuana General Hospital, coauthor.
- XV JORNADAS MÉDICAS Y I CONGRESO DEL HOSPITAL GENERAL TIJUANA, February 2010, assistant.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Staff Physician, General Surgery, Tijuana General Hospital. Health Secretary, March 2010 – June 2011.
- Medical Surgical Unit of Medical Specialties, Baja California Ambulatory Surgery Unit, March 2010 – present.
- Staff Physician, General Surgery, General Hospital of Playas de Rosarito. Health Secretary, August 2011 – January 2012.
- Staff Physician, General Surgery Department of General Hospital No. 20 of the Mexican Social Security Institute, April 2011 – December 2011.
- Medical basis of General Surgery Department of General Hospital No. 1 of the Mexican Social Security Institute, December 2011 – February 2012.
- Staff Surgeon of General Surgery Department of the Medical Unit Ambulatory Care # 36 of the Mexican Social Security Institute, February 2012 – present.
- Bariatric Surgeon of Obesity Solutions International, April 2011 – present.
- Medical Surgical Unit of Medical Specialties, Baja California, January 2012 – present.
- Co-Founder of the 1st IFSO Fellowship program for established bariatric surgeons since 2021.
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